1995 ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL MINUTES

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Louisville Arts&Humanities Council Minutes 12/21/95 -3- E.Kosinski • else was going on, handing around a signup sheet for those interested in attending an organizational meeting was not practical. A mailing will go out to the LAC Dec. 19th attendees (with a cover letter explaining the hopes for the proto-organization) and also to those who indicated interest in the arts at the 1995 Futures Conference. It is hoped that from this mailing (slated for the first week of Feb or so) there will emerge a organizational committee that can help jump-start a • "Patrons" group. Questions to be resolved at the organizational meeting include: What will membership buy you? Could discounts to LAHC (and possibly other) events be made available? Would local arts groups • members become honorary members? Would there be a newsletter and who will handle it? Could monies collected then be channeled back to various local arts groups as grants?, etc. NOTE: several folks have already expressed interest in writing a check for membership!! C. Board Openings for 1996: City Council is in the process of reviewing candidates who have applied. Unfortunately, they were not able to attend this meeting, but should be on board for 1996. Original by-laws indicated 7, there have been as many as 9, and with normal attrition, its wise to have a pool of folks interested. Members are urged to identify folks they think might be interested in participating, and bring them along to a meeting or two to see how the LAHC works. • An introduction to the Arts Council, was discussed, in the form of a meeting (retreat) concerning members' skill sets, which areas of interest new members have, and overall goalsetting for the Arts Council. This meeting should be held as soon as the new members are available. The best possible match for skill/board position should be sought to maximize LAHC effectiveness. .During the CAC Conference in September, panel members strongly suggested providing new Board members with material (mission statements, by-laws, historical perspective, recent events, grants already received and their committments, etc.) concerning the Board and its responsibilities to the community. This will be worked on for the "retreat" to provide a solid Board foundation. Nominating and electing the Board positions will be the first official action of the new Board. D. Steamboat Springs Arts Council opportunity: (final item of business) Eva will be spending some time in Steamboat Springs this coming month. She has asked if it would be OK to contact their Art Council, which not only has a membership organization, but which also has been involved with the renovations of a historical building (the Steamboat Art Center was formerly a train depot). They might have some hints, suggestions, warnings, etc. that would be useful to us. A motion was made by John Hansen, seconded by Rachel, and the vote was unanimous. 1111