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Orange County Arts Commission <br /> Sept 18, 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, Marc Miller, Katie <br /> Murray, Anita Mills, Pres, Gideon Young <br /> Absent: Sadie Allen, Denise Duffy,Jennifer Shultz Thomas <br /> Meeting Location: Eno Arts Mill Hillsborough, NC <br /> 1. Call to Order at 6:38pm by Anita Mills <br /> 2. Marc moved that Aug 2023 Board Minutes be approved, and Josh seconded.All approved. <br /> 3. Board updates <br /> a. Board orientation Wed. September 27, 6pm at Eno Mill <br /> b. Sean Bailey's term is up at the end of month. He will not be serving a second term. At <br /> next meeting, we will discuss the board break down and strategize on possible <br /> replacements. <br /> 4. Director's Report Katie Murray <br /> a. New staff member—Courtney Powers. She started on Monday 9/11. She will be working <br /> on programming and events- both new and current ones. <br /> b. Paint It Orange—October 4-6 2023. Opening party Wed 10/4 for Artist, board, and <br /> sponsor. If coming, please bring bottle of wine. <br /> c. At the Mill, OCAC is hosting NC Clay Works Guild's Fall Pottery Show October 14-15. <br /> d. The call for Coalesce 2024 is live and closes October 1—please share with the poets and <br /> visual artists in your life. <br /> e. OCAC hosting our Holiday Bazaar for a second year on Sat Nov 18. <br /> f. Katie is in the process of summarizing Uproar Festival and will be obtaining feedback <br /> from all groups through October. <br /> 5. FY23-24 Grants Cycle Katie Murray <br /> a. Follow-up regarding Kidzu allocation. Katie said she clarified with her management that <br /> if Kidzu is funded through Arts allocation then they should go through our full review <br /> process. If not, they should be funded through a different process. <br /> b. FY24 Funding Discussion—board reviewed and recommended the following funding <br /> decisions: <br /> i. Krista moved that we fully fund the 14 top scoring Artist applicants. Fred <br /> seconded. All approved. <br /> ii. Lindsay moved that we fund with 100%for top scores, 80%second score group, <br /> and 60%for third group,with schools getting 100%of their request. Krista <br /> seconded. All approved. <br /> 7) Anita ended the meeting at 7:41pm. <br />