10/6/2016 CULTURAL COUNCIL Minutes

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MASHPEE CULTURAL COUNCIL Minutes of the Meeting—Regular Session Thursday,October 6, 2016 Mashpee Senior Center Meeting called to order at 9:15 am by Sarah Daley Present: Sarah Daley, Robert Mendes,John Miller, Bruce Taggart, Lynne Waterman Absent: Dawn Thayer, Mary Kate O'Brien, Nina Cocomazzi, Barbara Cotton (ExOfficio) Sarah Daley introduced members and provided a brief discussion of the roles and responsibilities of the Council. Ms, Daley thanked everyone for their flexibility with regard to the change in meeting schedule. Secretary's Report:__Sarah Daley L. Waterman made a motion to accept the minutes from the August 26, 2016 meeting, and it was seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Treasurer's Report: Bruce Taggart Annual Report $4,309 award for the 2016 grant cycle $1,514 total expended $1,600 encumbered There was discussion about the MCC change that 15%of allocation can be spent on Administrative Funds (instead of the previous 5%) and what that means for a Community Event and additional administrative spending—including reimbursing John Miller for the Facebook Boosts..Bruce is going to double check this amount with the state and report back Discussion on developing a Community Event was tabled until more members are in attendance. Publicity: John Miller John recently sent out a press release and posted on Facebook about the 2017 grant application cycle being opened. He is also going to contact Mashpee TV about a PSA Old Business: Barbara Cotton (Ex-officio) reviewed the Website regarding the new on-line application process. She reports that the format is fairly easy to follow. Sarah Daley will check the MCC Website to determine how many applicants have applied online. On-line applications will be collected and collated by MCC and packets will be emailed to council members by November 1, 2016. Meeting Dates for awarding grants will be discussed at next meeting