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This leaves one vacancy on the Council. We would like to find new members to increase the council's diversity and representation of the town, and Council members were asked to pass along any recommendations to Cristina as soon as possible. Currently the Council is heavy on visual arts and would be better balanced with appointees in the literature, music, dance and drama disciplines. Cristina mentioned an email that came in from a HS student who is interested in participating in the Council. There was discussion about age limits for voting members. Members pointed out the more important issue of having skills that could further the work of the committee. The student who emailed was encouraged to attend meetings and given the schedule and links to the Council's online presence. Action: Cristina will send out a poll to find out if Mondays are still good days or if we could change nights to accommodate new members. Action: Council members to send Cristina any names of potential new members. Action: Zoe to contact Regie to confirm he is still interested in being a Council member. Grants Grant writing workshop: Zoe Perry -Wood did one last year, and brought examples of funded grants, talked about the general philosophy of what we want to grant and how we prioritize funding. She encouraged people to ask questions and help them improve their applications. Met at LACS. Publicized through the Minuteman, patch, Lexington email lists, Lexington Common, etc. The grant - writing workshop was decided to be held Monday, September 29 at 7pm (with back -up of September 30th), location permitting. Action: Jean to find a list of websites and publicity resources that Lexington residents view. Jean will publish an announcement for the workshop. Action: Zoe and Cristina to lead the grant writing workshop. Action: Send an email to all previous grant applicants to tell them about the workshop Action: Zoe and Cristina to update press release and flier for grant writing workshop The group brainstormed about the things it would like to see come in for a grant request. One theme was promoting individual artists, with a reference to NC Arts Council goals. Website Home page layout: Left Announcements — middle is what's currently happening — right is the blog Action: Monthly blog update needed. Emily will send new graphic to Zoe for publication to the website. Action: Need someone to write a monthly blog (read: listing of Lexington cultural events). Can get event info from the town calendar. Zoe will teach two people how to update the blog (Diana and ?) Action: Send an email or post card to potential grant applicants that we would like to see submit a proposal. Goal for publication to be sent on the 18th, so must be ready on Sept 15. Get info to Jean by Friday Sept 12. Action: Zoe to update website with most recent council photo and new grant deadline Gallery Space: Cristina updated the group on when the report went out, and its process of waiting for Interiors Comm. to meet and report back. While the report had numerous recommendations for the Community Center, the major topics that will need LCA contribution are: Galleries of rotating art, a permanent artwork collection, and opening day artwork and activities. It is anticipated that the next step will need Council members stepping up to get involved in the planning process of one or more of these three topics come the end of September. Page 2 of 3