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Orange County Arts Commission <br /> April 10, 2023 <br /> Minutes <br /> Attendees: Josh Rosenstein, Saba Jordan, Linda Williamson, Sec, Krista Bremer, Crystal Wu, <br /> Vice Chair, Katie Murray, Sean Bailey, Denise Duffy <br /> Meeting Location: Eno Mill Gallery <br /> 1. Call to Order at 6:42 by Crystal Wu, Vice Chair <br /> 2. Katie welcomed Denise Duffy as our new advisory board member. <br /> 3. Kirsta moved that February 2023 Board Minutes be approved, and Josh seconded. All approved. <br /> 4. Board updates Katie Murray <br /> a. Updates <br /> i. Orange County Board of Commissioners approved the approach of allowing up <br /> to two board members to reside outside of Orange County. Policy change will be <br /> on the May agenda for final approval. <br /> ii. Jenny Schultz-Thomas—appointment should move forward after policy change <br /> b. Board discussed Gideon Young application. Linda moved that Gideon's application be <br /> accepted so Katie can present at the next OCBC meeting. Krista seconded and all <br /> approved. <br /> 5. Director's Report Katie Murray <br /> a. Volunteer sign-up sheet now electronic and was emailed to everyone. <br /> b. New Advisory Board Member training will be scheduled for 1 hour before our May 2023 <br /> meeting (5:30pm at Peel). If you have never attended a board orientation please plan on <br /> attending. <br /> c. Grants <br /> i. ARPA Grant Money will be used for Countywide DEIA Program with Aisha Adams <br /> deadline to sign up is 4/20/2023. Katie encourages all of us to attend this 4-part <br /> training, if possible. <br /> ii. Remaining funding will be used to support upcoming multicultural events <br /> already in process. <br /> d. GAP/APG grant cycle-even though we will be working on the UPROAR festival at the <br /> same time,we will keep the same GAP/APG grant cycle.The grants open 5/1/2023 and <br /> close 6/1. Panels will be held at the end of July,with awards in August. At the meeting, <br /> we agreed that in person panels were better, but there would be an online option as <br /> well. <br /> e. Regarding additional staffing, Katie reported that although she was directed to ask for <br /> the staffing needed,the request will not be included in the next budget year. Katie was <br /> told that additional staffing for the arts would not be granted without new revenue. <br /> However,the operations budget is based on the occupancy tax and not revenue. <br /> i. Board and Katie discussed using some of the Grassroots money for <br /> administrative support.This use of funds is a typical approach in other counties, <br />