Hi everyone. This is a meeting of the Ammeris Cultural Council. We are meeting via remote meetings due to a suspension of open meeting laws by our governor Mora Healey. At this time, I would like to recognize both co-chairs Cody Rooney and William Murray. And I would ask who
would like to be co-host and who should be host. >> I think Cody, if you're okay with this, you'll continue leading us through this if that's all right. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Be a co-host. >> Okay, great.
>> All right. Okay. So, Cody, you want to do a sound check? >> Yeah. Go BT >> here. Bill >> here.
>> Joe >> here. >> And Rachel, >> I'm here. >> All right, we're all here in count.
Um, Bill, can you share that agenda? Yes, I can. >> I'm not before I take off, it's Angela again. Um, will will someone let me know if I
need to help with um the rejection letters and or um any of the reporting to MCC? Um, I'm going to I'm going to do the Okay.
I mean, if you could do the letters and I can do the approvals and the more simple. >> Okay. So, you want me to do the mail
merge? Is someone going to send me the denial list? >> Yeah, we can get that. So, I'll do the mail merge and I'll run it by you, Cody, and then I'll email those out. Does that sound good?
>> All right, sounds good. >> Okay. Um, one more time before I go, if anything happens on this Zoom call, Zoom call, my cell phone is 413 219 6344. And don't worry about it that it's being
recorded because everybody has it. So if anything happens or if it gets if you lose con um connectivity just give me a ring. >> All right. >> Very good. >> Happy holidays everyone. Have a great meeting. >> You too.
>> You too. Thank you Angela. >> All right. anyone from the public place and I don't see anyone just chat
just for now I don't see any attendees in the attending room. So,
has anyone got in the meeting? >> I think the last one that Angela published was December 3rd. um where we coated the green, yellow,
blue, orange, red or the first one that we did that. So has anyone learned that that we can at least prove those
table the earth on next we will meet which we will How come about? >> So Joe, you have to go at seven. Is that correct? >> Is that correct? >> Yeah.
I would just propose that maybe we could um approve the minutes as a block when we have all the decisions. I don't know if that makes sense to people. Um because otherwise the minute's just going to
record our conversations from the past meetings which is already recorded anyway as as a zoom >> recording. >> Yeah. I'm fine with that. So I will make
the decision to table or minutes until the delivered. Um
so next up we will all we have to do this go back to or
on we wanted to get or so we have balance the budget. So shouldn't take
ter had wanted or if we're going from the top to the bottom, the first one we had wanted to s circle back on was the salsa kacos Latin dance. I said I want I originally said I wanted to increase funding, but I'm all set now. I think
1,700 is fair for that. >> Yeah. I mean that might say is that I would absolutely increase it because
every time we look at this that we hear it's growing it's growing or I could get behind increase.
What do I think? Um I I agree. Um I'm I'm still pulling up the spreadsheet on my And how much have we have we how much have we funded to Contra is is my question, I guess.
Um, I'm trying to get to the folder. >> Bill, Bill, are you the one scrolling through this the point? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. I'm trying to I'll try to pull up my own copy as well.
>> Okay. Yeah. I'm uh I need to There we go. Find how much we have. Oops. Really contrary. Okay. you awesome zoom, man.
>> So, we have for Contra, we've got $2,000. >> I would at least match Contra. Um, in in my opinion, um, I do I do agree with Cody. Like, I I do want to support
a growing a growing dance event. Like, it it's like I like Yeah, I personally went to Contra. It's a great event. I haven't I didn't couldn't make time to go to the salsa um dance social that was this Saturday either, but um the fact the
fact that it's new, it's growing, it's um representing the local Latino community, I think would indicate us to fund it, you know, at least as much as as we're funding Contra. >> Sorry, Joey.
>> Go ahead. Go ahead, Jess. I was just going to ask increase um the salsa from 1700 to 2,000. >> Yeah, at least um I What do others think? >> What is our process right now? Um are we
um going through the ones that we had marked from the other round of discussion because are we we we need to actually be reducing funding, right? Because what granting is more than what we have money for. >> Yeah. >> So
what is our process now? >> So my as you would say it's go to once we were
more as potential. Yeah, I think that's true. >> And go to the ones we want to increase and
try that approach that may or may not work. But um still won't be as intense as last.
>> Yeah. >> But um let's try that and see where we end up. Um but let's know that if we can we match
both s and contra if possible but >> yeah I wrong code what I heard was did I what
my idea idea in my head was going to do the decreases first that we had already earmarked and is is that what I also heard from you. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Uh thanks for pointing out that we need to process Rachel and uh I think I agree with Cody that that I would want
to go for the decreases first to try and get because we're at negative we're at currently negative 4,297. So we need to get at least to zero. Um, so >> yeah.
>> Um, right. Here we got J5 family. We said 2500 but we wanted to count
it. It has 23 K from the NC. Um,
right off the bat I >> read my mind. You read my mind, >> Rachel. >> I would say half of what we have there. >> 1250. >> That's fair. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Actually, that's a good suggestion. >> I just said that's fine as well. >> Yeah, I close that. So, let's
bring it down to 1250. Um a great event is just they get a lot from the NC
so they are fine. Um let's start we got um >> think we already in the class
so performance we said 250 on this Um now God wants
for his don't fun this at all if we now close to 50. Correct me if I'm wrong. We had trouble
in belieing that they can not find fun from you. Correct. >> I think
>> Go ahead. >> This is the Jones Library and UMass Indian Classical Arts Society performing. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um what we had discussed is that they're a student group. So it's not like they're relying on compensation, but it would be nice to
like compensate the performers because it is a program that will benefit the whole town. So I think that's more of the conversation that we had had. >> Yeah. Like I'm all for
competing young people for the time. It's valuable and why not get compel
Yeah. Uh, for me it sounds like um we're kind of for me this is um but scanning from the other things we can make up larger amounts of money with things we've already earmarked to potentially decrease later. And this sounds like we're kind of sticking on this one. Um I
would maybe advocate for circle circling back and seeing because this is relatively small amount of money. There are some that we that we funded like a thousand too that we were marking to decrease. seeing how much seeing if there's any easier ones to make up later and then coming back to this one if we
need like an extra 200 at the end perhaps. >> Great. >> Yeah. I'm I'm kind of thinking along the lines of what Joe was saying because you know we have probably a handful maybe more of the 250s that we've agreed on
and um that's only because of you know what I raised with MCC's guidelines but we could in the end just kind of trim them all down to 200 if we want to support them um you know as a gesture because this one for example the applicant is the Jones library which
makes it different from the u from UMass student group applying directly to us. So I think I think the you know the the focus um >> well the premise is a little bit different. Um, so for that reason, I feel like I, you know, I would like to support it. And, you know, the Yeah,
like Joe said, $50 isn't going to be make that much of a difference, but if we have half a dozen, 10 of them that we're taking $50 from, and that's just another approach. But yet, you're right. Let's move on because it's not a lot that we're But I It sounds like we're
okay to support them in principle. Is that right or no? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. And I'm just gonna mark I'm sorry. >> Very good. I'm just marking with some asterisks. One we might come back to discuss later.
I just made a double asterisk there. And like I will say I'm fine with CO 250 to 200
because my feelings are those are the ones we would just like to show support for they're not like
champions. So, >> but I'm I'm sorry again. I'm looking at the yellows. There's multiple ones that are marked for decrease that we could cut like reasonably cut 500 to a,000 off of each and might we might make up the amount
there. So, I I' I'd advocate for addressing those soon before we >> Yeah. >> keep keep deliberating for many minutes over a 250. But I I do respect your opinion, Cody. >> Does it make sense then?
>> Sorry. Go ahead, Cody. >> Sorry, Bill. >> No, my bad. >> Now I hear you, Joe. Um, do we want to come back to story wizards?
>> Yeah, if >> Sorry. Go ahead. >> Joe, I I'll I'll stop. Um, yeah, why don't we actually go to the yellows to see what we >> Yeah. Yeah.
All right. All right, first off the back I see was never silent 250 years of speaking out. Please
say for this one before that, but let's do this one and go back to the drink. Um, >> okay. We said
four hours for this. Um, how I'm in that cut stuff.
So, let's say 2,000 Yeah. Um, yeah. If you do 2,00 we'll only have 1,000 left to to make up. So, >> yeah.
>> Let's do two. Yeah, let's do that. Let's do that agreement with that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> That easy enough. stores. Uh
what about what about we've only we've only got a,50 left. Um, how about how about 2,000 because I think there's a couple other ones that that we marked for decrease as well in
the yellow like the literary walk. >> That's what we're on to. >> Are we then deciding to only make up the deficit and not touch any of the increases? >> That's a good question. Um, I have my
mind on the deficit for the moment, but >> going off of what you're saying, let's how about we address decreasing all the ones we've decided to maybe decrease
and then if we have a surplus >> giving those to the increases. >> Yeah. Let's get through the decrease and see where we are at. Come back.
>> Yeah, I'd say decrease yellow to green then increase green to yellow if that makes sense. >> All right, now perfect plan. Our only cool is
2,000 for the drink. >> Yes, I am. >> Yes, >> that's fine with me. Yeah, >> I personally would trim it a little bit
more, but if you know if everyone's fine with leaving it at What did you say? 2,000 Yeah, >> fine. Yeah, sure. All right. Now, who go to 20,000?
Um, oh, we're following the dino tracks live science. Uh for me that looks like an increase. Uh I don't think we want to decrease that.
>> Unless I'm misreading that. >> You're good. The words are completely similar. I think literary walk was the next one we were looking at. >> Yes, I think so. >> Yeah,
>> I would be good dropping it to 750 and making it half of their ass. >> That's a good That's a good That's a better one. >> That sounds good to me. >> Yeah. Yeah,
Rachel. Yep. Sure. >> Sweet. >> All right. Let's stop slow down and think
up. I think I decree. I think there was one more in the yellow that we just went past. >> Oh, yeah. >> The uh language and culture preservation. >> Sorry. >> Yeah. >> No, you're good.
I'm good with that. >> Just >> 750 is fine. This is one of the ones that I'm personally less inclined to decrease. Like I would rather take a little more from the
um public schools at the Drake maybe, but I I'm fine going down to seven. Great. >> I was actually going to propose that we leave it as it is now as well. And with the public school one, I um I think you
all said 2,000, but I was going to say just half of what we had before, but that could be too much to cut for you all. So, um >> so it sound You know what it sounds like? You're I mean multiple both you and Jess
are are advocating for that. So I think there's that's worth consideration for taking that down to 1500. >> Yeah, I I would be okay with that personally. >> Yeah. I mean,
yeah, I personally feel inclined to keep payments, but if I'm over
Why don't we check the uh is that up in the blue Silverthorn Theater? company. Does anyone feel strongly about because we were wanting to decrease that? Because I I feel a bit because like I I would be okay with
dropping in public schools, but like I I would rather not take funding away from it over the Silverthorn Theater Company, which I think I I would feel more comfortable cutting because I'm I'm seeing that thousand there maybe take to 500 or something.
Um, >> yeah. >> Where is that one? >> Uh, it's up in the blues. >> Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I'm close. 500. Yeah, they are um yeah, because they do
they are charging they are charging tickets as well and um they're applying to multiple local cultural councils and the community foundation for Western Mass. But I think they're going to seems like they'll be okay
uh or more capable of potentially cobbling together funding if we reduce our contribution. Um >> I'm good with that. >> Sorry. Which one are we talking about? The silver. Yes.
Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, are we reducing that to 500 or 750? >> I would advocate for 500. >> 500. How you feel? >> That's fine with me.
>> Me, too. Right. So, >> sure. I think, you know, if if we get around to it later on, I think it'd be interesting to just kind of look at how how much like in terms of theater we're supporting overall. Um,
>> good point. >> Yeah, because >> I can create more >> chance is going to end up taking a lot higher percentage compared to theater, but that's just something to bear in mind. So I'm I'm fine to with the amount you you all just cited. Thanks.
>> No, I should have done if I got Sorry. >> Yeah, you actually have something to say. Go ahead. >> I was just going to say I think with that reduction that puts us into the green. >> Yeah, we're at plus 200. Um
currently that doesn't mean we shouldn't keep going >> but we are we are currently in green. Um, do you want to bounce w to address story wizards or the Drake now
or um what we say for the Drake 1,500 100. >> I I want to keep it at 2,000, but I'd be
okay with 1500 if I'm getting overruled. I'm >> to that. >> Yes, >> I would personally I still feel like this should be cut to
1,500 for the reasons that Rachel had stated in an earlier meeting where it's like the school does have a budget to go towards music. So like this would be a good, you know, supplement to that and
it's a good experience, but I I don't think that this is the thing that should get near full funding. >> Okay, Bill, >> it hurts my heart a little bit, but I logically I agree. I would, 1500.
>> Yeah, I guess that's where I'm going too. was like my my my heart supports the school bands. >> I'm biased. I was a band kid. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Yep. >> The trumpets in the closet still
>> in that benefit people. So yeah, I'm buy so about 1500. That's fine.
Um, is there any more in the set which we have a strong keep? Uh yeah.
>> Yeah. This one's going to be a free event that's going to be held at the Beski Museum and it's aimed at like younger kids like improv theater thing. I would personally advocate to keep it where it
is. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I I think uh let's see besi free let's see 60 by giving the children the opportunity to improvise alongside professional
actors that sounds fun day um yeah I think it's good Yeah. >> And >> agreed. >> Do we want to Yeah, I think I like that.
And we were talking about the um classical art society showcase. I think we should keep that at that 250. Um >> you want to >> mean >> if we don't touch more we can now
increase >> much and we also should talk about do we want to keep some for
wherever we want to. >> Yeah, I think I think there's still several, right, that um we talked about trying to increase if we can and
I um was going to propose that with some of these trying to balance the numbers between them. So for example, you know, we had talked about I'm just I'm just talking in terms of categories, right? So for examp $200 from here or, you know, $300 from
there. It's because that those are significant amounts that we're talking I think one is 1700, right? One is 2,000 or something like that. If we were to balance between them, does that make any sense?
>> I also like how you said like all the 250s just knock down
50 bucks. that will also add up. Um um I can I can start doing that from the bottom up if everyone's okay with that. Knocking them down to 200. >> Is everyone
fine with that? >> I don't personally see a reason to do that. Uh, I think a lot of the 250s even had bigger asks than what we're giving them. And I think 250 is like a good
like modest amount. I don't know. >> It seem it doesn't seem like it's going to really skim that much off that it's going to really matter. So I guess my proposal too is um maybe just we look at all the ones that we are hoping to
increase as a group. >> Mhm. >> And balance them amongst each other if that makes any sense. >> Oh >> because I think I think we all agreed on the point that the fact that we would like to fund these a lot of these more
than we have money for. So given that reality, how do we want to balance what we're able to allocate? And um so like what I just said is that if we can take it the take all the ones that we would like to increase, but we already gone
through the ones we were hope we want to decrease. So we take all the the rest for increase and look at them relative to each other. I don't know if that makes sense or not, but it seems like it's a way to um re-evaluate what we think about their
relative, you know, um not merit, but like how much we are able to grant them individually and relative to one another because a lot of them are focused on BIPO and other u marginalized
communities or audiences. So, as a group, can we balance the funding for them? Yeah. Um, when Bill just
over, we do have 72 in the green. I am I am making an I made an additional copy of the master spread to just mess around in. The original master spreads is untouched. You'll see on the bottom tab.
I'm gonna try and do some weird sorting and stuff to see what we've done so far. >> I just I have a quick question. >> So, back to Rachel's plan. If an example of that, >> like if we wanted to increase salsa, we
would take a look at what we're funding um bomba and contra dancing and see like, okay, these are getting this much. Maybe we can increase it to 2,000 is the most we've did a similar event. Like like that's
kind of the principle that you're thinking or am I misunderstanding it? Yeah, I yeah, that's that's correct because I think I agree with um I think Jess said, you know, it doesn't seem like to be very it's not going to make that much of a difference to take $50
off of all the 250s. So I think maybe like it would be um more uh I don't know efficient and productive to yeah look at the ones that um like like for like as much as you
know to the extent possible and see if they're balanced relative to each other. So because we have to be balancing the numbers between them cuz we don't have that much more that is just out there available for funding.
I hope I didn'tate what you just said, Jess, but yes, that's what you >> So, we can't match. So, with contra
and now we give us 402. I would personally say there are other places that I would rather focus the increasing right now but maybe go back to that. What do other people think? >> Yeah, I agree.
>> Any pre Okay. All right. Um, sorry, it was a little I apologize. It was a little tuned out. I did I did just sort on the se on the mess around sheet. Um
there's a second one called master spread mess around copy. I've sorted them by how much we've granted from the highest to the lowest. Um in case anyone's interested in that.
But that's um but that that's that's not the main master spread. That's I just might copied it. Man, if I have more time for a future
meeting, I could try and see about make trying to make sums for different categories of arts that we funded so far. if that sounds interesting to people >> like total film total dance
>> maybe for the next cycle as reference that would be really helpful I just don't know for this cycle's decision making there's time for that Joe >> but definitely as a as kind of like a data in reference for for the next cycle
I think that would be really useful >> no That's not what I was about to say. I want to be able to
proof people next week. just keeping deadlines for this mid
January. So like Yeah. >> Yeah. And and by just procedure, the um applicants who have been denied have two weeks to >> Yeah.
>> ask for reconsideration. So just working that timeline backwards. Um >> so >> you know >> and like I'm even just going through after we jump off.
I just don't know if needs to be okay that or not. But we can get to that
if you keep going with this. We're at We're at 700 right now. >> Yeah. So, another way to look at this is looking at Thank you so much for doing this, Joe, because it gives us a completely
different perspective on what we've granted. So, what we could do is actually to go back too to look at the ones that >> are fully funded compared to the project budget. um you know as well or you know relative to the percentage when we're talking about asking obviously if we're
fully funding them we're not we're not going to be looking at increasing but um for the ones that we thought we would like to review increasing let's look at their relative budget so >> what I was saying earlier was >> not that okay because we're giving this
party A 2,000 we should give party B 2,000 what I was proposing is that if we're going to give party A 2,000 and party B,500 that we average them and give them to between the two. That's what I meant. So it's
>> anyway too um me with a power and I wait for funed them
year after year. So they do got a lot of fun. So I would I love to for fun if there was a strong push to cut back.
Now I'm see headshake and no um um >> no >> how much do we actually need right now? Because right now we're a slight
surplus, right? If we left everything without increasing, we have a slight surplus. Is that correct? never owed to. Yeah. >> Gonna see if I can pull a formula off real quick. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we have
>> um >> uh I just made a percent of requested amount funded. Um it's not perfect. The dollar sign doesn't mean anything. Um but this will show us what percentage of the project's requested amount that we have decided so far. So for example, for
the POW, 1.0 O is fully funded for the Junth Jubilee. We have funded half of it. >> That's helpful too. >> I I think the rationale too is how much the request was visav the entire project budget as well as the scope of the
project. So for example, the the Jubilee is a one-day event whereas the POW is a weekend long one, right? Um so if you look at for example IM super we're funding the entire project budget. >> Yeah. >> As proposed. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> I mean again my peers you want you to know nowhere else. So like
yeah I am super we could um >> so is the discussion now what we're going to give this slight surplus to or are we going to go through
>> what's what are we doing. I was looking through the spreadsheet thing like are there any fees that we flagged to increase that I personally feel super strongly about and there honestly weren't. But I wonder if anyone else when scrolling through seeing the
ones that we tagged as wanting to increase there are any you want to advocate for? H ghostable benefit people disre
All right. Oh man. Yeah, I'm all right with all this. >> Yeah, I don't think I have any anything that I feel that strongly about anymore.
Everything that I I'm good with where everything is. >> Yep. Yeah. >> Another >> Sorry. Go ahead. >> Yeah. >> Another thing that I was looking at when
just scrolling through the list again is like the categories. Like Rachel said, the dance and the music is much higher than the theater, which we had had an earlier conversation about, theater is just very expensive to put on. Um, so I
would say maybe increase like one or two of the theater projects by a small amount like 250 or something. >> Okay. Yeah. Um, we can do
we can do two projects if we want money left over. That would leave us
200. Joe and Rachel. >> Yeah. So, a question I forgot to ask this whole time. Are we aiming to spend the whole budget or do we want to leave money? And what do we do with money that's left over?
Well, Candie held 300 for whatever the group decides in the past. We
done the show case. But the big fails to mention is the cult play in that
story that stage and we supported that. We also have used it as a mystery de
if we want do a survey in the printing cost to go to the party which we did in the past
table with the ser. So, um I'm with holding over get to you
and then just >> me. Yeah, >> thank you. >> Yeah. >> Um, so I'm sorry I can't see. So what is our surplus right now? Is it 700 odd still or is it >> not
7029? >> 703, >> right? Um, if we were going to put any money to any organization, I think the only one I would was to to um, you know, put it back to Silver Thorn Theater, but I think that's, you know, a group
decision if um, people want to entertain that. But it's in terms of holding some money back. It totally makes sense. I think in the past we've I think we've usually had what around $3,000 in our accounts for
just admin and you know promotional purposes. And I'm not sure if what if anything was spent on that this past grand cycle. Um because the the survey we did was just something we did on our own. like I put together the you know
questionnaire we sent it out so so we didn't pay money for that but I think definitely there it's worth holding something back you know could be the amount we have sitting right there that's not a lot because we have we could I think use up to what 10%
for admin um of whatever MCC allocates so thanks that's all MC >> I I was actually just going to say that we had already had a conversation about this earlier and the 57,000
that's here was after setting aside some portion of the overall funds um for like admin purposes and those programmings that we were going to do. Am I misremembering that? I I really thought I remembered like in November
having a conversation and Angela calculated it and this total was based off of that. You could be right. I remember
a conversation about it as well. I just am blank on what their outcome was.
Joe, you have a comment. Um, yeah. I mean, I'd be comfortable leaving the amount we have here if um if that works for everyone. Uh if we want
to go with Jess's idea of maybe giving 250 to one more theater group and then leaving roughly for that leaving 450 that could be okay. All right. As a compromise I
guess. >> Yeah. So I heard silver to the increase on course gy
and that's it. >> Um yes yes I just went back again to look at what you're talking about. So if you all want to pull that up in your respective screens, you know, our computers, it's in one of the documents that Angela had given to us in the file.
But what we were allocated by MCC this year was 50 56,100, but we have um I think what does it say 50 just over 59,000 about 59,000
>> in our Yes, the $3,000 has already been set aside. Um, >> so whatever our total amount granted right now, as long as that doesn't exceed say 56,000 >> or thereabouts, you know, then we're
kind of within the ballpark. Um, so I don't what we >> but we could opt to do that if we wanted to, you know. So it's it's >> um Do you all know the document I'm talking about? The financial report?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, if you scroll down that one. >> Yeah. >> Sorry, I just want to interject. We're So, this 577, this 57 is off of total revenue. It's not off of state revenue. So, this our 57 that we've been working off of the
whole time is the total is the total revenue. Um whereas whereas the state revenue is 56,100. So, do we want to keep confining it to the the total revenue or do we want to knock it down to the state
revenue total as our max, I guess, is what I'm getting confused about. Oh, since it's already depend and says how we could ins 50 grand
700 like which I'm boo if you see the project Okay. >> Um, I'd say I'd say if you want to spend
the 700, give 200 to like 2029 to one and then 250 to two. >> Sorry. >> Sharing the screen with the spreadsheet that you're all working from or or we >> Sorry, I was um I took >> That's okay. No, I just wanted to see
what the the actual >> Give me a second. >> I I can't seem to find it on my own copy of the spreadsheet in terms of the total that Joe has calculated. Maybe I'm not looking at the right place on the master. >> It's on the right under columns X and Y.
Yeah. >> Oh, I have to go all the way over. That's right. Okay. Thank you. Sorry. >> Yeah, I I I put the boxes over there. >> They're hidden. >> No, that's great. It's really helpful. Thank you. Now I'm close
250 2 in 202 with 21. >> All right. Uh and do do we want to do give it to theater um for just a suggestion?
>> Yes. self can. Where is it? >> Which one are we looking for? >> Quick question. >> Um, >> cuz now I'm a little bit confused. So the 57,000
we have the amounts awarded by the state plus the rollover from our council last year and the 57,000 is still a bit below that total the funded plus rollover or is that like exactly the amount?
>> Um so from what I understand um the 57 doesn't include our prior account balance. It's the state revenue of 56,100 we got plus the interest income of 1669
um from our account. So it's the state revenue plus the interest to get our total revenue of 57,000 and that's not counting the 6325 we'd had set apart um from the start of the fiscal year July 1st 2024 if I'm
reading the sheet right. So >> yeah, >> we have >> Go ahead. >> Yeah. >> No, I was just going to say that my understanding um Jess, I'm presuming
that you've looked at the that report, right? That's we're talking about. So if we're all looking at the same report, um it looks like between what the state allocate or MCC allocated for us for this year, the 56
one um 100 plus what we the balance we had available comes out to 59,000. And so if we were granting this 57,000, we have enough money to do so because what we would have left is the 2,000 whatever balance, right, in our
accounts that we could use for admin or whatever else. >> So I think really it's we don't have to give the $700 excess. Um >> we we can we opt to but it's you know so I think that's really our decision as a
group. Joe, does that answer your question? >> It does. And I don't want to get too into the weeds on this, but I was I don't know where I'm might not be looking at the same one because I'm seeing a 6,000 in the account balance at
the beginning of the 2024 fiscal year instead of the 3,000. But that's >> Yes. Yes, I see that as well. And then we keep scrolling down and it said, >> "Oh, >> box expenditure." You keep going down. available remaining balance 3,000,
right? Plus >> more. Thank you. >> That's okay. So, at the bottom of that page, we see $59,132, right? >> So, that's what I was kind of looking at. And so, if we opt to make this
um total grant of the 57,000, whatever that's shown on the spreadsheet now, we have enough funds to do. So, looks like, right? Um, but what I was just saying that we don't need to give the the $700 somewhere if we don't >> find, you know, merit to do so. That's
all. That's up to us. >> Oh, how how how about this? How about we give 250 back to the silver Thornon that theater that we cut from a,000 to 500, bringing it up from 500 to 750 and then leaving it at that
with like an excess of like 450. I'm cool with that. >> Yeah, that works for me. >> I'm so sorry. Could you repeat the what you just said, Joe?
>> Sure. Um, my suggestion was since we cut the Silverthorn grant from a,000 to 500, my suggestion was to give them back another 250 to bring them up to 750 and then to leave it at that.
Um, was my idea. >> That's fine with me. >> Yeah. 750. All right, I'll type it in here. >> And so the remaining money would go
towards our account balances. And do people have like I guess I'm just wondering what is the reason for not spending all of the 57 whatever it exactly uh 57769
we have allocated cuz I do understand setting aside administrative costs but I guess why not just >> um >> give out the remaining 450. I think I think are we able to give
more money after the appeal process and would that come out of the 450 we've set aside because that would be my first idea for it if like the more organizations appeal rejections or advocate for a higher percentage than using that 450 to um
to distribute a little more if if we want to to particularly impassioned uh uh arguments or something like or something we find compelling. I will say very rarely
we have a pee. I I want to say in my four years on the count
maybe one appeal. >> Quick question. How do we get the number of available funds for granting because that is different from what we were allocated by MCC this year. So where did that 57
uh whatever the available funding number come from? >> I can answer Go ahead. >> I was gonna ask a question so he can answer. Go ahead. as far Jess did you want to go or
>> No, you go ahead. >> Um Okay. So, as far as I can tell, um it was from the uh that was the total revenues. Um so that for so at the very first page of the account form um that
57769 was uh the state the mass cultural council revenue we got plus our interest income uh from the prior year and that's that's it that's the same number um so as far as I'm interpreting
that's where the number came from not counting the money we have >> the allocation they they gave us plus gave the ACC rather um plus whatever interest income that had accured. Okay, that makes sense. Thank you. So that's
available for funding. So we Yeah. Okay, got it. >> Yeah, we're not doesn't look like we're dipping into the savings with with that number. So, do we want for 50
in of a pill or do we want just to give it all away? Um,
I' I'd be I'd be for I'd be for giving it away if it brings consensus >> where I'm at because I'm fun 250
grants and 122 GR. Well, increases my apologies. What other
um >> there's the Wizard of Oz um theater access tickets >> was another one we had said circle back to increase. >> Yeah. Um, >> let's do that. >> Can we give it 250
or two or we feel I said 250? But >> I'm good with >> I agree. >> Yeah. >> All right, let's do that.
And we got 202 left. So what was we got? M >> we >> can I would advocate for the music
at the farmers market for that. >> Is it $200 we're talking about now? $22. >> Yeah. 202. >> That's my personal >> players. >> Um that that was just if we're seeing
the theater um that's that. But I think you know uh now looking at what Rachel uh said, I would agree. I mean there are four performances there. We've only funded 400 of 800.
think if there's anything like it's a pretty high percentage of the budget even just throwing the 200 >> I think it would mean be meaningful for this project. Um so I would it it would have an outsized benefit to this project.
All right. So, um, so yeah, let's do that. I don't know what that for was my
So that's >> $2.99. >> Oh wait. Oh yeah. Wait. Wait. 602.99. We got >> We got to We gota We got to make them whole.
We love our whole numbers. >> We do. We do. >> See, that's all right. >> Great work. If you can go back to the agenda.
>> Yep. And that concludes our 20 grand deliver. >> Does somebody need to make a motion to >> Yeah, go ahead.
Um, so yeah, I so I move that we accept the funding decisions as laid out in the master spreadsheet. >> Can I get a second? >> Yeah. So,
based off of my stream, Joe, >> uh, I am in fa I'm in favor. >> Bill, >> I approve. Rachel, >> yes, I approve. Could could um whoever's >> Is it Joe? You're working on the
spreadsheet. Do you mind just changing the date on top? Is this funding decision? There was a date at the very top. Thank you. >> Oh, sure. Let me just go go back. I >> Yeah, >> decisions. >> Okay, that's 12. What is it? The 30. No.
>> 23 >> 23 >> based on that. Yeah. Thank you. >> And I do >> approve. It pass. Well, I prove that. Well,
um, so now it's all right. Well, we decid this. I will just ask is everyone
comfortable with me go get the head of the approvals and denial and more simple
and in sending out this when she gets back or show and we do it
at the same time. If there's no significant disadvantage to getting a head start and um and and and you're willing to do that, I that sounds great. I mean um
>> yeah, >> it's just I got I need to go through. So the sooner I can knock
the sound it see that it requires time to go through. Um, yeah. Anyone
have objection to it? >> No objection. >> And thank you, Cody. >> So, yeah. Angel
when she gets back closed 48 hours in advance. Does anyone have um >> Yeah.
>> Uh yeah, I guess I do have a couple minutes left. I just wanted to um I was curious regarding my um visit to the contra dance. Uh they were like, "How'd you hear about this?" And they mentioned, "Oh, I found you through my work on the cultural council." And um uh
you know, one one person asked like, "Oh, is this part of the the screening process of like, hey, I'm not screening anything. I'm just uh I'm just here to have fun." But that that raised an interesting question like um are there any tips for sort of approaching you know interaction in PR when you're
because we're encouraged to go out and visit visit events but it seems like sometimes people might feel like that it seems like that person was kind of feeling pre pressure like oh you know if we we mess up are we going to like not get a grant or something? So like how do you kind of approach that um
when when you you know or you just tell people Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to come check it out. I'm working with cultural council stuff like that. I guess I'm just curious about that. I know from when I on the power
Maybe I think the year before I joined here the power ch with the coach
as a time and I will say If someone was to say, you know, do you know when I will you
back? I would say well we in the process of and just
leave it at that I do s that you will get it. Um, but I would just say we are in the proess
of it. You should get back. Well, this by the new year. Well, >> thank you. >> Gotcha. Thank you. Yeah,
I mean I would say by the night because the paper ones won't probably go out until
the new year. Um, yeah. I mean, don't let your rule prevent you from tending events
during the delivery. Even if it's a free or fun about my main um any other suggestions
for Joe I was just going to say that Joe you were there just a member as a community member right you were not there the capacity of you know you're serving on the cultural council. So I think that's that's just
um you're just there as yourself if I understood you correctly and a little bit well actually not related to that but I did have a question that in the hopefully unlikely case that we do get any appeals what is the process of
dealing with that? Do we all need to have some kind of discussion or that's just you know I can't recall what happens in the in that case because >> um I think the council needs to file a
report is it by mid January to the MCC with all the final funding decisions. So since we have the holidays coming up, what you know what is do do we need to kind of be in communication and related to that is what um we think the next
meeting like ideally when we should have a next meeting would that be in January or February? So I'm just putting that out there for a quick discussion because I know Joe has to go at seven. >> Yeah. Um my impression
in that likely that we have a appeal of emergency meeting could be called
unless it can be all over email and that Not clever. Yeah. No.
Oh. Um over maybe in if we feel every class immed Yeah,
we will do that. Um, I say if February because I want give you a break and I
won't be out last week or I would say don't much but I want stay away from that. Um
I will know I do include give do a deadline before we meet so we have
he will be dismiss missed before that made us last night.
So yeah, it wasn't really a place I wanted to call him e.
Oh yeah. Um due to time is my form cool and
every dates post. Yeah, >> that's fine with me. >> All right, >> that works. >> All right.
>> Thank you. Happy holidays everyone. >> Happy holidays. >> Great. >> Happy holiday. >> Yeah. >> Bye. >> Yeah. Thank you everyone. That was a very smooth very smooth process overall. wanted to thank you all.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I don't even know. I have no clue. >> Take care everybody. >> Bye. >> Thank you. Happy holiday. >> Take care. See you next time. >> I'm trying to