Minutes

ESTACADA AREA ARTS COMMISSION

Saturday, February 3, 2007

 

Commissioners Present: 

Gloria Polzin, Jami Berry, Am Griswold, Rochelle Shibahara, Janette Kirchhofer, and Angel Austin.  Kathleen Wyatt was absent

 

Guests Present:  Kate Bast

 

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m.

 

Approval of Minutes

The December minutes were read via email prior to the meeting and approved.   The January minutes were approved after a small correction. 

 

Financial Statement

Rochelle handed out a proposed budget for the fiscal year 2007-08 showing revenue and expenses broken out into four different sections.  The budget includes operating expenses for the EAAC and it was discussed and voted on that we designate the monies from the Silent Art Auction at the ESC to be earmarked for the EAAC.  It will be posted on our Yahoo Group page (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EstacadaAreaArtsCommission/files) for public viewing. 

 

It was discussed and voted on that the EAAC would be submitting a request letter and budget proposal to the City in March to hopefully be included in their annual budget.  

 

Mail

No mail to report on.

 

Yahoo Group Website

Rochelle has been keeping this updated – thank you, Rochelle!  Jami agreed to put the minutes onto the Yahoo Group.

 

Arts Commission Website

Jami has created a website for the EAAC – www.estacadaarts.org.  She has asked everyone to view and give their opinions, suggestions, additions, etc., to her anytime. 

 

Public Input

None at this time.

 

BUSINESS – Subcommittee Reports

 

2007 Summer Celebration

Kate Bast reported on the different bands that her and Pete were getting in the musical line-up.  She also said that Jane Reid would be speaking with Brent Dodrill about Sunday’s musical line-up and had not heard about that portion yet.  The Music Crawl volunteers will be Jennifer Lewis, Kate, Am, and Jane.  They are working on getting names, ideas, and venues.

 

Kate also reported on the Shade Committee meeting.  It was decided to rent a 20 x 30’ tent and a 50’ long tent (by Thriftway) and rent 1 set of bleachers this year in an effort to provide more shade and the same amount of seats.  They will also be getting more tables and chairs this year, and are also thinking about building a mini-stage with an archway entrance.  They estimate it would increase the costs in this area by $2K to $3K.

 

The CD project is being handled by Am who went and spoke with Randy Ealy about using the city attorney for a binding contract.  The city attorney has one we can use and Am will be following up with that and will keep us informed.

 

Fundraising – Kate reported that Quadrant Homes reneged on the pledge of $3K stating that they “didn’t feel they are a presence in our community yet.”  They told Jane to check back next year.  We have not heard about the NEA $10K grant yet; Jane said it should be soon.

 

Graphic Design Work – Kate reported that Michelle Griffin would be unable to do this for ESC this year.  Jami agreed to ask Lesley Atlansky if she would be willing to do this again this year at a reduced cost. 

 

Artist Vendors – Kate reported that Mauragrace already has quite a few artists lined up and it was looking good for this year.

 

Estacada Summer Celebration Website – Rochelle agreed for now to update this website but does not want this job forever. 

 

Volunteer Coordinator – Kate said she tried to contact Kathleen about being the VC but was unable to reach her so was looking for a new coordinator.  We suggested she give her a call on her land line as she was easier to reach there.  She agreed.  It was also decided that we need two VCs – one for calling and lining up volunteers and the other to be a logistics onsite person at the ESC.

 

We were reminded that the next Summer Celebration meeting would be held on Monday, Feb. 12th at 6:30 pm at the Forest Service Conference Room.

 

Publicity

No report from Kathleen as she was not in attendance.  Jami did report that she edited some of the materials Kathleen left for us.  She handed them out and more changes were made and information was updated.  She will re-do for Kathleen.  Jami also reported that she has the new tri-fold and FOTA box.  She will help Kathleen with this job.

 

Fundraising

Ongoing.

 

Community Outreach

Estacada Tourism Committee – No report available this month.

Oregon Symphony Program – Gloria and Jami reported that the event was spectacular and that all went well and there was an estimated 350 people in attendance.  Gloria and Jami would be meeting with Estacada Together on Friday for a debriefing meeting. 

 

School Outreach – Mural Art Walk

No report at this time.

 

 

Public Art Opportunities

 

Centennial Art Project – No report at this time.

Library 1% for Art –  No report at this time.

Wade Creek Park Project –  No report at this time.

 

 

Friends of the Arts (FOTA)

No new report.

 

 

Arts & Culture Series

Jami reported that everything was going along swimmingly.

 

Artback Postcards

Gloria reported the postcards are in and are beautiful.  She will confer with Mauragrace as to the next steps to be taken.

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 am.

 

The next meeting will be held March 7, 2007.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Jami Berry, Secretary