Minutes
Present:
Commissioners – Jane Reid, Jami Berry, Mimi Near,
Barbara Mattson, Katinka Bryk, Dwight Douthit and Gloria Feider Polzin
Guests – Ben Erickson, Kate
Bast, and Pat Dongvillo
The meeting was called to
order at 7:00 pm.
The copy of last month
meeting minutes were read and approved.
November’s minutes were distributed and will be reviewed individually.
Katinka reported the
current balance is approximately $1,000.
PAGE is currently using the Arts Commission’s account and Jane requested
they set up their own bank account.
Katinka will ask Traci at City Hall about getting a clear
reporting. Dwight agreed to see that
PAGE proceeds with the request.
Jane reported that she will
be attending a work session before the March 10 City Council meeting to answer
any questions council members might have about the Policies and Procedures for
Acquiring City Art. Ben Erickson had received his copy to review and said it
looked good, though noted we had forgotten to delete a mention of Percent for
Art. That will be taken care of in the final version. Katinka will email
another copy of the policy and procedures to everyone.
Jane reported on the
Clackamas County Cultural Forum meeting, which she attended. She stated that sponsoring a “grant writing”
workshop would be a beneficial to the community.
Gloria suggested that we
find someone to write a grant to replace Bev Anderson. Katinka’s suggestion was to ask City Council
for another AmeriCorp person to fill the spot.
Jane also reported that
RACC is putting on a grant-writing workshop soon. She will find out the basics and report back.
Jane reminded us that we
have not had any commissioners attend the Chamber luncheons lately. Dwight volunteered to attend.
Katinka suggested also that
we distribute our minutes to the Chair of all the major groups in Estacada,
such as Parks and Recreation, Planning Commission, etc. Ben will bring up this idea at council
meeting.
Carlos Reyes and the Poetry
night was a success. It was suggested,
however, that breaks be set between readings for parents with little ones who
need to leave earlier. The Community
Center reminded us to sweep and mop after such events.
Art Abrams event. Jane
Reported that the members of the Committee have most of the details of this
event under control, but could use some help on the night. Katinka, Gloria and Barbara will sell tickets
at the door. Barbara and Dwight will
blow up balloons and attach ribbons.
Dwight is also going to take photos.
Set up time will be 3 pm on Friday.
Kate reported that there
would be five authors for this event; M.J. Cody, Stevan Allred, Ron Cogdill,
Amy Shutzer, and herself. She will ask
each author to provide a bio and will email them to Gloria and a list of their
books. Gloria offered to MC the
evening. This next event will take place
at the Council Chambers on Friday, April 11.
It was decided that each
author would speak for 15 minutes and there would be a Q&A session at the
end.
Ben will provide a microphone and a podium stand. He will also look into doing
a video recording for the cable station. Dwight will make sure the information
gets into the local paper.
Kate also suggested
bringing an email/address sign in sheet at this event.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12, at
Jami’s house at 6:30 pm.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Jami Berry, Secretary