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A BIT.[Cultural Arts Commission on May 16, 2023.]
CALLING THE MEETING OF THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION TO ORDER TODAY IS MAY, TUESDAY, MAY 16TH.UM, FIRST OFF, WE ARE, UH, APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE, OUR LAST MEETING.
I ONLY HAVE, I ONLY SAW ONE, BUT, UH, ON THE SECOND PAGE, ANDY HESSER, IT JUST SAYS, AND HESSER OOPSY.
THAT'S, OTHER THAN THAT, WHERE'S THAT? OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
SO I'M MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS POSTED.
UM, AMY, OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL FIND, UM, THESE AMAZING ATTENDANCE REPORTS AND EVENT REPORTS THAT, UH, TERESA'S HELPED PUT TOGETHER.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, MARCH AND APRIL WERE BUSY MONTHS.
UM, THE YELLOW INDICATES THAT THIS IS AN AFFILIATE OR AN ASSOCIATE GROUP, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IT'LL HAVE THE KEY UP TOP OF EACH OF THESE REPORTS WHERE IT'LL SHOW THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A PROGRAM THAT THE COMMISSION FUNDS, SO YOU'VE GOT REPORTS FOR, UH, ALL THREE FACILITIES FOR THE ART CENTER, FOR THE ATRIUM, AND FOR THE PLAZA.
THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE HERE, TOO, LAST MONTH, UM, WE DISCUSSED OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND, UH, TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND WE'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK.
UM, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD TO SHARE.
DEAN HAS, UH, HELPED TALKED TO A FEW FOLKS IN AUSTIN FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND HAS CONNECTED, I THINK WITH ALL OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
GARLAND HAS FOUR THAT COME INTO GARLAND IN DIFFERENT, I MEAN, UH, ONE REP HAS DOWNTOWN GARLAND, BUT THE OTHER FOUR, JUST ALL OF GARLAND.
BUT IT'S, IT WILL LOOK GOOD ON OUR APPLICATION TO HAVE ALL FOUR SUPPORTING US.
SO I SENSE STUFF TO ALL FOUR OFFICES TO HAVE THEM WRITE LETTERS AND SUPPORT OF IT, AND THEY WERE ALL VERY EXCITED AND GLAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND, AND YOU HAD SOME FACE-TO-FACE TIME IN AUSTIN WITH, UH, NE NEK OR NEVA CRITO? NEVA CRITO.
SO REPRESENTATIVE CRI, I ACTUALLY, SHE CAME OFF, THEY WERE BUSY DOWN THERE, BUT SHE ACTUALLY CAME OFF THE FLOOR AND SPOKE WITH ME, SO THAT WAS NICE.
AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD TALK WITH THE OTHER ONES TOO, SO, YEAH.
NO, THAT IS, THAT'S REALLY TREMENDOUS.
AND SO, UH, TONIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THEY'LL APPROVE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF OUR PURSUIT.
THE APPLICATION IS DUE ON JUNE 15TH, AND IT'S, IT'S A BIG, UH, IT'S A BIG LIFT.
SO WE'RE WORKING HARD ON OUR APPLICATION.
HALEY'S BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US TOO.
THE CITY PRESENTATIONS WERE REALLY GOOD.
AND I KNOW, FELICIA, YOU WERE WITH US BY PHONE LAST TIME, AND BLANCA, YOU WERE NOT FEELING SO GREAT, I THINK AT THE, FOR THAT LAST MEETING.
AND SO, JUST AS A RECAP, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CENTRAL AREA OF GARLAND.
WE HAVE BROADENED JUST A LITTLE BIT TO HIT THE HAT CO AND RESIST ALL.
SO THE BANK AT HIGHWAY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAYS IN INTERESTING.
IN THE US ALL THE WAY FROM, UM, WASHINGTON, DC TO SAN DIEGO.
AND GARLAND WAS, HI GARLAND WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE BANK BANKHEAD CAME THROUGH GARLAND, AND LOTS OF CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT CAME WITH THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PURSUING IS OUR, UH, GARLAND'S BANKHEAD CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT.
IT CAPTURES THE ARTS FACILITIES.
IT CAPTURES THE $30 MILLION THAT THEY'RE SPENDING IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RESISTOL WHERE ONE OF GARLAND IS THE HAT COWBOY HAT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
COWBOY HAT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, REALLY.
AND, UM, WE HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING OTHER CULTURAL, UH, ASSETS THAT ARE CAPTURED WITHIN THIS DISTRICT AS WELL, TOO.
SO THIS WOULD BE A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR GARLAND.
IT WOULD BE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS HARD, SO HATS OFF.
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THAT'S, BUT THAT IS A BIG PROCESS.
AND, AND THEN WE'LL PUT YOU ON THAT LIST OF TEXAS, UH, CITIES THAT HAVE THAT, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE A STAMP OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
FIELD OF APPROVAL ALMOST STATEWIDE.
AND IT WILL OPEN UP SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US, WHICH WE CAN USE.
WHICH WE CAN USE, WHICH WOULD REALLY HELP US DO SOME, SOME GREAT THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT? UM, YEAH.
DID WE ON APPROVAL? APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WAS YES.
SO, SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT'S MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I HAVE DONE OUR EVENTS, OUR CITY UPDATE.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT ANY UP WHY WE UPCOMING JUST OUR NEXT MEETING? EXACTLY.
UH, WELL, I GUESS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, I GUESS IN OUR INK MEETING.
NO, WE'RE GONNA TALK, YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS IN THERE.
UM, IS THAT ALL WE HAVE THEN FOR, BASICALLY FOR THIS MEETING? SO I THINK THE LAST THING WOULD BE OUR BUSINESS COUNCIL UPDATE, AND THEN, UM, IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND OH, YES.
I GUESS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET, UH, WE HAD TWO MEETINGS, BUT THE ONLY, THE REALLY THE ONE WHERE WE HAD ANYTHING WAS, UH, WE HAD A MEETING AT THE DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER, AND IT WAS ABOUT ARTS AND EDUCATION.
AND WE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM, UH, JOSEPH ELLI, UH, HAS A PROGRAM CALLED THE ARTIST OUTREACH TEACHING CHILDREN THROUGH MUSIC, UH, AS A, UH, IT WAS REALLY VERY INTERESTING.
AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM LEAH HANSON, THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART ABOUT THEIR, THEIR, UH, KIDS PROGRAM, YOUTH PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAD CHRISTINA DOVE CAME AND, UH, TALKED ABOUT, UH, BIG THOUGHT, UM, WHICH IS A EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR AT RISK, UH, UH, KIDS.
AND, AND THERE WAS A GREAT, UH, ART ASPECT TO THAT AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE THEN.
THEN WE HAD A MEETING MAY 9TH, WHERE WE GRADUATED
AND I GUESS I JUST BRIEFLY ON THE MAY 9TH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR, OUR CLASS PROJECT, WHICH WAS THE, UH, ART BOOST DALLAS.
SO WE HAD A PROGRAM DOWN, UH, UH, THE WILEY THEATER ON APRIL 29TH, A HALF DAY SEMINAR THAT WE BROUGHT IN EXPERTS IN ART TO TEACH ARTISTS.
UH, ARTISTS ARE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT THEIR TECHNIQUES, THEY'VE GOT THEIR ART TRAINING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE BUSINESS TRAINING.
THEY DON'T KNOW MARKETING AND, AND BUSINESS LIKE, PROBABLY LIKE THEY SHOULD.
AND WE DECIDED WE WERE GONNA ADDRESS THAT WITH OUR CLASS PROJECT.
AND WE HAD THE SEMINAR BRINGING AN NEXT EXPERTS TO TALK ABOUT MARKETING, LEGAL, UH, SELLING THE ARTWORK, WORKING WITH CITIES, AMY CAYMAN PRESENTED.
AND, AND, UH, IT TURNED OUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT, IT WAS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED, VERY GOOD, UH, UH, EVENT.
UH, SO THAT WAS THE, THE CLASS PROJECT FOR, UH, FOR THE LEADERSHIP ARTS.
WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE MARCUS GUEST AND I, I'LL, AND OVER HERE IS OUR GREAT LEADER FROM THE BCA IS CATHERINE WAGNER, AND THIS IS A, SHE IS ABOUT TO RETIRE, BUT SHE LED US THROUGH OUR WHOLE PROGRAM AND, AND HAD TO CRACK THE WHIP A COUPLE OF TIMES TO, TO KEEP IT.
AND SO, UH, CATHERINE'S GONNA BE, IS HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, UH, AND, UH, I GUESS I'LL TURN IT OVER.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE SORT OF, UM, BASIC PILLARS OF OUR LEADERSHIP ARTS PROGRAM AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, BCA OURSELVES BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 30 BUSINESS LEADERS.
SO IT'S NOT THE LADIES WHO LUNCH BOARD, IT IS MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK HARD AND WHO HAVE A PASSION FOR THE ARTS.
AND WE ALWAYS, UM, HAVE OUR EYE ON, THEY ALWAYS HAVE THEIR EYE ON ARE WE, UM, WALKING THE WALK.
SO WE TEACH, UM, LEADERSHIP AND BOARD LEADERSHIP TO, UM, AMAZING PEOPLE LIKE CHIP AND THEN, AND LOTS OF BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, BUT WE ALSO ARE REALLY MINDFUL THAT WE NEED
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TO ALWAYS KEEP OURSELVES TO THOSE STANDARDS.AND SO AMY ASKED ME TO COME TODAY BECAUSE, UM, THE ARTS IN GARLAND ARE JUST GROWING EXPONENTIALLY.
UM, EVERY TIME I SEE SOMETHING NEW OR LEARN SOMETHING NEW, I'M JUST STUNNED AND TRYING TO SHARE HOW MUCH YOU ALL ARE DOING.
UM, INCLUDING YOUR INVITATIONAL FOR YOUR, UM, JURY SHOW COMING UP.
UM, OF COURSE, UH, PATTY GRAND ONE, UH, PASS, PASS
YOU HAVE AMY, AND IT'S ALMOST BEEN A YEAR SINCE SHE CAME HERE, MUCH TO I'M SURE MCKINNEY'S LOSS.
SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB IN MCKINNEY.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS FOR HAVING AMY.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS, AMY.
SO, SO, BECAUSE YOU'RE AT THIS NEXUS OF GROWTH, THIS SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD TIME TO, UM, COME IN AND TALK ABOUT, UM, THINGS LIKE STAGES OF ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEN JUST SOME BASIC, LIKE A PRIMER.
THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE TEACH IN LEADERSHIP ARTS.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.
UM, AND I SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO BE PRESENT AND TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
UM, SO WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD? AND I KNOW YOUR COMMISSION, NOT A BOARD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME LEVEL OF DUTY AND YOU ARE A NON-PROFIT, RIGHT? SO YES.
SO YOU HAVE THREE THINGS, DUTY OF CARE, DUTY OF LOYALTY, AND DUTY OF OBEDIENCE.
AND SO HOW DOES THAT BREAK DOWN? AND SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL.
UM, DUTY OF CARE IS YOU, UM, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BOARDROOM MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO ATTEND.
YOU SHOULD ATTEND ALL OF THEM.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND ALL OF THEM? YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, SHOULD SOMETHING OCCUR, SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE A LEGAL REPERCUSSION.
UM, AND YOU HAD NOT FULFILLED YOUR DUTY OF CARE AND YOU DIDN'T COME TO BOARD MEETINGS AND YOU DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION.
YOU COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER THAT, UM, MALFEASANCE WANTS.
YOU HAVE NOT EXERCISED YOUR DUTY OF CARE.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SIGN UP TO BE A FIDUCIARY WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A BOARD.
AND SO THAT ALSO MEANS THAT YOU'RE GONNA READ THE DOCUMENTS, UM, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE JUDGEMENTS IN THE MOST PRUDENT MANNER POSSIBLE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS, YOU'RE GONNA THINK THROUGH ISSUES.
YOU ARE REALLY GONNA COMMIT YOURSELF TO THIS BOARD.
THE DUTY OF LOYALTY IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST, FIRST OF ALL.
AND THAT MEANS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHERE YOU WILL GAIN SOMETHING.
UM, AND THAT GAINING COULD BE EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TALKING OUT OF SCHOOL OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, OFFER A SERVICE THAT'S THE CLASSIC ONE, OFFER A SERVICE THAT, UM, YOU WANT THE BOARD TO PAY FOR, UM, VERSUS SOMEBODY ELSE.
SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD CAN ACTUALLY OFFER SERVICE.
BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE BOARD SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE OTHER BIDS THAT SHOW THAT YOUR COMPANY OR YOU AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, UM, ARE GONNA PROVIDE AN EQUAL LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, FOR A LESSER AMOUNT.
AND YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THAT DOCUMENTED.
SO IT'S NOT TRUE, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN'T GET PAID FOR SOMETHING, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE SUPER CAREFUL ABOUT IT.
UM, AND, UM, IT ALSO MEANS YES, NOT USING ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SO THAT YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE IN THE KNOW, BUT IT'S COMPROMISING THE ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN DUTY OF OBEDIENCE IS WHAT IS THE MISSION.
AND I ALWAYS FEEL THAT THE MOST, THE HEALTHIEST BOARDS, AND I FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT OUR BOARD, IS THAT WE DON'T LIKE LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND GO, OH, I DON'T LIKE WHAT SO-AND-SO SAID, OR I DON'T LIKE SO-AND-SO, OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I FEEL THAT WE ALL LOOK UP INSTEAD OF LOOKING ACROSS AND THAT WE ALL LOOK UP AT WHAT IS THE MISSION, WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT IF YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN EVERYTHING BECOMES CLEAR.
THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST CLARIFIES EVERYTHING VERSUS ANY KIND OF PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT ANYBODY.
UM, YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE BYLAWS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE, WHAT YOUR BYLAWS ARE.
I WONDER THE LAST TIME THAT EVERYBODY LOOKED AT THEM MIGHT BE, AND IT IS NORMAL PRACTICE NOT TO LOOK AT THEM FOR A SUPER LONG, A SUPER LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SO JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, AS WE DID A WHILE BACK, OH YEAH, THE BYLAWS, THEY SAY THIS, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE BYLAWS,
SO, SO INSTEAD OF LIKE CHANGING A PRACTICE, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR
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US ANYMORE, BUT IT DID 10 YEARS AGO.WE JUST, UH, HAVE AN ATTORNEY ON BOARD THAT HELPED US.
UM, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT DUTY OF OBEDIENCE ARE YOU OB OBEYING ALL THE LAWS OF THE LAND? SO, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU FILING YOUR NINE 90? UM, ARE YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVEN BEST PRACTICES, DO YOU KNOW WHAT BEST PRACTICES ARE FOR A NONPROFIT BOARD? YOU CAN LOOK AT BOARD SOURCE.
SO IT'S THE OBEDIENCE, UM, TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO OBEDIENCE TO A CERTAIN CODE OF VALUES.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK CAN EVEN BE DISCUSSED.
LIKE, WHAT ARE OUR VALUES? UM, WE KNOW WHAT OUR MISSION IS, BUT HOW DO WE LIVE THAT OUT? SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DETAIL OF THESE THREE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ANYTIME YOU REALLY, ANYTIME WE TALK ABOUT BOARD LEADERSHIP, WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT CARE AND LOYALTY AND OBEDIENCE.
AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE AS YOUR GUIDING VALUES, WHAT KIND OF THINGS FALL INTO PLACE? SO, UM, QUICK TESTS, THESE ARE JUST LIKE FUN LITTLE QUICK TESTS, UH, THAT KIND OF MADE UP OUT OF THE PREVIOUS THINGS.
SO CAN YOU RECITE THE MISSION? UM, BUT I THINK EVEN BETTER THAN RECITING THE MISSION, BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN MEMORIZE, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE, THINK ABOUT SCHOOL MEMORIZATION VERSUS SCHOOL SYNTHESIS, RIGHT? YOU WANT, YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE CRITICAL FINGERS.
SO I WOULD PREFER IF I WENT AROUND THIS ROOM TO HEAR WHAT YOUR MISSION WAS, WHAT THE MISSION WAS IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
AND, YOU KNOW, DOES IT COMPORT TO WHAT THE WRITTEN OFFICIAL, UM, MISSION IS? AND IT SHOULD, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE INTERNALIZED IT SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT YOUR OWN WAY.
AND IF YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT YOUR OWN WAY, YOU'LL HAVE SO MUCH BETTER TIME RELATING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
BECAUSE IF YOU JUST GIVE THE MEMORIZED THING, IT'S SORT OF LIKE, HERE IT IS.
BUT THEN IF YOU REALLY INTERNALIZE IT, IT'S, AND LET ME TELL YOU HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN OUR EVERYDAY PROGRAMMING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT EVEN WRITING THAT DOWN FOR YOURSELF.
WHO DID YOU TALK TO MOST RECENTLY AND WHAT DID YOU SHARE ABOUT HOW THE ARTS ARE GROWING IN GARLAND? THAT IS A HUGE PART OF YOUR JOB IS TO BE THE AMBASSADOR OR THIS, THE NINE AMBASSADORS.
AND SO THINK ABOUT THAT AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? OR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU'RE AT, YOU KNOW, A DINNER WITH FRIENDS OR YOU'RE AT A PARTY AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION? WELL, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO BE HERE, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
AND SO, UM, AND NOT, I'M NOT SAYING ANY HUMBLE BRAGGING, I'M LIKE, TO ME AGAINST HUMBLE BRAGGING MM-HMM.
DID YOU KNOW THAT WE JUST HAD THIS GREAT EXHIBIT? DID YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT THE MUSIC MAN PLAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE THEATER? UM, AND SO THE OTHER THING IS, HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT INTERESTS YOU ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION TOGETHER? LIKE WHY ARE YOU HERE? UM, JUST INFORMALLY OVER GLASS OF WINE, PERHAPS.
UM, MY BOARD, I WILL SAY WE DO LIKE TO HAVE SOME EVENTS THAT ARE JUST SOCIAL EVENTS AMONG OUR BOARD, AND WE DO TALK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WHAT'S THE LATEST NETFLIX SHOW, BUT IT'S A REALLY NICE INFORMAL WAY FOR PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THEIR COMMITTEE WORK IS AND, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, INTERNALIZE IT AND CREATE THE, UM, NON-PROFIT CULTURE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M SORT OF, I'M NOT TRYING TO HUMBLE BRAG ABOUT OUR BOARD, BUT IT IS REALLY A GREAT BOARD.
AND A LOT OF IT IS, UM, THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE CULTURE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT BY THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, WHAT ARE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS? SO ATTENTIVENESS IS A HUGE ONE.
UM, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING FUNDING? UM, BUT ALSO ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING IDEAS? ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING CONNECTIONS? THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I'VE TOLD MY CHILDREN WHO HAVE GROWN.
AND, UM, AND SO EACH OF YOU GOING OUT AND MAKING THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR TIME TO TALK TO OTHERS AND BE AN AMBASSADOR, IT'S PRICELESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY THAT I CAN QUANTIFY THAT IS, UM, YOU PROBABLY GET SOME GOOD PRESS, UM, AND WHEN YOU GET GOOD PRESS BY, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER THAT'S ELECTED TO DO THAT, UM, THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THAT IS, WELL, WHAT WOULD THAT COLUMN SIZE COST ME? BUT THEN IF I'M NOT PAYING FOR IT AND IT'S BEING WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, THE EDITORS TOLD
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THE WRITER TO WRITE IT, IT HAS THAT MUCH MORE TRUST VALUE.SO I'VE ALWAYS LIKE FIGURED THAT AT THREE TIMES THE COST OF WHAT I WOULD PAY FOR.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, TO SAY IT'S INVALUABLE WHAT YOU SAID.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE NOT SHARED ANY NEGATIVES ABOUT THIS BOARD WITH OUTSIDE OTHERS.
AND IN PARTICULAR, LIKE, I DON'T REALLY, LIKE, HOPEFULLY NOBODY'S NAMED SAM, I DON'T THINK SO ON THIS.
LIKE, I DON'T REALLY LIKE SAM'S YEAH, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WILL SHOW YOU WHY THIS WAS IN, UM, THIS SUNDAY'S PAPER.
SO, UM, THIS WAS A HEADLINE IN SUNDAY'S PAPER.
THE WRITER IS MICHAEL GRANDBERRY.
MICHAEL DIDN'T GO OUT AND SEEK THIS ARTICLE.
SOMEBODY TOLD HIS EDITORS THAT THIS WOULD BE A HOT ARTICLE, AND HE WAS ASSIGNED TO WRITE THIS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, MY, MY QUESTION MYSELF IS LIKE, OKAY, WHO'S CALLING THE EDITORS AT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND TRYING TO STIR THINGS UP ABOUT PRESERVATION DALLAS? SOMEBODY OBVIOUSLY IS SO, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS GET OUT OF HOUSE AND OUT OF SCHOOL, THEY CAN BE BLOWN UP, THEY CAN BE PUT INTO HEADLINES.
UM, SO I THINK PART OF YOUR FIDUCIARY DUTY OF LOYALTY IS IF YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT, A BEEF, A DISLIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING IT TO DM, UM, OR BRING IT TO AMY, UM, IS IT D OR D DM DINA, RIGHT? D OKAY.
UM, BUT DON'T GO JUST, YOU KNOW, PUTTING BAD STUFF OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT WILL SPREAD AND IT'S LIKE A GAME OF TELEPHONE.
AND THEN IF IT BECOMES PUBLIC, THINK I, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I THOUGHT BESIDES WHO DID THIS WAS, OH GREAT, THE DONORS ARE GONNA BE SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS, NOT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD TO THINK ABOUT, UM, HOW DO THE INFLUENCERS, AND NOT JUST IN GARLAND, BUT NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, STATE RECOGNIZED, UM, UH, CULTURAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO OTHER PEOPLE PERCEIVE THE ARTS IN GARLAND? AND HOW CAN YOU TELL, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU COULD DO IT BY SURVEY, YOU COULD DO IT BY LOOKING AT INSTAGRAM.
YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO IT BY INFORMALLY, HEY, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR LATEST, WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, BUT JUST THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
HOW DO PEOPLE PERCEIVE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR VOTES ARE GONNA GO, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY FOR THIS FUND.
SO I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND AMY, YOU'LL TELL ME WHEN IT'S, YOU TOLD ME 20 MINUTES, RIGHT? OKAY.
OH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, I, YOU'RE GOOD.
UM, SO ONE THING THAT I REALLY LOVE, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME, PROBABLY IN PART BECAUSE I AM A MOM AND YOU, IF THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE CHILDREN KNOW THAT THE TIME THAT THEY'RE THE MOST CRANKY AND DIFFICULT IS WHEN THEY'RE IN A TRANSITION, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AT A 16 OR 18 MONTH TRYING TO WALK, OR YOU'RE TEENAGERS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS HAD TEENAGERS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A BIG TRANSITION AND TRANSITION IS DIFFICULT.
UM, AND SO I LOVE THIS BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW THAT THOSE LIFE STAGES ARE GONNA BE DIFFICULT, YOU CAN KIND OF PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THEM.
AND THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE IT'S JUST US.
IT'S JUST US THAT THAT'S HAVING A PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT, IT'S, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE PATTERN, THIS IS THE WAY IT GOES.
UM, SO, UM, SO THIS, THESE ARE THE FIVE LIFE STAGES OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
IT STARTS WITH IDEA AND EACH ONE HAS SORT OF A QUESTION BEHIND IT.
SO, UM, THE FIRST ONE, UM, AT THE IDEA STAGE, IT'S EVEN BEFORE THE ORGANIZATION IS NONPROFIT, MOST OFTEN THAT BEGINS WITH, UM, SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY CHARISMATIC AND A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THE QUESTION THERE IS, IS IT FEASIBLE? IS IT FEASIBLE? UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE ESTABLISH IS BASICALLY IN MY WORDS, CAN WE MAKE IT FLY? HOW DO WE BECOME A NONPROFIT? HOW CAN WE START THIS THING AND MAKE IT, UM, A REAL ENTITY? NOW, I GONNA SKIP THOSE BECAUSE OF TIME.
UM, YOU ARE AT GROW FROM EVERYTHING I CAN SEE AS AN EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER.
AND IF I'M NOT RIGHT, YOU COULD TELL ME.
AND BY THE WAY, IT'S ALSO ORANGE.
UM, SO THE GROWTH QUESTION IS HOW DO WE EXPAND? AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE NEXUS THAT YOU'RE AT, RIGHT? UM, AND SO THERE'S SOME INTERESTING THINGS.
SO TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS, UM, IT'S THAT, UM, IT MIGHT BE THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE AND THE DEMANDS BEING MADE ON YOU COULD
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EXCEED RESOURCES.UM, THERE'S SO MANY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GROWING AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE A BALANCE, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE ALL THESE IDEAS, BUT CAN WE DO THEM? AND WHICH ONE SHOULD WE DO? AND YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO KEEP THAT BALANCE, UM, BOARD EXPANSION OF FIRST INSIDERS.
WELL, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE, UM, APPOINTED, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS ALSO RELEVANT TOO.
I MEAN, WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO BROUGHT YOU HERE? WHY ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU IN THE ARTS? DID YOU COME EX YOU KNOW, FROM OUTSIDE THE ARTS? THAT WOULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO HOLD THAT.
UM, SO PART OF IT IS INSTITUTIONALIZING, CUZ THOSE FIRST TWO STAGES ARE VERY MUCH READY, FIRE, AIM, RIGHT? YOU'RE LIKE THOSE FIRST TWO STAGES, YOU'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THINGS OFF THE GROUND AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO WE MAKE A DECISION, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS.
IT'S VERY REACTIVE, BUT YOU'RE AT THE STAGE WHERE, OKAY, NOW WE ARE NOT GONNA BE REACTIVE, WE'RE GONNA BE PROACTIVE.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE OUR POLICIES, WHAT IS OUR ANNUAL PLAN, HOW DO WE WANT TO GROW, HOW DO WE WANT TO INSTITUTIONALIZE ALL THAT IS BASICALLY THIS STAGE.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA TRANSITION TO, UM, A REALLY SORT OF BEST PRACTICE FORWARD, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE NEED TO EMPLOY FOR OURSELVES? YOU PROBABLY NOW, UM, WILL WANNA DIVERSIFY SOURCES OF INCOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING RELEVANT, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL, WE'VE MADE MONEY THIS WAY.
YOU KNOW, OFTEN IN THE FIRST TWO STAGES FOR A SMALL NON-PROFIT THAT'S GROWING IS, OH, WELL WE, YOU KNOW, HAD A LOT OF BAKE SALES AND NOW WE NEED TO GROW UP AND WRITE SOME GRANTS, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
THE CHALLENGES ARE THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN GROWING, THERE'S THIS NEED FOR THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE EVEN JUST THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING FOR A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION THAT YOU'RE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT DOES GROWTH MEAN TO US AS A COMMITTEE.
UM, THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD EVEN BE INTERESTED IN THAT SAYS, WHAT IS OUR ROLE THAT YOU'RE EACH WONDERING, LIKE, WHAT IS OUR ROLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS GROWTH AND MAKE IT, UM, STABLE? UM, SOMETIMES WHEN THERE'S CHANGE, PEOPLE CAN BE UNHAPPY.
I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY UNHAPPINESS WITH YOU ALL, BUT THAT WOULD BE TYPICAL IF THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST OUT OF SORTS BECAUSE THEY USED TO GET A BIGGER SHARE OF THE PIE OR BE MORE WHATEVER.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THE CAPABILITY, YOU KNOW, DEMAND FOR SERVICES AND CAPABILITY HAVE TO SORT OF STAY EQUAL.
UM, THE STRENGTHS ARE, AND I THINK THIS IS VERY TRUE FOR YOU, I FEEL LIKE I DO MY FEELING AGAIN, EX I'M AN EXTERNAL PERSON, SO I'M NOT SAYING I'M ALWAYS CORRECT, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
UM, AND I DO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE, AS A CITY, YOU'RE GETTING RECOGNITION FROM OTHER CITIES AND FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, SO THERE SHOULD BE THIS SENSE OF LIKE, WE ARE DOING THIS.
UM, I THINK DEMAND FOR SERVICES, I THINK THE MORE, AND YOU KNOW, AMY COMING TO SPEAK AT ART BOOST, THERE WERE SO MANY HANDS RAISED FOR, YOU KNOW, IS THIS AVAILABLE TO ONLY GARMENT ARTISTS? OR HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, PLAY A PART? AND SO MANY ARTISTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF WHAT YOU DO AND WONDERING IF THEY CAN, IF THEY COME FROM OTHER CITIES, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BY BEING MORE VISIBLE, BY HAVING THE SUCCESS, SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS.
SUCCESS BREEDS PEOPLE WHO WANNA BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, EASIER AND I THINK YOU'LL HAVE MORE FACES JOINING AND DONORS WHO THINK, UH, AND I HOPE ESPECIALLY BUSINESS DONORS, UM, WHO THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS A GREAT STAR TO ATTACH MY WAGON TO.
NO BUSINESS LIKES TO ATTACH ITS WAGON TO A FALLING STAR.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, SO THE MORE THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, SHARE YOUR LUSTER, UM, THE, THE MORE SUCCESS YOU'LL HAVE WITH DONORS, UM, AND THEN DIVERSIFYING IN ALL AREAS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND I WOULD LEAVE THAT FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE ALL THE AREAS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THEATER AND THE VISUAL ARTS AND, UM, ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY IT IS ALL DIVERSIFYING.
UM, IT SHOULD BE THAT THE FOUNDERS ARE NOT, UH, ANY LONGER GOVERNING, UM, BUT THAT THEY ARE HOPEFULLY STILL PRESENT AND THAT FOR THEM, THIS IS A REJUVENATION.
SO MAYBE YOUR PAST CITY COUNCILS, UM, THAT WERE ART, YOU KNOW, ART SUPPORTERS OR, UM, NOW I'M THINKING OF PATTY OR YOU KNOW, ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE AND, AND IS THINKING ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS REALLY IS GETTING OFF THE GROUND.
NOW THAT SHOULD GIVE THEM A REAL FEELING OF SORT OF A REBI
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SO THE NEXT STAGE IS TO SUSTAIN.SO, UM, TO, TO, AND SUSTAIN IS ALL ABOUT THE QUESTION WAS, UH, SUSTAINING, BUT YOU CAN STAY AT THE GROWTH LEVEL FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME.
AS LONG AS YOU KEEP REINVENTING AND YOU STAY FRESH.
I MEAN, YOU CAN, IT, IT'S NOT LIMITED TO, OH, THAT'LL BE A THREE YEAR STAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY ASSESS AND REINVENT.
UM, WITH SUSTAINED, THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW DO WE MAINTAIN RELEVANCE? AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE AT THE GROWTH STAGE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP REFRESHING YOURSELF BECAUSE BY DOING THAT, YOU DO STAY RELEVANT.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, YOU'RE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THAT, AND THAT KEEPS YOU MEANINGFUL.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, KEY TO YOU STAYING IN THE GROWTH STAGE, WHICH IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, UM, MORE THAN SUSTAINING IS, UM, BOARD OWNERSHIP.
SO EACH OF YOU, I'M GONNA TAKE HOLD OF WHAT I CAN DO.
I AM GONNA THINK ABOUT WHAT IS MY CATALOG, WHAT'S IN MY BASKET THAT I CAN OFFER THAT MAYBE NOBODY ELSE CAN.
UM, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A REAL KEY.
UM, IT ALSO TIES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BOARD CULTURE, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A BAD BOARD CULTURE, AND YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE CAN ALL THINK OF BOARDS THAT WE'VE EITHER BEEN ON OR WE'VE HEARD ABOUT WHERE THEY HAD A BAD BOARD CULTURE.
EITHER PEOPLE WERE NOT ENGAGED OR PEOPLE WERE RANCOROUS.
I KNOW I HAD A FRIEND WHO, I HAD A FRIEND WHO, UM, ENDED UP ONE OF THE BIGGEST CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DALLAS, AND SHE HAD PUT A MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR DONOR ON HER BOARD.
AND, UM, SOMEONE WHO WAS KNOWN TO BE PRINTY CANTANKEROUS, BUT NONETHELESS SHE PUT 'EM ON HER BOARD.
OH, SHE RUDE THE DAY SO OFTEN.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY KIND OF PUT THE KIBOSH ON, UM, THE BOARD CULTURE WHERE THERE WERE PEOPLE COMING TO HER AND SAYING, I JUST CAN'T, I JUST CAN'T, YOU KNOW? AND SO, UM, BOARD DEVELOPING YOUR BOARD CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR BOARD CULTURE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO IDENTIFYING DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCIES, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES AS A BODY? WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, SO IDENTIFYING, OKAY, TOGETHER THESE ARE OUR GOALS, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, DID WE MAKE THOSE GOALS? WHY OR WHY NOT? UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST MOVING MORE FROM, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM, UM, HERE.
AND SO HOW CAN YOU BE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK OF MY BOARD AS LIKE THE BRAIN TRUST, BUT NOT ONLY A BRAIN TRUST.
UM, THEY, MY BOARD ALSO WORKS AND THEY'RE LIKE PARTNERS IN THE FIRMS, YOU KNOW, HEAD HEADS OF BIG REAL ESTATE COMPANIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY NANCY NASHER IS AMAZING.
UM, AND SHE IS A, JUST A THOUGHT LEADER OR PERSON WHO'S NOT A BRAIN CHEST TYPE PERSON.
I'M ALWAYS ASTOUNDED
UM, SO THAT, SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR PLATE TO HELP BUILD THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMARY FOR GROVE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU FIRST EMBRACE THE FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND REALLY TAKE THEM TO HEART AND THEN UNDERSTAND THE LIFE STAGE THAT YOU'RE AT, UM, AND REALLY LEARN FROM THAT AND USE THAT SORT OF AS A GUIDEBOOK.
NOW EVERY ORGANIZATION IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, IT'S, YOU JUST HAVE TO FIT IN THIS BOX BECAUSE ANY ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE A MONTH WHERE YOU HEAD TOWARDS THE SUSTAINING, UH, GROWTH, YOU KNOW, THE SUSTAINING, UH, LIFE STAGE.
AND MAYBE THERE'LL BE A MONTH WHERE YOU MIGHT BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, INTO DEVELOPMENT.
BUT YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE IT IS FLUID.
ANYTHING WITH PEOPLE IS FLUID.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK YOU'RE IN GROWTH AND YOU JUST WANNA MAINTAIN THAT GROWTH MINDSET.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS BEST PRACTICES, ALWAYS FINDING OUT WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, LEARNING FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND BRINGING THAT INTERNALLY I THINK IS, IS A KEY.
AND NOT JUST A KEY, BUT I ALWAYS FIND IT REALLY EXCITING TO LEARN, OH, THAT'S HOW YOU DO THAT.
SO, UM, SO THAT IS SORT OF MY, MY, UM, LEADERSHIP ARTS, UH, BCA SORT OF IN A NUTSHELL WHERE I PERCEIVE THAT YOU ARE.
UM, AND I'M REALLY, EVEN THOUGH I'M RETIRING, YOU KNOW, UH, AMY AND CHIP AND I ARE BUDS AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN WITH ANY INFORMATION.
I HAVE COLLECTED A LOT OF INFORMATION
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WANTED TO THANK YOU.AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S MY EMAIL RUN, YOU KNOW, AFTER I LEAVE BCA.
MY LAST DAY IS ACTUALLY THE 31ST OF.
ANYWAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK I'VE USED MY TIME, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAYBE, UM, T AMY AND HAPPY TO ANSWER.
WHAT WERE YOUR FIVE AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
SO LET ME GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE AND I CAN SEND YOU THIS.
DO YOU WANT THIS? I THINK, YEAH, I'VE GOT IT.
I'VE, I WILL SEND IT OUT TO, TO ALL OF OUR, AND I HAVE MORE DETAILED ONE.
IF YOU EVER WANT THAT, YOU CAN HAVE THAT TO ME.
I THINK YOU, YOU JUST HIT SOME REALLY TERRIFIC THINGS.
YOU GOT US THINKING AND KIND OF SEEING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE WERE SO RELEVANT.
SO, WELL, THAT'S, THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
CAUSE I THINK, I THINK THAT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE ALL KIND OF STARTED, WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO BE A WORKING BOARD.
YOU KNOW, AND SO, YOU KNOW, BE PROACTIVE AND LIKE WE SAID, SHE SAID WHAT WE, WE COULD EACH OFFER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT JUST KEEPS US REMINDING, REMINDING US OF WHY WE, WHY WE WANNA DO THIS, WHY WE WANT TO BE HERE, TO HELP THE ARTS GROW.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS, EVEN THIS, THIS YEAR, WE'VE TAKEN ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, LIKE, AGAIN, THE ART VIBE, THE BIG ART DAY, WE DID THE EMERALD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS, WE'RE DOING IT SLOW.
WE'RE TAKING THOSE STEPS AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK I, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE.
I MEAN, THIS IS, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE, YEAH, WE DID IT THE SAME FOR SO LONG, WHICH SEEMED TO WORK AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK WE ALL WENT, I THINK WE WERE AT THAT STAGNANT STAGE THAT WE NEEDED TO, LET'S TAKE ANOTHER STEP.
AND LIKE SHE SAID, NOW WE'RE THROUGH THE GROWTH PERIOD.
WE WERE THERE, NOW WE'RE DOING THE GROWTH, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRIAL AND ERROR, I THINK, ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TRIED.
BUT HOPEFULLY, AND WITH THIS CULTURAL DEC DESIGNATION, IF WE, IF WE GET THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA GIVE US SOME MORE MONEY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE STILL LIMITED ON OUR HOTEL STUFF.
THAT'S NOT GONNA GROW TOO MUCH.
NO, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, I MEAN, FOR THAT TO BE THE ONLY REVENUE SOURCE FOR, FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL WE DO? AND SO, YOU KNOW, UM, I'LL BE EAGER FOR US TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMERALD CITY AND YES.
UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF.
BUT, UH, BUT I, I'M EXCITED AND MOTIVATED BY Y'ALL, AND IT REALLY DOES TAKE EVERYBODY WORKING, EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER ON IT.
WELL, UM, I THINK THAT LET'S, UM, I THINK WE'LL END THIS MEETING.
SO DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? UM, BEFORE WE END, CAN WE DO THE SUGGESTIONS FOR ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETING? OKAY.
OH, WELL THAT, THAT'S ON OUR EIGHT MEETING.
IT'S, IT'S FOR THIS MEETING TOO.
OH, DID I MISS THE THAT'S OKAY.
I NEED TO GET TO THE OTHER PAGE.
I THOUGHT I WAS AT, THAT'S WHERE I, WE KINDA AT C WITH THE MEETING DATES WHERE WE, WE WERE KEEPING THE DATES AS IS IS, IS THAT REFLECTIVE OF JULY? WAS THAT TUESDAY, JULY, JULY 18TH? IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE LIKE, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT BEING KIND OF A STRATEGIC, SO JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, I MEAN WE NEED, WE NEED TO TALK GRANTS, BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, AND THINKING AHEAD ABOUT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR MM-HMM.
SO I WOULD HATE, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF TRY TO, UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THESE THINGS AND JUST FOCUS ON DO I DOUBT WE CAN YEAH.
CUZ I MEAN, TO LOOK THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE JUST HEARD.
CAUSE LIKE WE PROBABLY REALLY NEED TO DO THAT ALL AGAIN TOGETHER.
LIKE, AND IT'S PROBABLY VERY DENSE.
SO I JUST, WELL, AND THEN ONE THING TOO, WE'RE OKAY.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN OUR, IN OUR EIGHT MEETING TOO, BUT WE'RE GROUP, WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS AGREED TO PURCHASE THE, UH, ONLINE GRANT SOFTWARE.
SO
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IN JUNE 1ST.BUT THEN I'M HOPING IN THE JULY MEETING WE COULD DO A LITTLE TRAINING AND KIND OF A LITTLE FIRST PEAK AT THIS TOO.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE MAIN THING WE'RE GONNA NEED.
SO COULD WE START EARLIER IN JULY? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPTION.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN, BUT I REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING A, UM, A WORKSHOP FOR US.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT PLAN? WELL, I, I THINK THAT COULD BE OUR JULY, INITIALLY JULY WE WERE THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AHEAD KIND OF AS A STRATEGIC DAY, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
BUT, UM, I GUESS IT WOULD REALLY REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER SESSION ON TUESDAY, JULY 18TH, 18TH? I'M, I'M GOOD.
UH, WHAT, LET'S SEE, WHAT IS THAT TUESDAY? THIRD WEEK OF JULY? YES.
I'M, WE COULD, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE NICE, LIKE IF WE WERE GONNA DO, WE, IF WE COULD DO A, A HALF DAY, IT WOULD BE VERY NICE, HONESTLY, TO GO OVER THE PLAN TO DO, I MEAN, HAVE OUR TRAINING ON THAT SOFTWARE STUFF AND EVERYTHING IS EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY HERE CAN, IS THAT A GOOD OR NOT ON THE WE DURING WEEK? CAUSE I WORKED DURING THE WEEK.
WELL, DO WE, I'M OPEN TO A SAT I MEAN WE COULD DO, WE'RE OPEN TO SATURDAY.
WE COULD DO IT SATURDAY MORNING.
I DOT THINK I HAVE A WEDDING'S SECOND.
HOW ABOUT THE 22ND? THAT SATURDAY? 22ND, 22ND.
IT'S JUST THE WEEK OF THE 11TH.
HOW, HOW LONG? I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT OUR CALENDAR.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, AND THIS IS WHY WE DO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GET EVERYBODY HERE.
WELL WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PICK ONE OF THESE DATES.
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OR ORITA EAT.
CAN WE SCHEDULE ANOTHER DAY, LIKE MAYBE IN AUGUST WHOLE SUMMER VACATION TIME? AND WE KIND OF SPLIT KIND OF OUR TASK LIST.
CAUSE WE LOOK LIKE WE GOT A A A WEB-BASED PLATFORM.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CULTURE.
SO MAYBE WE KEEP OUR JULY MEETING AND THEN ADD AN EXTRA HOW ABOUT THIRD TUESDAY? THE THIRD TUESDAY, AUGUST.
THE, THE FRIDAY, AUGUST THE FOURTH OF WE CAN DO FRIDAY EVENING AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING SOME, I MEAN WE, HOLD ON.
WHERE DID YOU HAVE WHAT DAY? UH, THE, THE GRANT CALENDAR? YEAH, THE GRANT CALENDAR.
IT'S UM, IT'S IN THE PACKET WITH THE, YEAH.
WELL THE GRANT CALENDAR, SINCE WE'RE GONNA DO IT ONLINE.
I JUST, I DON'T, WE NEED TO GRANT OP GRANT APPLICATIONS OPEN ON THE FIRST AND CLOSE ON THE AUGUST 31ST.
SO WE NEED TO DO IT BEFORE THEN.
WE NEED TO DO, YEAH, IT'S LIKE IN JUNE WE NEED TO, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
MAYBE WE DO THE, WE KEEP THE GRANT THING IN JULY SO WE KNOW BEFORE AUGUST AND THEN MAYBE THE STRATEGIC, THE STRATEGIC THING WE CAN DO IN AUGUST TUESDAY MEETING.
NOT THAT FIRST WEEK, THE THIRD.
HOW ABOUT THE THIRD TUESDAY AGAIN? YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S THE THIRD TUESDAY AT THE 15TH.
SO WE'LL BE TWO MONTHS IN A ROW.
BUT THE 15TH WILL BE, HUH? WELL, 22ND.
WE'RE, UM, THE EIGHTH THAN ME.
THE SECOND AND THIRD WEEK AUGUST'S ON THOSE.
UM, FIRST, FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.
THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST I'M HERE FIRST WEEK OR THE 22ND.
WELL THEN THAT'LL BE OUR, WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
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YEAH.TALKING ABOUT, AND WHAT ARE WE STILL WANNA STILL DO? FIVE.
IS THAT OUR ONE? ARE WE STILL DOING JULY 18? YES.
THAT'S GONNA BE, SO JULY 18TH STILL.
JULY 18TH, 18TH WILL BE OUR TRAINING.
SO WE, LET ME ASK A CONFUSED QUESTION.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GRANT WRITERS.
I MEAN, I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A BOARD WHERE EVERYBODY WAS A GRANT WRITER.
NO, THIS IS NOT, IT'S USUALLY GRANT SOMEONE WHO IS THE GRANT.
THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME LAPTOPS AND WITH THE SOFTWARE BECAUSE SURE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD END THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN, AND THEN, OKAY.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO AJOUR? I'M THE AND THE SECOND.
MOTION ALL NOW LET'S CALL THE MEETING OF THE.