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Orange County Arts Commission <br /> March 11, 2024 Minutes <br /> Attendees: Anita Mills, Chair John Claude Bemis, Lindsay Metivier, Linda Williamson, Sec, <br /> Crystal Wu, Vice Chair, Marc Miller, Katie Murray, Gideon Young, Krista Bremer, Wendy Smith, <br /> Fred Joiner, Denise Duffy, Sadie Allen, Saba Jordan <br /> Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting <br /> 1. Call to Order at 6:39pm by Anita Mills, Chair. <br /> 2. Saba moved to approve the February 2024 Board Minutes and Lindsey seconded.All approved. <br /> 3. Board updates <br /> a. Board Updates: <br /> i. Wendy Smith—approved as new member and will also serve as Tourism board <br /> liaison. <br /> ii. Tonight is Fred and Anita's last meeting and will cycle off the board. Katie <br /> thanked them for all their support over the years and for being wonderful, <br /> dedicated board members. <br /> iii. Katie will be meeting with Savada Gilmore about our Board. Katie also reached <br /> out to Alexa Velez. Both have been discussed by the board previously and are <br /> both interested in working with us. <br /> iv. Heather Washburn—we all voted unanimously to accept her application and <br /> will go to the next appropriate BOCC meeting (maybe April). <br /> b. Executive Roles <br /> i. Crystal Wu, Chair= Lindsey made motion and Denise seconded to approve <br /> Crystal as the new Chair. <br /> ii. Linda Williamson, Secretary= Denise made motion and Marc seconded to <br /> approve Linda to continue as Secretary. <br /> iii. Vice-Chair—vacant at this time, but Katie needs folks interested. <br /> 4. Director's Report <br /> a. FY25 Budget Update—budget time with the County. Katie's meeting with the County <br /> Manager for her department is April 3 d. Katie will be presenting her budget needs, <br /> especially given the fact that ARPA money is now ending.The board discussed how <br /> extremely important all the Eno Mill staff are to the success of arts programming. <br /> Orange County just conducted a strategic survey that had arts goals throughout.Arts <br /> programming at the Eno Mill and the rest of the county has had significant impacts on <br /> the community. The board offered Katie suggestions and advice for the upcoming <br /> budget discussions. <br /> b. Eno Mill <br /> i. Studio Updates—one studio is available now. One large one in the front will be <br /> available in August and a small one in the back will be available in April. <br /> ii. First Friday April 15t—will be a big show with a great band. <br />