~ Bolton Cultural Council~
Agenda and Minutes of (voting) Meeting November 19th, 2012
The Bolton Cultural Council voting meeting was held on~Mon. Nov. 19th, 2012 (7pm) at the Bolton Town Hall, Main Street, Bolton, Massachusetts.
-Attendees: ~
BCC Members: Judith Leonard, Chair; Le Juan He, Treasurer; Gonjia Xing, Member; Grant Coordination: Margot Brody and Pat Bensettler
-Absent:~Rosemarie Donnelly, member.
- Public/Guest attendance - none.
~Nov. 19th, 2013 voting meeting~7pm~to 9m:
1. ~ Welcome (5 minutes)~
~~ ~ ~QUORUM ~present. ~ This was enough to hold the voting meeting tonight.
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2. ~ Secretary's Report - (5 minutes)~
Minutes from last meeting-~November 7th, ~2011- for approval)
Report submitted by~BCC chair, Judy Leonard for previous secretary Trisha Sohl.
~~ ~ MOTION TO APPROVE/SECONDED/APPROVED- Unanimous
3. ~ Treasurer's Report - (5 minutes) Li Juan He ~~
~~ ~ ~ ~(From Town Accountant: Balances BCC/MCC ~$5494.36 and BAC $1119.70 as of 6/30/12)
Noted: ~Balances include encumbered funds to be disbursed as 2012 grant reimbursements in 2013
~~ ~ The amount determined for awarding at this meeting is $4167. ($4164.+ additional $2.41 interest)
~~ ~ MOTION TO APPROVE/SECONDED/APPROVED - Unanimous
4. ~ Review Grant Applications and Decision/Award Grants for 2013 (60 minutes)
~~ ~ ~ Packets of ~BCC Grant Applications submitted by October 15th, 2012 deadline were reviewed by members prior to this meeting. ~2013 ~Applications for funding consideration: ~ ~ $
~~ 2013 MCC/BCCAmount of funding available: ~ $ 4167. ($4164.+ $2.41 interest.
~~ ~ ~Committee discussed and voted to award funding to following applicants: ~~
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$200. Hudson Area Arts Alliance ~ (River's Edge Holiday Concert)
$200. ~~ Hudson Area Arts Alliance ~ (Synergia: Local History, Art, Poetry Fusion
$100. Sounds of Stow ~~ ~ ~ (Concert Season)
$200. Fruitlands Museum (Family Learning Center)
$100. Worcester Chamber Music Society (Free Senior tickets to WCMS Harvard Concert) ~ $350. Bolton Council on Aging ("Atticus" from "To Kill a Mockingbird" $1100. FlorenceSawyer/Emerson Schools (Music Technology w/ Brent Daniels)
$100. Symphony Pro Musica ~ (Musial Matinee: Our Annual Family Concert)
$100. Concerts on the Common (2013 Spring Concert)
$ ~75. Fitchburg Art Museum (78th Regional Exhibition of Arts&Crafts)
* $142. Indian Hill (Music-Bach's Lunch Concert Series)
$500.~ Tracy Lindsay/Nashoba Drama ("Hello Dolly")
$200. Friends of the Bolton Library (Awesome Robb Magic Show)
$200. ~ ~ ~ Friends of the Bolton Library ~ (Fun with Fossils and Dinosaurs)
$200. Friends of the Bolton Library ~ (Hungrytown)
$200.~ Friends of the Bolton Library (Star Wars Symposium)
$200.~ Friends of the Bolton Library ~ (Art of Zentangle)
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Total: ~ ~ $4167. ~ ~
(These awards are pending Massachusetts Cultural Council final approval/mid to end of January 2013)
BCC approval letter packets will be sent as soon as MCC approval received and 2013 funding confirmed.
*reflects ~$3.00 added to Indian Hill as agreed at meeting if ~Town added any interest from July 1st to November 30th)~
Note:(6) grant applications totaling $6300. were denied because the did not meet the Bolton CC requirements published on public website.~
Denied:~(all for same reason: only sent one copy)
Worcester County Horticultural Society -Concert Series, Harvard Pro Musica for Contemporary Music Sampler, Wirt for Blues Brothers Briefcase, Bouchard for Swing Concert, McNeaney for Latin Music Concert , Spencer for Bavarian Concert/Dance
MOTION TO APPROVE/ SECONDED/ APPROVED -Unanimous
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5. ~ 2013 Council recruitment/membership and assignments / next meeting/ comments (30 minutes)
~~ ~ ~DISCUSSED - Recruitment crucial for 2013 - as of March 2013 due to term limits will only have five members. ~
Minimum LCC membership is five.~
Judy is covering membership: has been actively recruiting past members and new members- Requested job posting on Town Website.~
Key positions that will be open March 2013.
Co-chairs:
(Judy Leonard has been covering as sole chair/ ~Judy's term will expire March 2013)
Secretary/ PR/Reporting
(Judy Leonard has been covering /Trisha Sohl term expired 2012)
Membership/Recruitment/Reporting~
( Judy Leonard has been covering / Susan Membrino- term expired 2011)
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6. ~ O&A - ~from non members (15 minutes)
~~ ~ ~NONE.
7. ~ Adjourn.
~~ ~ ~Motion to adjourn/seconded/adjourned.
Judy :)
Judith A. Leonard, BCC chair
Bolton~Cultural Council
Bolton, MA 01740
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