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Approved Meeting Minutes
Monday, January 11, 2020
5:00 PM— 6:30 PM
Location: Via Zoom: See below for remote participation instructions
Facilitator: Jillian Tung
Attendance:
Present: Jillian Tung, Steve Poltorzycki, Shalini Kakar, Hema Gandhi, Melissa
Talal, Doug Urban
Absent: None
Guests: None
Meeting start time: 5:03 pm
I. Call to order
II. December 7, 2020 meeting minutes approved by unanimous vote.
III. Update on finances
A. Establishment of a deadline of March 1 for FY 2020 grant reimbursement
requests was approved by unanimous vote.
B. State allocation: $7,100, plus current available balance $1,407.03 equals
$8,152 available for granting. There is still in $7,252 pending expenditures
not included in the foregoing. Steve, Hema, and Doug will contact
grantees to see how much of the pending expenditures will actually be
requested. Any state funding that is not requested by March 1 will
automatically roll over into the next grant cycle. At a later meeting we will
discuss what to do about any local money allocated in the FY 2020 grant
cycle that was not requested.
IV. Review of FY 2021 grant applications
A. Guidelines reviewed
B. Applications reviewed. Of the 38 applications received, 25 will be
considered for funding at our next meeting and 13 will receive letters
stating their projects will not be funded.
V. Spring project planning
A. Formation of subcommittee to work on projects (for example, public art,
performances, etc.)
B. First meeting: Saturday, January 16 10:00 am. Jillian will send an email
with further logistics.
Meeting Adjourned at: 7:00 pm