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CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD MINUTES
Regular Meeting — Thursday, May 31, 2007
12:00 p.m..
Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St. Fort Collins, CO 80521
11 Council Liaison: David Roy Staff Liaison: Jill Stilwell 11
Chairperson: Patrick Moran Phone: 207-9888 (h)
Vice -Chair: Sue Beck-Ferkiss
A regular meeting of the Cultural Resources Board was held on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 12:00 p.m.
The following members were present:
Board Members present: Jack Steele, Carol Ann Hixon, Ann Wilmsen, Patrick Moran
Diane Gaede, Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Susan Marshall
Board Members absent: none
Staff Members present: Jill Stilwell, Gail Budner
Guests Present: Cathy Jones, FCCVB
Call to Order - (12:10 p.m.) Mr. Moran
ll. Consideration of agenda — no Changes
III. Consideration and approval of minutes of April 25, 2007:
Ms. Hixon made a motion to accept the minutes as amended.
Ms. Beck-Ferkiss seconded the motion..
Passed unanimously.
IV. Public Input: none
V. Informational Workshops:
So You Want a Fort Fund Grant... Workshop — Ms. Hixon, Ms. Marshall and Ms. Gaede will meet
to discuss the purpose and contents of this workshop. The hope is to have a workshop in the Fall,
possibly mid -October. Areas of discussion will include: What is the theme and intent of an
organization's event(s)?, the expectation of the CRB regarding a model Fort Fund application and
how an organization could better sell their event to the CRB.
Consider identifying funding prioitys(s) — none will be considered this year.
Business support for the Arts Workshop — Ms. Wilmsen will contact the Colorado Business
Council of the Arts and begin researching this.
VI. Tier 4 Implementation Team:
The Team , which consists of Mr. Steele, Mr. Moran, Ms. Beck-Ferkiss and Ms. Jones of the FCCVB,
would like to have a presentation/proposal completed by September. Mr. Steele presented a PowerPoint
program that he has currently been working on. The Board discussed various criteria, requirements and
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processes for choosing a recipient of the funding. The team will explore the possibility of offering a
conditional grant that would require matching funding.
VII. Proposal of dates for meeting with the Arts Alive Board:
The Board discussed the purpose and value of building an alliance and partnering with the Arts Alive
Board and how their support may be critical to the success of Arts Alive. The Board feels that the
meeting would need to be facilitated and that the expectations and goals of the Cultural Resources Board
and the Arts Alive Board would need to be defined prior to the meeting. The goal would be to establish
the central vision of both groups and how future collaboration would proceed. The Board proposed
Monday July 16s' from 11 am — 2p.m. as the joint meeting date.
VIII. June funding session:
The meeting time has been moved up from 3:00 pm to 12:00 pm. There will be a %a hour presentation of
the City's branding process prior to the funding session.
IX. Liaison Reports:
Mr. Moran reported on the progress of DDA's "Beet Street"
X. Review of past Fort Fund events: none
XI. Staff Reports:
Ms. Stilwell reported on the Cultural Facilities Plan and requested that the Board attend the
Council work session on August 28, 2007. Board review of the plan is scheduled for the July
agenda. Ms. Stilwell also reported on the Museum and Discovery Center partnership.
XII. Other Business:
Ms. Gaede will do a model presentation of her research of Corporate Social Responsibility —
Sense of Place at a Cultural Resources Board meeting this fall.
XIII. Adjournment: 2:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Gail Budner
Administrative Clerk II