All right. Um, this meeting is being recorded. If anybody else is recording the meeting, please let us know. Um, just going to quickly go through uh this just so that we have a quorum on record. Um, so roll call. Uh, Marcela Flynn >> here,
>> Bella Lavi >> here, >> Danielle Lucier, >> here >> and Tim Fisk is present. So that's four out of five. We do have quorum. So we can move on with the meeting. The only agenda item that we have today is to allocate additional funds um that were
overlooked in the first round in the last meeting. Um the total amount is $2,961. Um which is not a small amount. It's pretty good. Um and I'm going to open up the floor for process
um [clears throat] suggestions. Uh, first I'm going to throw in my suggestion in the hat, which is that we don't look for new grants to fund that we didn't, but that we allocate funds to grants we've already decided to fund. >> So, agreed.
>> We don't have to go into that. Great. Um, does anybody else have anything that they want to add to the process? >> Can um we do some screen sharing to do this? Yes, I can share my screen. >> Great.
>> I'm just going to send a request to share, Susan. >> Yeah, there you go. >> Okay. I'm sure this is like really small. I'm going to make it bigger. Don't worry. I just got to hide my meeting controls and get everything out of the way. Um, okay. So, is this
better? >> Yeah. >> Okay. What I'm going to do is I'm going to um I'm [gasps] going to hide everything but the description here
because I think we'll be able to understand what it is from that. Right? So the happening right antenna cloud farm. Um what I also was going to do was just highlight in green
those things that could be given more money based on what we gave. So like some of these are fully funded so it's kind of um easy in that regard. >> Oh yeah like the first one. >> Yep.
>> We gave them everything. I see. So, as you guys can see, that's what I'm doing here. Okay. So, um, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 grants that we have awarded
money to, but we didn't award fully. Um, do we want to take these one at a time? Is that okay if we did something like that? >> Yeah. just went through these 20 and thought if we could up the allocation. Okay. So, um I just want you to see here
like if we were to up the allocation down here is the money that we are uh supposed to be granting. Um and I'll just make that green. And then this is the money that's like left over. So, make that red. And if I were to put this
to $1,500, for example, it should it all goes down, right? So, the goal is to get this red to zero. Okay. >> Yes. >> All right. Great. So, um, >> did you change back what you just did?
>> Yep, I did. So, >> yeah. So, the 2961 is what we have to do. Um, okay. The first would be uh Fiery Farm. Fiery hope presents songs and stories from around the world. Um, this
is peace, care, environment, struggle, struggles of daily life. Uh, they requested 550, we gave 425. Does anybody have a problem with fully funding this?
>> I guess I feel less inclined to fully fund that one than some of the other ones. >> Sure. You want us tell us why? >> Um, >> I forgot where it is. I'm sorry. I'm going to open it up.
This was going to be >> It's in Greenfield >> at the senior center. This is one of the senior center ones. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It just doesn't seem like I don't know. I guess I guess we should take them at their word, but it doesn't really seem like they need that much money to have a local choir come to the
senior center. >> Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. It's also another senior center thing. Okay. Um do we want to maybe come back to it after we look at all the others? Because we can do that. We can just keep wrapping around. >> Yeah,
>> I'm okay with that, too. Um, the other one is the contra dance at the Graange. They asked for $9.90 and we gave them half. Anybody have any thoughts on this? I guess I'm finding myself wondering at
I mean there's there's no right way to do this, but just whether I I find myself wanting to sort of see where some of the bigger deltas are um >> instead of the smaller ones. >> Yeah. Does anyone else have a thought on
that? I mean, I it's not that those are necessarily more worthy, but um I I guess part of me feels like let's say that we bump somebody up by 500, that's going to sort of close the gap, and I think then we'll know where we stand better with some of the smaller ones.
>> Yep. So, the first one of those just to um show here would be the bank row building on the success of New England Public Media's pop. This is the dynino map. Um and then we have also um
the oh sorry the craft series. So this was like the craft um >> series that helped with the Franklin Fairgrounds. This is the one that Danielle you know about, right? You've
participated in this one in the past. >> So we have we have that big one. We also have the um the belly dance, but that that was a really big ask um for >> there. I would love to bump the craft one up significantly. Like I could
imagine giving them an extra 500 to to get them up to to half of their ask just for instance. >> Yeah, I would I would too. >> Why not? Let's do it. Okay. So, another 500 to
um the craft series would be 1250. >> Yeah. >> Great. So, like Marcel said, now we're at 2461. >> Nice. >> Um I don't think that we should consider the belly dance in my opinion. I think
that that's what we've given to other like classes basically or showcase little things like this. Um, but I am excited that we're funding them because they were very eager. This is the sk the skate competition I think is completely amazing and that if
we could fund it, this is the one where they give um the the competition and the kids receive cameras and they videotape themselves. I just think this is really cool. >> Yeah, I agree with that.
>> I like it. Bella, do you want to add to it? >> Uh, that's me. >> That's a GCTV. Yeah, >> it's a GCTV is the applicant. Oh, okay. Can you um can we put Bella in the waiting room? >> Yes. Let's see here. >> Yeah, if you could do the four if you
want to discuss the four that I'm in. >> Yeah. >> Y Okay. >> Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Sorry about that. So, um, Danielle, how do you feel about fully funding the skateboarding one? >> I think it's a great idea. I think it
involves the youth. They're getting out and doing an arts themed project together. I think it's fun >> in a cool space that's, you know, relatively new and not always about creating art. >> Yeah. >> Um, does anybody remember the other ones
that were from Danielle? Were any of them not fully funded? the Springfield. >> The the Cranky Fest and the puppet show at the library. >> This one was fully funded. Um Cranky
Fest was fully funded. >> Okay. >> Uh and then let me just unhide here. >> And then there were two for Bella. Um, what's that one? Application 50, I think.
>> Um, no, it was Yeah, application 50 and 51. >> Okay. Yeah. >> So, these two were funded, one was funded fully, the other one was funded in half. So, this was a $1,000 ask, which we had allocated 500. That's
the cranky vest. Um, and then what? She said there was one more. Was is there? Is it GCTV? That's the >> Yeah, I think that's the lights, camera, green field. >> Okay, thank you. Um,
>> which we did fully fund. >> We did. Okay. >> So, yeah, I'm okay with leaving the cranky fest at half. It sounds cool, but I I think it um if if three out of the four are fully funded, I think I feel like Yeah, I feel okay about that.
>> Yeah, I I do too. >> If we can if we have more to come if like we run out of places to give, maybe we can come back to it like others. >> Okay. Um Okay. Do we want to let Bella back in? >> Yes. >> Yeah, let's let Bella back in.
>> So, she summit community. >> That's me. >> Oh, let's see here. There we go. Okay. >> And Tim, the one you're on the on the boards. I just noticed that's one where there's a pretty good delta. Um, and
where I I would feel good about upping that one for instance. >> Yeah, me too. on the boards was 670. Um, >> what if we made that a thousand? >> Anybody have an objection to it going to a thousand?
>> I know we talked about on the boards and lookie here in tandem if we want to of that one as well. Lookie here is another one of the isn't that this one? This is the lookie here yearbook rorograph.
>> We allocated 650 to their 1250. >> Bring this to a,000 as well. >> Yeah, >> let's do it. >> Okay, so just just a quick check in. We're at 12 1281 still. >> Nice. >> Um so we did update that one to a,000.
Uh the $500 Delta here for Music of Franklin. I mean, I feel good that we gave him a thousand. >> Um this one is the Patriotic Concert Song.
>> Is that Is that the military band? >> No. >> Oh, >> David Neil. Um, patriotic music concert at the Arbers. >> So, for elderly people.
>> I feel like 300 is good for that. But, [clears throat] um, >> I do too. >> I I'd rather give more money to the military band. >> Yep. >> Because I know we we got we gave them kind of less than they asked for, I believe. >> Yep.
Um okay so we have two here two big ones here which is the SHA's um lobby series and then this one is playback theater uh using creative ritual of performance to reflect real lived experience
uh liberation playback theater local artists at the brick house twice monthly zoom to practice the story forms and plan >> I feel I think we were less inclined to support the brick house one because >> it wasn't a performance.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah, I agree with that. And then the lobby one I think is good. I I would propose going to a thousand on this one too because it's another thing where they're inviting a bunch of artists kind of like on the boards kind of like you know to participate.
>> Why not? >> Let's do it. >> Danielle, you're cool. >> Yeah, that sounds good. Okay. Um, and then where is that one, Bella, that we're looking? >> So, we're at just about a thousand.
>> The military band >> 39. >> Yeah, >> it's grant number 39. >> Oh, we gave him 700 of their 800. You want to give them 800? >> Oh, I didn't realize it was yellow. Uh yeah, I think we should.
>> Yeah, me too. I like them. >> Okay, we're at 931. Um I'm just going to make some of these black again because we've already done a reallocation on them if that's okay. >> What's the 810 one?
>> Uh this one is Danielle, you were looking at this one. It's uh Jupon Lin, which I believe is a library. Poets grant literature. Oh, lava. >> Oh, I think that was poetry reading. Um,
>> yeah. >> Yeah. I feel I shouldn't give that much more to a poetry reading. >> Yeah, >> I agree. Um, fully funded. Did we talk about this one? Oh, this was
Oh, Greenfield Recreation. This was the um one that already happened that we were going to give provisional funding to. >> Was it Jing Jingle Fest? >> Jingle Fest. Yeah. >> Um
this 675 was the farmers market artists. Oh, >> we could double this one because we were going to pay for a quarter of it, right? Or something. >> We could double it and pay for half of it.
>> Okay, >> I would support that. Yeah. >> Yeah, >> that's a lot of artists, too. So, that would make it 1350. And now we're at $256. >> Ah, very nice. And there were two uh Tim
that we added on to this um that we hadn't considered before. The Dino Fest, >> the one that's highlighted in green. >> Yes. Is that this one right here? 25. >> No, it's 69. >> Okay.
>> And then there was another one uh for 200. >> Oh, yeah. We didn't um we didn't allocate anything to DFest, >> right? I was wondering if we wanted to to give them something.
>> Can we give them $254? >> 56. >> 56. >> I bet they wouldn't turn it down. >> Yeah. I just think it's like it's a it's a public kind of like beef fest or like jingle fest or you know it's a time when
everybody comes together downtown and it's you know very much a the kind of thing we want to bring as far as lilllessess to downtown. >> That's why I wanted to reconsider it. >> I see. And this was one of the two Pity Theater projects I believe. Right. It's
Dofest but it was Is it but it's Pity Theater at Dofest? >> Yep. It's Pity Theater. >> Yeah. And we didn't fund the other Pity one, so I would be fine with Yeah. Like it it seems nice. They put two applications in and so funding one of them. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. [clears throat] I mean, the one Dino Fest event I've ever been to was definitely kids made a movie and then the kids who were in the movie and their family all went to the library to see it. So maybe there's more to that event, but um I don't know. I
guess >> well this one's theater, so it's a different um Okay. >> Oh yeah, that that that's definitely what I've experienced with Dino Fest in the past, >> but it is at the Greenfield Story Wizards performance at Greenfield
Public. The event proposed for July 26 includes a dinothemed story featuring interactive events on the lawn of the second congregational church and another dinothemed story wizards performance which is very different every time. Partners include the Greenfield Historic
Society, Franklin Chamber of Commerce, Museums of Orgs. Um it'll kick off Dino Trail Week, a collaboration of nine other organizations across the Connecticut River Valley. >> So we should um take something off of someone else to give them more money. I guess we should figure out how much
money we want to give them. >> Well, they asked for 750, so if we gave them 256, I don't think that's terrible. >> And that would bring us to zero left. >> Suzanne Susan said there was another one that you wanted to
>> Yeah, I realized that it was um it was number um 58. >> Is that the reading that I was so down on? Yeah. And that that's the one. Yeah. We we decided it wasn't the kind of
project that we really wanted to >> Story Wizards. >> Oh, that's also PD theater. >> It's PD theater. It's the other PD theater. Yep. And that but that one is taking place in Montigue. >> Uh 58 is
>> at the Montigue Public Library. Yeah. >> Okay. So that's why it's it's so it's not about um >> it's not like it's it still qualifies but it's not in our preference. And if we were going to give to Pity Theater, I'd rather give to the thing that's happening in Greenfield. >> Greenfield. Yeah, I agree.
>> Let's do it. >> Everybody okay with that? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So now we have zero and we're there. Um, we did decide to increase um
one of your projects, Bella. Um, so sorry. I just need to get the name of it. I'm sorry. Forgive me. >> This probably skate skatefield. Yeah.
>> Yep. >> So, it's number 33. >> Number 33. Yes. Um, so what I need is a motion to approve all increases
with the exception of number 33 so that Bella can vote on those increases. Oh, does that mean we don't have a quorum to vote for that one? >> No, we do. Your vote is just insane.
It's just an abstensia. Quorum is about how many people are there. >> Okay, I motion. >> Um, can I get a second? >> Second. >> Okay, Marcel, thanks. All in favor of the increases with the exception of um
the skate say I. >> I. >> I. >> Okay. Thank you. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Okay. Can I get a motion to vote on the increase for I'm sorry, the number
again. 33 is it? >> So moved to make that >> uh Greenfield clip day. Um Marcel, can I get a second? Daniel >> second. >> Okay. Um all those in favor say I. >> I.
>> I. >> I. Any opposed? And any abstensions? >> I abstain. >> Thank you, Bella. So, as a majority rule, that has passed as well. And we have officially allocated the rest of
the money. Promise. It is the end of what we need to allocate. Um, but I hope you guys feel really good about this because it was exciting to put another 2,900 on and I really appreciate you guys doing it today. Um, >> I was looking for the like clapping
reaction which I can't find, but anybody else? [laughter] >> I love the reactions. Um, does anybody have anything else that we need to discuss before we break for the rest of the year? >> Okay, >> I'll start adding all these things into
the grants management system. I actually already started and um I will be hitting submit on the ones that we denied today because they have to have a 15-day sort of holding period so that in case anybody wants to ask us to reconsider.
>> Yes. And um thank you. And um Susan and I did finish all of those with the reasons. Those are all set. Yeah. >> Um okay. Can I get a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> Motion. So moved. >> Okay. Um Bella second
>> from Marcel. Okay. Um all those in favor of adjourning say I please. I >> I >> I. >> Any nays? Any abstensions? Okay. Meeting is adjourned. Happy holidays everybody and happy new
year. We won't speak again until 2026. Um good work you guys. This was amazing. I appreciate you.