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<br />Lexington Council for the Arts <br />Approved Minutes – December 9, 2013 <br />Present – Victoria Campos, Emily Passman, Cheryl Meadow, Regie O-Hare Gibson, <br />Lynne Klemmer, Jean Hart, Leslie Masson, Diana South, Cristina Burwell, Zoe Perry- <br />Wood, Jessie Steigerwald. Minutes were taken by Jessie Steigerwald <br />Secretary's report – Jessie Steigerwald <br />Members unanimously expressed appreciation for Victoria Campos and her dedicated <br />service as Secretary for the LCA. Minutes from 9.9.13 (Campos), 10.21.13 (Campos) & <br />11.18.13 (Steigerwald) were discussed. 11.18.13 minutes were approved unanimously <br />and will be submitted to town archives by Jessie Steigerwald to bring minutes up to date. <br />Treasurer’s report – Diana South <br />Voting meeting calculation – exact funds available for granting <br />o <br />Reimbursements – Reviewed importance of deadlines for grant recipients. <br />o <br />Reimbursements requests received after the deadline will not be granted and <br />submitters will be reminded of policy. This information is provided in award <br />letters and we need to follow the dates to keep our accounts updated in order to be <br />able to provide the maximum grant funds available in each cycle. <br />Current budget was reviewed. (See December treasurer statement.) <br />o <br />Chairperson report - Zoe Perry-Wood <br />LCO Grant follow-up. <br />We will not use these funds this year but are reminded that it is a possibility for <br />next year’s cycle. Cristina Burwell will remind the group next year in a timely <br />fashion. <br /> <br />New show in Munroe Gallery / Future gallery schedule <br />Members agreed to consider possible location of gallery space at alternate <br />locations to find accessible space. Community Center would be helpful location. <br />Scheduling exhibitions and publicizing the shows requires volunteer time and <br />should be discussed further. Group would like gallery showings to generate <br />interest for each artist who participates. <br />Chairperson Transition <br />Members unanimously expressed appreciation for Zoe Perry-Wood’s leadership <br />as the LCA Chair and noted that this meeting marked not only Zoe’s last meeting <br />as Chairperson, but, perhaps more importantly, an exciting transition for LCA as <br />Zoe will now be able to focus her energy on a list of exciting projects that she has <br />kept on a back-burner while serving in the leadership role. The group looks <br />forward to Zoe’s future LCA projects! <br />Action Items follow up- <br />1 <br /> <br />