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Orange County Arts Commission <br /> Aug 14, 2023 Minutes <br /> Attendees: Sean Bailey, John Claude Bemis, Lindsay Metivier, Fred Joiner, Josh Rosenstein, <br /> Saba Jordan, Linda Williamson, Sec, Krista Bremer, Crystal Wu, Vice Chair, Denise Duffy, Marc <br /> Miller, Katie Murray, Wendy Smith, Guest, Sadie Allen <br /> Absent:Anita Mills, Gideon Young <br /> Meeting Location: Eno Arts Mill Hillsborough, NC <br /> 1. Call to Order at_6:41_by Crystal Wu <br /> 2. Welcome New Board Members <br /> a. Sadie Allen, UNC Liaison <br /> 3. Krista moved that June 2023 Board Minutes be approved, and Lindsay seconded. All approved. <br /> 4. Board updates Katie Murray <br /> a. Board orientation Wed. September 27, 6pm <br /> b. Request to move September meeting to Sept 18 -- it is the funding meeting for grants. <br /> i. TBD on location. Could be at the arts center. <br /> 5. FY23-24 Grants Cycle Katie Murray <br /> a. Follow-up regarding Kidzu allocation for 2023 which was awarded out of the outside <br /> organizations funds directly without going through our arts organizational process. Back <br /> in June, Krista/Anita drafted an email to Bonnie, County Manager, who has now <br /> responded. Issue was discuss. Next step is Katie will update us after talking to her <br /> manager. <br /> b. Grant applicants breakdown & panels <br /> i. Review a breakdown of the grant applications for 2023.Volumes of applicants <br /> and award money is like last year.A portion of the grass roots money for this <br /> year from the state will be used to fund a new staff person at the Eno Arts Mill. <br /> c. Panel Dates: <br /> i. Literary Arts:Tues.,Aug 29 5:30-till, at the EAM <br /> ii. Performing Arts: Wed.Aug 30 5:30-till at the EAM <br /> iii. Visual Arts:Thurs.Aug 31 5:30-till at the EAM <br /> d. Guest panelists—Katie need suggestions and she would really like dancer or film person <br /> based on the applications and especially a person of color. <br /> 6. Director's Report Katie Murray <br /> a. Reclass of position—Katie got her position reclassified and a good raise.The board <br /> congratulated her and said how much we know she deserved it. <br /> b. New staff position—approved and posted. Position is posted through Sunday of this <br /> week. <br /> c. Eno Arts Mill FY23 -We had about a $4000 net profit this year.The board celebrated <br /> this accomplishment. <br />