Greater Flint Area Community Cultural Plan

Communications Task Force

Meeting - 4/7/04

Goal for this meeting.
Recommendation of 1 to 3 Major Long Term Goals.
Focus on Arts and Culture in the Community

Communication

Review of Vision Statement – consensus of the group is that we will stick with the original vision statement as presented on the first set of notes. Reason for this decision is that the creation of this statement was a collaborative process among the group.

Major Long Term Goals – brainstorming of ideas

  • Appropriate Networking Vehicles (could facilitate other points. Eg. Web calendar, e-mail list
  • Clearinghouse – getting the information gathered and getting the information out.
  • State of City Affairs & perception of Flint
  • Venue forums (Clearinghouse concept)
  • Keep organization like this going – keeper of the flame. Who will coordinate communication efforts.
  • Cross promote events across orgs.
  • De-segregate audiences
  • Designate pd position to sustain communication
  • Perceived importance of different organization. Respect and fairness in representing all organizations – grass roots and professional.
  • Assigned reporter from Journal (In light of Journal’s new branding)

Next steps
3 to 5 year goals

  1. Designated paid position to implement and sustain process
  2. Develop clearing house
    • - see what various organizations are doing (work with ArtServe Michigan – SE Michigan consortium)
    • - media comm..
    • - organizations collaboration
    • - info to public, across barriers
    • - governmental involvement and support

6 – 18 months activities

  1. Develop funding
  2. Develop plan to ensure sustainability
  3. Dialog w/ GFAC about broadening their role in this process – include cultural institutions.
  4. Communicate with Journal need for designated reporter.
  5. Build pool of people who are committed to this process and this task team (expand the group and seek greater diversity among different size organizations and county wide)


Summary

1. Get everyone to the table and develop buy-in to continue involvement

2. We embrace the following short term goals toward the ends of:

a. Dev. Arts & Culture clearinghouse staffed by a paid person to lead implantation toward a variety of our other goals.
b. Relationship building
c. Review definition of culture (different definitions within county – get greater county involvement)
d. Expand our team – better balance (we are very heavy w/ Cultural Center people) look to neighborhoods, race and ethnic diversity

3. Explore what other communities are doing

4. Investigate government involvement in other locales

5. Assigned reporter from the Journal

6. GFAC incorporating some of this work

7. Develop funding and sustainability plan

Suggestion for the process as a whole: Develop board of directors that includes some folks w/ name recognition

TO CULTURAL PLANNING HOME PAGE


This page and its contents Copyright 2003-4, The Greater Flint, MI Arts Council.
Send comments or suggestions to: gfac@prodigy.net