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Orange County Arts Commission <br /> October 2022 Minutes <br /> Attendees: Krista Bremer, Fred Joiner, Sean Bailey, Anita Mills, Mark Bettger, Katie Murray (director) <br /> Excused: John Bemis, Saba Jordan, Lindsay Metivier, Josh Rosenstein, Marlon Torres, Linda <br /> Williamson <br /> Absent: Tori Danielik <br /> 1) 6:42 meeting called to order <br /> 2) Approval of September minutes were tabled until next month due to lack of a quorum. <br /> 3) Board updates: <br /> a. Katie reports that we were supposed to welcome Josh, our newest board member, but <br /> he had a work emergency. We will meet him at next month's meeting. <br /> b. She also explained that county policy is that advisory board members must live in <br /> Orange County. Jenny from the Artscenter was going to join our board and represent us <br /> on the visitors bureau - but she lives in Durham, not Orange. Katie asked if we should <br /> start the process of requesting an exception from the clerk due to the fact that Jenny is <br /> the director of one of our primary arts organizations. Everyone agreed she should but <br /> we need to official vote in November when we have a quorum. <br /> c. We discussed the breakdown of our current board and the status of our UNC <br /> community liaison. This is the third meeting that Tory, our UNC liaison, has missed <br /> without notice. Katie will touch base with Tori and ask if she wants to fill this role or if we <br /> should appoint somebody else. Another group that currently lacks an art liaison is the <br /> Carrboro Arts Committee, In terms of artistic discipline our board is pretty balanced — <br /> except for the glaring absence of a local working musician. The board agreed to make <br /> this a priority. <br /> d. The requirement that board members live in Orange County was discussed. It was <br /> pointed out that this means we miss out on a lot of artists — including younger and more <br /> diverse ones — who might work in this area but be unable to afford to live here. We <br /> agreed that those who serve our community should also be considered part of <br /> community, and that we would inquire to see if this rule was hard and fast or if it might <br /> be flexible. <br /> e. Katie shared the list of names of potential board members, sorted in order of priority. <br /> She pointed out that to avoid an awkward situation we don't want to mention the <br /> possibility to any of these people unless we have clarity and the intention to extend the <br /> invitation. <br /> f. Katie stated that there would be no vote tonight but she would love to pursue a <br /> conversation with one or two people on this list. She invited board members to bring <br /> somebody into the fold/add them for consideration. <br /> g. Katie requested permission to check in with Jonathan Byrd and Jess (NAME), though <br /> the expectation is that as successful musicians they will be too busy to serve. Everyone <br /> agreed she should do this. <br /> h. Mark also agreed to put out feelers out to folks. Anita suggested we look at Orange <br /> County Arts Guild members. <br />