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REGULAR SESSION
Thursday, October 24, 2019 – 12:00 p.m. Lincoln Center, Columbine Room
10/24/2019 – MINUTES Page 1
1. CALL TO ORDER: 12:00 P.M.
2. ROLL CALL
• Board Members Present - Mr. Will Flowers, Ms. Jane Folsom, Ms. Tedi Cox, Ms.
Jennifer Zidon, Mr. Jesse Solomon, Ms. Vicki Fogel Mykles, Ms. Lili Francuz
• Board Members Absent – None
• Staff Members Present - Mr. Jim McDonald, Ms. Jaime Jones
• Guests: Ms. Dulcie Willis, Ms. Heather Johnson, Mr. Kevin Flowers
3. AGENDA REVIEW
4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
• None
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• Consideration and approval of the minutes from July 25, 2019 and September 21, 2019.
Ms. Folsom made a motion to accept the minutes. Ms. Fogel Mykles seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
• None
7. NEW BUSINESS
• Fort Collins Fringe Festival. Ms. Dulcie Willis and Ms. Heather Johnson, Co-Directors
of the Fort Collins Fringe Festival, gave an overview of the 2019 Festival and thanked
the Cultural Resources Board for supporting the Festival through a Fort Fund grant.
• Potential Workshops/Marketing for Fort Fund grantees/community. Mr. McDonald
informed the Board that there is an opportunity to host a series of two or three
workshops for the local cultural community on marketing. Board discussion included
options for the workshops including a panel discussion followed by breakouts with
presenters. The workshops could possibly start in the first quarter of 2020. Mr.
McDonald will research options and report back.
• Cultural Plan and CuRB involvement discussion: Board discussed how to support the
implementation of the Cultural Plan, including reviewing the action items and seeing
where there was alignment with the Boards duties. It was noted that in the Board’s
Cultural Resources Board
REGULAR SESSION
Thursday, October 24, 2019 – 12:00 p.m. Lincoln Center, Columbine Room
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2020 Annual Plan included supporting aspects of the Plan - the review of Fort Fund
process and supporting marketing opportunities for the creative sector.
8. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
• Fort Fund. There will be a public meeting on November 18, 2019 to discuss
updates to the 2020 Guidelines.
• The Gardens on Spring Creek. Reopening Day Saturday, November 16th
9-10.
• Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. New exhibit – Game Changers. Job
Announcement posted for Co-Director, Nonprofit partner.
• The Lincoln Center. New Season off to a good start with sold out performances.
• Visual Arts/APP. White Water Park open, major piece “Wave” by John Davis;
ArtWear was on 10/18; Willow Street project with Andrew Dufford is being
installed.
• Cultural Services and Fort Fund web pages have been updated
9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (EVENT ATTENDANCE, ETC.)
• Mr. Flowers attended ArtWear
• Ms. Cox attended ArtWear, Opera Fort Collins Guild Songs in Summer
• Ms. Francuz attended Fort Collins Book Festival
• Ms. Folsom attended Fortoberfest, ArtWear, Opera Fort Collins Guild Songs in
Summer
• Ms. Fogel Mykles attended Dance Express, Bas Bleu Driving Miss Daisy
10. OTHER BUSINESS:
• None
11. ADJOURNMENT:
• Mr. Flowers made a motion to adjourn at 1:55 pm. Ms. Francuz seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim McDonald
Director of Cultural Services