Present: Bruce
Bradley, Artina Sadler, Jan Hartranft, Joanne
Mondowney, Jack LeSage, Greg Fielder, Matt Zacks,
Morrie Warshawski, Sue Wood
Absent: Cindy
Ornstein, Tim Shickles, Kay Kelly, Michael Kelly,
Deborah Kohler, Robin Maynard, Tim Herman, Paul
Torre
Update:
- GFAC
has received 116,000 from the Ruth Mott Foundation
for Phase Three
- Morrie
has moved to California,
but will still be involved, just not as accessible
- Sue
has moved to Ann
Arbor and will be gradually
withdrawing from the project
Cultural Plan
- Gets
rave reviews from people across the country
with whom Morrie has shared
- Needs
to be widely distributed locally, regionally
and nationally—GFAC will do. Include
in cover letters launch date and how to get
involved
- Sue
has provided GFAC with rosters of all participants—Cover
letter #1 with invitation to attend launch
- VIP’s,
elected officials (get list from library)—Cover
Letter #2
- Greg
will also send to his list of 2,500—Cover
letter #2
- Cool
Cities Attendees—Cover letter #2
- State,
regional and national folks—Cover letter
#3
- MACAA
- MCACA
- ArtServe Michigan
- Americans
for the Arts
- National
Endowment for the Arts
- Grantmakers
in the Arts
- National
Assembly of State Arts Agencies
- Council
on Foundations
- Susan
Poole to CMF, Focus Council, Downtown Small
Business—Cover letter #4
- Online
with pdf file (see Morrie’s list from Phase
Two)
- Post
on website via Flint Public Library (send
to Joanne)
- MACAA
listserve
- Non-profit
news
- New York Foundation
on the Arts
- Arts
Journal
- Others?
- Press
Release + report to GFAC press list, Jack
LeSage Press List
- Coordinate
all this: mail
reports + press release + web postings +
announcement of new coordinator leading to
public event
Phase Three
- Re-form
Task Forces around the major goals. Each Task
force will do;
1.
Benchmarking—research and site visits
2.
Action Planning
a.
Recommend next steps and actions.
b.
Some things will take years, some can happen
now. What
can you do NOW to move this goal forward?
3.
Mini grants for implementation projects
a.
Action projects in each goal area
b.
Maybe put out and RFP to the community
- Document
and produce a report
- Evaluator
- RMF
added $10,000 for a professional evaluator
- Need
to identify someone in the state to start
right away
- Launch
Phase Three with a public event with food and
entertainment
- Tues.
April 26 or Wed. April 27
- Check
on availability of the library
- Linkage
with other planning efforts (Community Challenge,
500 Block). CCP should take the initiative on this
coordination and be the active body that connects
all
Coordinator Position
- Needs
a desk, computer and phone
- May
be at GFAC or somewhere else
- Personnel
Selection Committee
- Bruce,
Greg, Jack, Artina, Matt
- Recruit
some from team members who are absent
- Committee
meets Wed. March 23, 4:00 – 5:00 PM at GFAC
- Tasks
- Finalize
job description
- Include
duration (one year) and salary range
- Determine
process for distributing job description
(websites, Flint Journal ad, Uncommon Sense
ad)
- Do
by March 30
- Goal: someone selected by April 20
Questions:
- When
can Facilitation Team meet again? Mon,
Tues. or Wed. Ap. 4, 5 or 6. Sue
will poll the team
- Do
we need to invite anyone else to join the Facilitation
Team?
TO
FACILITATION TEAM PAGE
TO
CULTURAL PLANNING HOME PAGE
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