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LEXINGTON COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS September 8, 2014 - 7pm Reed Room, Town Offices PRESENT: Cristina Burwell, Diana South, Leslie Masson, Jean Hart, Zoe Perry -Wood, Emily Passman ABSENT:Regie Gibson O'Hare, Jessie Steigerwald, Cheryl Meadow Cristina Burwell called the meeting to order at 7:24pm . Minutes were taken by Treasurer Diana South SECRETARY'S REPORT: Leslie Masson moved, and Jean Hart seconded a motion to approve minutes from the June meeting. All approved them. TREASURER'S REPORT: Diana South Section 1 of the Annual Report has been finalized with the town accountant and is ready to submit: • Account Balance at end of period (6/30/14): $7649.67 • Local Revenue at end of period (6/30/14): $2510.23 We expect to have $1005 available from 2013 grant year to give out in 2015 in addition to state funds. Final numbers will be available in December. Many grantees from 2014 haven't requested money yet, and they have until the end of February. Action: Diana and Cristina will get together to create a list of grantees who have already had their event and compose a letter for review at the next meeting. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Cristina Burwell Our LCC has a new password for the MCC site. This was emailed to council members in June, and Cristina will be resending the email with this password to council members this week. LCA has a new email address that has originated from the town as a method to archive correspondence. Conversations and announcements that should be recorded must copy that email address, and all communications from the LCA will be sent from this email address. The email address is artscouncil(lexingtonma , gov and is to be maintained by the Chair. The previously - existing email (artslexingtongmail , com) will continue to be the main email for the council until Cristina has a better understanding of how the new email works and can begin using it with regularity. Action: Cristina to resend everyone the new password NEW BUSINESS: Membership New LCA appointments: The Selectmen's Office has appointment application of Matt Pronchick, which the Council will be recommending. Action: Cristina to send an email to Matt to confirm as he was not at tonight's meeting. Page 1 of 3