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OKAY.

[00:00:01]

UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING

[Cultural Arts Commission on October 4, 2022.]

AT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

TODAY IS OCTOBER 4TH.

UH, FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

OKAY.

JUST GETTING GOING.

JUST YOU CAN GET YOUR NAME TAG IF YOU WANT TO, AND THEN YEAH, WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE TO SIT.

PLACES.

EITHER WAY.

SO WE JUST CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT FROM THIS WRITTEN? I MADE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.

SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AND OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, FIRST THING IS, UH, THAT COMES AROUND EVERY YEAR IN OCTOBER IS THE ELECTION OF OUR OFFICERS.

SO THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN.

ANYBODY NOMINATE ? I WAS GONNA SAY ANYBODY? WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY EVERYBODY ELSE.

NO, I WAS GONNA NOMINATE.

OKAY.

INSURANCE.

SORRY.

WE STILL OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS, SO, OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT GOOD? GOOD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN.

VICE CHAIR.

YEAH.

FACO, YOU STILL I LIKE THEM.

STILL DO? I CAN.

OKAY.

DO I HEAR A SECOND OR ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ANYBODY FLOORS OPEN FOR ANYBODY? I'D LIKE TO BE VICE CHAIR.

NO.

OKAY.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? A SECOND.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVORS SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, AND THEN TREASURER.

TREASURER, .

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA DELVE INTO THAT ONE? , SECOND THAT ONE, THEN YOU KEEP THAT RIGHT? SO, ALRIGHT.

UH, SHARE HARRY.

NO MORE.

ALL THOSE IN PAPER SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THAT WORKS.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO THEN.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, ONTO OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORTS.

SURE.

THANKS.

SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A VERY FULL PACKET, UH, TODAY, LOTS OF BUSINESS FOR OUR OCTOBER MEETING.

YOU CAN FIND A DIRECTOR'S REPORT IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW ALONG IN YOUR PACKET.

IT'S THE ONE THAT'S WITH THE PAPERCLIP.

UM, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP ON SOME OUTSTANDING BUSINESS, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER IN OUR JULY MEETING, WE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM ACHIEVEMENT CENTER AND FROM LANDMARK OF ASKING TO REALLOCATE THEIR FUNDS, UH, THEIR GRANTS.

AND SO WE WERE STILL WAITING ON A FINAL REPORT FROM ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, ACTUALLY FROM THE PRIOR YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAD TO RE, I GUESS, UH, PLAN OR RESCHEDULE THEIR EVENT BECAUSE OF COVID.

SO YOU'LL FIND TWO REPORTS, UM, JUST FOR YOU TO YOUR PERUSAL.

THEY DID, UH, USE OUR GRANT FUNDS WISELY AND, UH, DID PUT IT TO GOOD WORK.

SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE TWO REPORTS.

THEY DID NOT APPLY FOR A GRANT THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT I THINK THEY INTEND TO APPLY FOR A GRANT IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN GOOD STANDING WITH Y'ALL BEFORE.

YES.

THEIR EXPENSES.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT WE REQUIRE.

THAT OF, UH, IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY GET A GRANT AND THEN THEY DON'T GET IT THE NEXT YEAR, WHETHER THEY HAVE TO GIVE US A, YOU KNOW, A REPORT OF REVENUE, EXPENSIVE KIND OF A YEAR IN THING OF WHAT THEY DID THAT YEAR AND WHAT, SO THEY GAVE US, THEY HAVEN'T, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAID.

THEY'VE BEEN CLOSED.

AND, UH, SO AGAIN, THEY ARE IN GOOD STANDING, SO IF THEY WANNA APPLY AND THEN FOLLOWING YEARS, THEY'RE WELCOME TO.

YES.

THANK YOU.

TERRIFIC.

AND JUST, UM, I DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE REPORT.

WE HAD KIND OF HANDLED IT THROUGH EMAIL, BUT AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, LANDMARK, UM, KIND OF REALLOCATED THEIR FUNDS INITIALLY, I THINK Y'ALL HAD APPROVED FOR SOME SHELVING AND THEY KIND OF REPURPOSED THEIR FUNDS FOR, I THINK IT WAS LIKE A FILE CABINET AND A SCANNER.

SO, UH, SO ANY, OUR OUTSTANDING BUSINESS IS TAKEN CARE OF.

UM, AS AN UPDATE ON FRIDAY, UH, ANDY HESSER, WHO'S OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR, AND I WENT BEFORE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

UM, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS AN INTERNAL, SO THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR.

UM, AND EACH YEAR THEY IDENTIFY WHAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

IT'S A GREAT THING, ACTUALLY.

IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND

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HAS THIS TYPE OF, UH, OF, OF A PERSON TO HELP, UM, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS KIND OF FLOW IN THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO.

SO, UH, WE HAVE THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A GROUP TO POTENTIALLY AUDIT THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, IT DM WAS SHARING WITH ME, THEY, THERE HAVE BEEN AUDITS IN THE PAST OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.

UM, THIS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, WHAT I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THE GRANT PROCESS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE TRANSPARENT WITH HOW WE'RE DOING OUR GRANTING OUR AWARDS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE PROCESS.

SO I DO AT THE END OF JUST KIND OF, WE GAVE A LITTLE VERBAL UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE END OF OUR LITTLE UPDATE.

I'M GOING BACK TO COUNCIL.

DAN WILL BE THERE AS WELL.

AND SO WILL ANDY ON MONDAY FOR WORK SESSION NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.

AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF LIKE, HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE COMMISSION.

THEY'RE NINE APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY RECEIVE THIS MUCH FROM THE HOTEL FUNDS AND THEY GET THESE MANY GRANTS.

AND SO ANYWAY, SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON MONDAY WHERE HOPEFULLY WE CAN ASK, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND GIVE SOME FEEDBACK AND, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF SEE WHERE WE GO.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS MANY OF YOU THAT COULD COME MONDAY NIGHT, BE THERE AS IN SUPPORT AND OF THE COMMISSION.

SO YOU DON'T JUST HAVE ANYTHING TO DO ON MONDAY NIGHT.

, THAT'S WHAT TIME? SIX O'CLOCK.

SIX O'CLOCK OVER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THERE'S CHAIRS THERE THAT WE CAN SIT IN SIX, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT JUST THAT WAY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, LIKE IF THEY'RE ASKING US QUESTIONS AND WHATEVER, AND YOU COULD ANSWER PAR, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S, AND WHAT'S MONDAY? SIX O'CLOCK MONDAY NIGHT IS THE YES.

OCTOBER, UM, OCTOBER 10TH.

MONDAY.

YEAH, MONDAY, OCTOBER TENTHS RIGHT HERE.

SO SIX.

IT SAYS THAT ON HERE, ON THIS, THIS PROFESSION IS TELEVISED.

YES, IT IS TELEVISED.

CORRECT.

SO YOU COULD WATCH IT FROM HOME, BUT YEAH, ALWAYS HAVING PEOPLE ATTEND IN PERSON TOO, I THINK IS ALWAYS WELL, AND THEN HAVING JUST ALL OF IT.

NOT YOU.

I KNOW EVERYBODY CAN'T BE THERE, BUT IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE THAT WE'RE THE COMMISSION AND WE SUPPORT WHAT WE DO.

SO IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE THAT, UH, SUPPORT OF THE, OF A THERE IF YOU CAN BE THERE.

AND USUALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE LIKE VERY FIRST ON, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT USUALLY THE VERY LAST.

SO, AND ONCE WE DO IT, THEN WE CAN GO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

SO, UH, IT USUALLY, WE'RE NOT TOO FAR INTO THE AGENDA.

UP.

THERE'S CROSSING FINGERS.

YEAH.

.

SO I SAY THAT.

YEAH.

SO THE AGENDA WILL BE PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BETTER IDEA OF LIKE, WHEN IT FALLS.

YEAH.

AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S REAL EAGER TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE ARTS PLAN IS SO ROBUST AND THEY, THEY REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THE ARTS PLAN AS WELL TOO.

SO THAT THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION ON MONDAY.

UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ARTS AND ACTION NEWSLETTER VERSUS THE POSTCARD.

SO THIS PAST YEAR, UM, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE.

SO PREVIOUSLY, UH, STAFF HAD PUT TOGETHER AN ARTS AND ACTION NEWSLETTER THAT WAS MAILED EVERY OTHER MONTH TO TICKET BUYERS.

THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS A NEWSLETTER, IT WAS A PRINTED, THERE'S BOOKS GOING ON.

YEAH, THERE'S LOTS GOING ON.

IT WAS A FOLD OVER PIECE WITH LITTLE STORIES ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, WE TRANSITIONED FROM THIS NEWSLETTER INTO A POSTCARD FORMAT AND STARTED MAILING THE POSTCARDS EVERY MONTH.

UM, AND THEN USE THE SAVINGS FROM THE ACTUAL FOLD OVER FOR SOME DIGITAL TYPES OF ENDEAVORS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS SUMMER, UH, AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE TOO IN YOUR FINANCES AS WE GET THERE, UM, THERE WAS A MARKETING EXPENSE, UH, THIS $5,400 TO MAIL POSTCARDS.

THERE WERE 14,000 POSTCARDS MAILED OUT OVER THE SUMMER, UM, ADVERTISING ARTS ACTIVITIES IN GARLAND.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING.

MARKETING IS AN EVER CHANGING TYPE OF BEAST, AND ESPECIALLY NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONSUMING INFORMATION TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY USED TO.

MM-HMM.

.

AND, UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY TO REACH PEOPLE AND, UH, AND USE OUR DOLLARS THE VERY BEST.

SO I, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LIKE GET A POSTCARD AND JUST DITCH IT, BUT THEN, I DON'T KNOW, I, I'M MORE OF AN OLD FASHIONED, I, I DO LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT IS AND, AND THEN DITCH IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE IT ON NOW.

BUT I THINK ON THE BRIDGE, HUH? YEAH, ON THE BRIDGE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

IT'S LIKE SOME, YOU KNOW, DOES IT GO OUT LIKE THE FIRST OF THE MONTH SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THE WHOLE MONTH? IT DOES.

IT GOES OUT, YEAH.

HITS RIGHT AT THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.

OKAY.

OR THE END OF THE MONTH.

OKAY.

[00:10:01]

YEAH.

THE QUESTION I HAVE THAT MAY BETTER.

YEAH.

WHAT'S UH, IN TERMS, YEAH, IN TERMS OF THE PER PIECE PRICE, I MAY NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

WE GET THREE AT OUR HOUSE.

OH GEEZ.

NICE.

SO IF THERE, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S ALL IN THE SAME ADDRESS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ME, UHHUH, WHEN IT COMES TO MY WIFE'S NAME, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE COMES TO BOTH OF OUR NAMES.

SO YOU'RE ATTENDING THREE.

EXACTLY.

IT MAKES YOU JUST REALLY, IT'S PROBABLY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, LIKE GCT, GSM.

YEAH.

WELL, BUT, BUT I GET THE THREE LARGE POSTCARDS.

YEAH.

IT'S THE, WHATEVER THEY'RE USING INDIVIDUALLY AS PATRONS.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY.

YEAH.

CAUSE Y'ALL ARE INDIVIDUAL PATRONS.

HOW SHOW UP? THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THE HOUSEHOLD NEEDS TO BE SOMEHOW.

YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UH, COLLATING OR HOWEVER ON THE COMPUTER, IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IF IT CAN BE LIKE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO 2116, WENDY COULD JUST BE ONE THING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SAVES ANY MONEY.

IT MAY NOT MATTER THAT IT'S THREE INSTEAD OF, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.

THAT'S JUST THAT I GET THREE.

IT'S JUST CAN, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN IS THAT HAPPENING? AND WE USED TO GET THAT WAY TOO.

STATE REP DRIVER AND DID.

YEAH.

SO, BUT I, I REMEMBER SAYING IT AND I THINK THEY WENT IN AND WORKED ON THE LIST.

AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING.

I KNOW WITH GSM, I GET TWO OF THEIR, OF THEIR BIG, SO WE JUST, THEIR SEASON THIS THING YOU FROM ARTS AND ACTION.

I, I WOULD SAY WE'RE, WE'RE IN A TRANSITION POINT.

CHEYENNE IS ABOUT TO MOVE TO COLORADO AND WE'RE ABOUT TO BRING ON, WE HAVE A COUPLE FINAL CANDIDATES FOR A NEW MARKETING POSITION.

I, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR OPPORTUNITY AREAS IS MARKETING JUST IN GENERAL AND BRANDING.

OKAY.

I MEAN, I, I WOULD LOVE FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE OR I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA MONOPOLIZE THE WHOLE TIME OR MAYBE WE FIGURE OUT A MEETING JUST SPECIFICALLY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS OUR BEST REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR CULTURAL ARTS.

MM-HMM.

, I KNOW CHIP HAS KIND OF IMAGINED A FEW THINGS USING THE WORD VIBE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECT MAIL PEOPLE, I MEAN, JUST INDUSTRY WIDE DIRECT MAIL IS NOT AS IMPACTFUL.

I THINK PEOPLE GET A LOT OF IT.

PEOPLE GET A LOT OF IT AND SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T EVEN MAKE IT, AS I SAID, THERE'S NOT LIKE A REWARD OR COUPON OR SOMETHING JUST SPEAKING FROM THE RETAIL SIDE OF THINGS, PRETTY MUCH.

YEAH.

SO, I, I THINK THIS NEVER WAS JUST A SUMMER.

I'M SORRY.

NO, GO AHEAD.

THIS WAS JUST A SUMMER NUMBER.

CORRECT.

WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS NUMBER LOOK LIKE LY? WELL, SO IT'S ABOUT 8,000 HOUSEHOLDS, 75 8,000 HOUSEHOLDS PER MONTH.

SO YEAH, SO 75 8,000 TIMES 12.

OH MY.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S THE SAME.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE ADD PEOPLE AS WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, ADD BUYERS, BUT I, AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS REALLY THE BEST BA WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE $5,000 GOT A LOT FARTHER ON FACEBOOK PROMOTED POST HECK YEAH.

.

YEAH.

SO, YEAH.

ANYWAY, I, I, BUT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER TOPIC FOR A MUCH LONGER, MORE IN DEPTH TYPE OF SESSION'S.

JUST MY 2 CENTS.

SO, UM, AND THEN FINALLY TO, UH, CHEYENNE, I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE WORKED WITH CHEYENNE THROUGH THE YEARS AND, UM, HE'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS AT THE ART CENTER AND, UM, IS TAKEN OFF TO MOVE TO COLORADO FOR A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH HIS FAMILY.

SO COME JOIN US IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE ON THE 19TH.

SO, AND THAT IS, THAT'S ALL FOR MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT MANAGER HERE.

OKAY.

AND THE MONTHLY, THE MONTHLY REPORTS ARE HERE.

YEP.

THE MONTHLY REPORT YOU'LL FIND.

AND JUST HUGE PROPS TO THERESA.

SHE IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO PULL ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.

SHE HAS PREPARED A LOT OF THESE MATERIALS TODAY AND HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

SO.

NICE JOB, TERESA.

THANK YOU.

SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE MONTHLY REPORTS FOR JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER.

AND IT'S BROKEN OUT BY THE THREE FACILITIES PLAZA OVER 4,000 ATRIUM, 4,700.

AND THEN, UH, AT THE ART CENTER HERE, UM, 12,000, 12,000 1 99.

SO THOSE INCLUDES OUR REALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BIG SUMMER SHOWS WITH, UH, GARLAND SUMMER MUSICALS.

SO, COOL.

ALL.

OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

MAYBE NON THEN, ANYBODY QUESTIONS OR? NO? WHAT'S THE CAPACITY IN THE BIG ONE? MAIN THEATER? 720 PERMANENT SEATS.

THEY PRETTY MUCH,

[00:15:05]

YEAH.

AND I GUESS JUST TO LOOK LIKE THE LION SHOW WITH THE 25, BUT THAT WAS IN THE SMALLER THEATER.

YEAH.

THE TUCK EVERLASTING WAS ABOUT TWO IS A 200, APPROXIMATELY 200 SEAT CAPACITY.

SO, AND AS WELL AS CARNIVAL.

SORRY.

NO, THAT NO, THAT'S FINE.

SO THE, AT HERE, YOU DIDN'T, I MEAN, WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE ARE IN THE BIG THEATER, BUT THE, WHICH ONES ARE THE SMALLER THEATER ONES? SO YEAH.

GO, I'M SORRY.

TUCK EVERLASTING.

THE LION'S MAGIC SHOW.

MM-HMM.

, UM, AND CARNIVAL.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES OKAY.

IN THERE.

OKAY.

AND THE HERITAGE CROSSING WAS IN THE LOBBY.

OKAY.

AND THE SMALL THEATER IS 1 52.

IT'S ABOUT 200.

YEAH.

OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S ABOUT TWO.

OKAY.

UM, NEXT STEP IS, UH, A REPORT ON THE BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, WHICH WE HAVE JUST WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE JOINED THAT.

AND, UH, CAUSE WE'VE GOT LIKE A, GONNA BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN FROM AND SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.

AND CHIP IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE THAT ATTENDS.

YEAH.

SO, YES, WE HAVE, WE JOINED THE BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND, UH, I WENT TO THE FIRST MEETING OF THE LEADERSHIP ARTS INSTITUTE LAST MONTH, AND WE ARE OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, NEXT WEEK.

UH, I'LL KIND OF READ UP WHAT, WHAT THEY GAVE US, WHAT THE, THE BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, UH, THIS LEADERSHIP, UH, TRAINING IS, AND IT'S TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP, NON-PROFIT BOARD BEST PRACTICES AND KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT ISSUES AFFECTING CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN NORTH TEXAS.

THE METHODOLOGY CONSISTS OF SEMINARS LED BY EXPERT SPEAKERS AND AN ANNUAL PROJECT THAT SERVES AS A PRACTICUM, UM, WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE.

AND THIS IS IN THE, THE LEADERSHIP, UH, INSTITUTE PART, THE LEARNING BEST PRACTICES IN NONPROFIT BOARD LEADERSHIP.

YOU MEET PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ADVOCATE CREATIVITY IN NORTH TEXAS NETWORK WITH COLLEAGUES FROM A CROSS SECTION OF INDUSTRIES MATCH TO SERVE ARTS CULTURAL BOARD IN NORTH TEXAS, IF DESIRE TO THEN PLOT, UH, EXPERIENCE ARTS AND CULTURAL VENUES AND HEAR FROM THEIR LEADERS ON A FIRST HAND BASIS AND STRENGTHEN FUTURE COMMITMENT TO ARTS AND CULTURE IN NORTH TEXAS.

UM, WE HAD THE, THE FIRST MEETING AT THE, UH, NASHER, UH, SCULPTURE MUSEUM.

AND, UM, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS REALLY GREAT.

IT, IT, YOU MEET FOR A HALF A DAY IN THE MORNING FROM, UH, EIGHT TO NOON.

UH, THIS PAST ONE WE HEARD FROM THE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER AND WHAT DO THE ARTS NEED IN CIVIC LEADERSHIP ABOUT HOW, UM, PEOPLE CAN, THE CORPORATION'S GONNA APPLY THEIR, THEIR HELP TO, TO CULTURAL GROUPS.

UM, WE HAD SOME SMALLER GROUP MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES EACH PERSON HAD AND, AND BEING PART OF THIS, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS TEND TO BE FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE.

MO THE MAJORITY OF 'EM WERE FROM BUSINESSES.

A LOT OF LAWYERS THERE.

THERE WERE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM ARTS GROUPS LIKE AT AND T PERFORMING AND, UH, THE DALLAS THEATER CENTER.

UH, I BELIEVE I WAS THE ONLY ONE REPRESENTING MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY.

SO I CAME AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN, THAN MOST, UH, SAYING I WANTED TO BE THE LIAISON WITH THE CORPORATE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE REPRESENTING CORPORATE, UH, DALLAS.

UH, THEN WE HAD A, UM, A REALLY INTERESTING TALK FROM, UH, A GUY, UH, DR.

ROBERT DYE, WHO WAS THE FORMER CHIEF ECONOMIST, UH, AT COALER CO AMERICA BANK.

HE, HE JUST, UH, RETIRED.

VERY INTERESTING GUY CUZ HE IS GONE INTO FULLTIME FINE ARTS NOW.

SO HE IS, HE'S A FINE ARTIST ALONG WITH A, ONE OF THE TOP ECONOMIC SPECIALISTS IN THE COUNTRY.

UH, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE, HIS TALK WAS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE ARTS AND THE ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY STUDY.

SI UH, WELL IT SAYS SIX HERE, IT WAS ACTUALLY FIVE.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF GOING THROUGH THE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG SURVEY, NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF THE IMPACT OF ARTS ON THE ECONOMY,

[00:20:01]

UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, Y'ALL MAY HAVE GOTTEN, UH, EMAILS ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN SURVEY OR BEEN TO AN EVENT HERE WHERE THEY'VE, THEY'VE HANDED YOU FILLED OUT OR GONE ONLINE TO FILL OUT A SURVEY AND I THINK THEY DID IT.

UH, THEY DID THROUGH ON THE SUMMER MUSICALS.

I KNOW.

AND WE DID IT BOND.

YEAH.

AND WE WENT OUT TO THE CALI C MALL THAT DURING THE MOON, UH, MIDSUMMER, UH, OR MID AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT.

IT'S THROUGH MAY.

MM-HMM.

.

YEAH.

ANYWAY, THIS IS A MAJOR, UH, STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE, OF THE ARTS ON THE GDP AND STUFF.

AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE STUDY FIVE, WHICH WAS THE LAST ONE DONE IN 2015.

UH, AND IT WAS JUST INTERESTING THAT, THAT THE ARTS, THE PERCENTAGE THE ARTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE GDP IN THE US THAT SHOWED WAS, UH, FOUR 4.2% OF THE GDP CAN BE TRACED TO THE ARTS IN TEXAS.

THE NUMBER IS 2.8.

UH, DFW HAD A, UH, A HIGH RANKING THOUGH, AND IT, THE TEXAS NUMBER'S NOT GREAT, BUT DFW DOES WELL, UH, DURING COVID AND HE WAS STUDYING PAST THIS 2015 STUDY THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE, THE C RANKED THE, THE IMPACT FROM THE ARTS, UH, BY HALF MM-HMM.

.

AND HE WENT INTO THE, HOW IT WAS WORSE FOR MINORITIES.

SO ANYWAY, HE, HIS TALK WAS ABOUT THE, THE ARTS REALLY DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF A CITY.

WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT, UH, CITIES BEING INNOVATION HABITATS THAT, THAT CULT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CULTIVATE ART AND CULTURE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

SO, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

AND THEN, THEN WE HAD A PRIVATE SHOWING OF THE NASHER BY NANCY NASHER, WHICH WAS OH MY GOSH.

PRETTY, PRETTY COOL .

SO, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A CLASS PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE OVER THE NEXT, THE, THESE, THESE MEETING ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE FOR, UH, TEN NINE, NINE MONTHS.

AND DURING THAT TIME AS A GROUP, I THINK THERE'S 35 IN THE GROUP, WE WILL BE TAKING ON A, A CLASS PROJECT.

AND I'M HOPING THAT AS THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF A CITY OR MUNICIPALITY, THAT I CAN KIND OF DIRECT THEM TO A PROJECT THAT MAYBE BENEFITS GARLAND.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE LOOKING, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING IDEAS AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WE GO CHIP.

YEAH, GO CHIP.

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TRY TO DO.

THE, THE OTHER ARTS GROUPS, DALLAS THEATER CENTER AND AT AND T I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE FINE AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PROJECT.

SO I'M, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU, IN BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EMAIL TO ME OUT OF THIS CULTURAL MASTER PLAN OR, OR DO YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS OR LIKE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SUGGEST YET? I, I REALLY HAVEN'T.

UH, OUTSIDE OF, OUTSIDE OF GOING TO OUR MASTER PLAN OR EVEN THE KINDA LOOKING AT WHAT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL'S DOING WITH THEIR CINEMA PROGRAM, THAT'S JUST BADLY UNDERFUNDED BY THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, GIS D YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S FINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS.

IF YOU GO THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN, YOU THINK OF A PROJECT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW AND I'M GONNA BE THINKING ABOUT IT.

CAUSE THERE'S PLENTY WE CAN DO.

SO WHEN, WHEN IS YOUR, YOUR, WHEN DO YOU NEED TO HAVE AN IT'S TUESDAY MORNING.

SO BEFORE MORNING BY, BY NEXT MONDAY.

OKAY.

BY NEXT MONDAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY, WHAT, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE ARTS GROUP? THIS IS THE BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS.

THIS WAS STARTED I GUESS 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO BY THE NATIONAL FAMILY.

AND, UH, I GUESS MCKINNEY'S PART OF IT.

AND PLANO, I DON'T JUST, SEVERAL CITIES ARE, ARE PART OF THIS.

BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE MOST, THE MAIN FOCUS WAS TO GET CORPORATE PEOPLE, UH, BUSINESS PEOPLE IN AND MATCHING THEM WITH, UH, NONPROFIT BOARDS.

FINDING A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM.

SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT.

BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST A GREAT SYNERGY TOOL CORPORATE WORLD.

AND THAT'S GREAT.

AND CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH CORPORATIONS YEAH.

TO COME IN AND SUPPORT US AND HOW, HOW THEY CAN, SO THAT'S A GREAT, THEY CAN SAY, WELL THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FOR THIS INFORMATION FROM THE ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FIVE, YOU KNOW, IS A GREAT TOOL.

AND THIS THE SIX STUDY.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT COMES OUT, BUT THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE.

CAUSE IT ACTUALLY SHOWS A CORRELATION OF

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ECONOMIC STRENGTH AND WHAT THE ARTS CAN DO.

MM-HMM.

.

SO, UM, ALRIGHT.

ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

I'M ENJOYING, I'M ENJOYING, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.

THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE GREAT.

YEAH.

WHAT A LOT OF THINGS YOU WILL LEARN THROUGH THAT TOO.

AND THAT'S GREAT.

CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING INTO HOW WE COULD DO THINGS BETTER MM-HMM.

MAKE A CHANGE OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AND HOW WE CAN HELP MORE.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A GOOD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT.

OH, NO.

WELL, I WANT DALLAS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN GARLAND TOO.

I WANT THE BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS TO KNOW.

I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT, THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING HERE AND, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL JUST TRYING TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY, THEY NEED TO KNOW.

SO I WISH WE COULD HAVE A GREAT, I MEAN, I'M THINKING THIS, YOU KNOW, OUR ART SHOW AND HAVING A PLACE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE COULD WORK ON OR YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE POSSIBLE.

YEAH.

IT REALLY IS.

SO YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE ARTS.

YEAH.

HERE, ANYBODY HAVE SOME IDEAS? ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING TOP OF MIND.

YEAH.

LOOK THROUGH THE, LOOK THROUGH THAT MASTER PLAN.

I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY ACTION ITEMS IN, THERE'S LIKE, OH, THIS, THIS COULD BE A PERFECT THING FOR THIS GROUP TO TAKE ON.

SO, I DON'T KNOW.

SO THAT'S THE APPLICATION THING THEY GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR.

RIGHT.

HOW THEY SELECT THE COHORT.

THAT'S, AND I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE SELECTION PAST PROJECTS.

OKAY.

I'VE GOT A LIST OF PAST PROJECTS THAT THEY, THAT THEY OH, THAT MIGHT HELP.

YEAH.

UH, YEAH.

WHAT ARE SOME, UM, WHERE'S OUR MASTER PLAN? ONLINE? IT'S ONLINE.

I'LL EMAIL A LINK OUT.

OKAY.

UM, YEP.

BUT IT, IT'S A NICE, IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A VERY LONG LAPTOP.

REALLY HEAVY PROJECTS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AS CHIP REFERENCED, I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME REALLY DIRECT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC ACTIONS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THE, THIS LAST, WELL, THIS YEAR, THIS PAST GROUP TOOK ON HELPING WITH THE ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY STUDY SIX.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH THAT.

THE PREVIOUS YEAR THEY DID A THING CALLED THE ART OF DISCOVERY, A PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF NATURE AND ART, HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL ARTISTS WHO FOCUS ON THE BIODIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS. RIGHT.

SELECTED ART EXPRESSIONS CHOSEN BY LOCAL GALLERIES WERE SOLD THROUGH A VIRTUAL AUCTION.

PROCEEDS AND DONATIONS HELPED RESTORE WEARY GREENHOUSES AT TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS.

SO THAT'S, THAT WAS LAST YEAR, PREVIOUS YEAR'S, UH, GROUP PROJECT.

UH, THE ONE BEFORE THAT, UH, HAPPENED IN COLIN AND DENTON COUNTY.

AND IT WAS FOR THE MEMORIAL CELEBRATION FOR MY POSSIBILITIES.

UM, TWO PART PROJECT TO HELP MY POSSIBILITIES HONOR THE HIPSTERS, WHICH ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US, AND SHOWCASE THE TALENTS OF THOSE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM.

A MEMORIAL TREE SCULPTURE WAS COMMISSIONED WITH LEAVES COMMEMORATING THE INDIVIDUALS LOST AND THEN UNVEILING SERVE CELEBRATION HELD PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES THAT PARTNERED HIPSTERS FOR LOCAL ARTISTS IN THE MEDIUMS OF VISUAL ARTS SPOKEN WORD POETRY AND SONG.

SO THAT'S, AND THERE'S A 30 OF THESE.

SO YEAH.

SO IT IS THE 40TH YEAR CELEBRATION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICK IT ROLL ABOUT, BUT IF WE COMBINE MAYBE A HISTORICAL PIECE TO, YOU KNOW, CARLIN ARTS, MAYBE JUST LISTEN TO WHAT YOU DESCRIBED AND PAYING A TRIBUTE TO SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW IF, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

NO.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S A GOOD THINK THAT I WRITE THAT OUT AND SEND THAT.

CAUSE YEAH.

I'M, IM HAPPY TO BRING ANY IDEAS THAT WE CAN DO FOR, FOR GARLAND'S BENEFIT.

BUT ON THE, I GUESS ON THE MASTER PLAN HAS THE, WHERE THE OLD BAYLOR HOSPITAL IS THERE, PROVIDE LICENSE THERE, AND THERE'S AN R THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO THERE.

SO MAYBE YOU CAN UTILIZE THAT ONE TOO.

MM-HMM.

AS A SCULPTURE.

SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONED BY YEAH.

I'LL GET THAT.

YEAH.

YOU THINK OF SOMETHING AND YEAH.

THAT THAT'D BE GREAT.

ANY IDEAS? THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.

SO, WELL, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US AND YEAH, I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD YOU'RE THERE.

CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE I SAID THERE'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT THING TO BE A PART OF, REALLY.

SO MAKE, OH, YES.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN OUR JURY ART SHOW CABINET EXHIBITION.

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU, IN

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YOUR, IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU HAVE A, I I'VE KIND OF RETHOUGHT, UH, JUST SOME RETHINKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE JURY ART SHOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE TRAVELING EX EXHIBITION.

KIND OF CHANGING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

UM, AT FIRST, I WANT TO JUST SAY THE PURPOSE OF THIS SHOW IS TO GIVE TALENTED GAR GARLAND VISUAL ARTISTS EXPOSURE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE METROPLEX, AND TAKE LOCALLY PRODUCED ART OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CREATE A FUN, INTERACTIVE EVENT TO BUILD EXCITEMENT FOR GARLAND'S CULTURAL ART SCENE.

NOW, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A KIND OF A TRADITIONAL JURIED ART SHOW FOR TWO D R APPLYING TO, TO GARLAND RESIDENTS.

THE, THE CHANGE THAT, THAT I KIND OF MADE HERE THAT ORIGINALLY I PROPOSED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A, AN EXHIBITION THAT WOULD TRAVEL, BE IN ONE DISTRICT FOR A WHILE, AND THE MOVE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT AND MOVE TO ANOTHER, ANOTHER DISTRICT.

AND THAT REALLY DIDN'T SEEM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WASN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE.

AND SO MY IDEA NOW IN WANTED TO RUN IT BY YOU IS WE'D HAVE THE JURY SHOW, WE'D HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 64 PIECES ACCEPTED, THEN WE TAKE EIGHT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OF EIGHT, EIGHT PIECES AND HAVE THEM EXHIBITED IN EACH DISTRICT AT THE SAME TIME DURING A, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BE, YOU'D HAVE A HAVE A CONCURRENT ART SHOW GOING ON IN EIGHT DIFFERENT PLACES AT ONE TIME, MAYBE FOR THREE TO FOUR WEEKS WITH EIGHT PIECES OF ART.

MAYBE TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER, IS WE HAVE KIND OF A FUN EVENT THAT WE HAVE A MAP OR WHATEVER.

AND IF YOU CAN GO CHECK IN AND IF YOU GET STAMPED OR WHATEVER, SEEING ALL EIGHT EXHIBITS, YOU KNOW, ALL 64 PIECES, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN NAME, CAN BE IN A, A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST TO MAKE IT AN INTERACTIVE.

AND PEOPLE GOING AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WAY EACH DISTRICT HAS ITS OWN ART SHOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE EIGHT PIECES, WHICH SEEMS FEASIBLE FOR THE AMOUNT OF SPACE WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, INTO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO AROUND AND SEE ALL PARTS OF GARLAND AND ALL THE WHOLE SHOW.

UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE, THE, THE EXHIBITION DETAILS, UH, KIND OF LAY OUT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S THE WAY, THAT'S THE MORE FEASIBLE WAY OF DOING IT.

I THINK.

YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH MOVING, BUT RIGHT.

I LOVE THE TRAVEL PIECE CUZ IT KIND OF BRINGS AN EXPLORATION YEAH.

UH, PIECE TO IT.

SO THAT'S PRETTY, YOU GET PEOPLE INTO DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN AND YOU GET MORE FOOT TRAFFIC OTHER THAN JUST WHO NORMALLY GOES TO WHEREVER IT IS A LIBRARY OR, OR REC CENTER.

YOU GET MORE PEOPLE IN THERE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF, AND THEN THERE'S A, A SHEET THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE WAYS OF DISPLAY.

UM, I THINK ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS, YOU'RE TALKING MORE OUTDOOR EXHIBIT? NO, THIS IS THE, IS THE INDOOR.

OKAY.

THIS WOULD BE, AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT I WAS THINKING.

UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, YOU KNOW, IN EACH OF THE EIGHT DISTRICTS, UH, I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT 'EM, YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF FOUR DISTRICTS HAVE NATURAL PLACES WITH, WITH REC CENTERS AND LIBRARIES.

AND THEN THERE'S FOUR DISTRICTS THAT REALLY DON'T.

SO IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE RESEARCH A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU COULD LOOK AROUND YOUR DISTRICT FOR A PLACE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME DISTRICTS ARE GONNA BE EASY, YOU KNOW, TO FIND A PLACE THERE.

THERE'S FOUR OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, 1, 3, 5, AND EIGHT THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A, DON'T HAVE A PLACE.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK OUT, LIKE I WAS JUST THROWING OUT, YOU KNOW, AT BASS PRO OR SOMEWHERE FIRE WHEEL OR, OR YOU KNOW, IT MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S A BUILDING ATTACHED WHERE IT'S A BUILDING AS A FOYER OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING STANDING THERE.

YEAH.

I CALLED MY SOME COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, AND JUST SAID, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS IN THE PROCESS.

WE JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT IN YOUR DISTRICT HAVE YOU AND REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.

WELL, THE REC CENTER, BUT THEN THEY'RE FIXING IT TEAR DOWN.

IT'S GONNA BE OUT FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

SO SAME WITH US.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE IN THERE.

RIGHT.

SO YEAH.

SO, BUT OKAY.

MAYBE WE START WITH JUST FOUR DISTRICTS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OR START WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

IT

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COULD BE THAT I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE 'EM IN ALL EIGHT DISTRICTS.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

IF YOU CAN PUT SOME THOUGHT, I MEAN, THIS IS ANOTHER HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHERE, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING IT.

LIBRARIES.

LIBRARIES, LIBRARIES ARE GOOD.

I THINK, AND REC CENTERS, IF THEY HAVE LIKE A BIG ENOUGH SPOT, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, AND THESE THINGS, LIKE THIS FOUR THING DOESN'T TAKE UP.

YEAH.

THERE'S, THERE'S WAY DISPLAY THAT DON'T TAKE UP A LOT OF, THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING FOR IT.

RIGHT.

UHHUH THAT THINGS, THAT EIGHT PIECES IS NOT, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I'M GONNA PUT A LIMIT.

I THINK WE SHOULD PUT A LIMIT ON THE SIZE.

MM-HMM.

.

RIGHT.

BUT, UH, AND SO THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO FUTURE GARLAND BASED.

YEAH.

ARTISTS, GARLAND BASED ARTISTS.

MM-HMM.

, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY STARTED A LIST OF, OF ART.

UH, WE DO HAVE THAT.

YES.

UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE GARLAND BASED ARTISTS.

IS IT EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUST GARLAND ARTISTS? I THINK, I THINK WE JUST MAKE THIS A GARLAND, GARLAND, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASE.

A SHOWCASE REALLY.

SO ART VIBE AND GARLAND YEAH.

TO BEGIN WITH.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT GETS MAKE SURE AS I THINK THERE PEOPLE IN MY HEAD.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

YEAH.

MM-HMM.

.

AND WE, LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED THE LIST, BUT ANYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO ENTER OR, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT THEIR PROJECTS.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE COULD DO, AND, AND THAT'D BE KIND OF FUN, IS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, EIGHT SPOTS, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S, THERE'S ARTISTS REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY COULD IN THERE THEY YEAH, THEY COULD KIND OF DO GET THEIR ENLIST THEIR A TO DO OPENINGS AND WE COULD HAVE A, AN EIGHT WAY OPENING FOR THE EXHIBITION, YOU KNOW, SOMEDAY OR EVENING, YOU KNOW, HAVE 'EM ALL GOING AT THE SAME TIME.

AND UH, I THINK HAVING AN OPENING, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD ONE OF OUR THINGS LIKE HERE IN THE GRANDVILLE AND IT COULD BE LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, A RECEPTION, ARTIST OPENING RECEPTION, RECEPTION.

BUT THERE'D BE GALLERY OPENING.

YES.

BE THERE IN EACH PLACE.

THE ARTIST WOULD BE THERE, YOU KNOW, ARRANGE FOR SO THAT'S A PARTY AT ONE TIME, RIGHT? OR GET ON THAT? OR IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE, COULD BE EIGHT PARTIES.

.

THERE ARE A LOT, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THINGS TO CROSS.

I MEAN THIS IS GREAT WORK.

YES.

GREAT WORK.

THERE'S BUT WHO, WHO CHECKS 'EM OFF WHEN THEY GO IN? CUZ YOU GO TO A PLACE THAT IS AN REC CENTER WHERE THERE IS SOMEONE AT THE DESK.

WHO DO I GO TO TO GET STAMPED? RIGHT.

YEAH.

THERE A LITTLE PASSPORT OR THERE OR WE COULD HAVE A DIGITAL LINK.

YOU GO EXACTLY.

SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SCAN.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S PROBABLY YOU GO, YEAH.

YOUR COACH.

WAY TO GO QUESTION .

I'M OLD SCHOOL.

YEAH.

WE PUT ALL INTO THAT.

I HATE MENUS WITH QR CODES, THE DIGITAL CHECKOUT.

SOME OF THEM ARE CRAZY.

NY USE PURE, THEY DON'T PRINT QR CODES.

A WAY TO GO, MAN.

THEY DON'T PRINT PROGRAMS ANYMORE.

THAT SAVES MONEY.

SAVES MONEY.

SO, UH, I GUESS TOO, AT ONE TIME WE WERE, YOU KNOW, CHECKING INTO THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

HAVE YOU ANY PRICES ON ANY OF THAT? I HAVEN'T BEEN.

UM, I KNOW SOME DISPLAY COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, IF IF, IF WE GO THE DIY VERSION OF FOUR BY EIGHT PLYWOOD HINGED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S PLAUSIBLE OR IF WE WANT SOMETHING MORE PROFESSIONAL AND START, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S A CAR VENDOR SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE WE HAVE OUT HERE WHO YEP.

AND SO, BUT, BUT THAT ONE TOO FOR EIGHT PIECES.

YEAH.

IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE APART AND PUT TOGETHER.

OKAY.

SO WE DEFINITELY SOMETHING.

YEAH.

AND YOU PULLED THE PRICE ON THAT WAS 1300 MAYBE? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PRICE I HAD.

I THINK I HAD GIVEN IT OUT IN ONE OF THES.

OUT FRONT.

OUT FRONT.

THERE'S LIKE A MIDDLE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

OH YEAH.

JUST RU LOT.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

CAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE OUR INEXPENSIVE, I MEAN THE DIY ROUTE, YOU KNOW, FINAL I TO BUILD THEM.

I, I HAVE A POSSIBLE SUGGESTION.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GI S D AND UH, HOW MANY ART EXHIBITS THEY DO, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'LL BRING THOSE, THE PANELS THAT LOOK LIKE THE XS XS.

YEAH.

UM, AND THEY'LL PUT THEM UP AND SO THEY HAVE A STOCK OF THAT.

AND IF THEY DON'T USE IT ALL THE TIME, PERHAPS

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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.

THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.

YEAH.

IT'S JUST THE MATTER OF, OF FINDING THE RIGHT THINGS TO HANG FROM IT.

I THINK SOMETHING THAT CHANGE HOOKS AROUND IT AND THEN YOU CAN HOOK TO THE YEAH.

THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE COST ON IT.

THE THING I'D ASK IS, UH, LIABILITY.

YEAH.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IF I PAINT SOMETHING AND I DISPLAY IT, HOW ARE YOU GONNA PROTECT IT? WELL, THEY'RE GONNA SIGN A WAIVER THAT SAYS WE'RE YEAH.

THEY UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOW UP AT REC CENTERS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY YEAH.

AND WE DO HAVE WAIVERS THAT EXIST HERE, UH, FOR PEOPLE, FOR ARTISTS THAT COME AND, AND, AND SO THAT CAN KIND OF BE USED OKAY.

AS A TEMPLATE OF, I SUGGEST THAT AND I SUGGEST THAT THE, MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING WE TAKE SOME TIME ABOUT OUT.

SOME I DIDN'T WANT TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME.

UNDERSTOOD.

I THROW OUT THE IDEA.

I THINK I'VE FOUND THIS OUT BEFORE, UM, ABOUT THE NEW TENNIS CENTER'S GONNA BE FUN.

THIS IS, THIS IS FUTURISTIC.

YEAH.

AND I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BIG GARLAND, LIKE SOMETHING TO DO STATUE OR SOME KIND AND THAT, THAT COULD TAKE TO TWO OR THREE YEARS OF JUST WRITING GRANTS OR, YOU KNOW, ASKING PEOPLE FOR DONATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I DUNNO IF ANYBODY YEAH.

YEAH.

HAS ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I'M JUST NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW TO GET STARTED ON THAT .

YEAH.

RIGHT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEND THAT FOR A PROJECT FOR THE BUSINESS COUNCIL.

YEAH.

EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

YEAH.

IS THAT NOT PART LOT SOURCES OF FUNDING THING? NO, NO, NO, NO.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S WHAT THERE'S FUNDING OUT THERE.

YEAH.

SO, SO RITA, SO GOOD NEWS IS COMING.

I THINK THERE'S ALREADY DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC ART PROJECT FOR THE TENANT.

BUT, BUT WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FAIRLY SOON IS KIND OF THIS PUBLIC ART PROCESS.

BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS YOU'VE GOT, AND THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S HAPPENING JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO WITH THE MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

AND IT'S AWESOME THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ART INCORPORATED, BUT THERE'S NOT RIGHT NOW IN GARLAND A STREAMLINED PROCESS WHEN PUBLIC DOLLARS OR PUBLIC PROPERTIES BEING USED.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, AND THEN, AND I DON'T WANNA GET TOO MUCH INTO THIS CUZ WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE LAST MEETING, BUT IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DUCK SCENARIO, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR PUBLIC ART WHEN THEY'RE PUBLIC DOLLARS OR PUBLIC PROPERTY AND, AND THAT I THINK WE, WE HAVE SOMETHING DRAFTED OUT, BUT WE REALLY NEED THE COUNCIL TO BUY IN ON IT.

WE NEED Y'ALL TO BUY IN ON IT.

AND, UM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S COMING VERY SOON, BUT OKAY.

ULTIMATELY THAT THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS ASSOCIATED FOR TENNIS YES.

FOR THAT.

SO, AND THEY REALLY KIND OF WANTED US TO, TO BE IT'S PART OF THAT.

YES.

SPEARHEAD IT AND FIGURE IT OUT.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

SO.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS? I DID WANT TO, I KNOW THAT IT LOOKED LIKE EDDIE'S OFFICE SPEARHEADED THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.

RIGHT? SO I DID WANT TO SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE OUR INTEGRATION INTO THAT.

CAUSE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION OF A FEW MONTHS BACK.

SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT EARLY.

UM, IT WOULD BE COOL IF IT TRAVELED IN INTO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

I KNOW THAT'S WOULD BE REALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE DIFFERENT VENUES AND IF THAT VENUE COULD, YOU KNOW HOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTING DIFFERENT ARTISTS THAT ARE BASED FROM MIKE GARLAND.

I KNOW YOU DID THE, THE OPEN MIC SERIES A COUPLE MONTHS.

SO MAYBE THERE'S LIKE A FEEDER PATTERN TYPE SITUATION THAT WE COULD, WE COULD, UH, CREATE.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT WAS A MORE OF A ROCK TYPE SOUL, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, DIVERSIFY, YOU KNOW, THAT ARTIST WHO LINE UP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST COMING, WE'RE STILL IN HISPANIC HERITAGE ONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW COULD TAR IS A GARING THING.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAY TO KIND OF OF THREAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF GUITAR MUSIC.

OH.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THAT CAN SHOW UP IN BLUES, IT CAN SHOW UP IN SOUL SHOWS UP IN COUNTRY, SHOWS IN HARD ROCK SHOWS UP IN A LOT OF HISPANIC AND LATIN MUSIC.

SO MAYBE THAT'S LIKE OUR THREAD.

AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF DIVERSIFY THE GENRES AND THE, THE MUSICAL STYLES, YOU KNOW, MID SUMMER.

SO I KEEP THINKING OUT LOUD AGAIN.

THAT GREAT.

IF I COULD, FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT RUBEN'S SAYING, I HAD A CONVERSATION

[00:45:01]

AS WE WERE COMING BACK FROM OUR OUTING.

YEAH.

AND IT WAS YOU AND KIM WERE, AND I WERE IN THE SAME CAR AND I ASKED WHAT DO, WHAT IS IT WE DO? BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, ANDY PUTS TOGETHER THE SQUARE.

YEAH.

IF YOU PUT TOGETHER STUFF HERE, WHAT DO WE DO? I MEAN, WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR? WHAT CAN WE GENERATE? YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE, I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVEN HAVE, EVEN WHEN SCOTT ASKED ME TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION, I STARTED LOOKING, I TALKED TO CHIP BEFORE AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE CITY DOES AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU DO AS TO WHAT ANDY DOES IN THE OTHER GROUPS.

WHAT IS IT THE COMMISSION CAN GENERATE? I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE OUR 5 0 1 3 C VERSION AND WE HAVE ET CETERA, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT IT IS WE DO AND, AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND WE'RE LIMITED IN OUR FUNDS BECAUSE WE ONLY GET THE HOTEL MOTEL MONEY.

RIGHT.

YEAH.

WHICH IS GOOD THIS YEAR BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.

BUT COMPARED TO IRVING OR PLANO, IT'S, YEAH.

YEAH.

UM, SO MAYBE IS THERE A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET MONEY IN? WELL THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS BEING OF THE FIVE, YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT AND WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS COUNCIL OF ARTS MM-HMM.

FUNDRAISING AND APPROACHING BUSINESSES IN GARLAND TO SPONSOR TO SPONSOR.

BUT IT'S FOR, FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

BUT, AND I, I THINK THIS IS ALL, AND IT'S ALL BRAND NEW BECAUSE I THINK WAY THE COMMISSION WAS STRUCTURED UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, UNTIL THE CULTURAL MASTER PLAN, IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT, CAUSE I HAD MET, WHEN, WHEN I ASKED TO BE ON IT, I THOUGHT I WAS ON THE OLD VERSION.

AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN CAME OUT IN THAT MEANTIME.

AND I WAS LIKE, GUYS, WE'RE STILL FEELING WHAT DO THIS MEANS? WHAT ARE WE FIGURING THAT OUT? YEAH, YEAH.

YES.

AND WE'RE NOT JUST DOLING OUT MONEY ONCE A YEAR WE'RE THEY WANT US TO DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

OH, YEAH.

AND I, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION OF LIKE, WHY, SO I'M THREE MONTHS IN .

YOU GOT ME BEAT BY SIX WEEKS.

WELL, THERE YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO.

SO I, I GUESS I, THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

HAVING THIS PRIVATE NONPROFIT REALLY OPENS UP SO MANY THINGS.

YOU KNOW? I MEAN IT REALLY DOES.

BUT I, I THINK THERE ARE PRIORITIES.

I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S SITTING DOWN WITH A STRATEGIC SESSION WITH Y'ALL AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE DAY AND SAYING, OKAY, HEY GUYS, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE THE COMMISSION DO THIS YEAR.

YOUR YOUR WORK THOUGH IS CRITICAL.

WHAT Y'ALL HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH THIS RANTING PROCESS IS CRITICAL.

I MEAN, THAT IS A REALLY MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY.

MM-HMM.

.

SO, SO YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING NO, NO, NO.

IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME.

IT'S JUST, I DIDN KNOW ELSE BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING IN ART SHOWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ANDY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ARE PUTTING ON SHOWS IN THE SQUARE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH.

RIGHT.

WE CAN'T SAY NO, WE, WE WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT.

WE DON'T HIRE, WELL WE DIDN'T PAY FOR IT.

NO, I KNOW.

BUT SUPPORT, IT'S LIKE, BUT THAT'S ART.

IT IS, BUT IT'S NOT US.

ABSOLUTELY.

IS SO CLARIFICATION, I GUESS IS WHAT I, I THINK THAT AS A CITY OF GARLAND COMMISSION, WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED OR AT LEAST NOTIFIED OF WHAT CITY OR DO IT.

YEAH, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE BIG ISSUE WHEN WE HAD THIS STATUE.

OH, THAT THE STATUE WERE PAYING FOR.

YEAH, YEAH.

STILL THE STATUE THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR STILL PAYING, YOU KNOW, AND THE FACT THAT THEY APPROVED A LOT OF OTHER ART STUFF WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.

THEY GAVE THEM A BUNCH OF MONEY AND WHEN WE HAD ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS.

OH YEAH.

FIND EVERYTHING AND THEN WHOOP.

YEAH.

WELL THEY NEVER BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THEY COULD, THEY WOULD FUND IT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST KIND OF, OH, I, IT WAS OUR IDEA.

SO WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS MAYBE THE WAY WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT.

AND THEN THEY NEVER OFFERED.

THEY, THEM ARE THE CITY, THE CITY, THE CITY DID PAY FOR PAY FOR SOME OF IT.

THEY PAID FOR HALF, THEY ENDED UP YES.

BUT ALL THESE LOT OF, YEAH, A LOT OF PUSHING AND SHOVING AND YEAH.

ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT CAME ON, THEY WERE JUST GIVEN THE MONEY TO DO THE DUCK AND THE OTHER, YOU KNOW.

AND HAVE YOU SEEN THAT DUCK? I'VE SEEN IT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN DUCK.

IT'S NOT, IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN, OH, IT'S, I I MEAN WHAT THE DUCK WERE THEY THINKING? EXACTLY.

THAT'S OUR POINT TOO OF THE DAY'S A SKILL.

SO, BUT WE'RE, I'D, I SEE IT.

BUT, UM, ONE OF OUR THINGS MAYBE AT THE

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COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE TALKING IS WHAT WE DO AND WHATEVER, UH, JUST LET 'EM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WORKING, YOU KNOW, TO BRING MORE ART AND EVERYTHING TO GARLAND AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIMITED BY FUNDS BECAUSE HOTEL MOTEL, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE GET.

BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS.

AND POS IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY OF FORGIVING? WE'VE GOT I THINK THREE MORE PIGMENTS AND THAT, THAT WE TEND TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND USE IT TOWARDS OUR ART PROGRAMS. AND WOULD THEY FORGIVE THAT DEBT? YOU KNOW, FORGIVE OUR DEBT.

HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING RIGHT NOW? WELL, RIGHT NOW ABOUT 36,000.

I THINK THERE'S 12,000.

IT'S 12 AND I THINK WE'VE GOT THREE MORE PAYMENTS.

SO YEAH.

THINGS HERE, BUT ANYWAY.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

YES.

COME THAT WOULD, I MEAN, GOSH, THAT'D BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MONEY TO USE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING NOW.

RIGHT.

SO YES, THAT'S JUST ONE OF OUR THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT.

HOPEFULLY IT IT IS.

YES.

IT'S IN THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD.

OKAY.

SO ANYWAYS, YEAH, , IT'S LIKE EVERY TIME THAT COMES UP, IT'S LIKE A, SO I GET, I, I GET DIRTY WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT.

I JUST, BUT BECAUSE IT'S DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE, HER DISTRICT, IT WAS A JOKE.

NOT TOO FAR FROM ME EITHER.

SO ANYWAYS.

OKAY.

UM, ITEMS THEN FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, I GUESS, UM, DEFINITELY THE ART SHOW AND, AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

YES, DEFINITELY.

JUST FOR SURE.

AND THE PRICES ZONE.

SOME THINGS, DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DISPLAY ARTS.

SO MIGHT BE OUR BIG, THERE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT MARKETING FREQUENCY.

YES.

OKAY.

OKAY.

YES.

OKAY.

UM, AND IF YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO ANOTHER MEETING, SO DEFINITELY WE'LL HAVE THE, HIS UPDATE ON WHAT HE DID AT HIS MEETING AND STUFF.

SO PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH OR EVERY MEETING WILL HAVE A BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND LEADERSHIP UPDATE.

SO KIND OF JUST KIND OF BE A STANDARD THING THAT WE'LL HAVE.

SO, KIND OF, KIND OF THE SAME EXCEPT FOR OFFICER.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WHY, UH, DO I, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO FIGURE OUT, WE COULD DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND A SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I.

OPPOSED? LOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE'LL TAKE A BREAK.

UH, WE'VE GOT FOOD, WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL READ, UH, WE WILL CALL OUR NEXT MEETING.

GIVE.