Cultural Council Meeting Minutes 7/12/22
Meeting date:
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
MONTEREY CULTURAL COUNCIL MINUTES
DATE: Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Monterey Community Center
PRESENT: Janet Jensen, Maggie Barkin, Erica Stern, Stephanie Sloane, Barbara Dahlman and our state focal point Carolyn Coles (by Zoom)
DISCUSSION AND DECISIONS:
Reading of May 18 Meeting Minutes, approved with minor modifications
A round of introduction of members and guests:
- Carolyn Coles, who is our new focal point with the Mass Culture Council
- Barbara Dahlman, a once and prospective new member (she served many years ago)
OLD BUSINESS:
Financial Report:
- Review of finances: Maggie reported that all grantees have now been paid, and we still have close to $1000 in reserve.
Memorial Day Parade:
- While the MCC’s participation was noticed and noted by some, and included a photo in the Monterey News, Maggie was disappointed that the group did not show up on the official listings.
- Maggie suggested better coordination/outreach in the future. She offered to write up monthly calendar notices for the Monterey News.
- Janet offered to do a write up for September about the opening of the grant cycle.
- Erica agreed to offer assistance to anyone needing help with the grant app.
What’s Happening Plans:
- Maggie reported that six or seven people showed up for her last event and several programs are in the works.
NEW BUSINESS:
Grants:
- There was general discussion about ways to collect community input to inform our granting priorities. As Carolyn noted, there are many approaches possible.
Community Survey:
- We decided to put off revisiting a community survey until we could focus on it more fully.
- Maggie is planning to devote one or two August “What’s Happenings”, in coordination with Lauren Berhman, to get input on town cultural priorities.
- Possible contribution to 175th commemorative book for Monterey and to the Library’s children’s program were postponed since Carole was not present.
Next meeting set for Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 4:00 pm