July 31, 2024 — Boulder Arts Commission Regular Meeting

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Captions from City of Boulder YouTube recording.

[0:03] All right. Welcome to that. Always fixing welcome to the July 31st meeting of the Arts Boulder Arts Commission. I'm Carolyn Curt. I'm the chair. And we have a quorum tonight. 2 of our members are online. Our 1st order of business is going to be approval of the agenda. So looked at rising. I'll second. hey? All in favor. So Pam's carries unanimously. I will read the land account. The city of Boulder acknowledges the city is on the ancestral homelands and unceded territory of indigenous peoples who have traversed lived in and stored in lands in the Boulder Valley since time in memorial those indigenous nations include the Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche.

[1:05] Bonnie. So show me sue and mute. The city of Boulder recognizes that those now living and working on these ancestral lands have a responsibility to acknowledge and address the past, and must work to build a more just future alright. The next item on our agenda is the approval of the June 24 meeting minutes, but through an oversight those were not included in our packet. So we're going to delay that vote until next meeting have a chance to you guys. Alright, I understand we have some people signed up for public participation. We do. So we have 5 people that reach out to register to the 10, and who are signed up to speak great. So our 1st

[2:00] member of the public to speak is Ivan Daniel Espinosa. Okay, we're gonna go over some dialogues first.st So I'll review the public participation guidelines as they're written. The city has engaged with community members to co-create a vision for productive, meaningful, and inclusive civic conversations. This vision supports the physical and emotional safety for community members, staff and council, as well as democracy, for people of all ages, identities, lived experiences and political perspectives. For more information about this vision and the community engagement process. Please visit our website, boulder, colorado.com dot. The following are examples of rules of decorum found in the Boulder revise code and other guidelines that support this vision. These will be upheld during the meetings. all remarks and testimonies shall be limited to matters related to sea business. No participants shall make threats or use other forms of intimidation. Just any person.

[3:03] Obscenity, racial assets, and other speech and behavior that disrupts or otherwise impedes the ability. Deducting meetings are prohibitive participants are required to sign up to speak in advance and use the name they are commonly known by individuals, must display their whole name before being allowed to speak. Online participants are asked to refrain from the expressing support or disagreement. Early, or with a pause. traditionally, traditionally, support is shown silently. Your American sign language, velocity. Great. Thank you. And I do have some additional guidance on the public participation participation notes tonight. I know that there are a number of people in the audience who have applied for the leadership pipeline funds, and and some that have signed up in advance to speak.

[4:01] And because that fund and those applications are still pending, and I'm up for vote and discussion. if anybody is here who is an advocate, you're free to join us for a couple of comments. But we will ask you, and I will cut you off if there is any discussion of your application your project, or how that is going to be implemented in the community impact the community. Anything that would have been part of that application is not is not open for discussion. Thank you. Okay, so onto the list. So Ivan Daniel Espinosa. yeah. Layla, 48, wasn't

[5:01] Michael Carter? That's you. And you'll have 2 min in the sunshine. Absolutely good to see you. All right. Okay, thank you for the opportunity to address the Bowl of Hearts Commission this evening. My name is Michael Carter. I'm the executive director of Jlf Colorado. I don't see 3 registered nonprofit organization, Colorado specifically focused on supporting literature and all its forms, promoting accessibility and equity as a guide to make literature and authors accessibility. We recognize the efforts of this Arts Commission and the tremendous support that you provide for many entities in boulder and Boulder County. Indeed, Jlf. Colorado was recipient of a three-year grant awarded by the Coal Grants Commission in 2022, together with the generous annual support of other grants from a range of different regional bases. While grant funding is an important part of our end of fundraising and vital for our organization.

[6:04] most of our funding 70% fact comes from individual donors. Our funding is critical because Jlf Colorado is a free to attend festival free, because this lowes the barrier to access authors and their inspirational networks. Our 10th annual Literature festival was held this year, September 14, th 15, th and the Boulder Public Library. We do so in conjunction with the Bowl Public Library and the library district we've committed to the next 3 years at the Boulder Public Library. Dale, F. Colorado, brings hundreds of world-class authors from Boulder, the larger United States, and internationally to address thousands of attendings. Last year alone we held 18 h-long free sessions, with 54 authors in 12 workshops, including 4 workshops at Pbs. For that long distance, with accumulated employees of over 3,000. I would like to extend an invitation to the Board of the Bolras commission to come to this year as our guests to see what you have supported. Mayor Brockett will be delivering a keynote remarks, and I'm sure we will appreciate your support.

[7:05] Jf. Colorado is dedicated to multiculturalism and diversity in our programming, and we strive to build societal equity by providing free and access to arts programming and free outreach workshops, exploring arts and culture in underserved and marsh communities. What about the nose that was impressive? Thank you for being here. Thank you for taking over hey? Well supported and loved the next. Thank you. I have one question. Yup. So Jl. is this jive for literature? It's not just making sure. Yeah. One question I have, just for the future. And any feedback you see it? I noticed in some of the materials for our meeting this month that there was an organization that had some some challenges with venue at the library through the

[8:00] rehousing of the library. So if you run into that. I think you'd like to know what's going on. What did you just say the redistricting that arts and cultures library? Just curious about how that's impacting. not tremendously. My brain about history feel like we'll take run into any problems. Thanks for joining. Thank you. Anybody else sign up for anybody else interested in. Thank you for 2 years. Will you kindly come to the camera? You can have a good one here. but I can help things, and to see English. Not fine.

[9:00] I'm Miriam Kaiser, and I got 2 years of grants from you for Hawaiian dua at the Scarborough Theater, including 2 concerts. Multi. Thank you because it could have done it went over. Now. I don't know. How do you get new students? My students have moved on, and I don't want to start again in late September, I put in the newspaper. Nobody. I put it on Facebook, nobody. I put it on the arts. Well, not the arts. Sometimes it was like. And then another thing that I run. People are just not interested because there's 3 other groups. Thank you. And how do we size up. you get more people. And that's the challenge that I'm also dancing. We've danced before. in my case. I think it depends on where you're teaching inside of our system.

[10:03] 47 47. Yeah. So it's just like walking traffic. word and mouth, I think. Are you in the Newsletter for the Uca Boulder County, Boulder County Arts Line. Newsletter. Not very good for a few years. unless everybody else is able to go to the person I've tried for 13 years. I think I've reached the end of my ability to this is not visual. But anyway, thank you so much for 1,000, and will be $20 and 7. Thanks for being here. anyone else. Alright, we'll move on to commission business and leadership position appointments. Believe, Lauren, you got some. I do.

[11:02] Good evening, everyone. I'm going to share my screen, and then I can pull it off or on. But since we have some people that are remote, so we have 2 steps in our leadership position appointments. The 1st is the annual vote for chair and vice chair, and then the second piece is the nomination and vote on board members for the Dairy Art Center, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Convention and Visitors Bureau, all of which oh, thank you, all of which are by ordinance that Arts Commission members are on these boards. So excuse me. we have this pretty basic text with no names in it. So I'm gonna close this for now stop sharing for now. So you all can talk to each other. We have 3 nominations for Caroline as chair you are welcome to take nominations at this meeting, as well, or like author nominations nominated is all up to you, but as of now, the ones I heard for 3 nominations. Caroline is chair one nomination for Maria as vice chair, and one nomination for Jeffrey as vice chair.

[12:11] I'll step out and give my nominee, Jeffrey Jeffrey's the nomination for question. I mean, I'd like to volunteer or nominate myself for question. I really enjoyed the position. What I'm learning. Let's go through the position. Say some statements from Jeffrey. from you to see people have a sense of of what commitment is. And yeah. well, I'm happy to accept the chair again. I appreciate the nominations. so I guess we can put that to a vote if there's nobody else applying for that position. So just the 1st part of this.

[13:12] I thought that Carolyn Kirk be appointed chair. Second. all in favor. Was that broken yourself? And you have 2. There you go. 2 online as well. Yeah. alright, so you let's hear from Jeffrey. I'm from Georgia. So why you're testing it. Intentions are for mission. It started, Georgia. And thank you. And that's okay. So as vice chair just what are my. because I think as a leader in new parts

[14:01] here in Boulder. I think it's important because I I'm a dance instructor and producer. I think it's important to understand processes that go on children within the community. can you? It just allows me a lot of opportunities that I feel I wouldn't be given 2. How to better operate within our community. Jeffrey be the same opportunity. Okay, great. I I've just been thrilled to be part of this organization for a year and and enjoying the the Equitable fair and consistent portions of those job representing arts organizations also as an artist myself.

[15:03] I've I've enjoyed coaching a lot of these organizations by also being able to see this from the business side as well. And it's just a it's been a fantastic way to engage with new arts organizations that I was not familiar with, but also strengthening and deepening my ties with those that we have. been a part of since we moved to to to boulder 15 years ago tomorrow. Alright, so we can take in motion to add somebody's name or if you guys feel like you benefit from some discussion. We can do that 1st before anybody offers me. am I? Well, am I in my 3rd one? You're kidding? Yeah, 4 years. I've missed

[16:02] one meeting. whatever any discussion? Or would someone like to make motion? And I have just someone related to them what years? You know. what you're I'm not a chair. But I am my 4th Georgia, Caroline and Iowa. Okay. Oh. my friend. I don't know if this is really question or point of discussion. But I think. it's pertinent to leadership of commission is, I feel, like we've had some fairly challenging issues come up this past year and a lot of them around. Vdi not super accidents. So I I think that

[17:04] leadership of the Commission to start pushing us forward on some of these issues as agenda issues that really help strengthen the community. So I'm wondering if maybe put you guys on the spot. But if appropriate, could you talk to to them? Georgia and, Jeffrey. it's a too broad of a question I'm trying to. So around a question. So you're saying that there's been issues around do I get harassment. I think that in my opinion, I'd like to see leadership of our Commission really start taking us in actually pushing us, pushing our community ourselves and our community forward in these discussions and being meters rather than react to it. So and I think let's just use a harassment.

[18:00] I think that Carolyn and I did a nice job trying to set to a level or there was community dialogue there, and resources so like to push that further, so that as an example. talk to you how we can be or perfected stronger leaders in me around important issues for artists. Yeah, with I mean, before I moved out to Boulder 15 years ago, I was an executive for an Lgbtq nonprofit covered a 10 county region, and since being here in the 15 years that I've been with the 2 companies that I've been here, I've been the person that's launched the De and I initiatives at our organizations enough to see through to the point where we were able to hire a full time person specifically for that to carry on the groundwork that I'd laid in that but you know, that's that's that's kind of what I do in my life also, for for all the human rights things that I'm that I'm working for. But my North Star, specifically for the Commission is for the position of the Commission and the reputation of the Commission within the community that we serve, and that votes for us, and that for whom? For whom? Our tax dollars we are distributing in a way that meets the the needs of the community.

[19:23] So as far as the I I have recently last 3 years they have 3 different Ei committees. Boulder Valley at the very Chamber, are very active there, and, as far as you know. that has because I'm I grew up here. I know a lot of people here. so I have a lot of connections, and I have a lot of people that do speak to me about some of the experiences they had in behave our world in our community, and I think that

[20:02] a hard and brave job to bring that to the table. That's a good. you know. like. as far as being able to bring some things from the community to the table, speaking for those who can't speak for themselves because they're afraid to. I have invited them to come in. They're afraid to come in and speak. And so I say the hard thing for them, and some people can't say because they either work in an organization, or they utilize organization for their business. And 7. I'm sorry. Go ahead. I have to correct myself. Thanks, Matt. so you're finishing your 5th year, and you're finishing your 4th year. But you both rotate off next year because

[21:02] you know intention around Rio. Yes, yep. I have a question Jeffrey. You mentioned trust in the community as being your north star, and I'm curious as somebody who is in the leadership and helping to build the agenda with each of you feel is the best way for the Commission moving forward to help build community trust. For me. It's engagement. It's it's making sure that each of us are giving liaison reports every month and encouraging the leadership at those organizations for Gos to engage and be engaged with commission. But I'm a firm believer that a town is only as strong as its smallest arts organization. and so I've I've really enjoyed meeting and coaching a lot of those folks, and they've asked how to better be engaged with the Commission.

[22:02] And so again. It's it's it's putting out that call and making sure that we we've got a database that's that's complete for people that either have applied or even haven't applied, so that we are reaching new populations. The question is around how to build trust in the community. So as a boulder, native I build trust by attending events responding to emails when I'm off, you know, when I'm in. I'll be at the grocery store or at a restaurant. It's happening to me on multiple occasions, and I don't mind at all. Applicants will come up and say. Schmidt, and I'm so and so from this organization. and give them my time. 2. Hear what they're going through.

[23:01] you know, and then bring it to commission. I'll bring it to commission, even if I'm not there specifically inventory. Well, I was just saying I was, gonna ask the same question, oh, okay, Gotcha. that's not good. Anything from Jill. See people in the background. That's very nice, I understand. So I can also say done like since July next March next year. So how long is this term? Oh, I see you, Joe. I know that was so weird because I could see you talking obviously. But yeah, and you did your son Thursday. Think I know one. and I still can't hear you. I wonder if your sound is still, we still can't hear you. Yeah.

[24:03] maybe it's set up through the headphones. Yeah. yeah. So how long is this term? So if if they continue, would carry on for another year until this time next year. However, if you rotate off, then we would go. So yeah, so I just wanna make it applied on that. But yeah, I'll be gone in March. Be voted on that way. I still have the opportunity to learn as much as I can. So I'm gonna try again. John Jeffrey has another 4. I didn't actually have a question. That's okay.

[25:00] But I did. But I did figure out that my headphones have a mute button separate from the computer. So. Alright! Someone like to make a motion. Sure I'll make the motion. So since I put Jeffrey's name forward for the sake of just getting a vote on the table. I move to have Jeffrey. I'm sorry, Jeffrey. I don't know your last name here. so I think all in favor. Am I allowed to fight for myself. I'm not doing for myself. Okay, well, there you go. 1, 2, 3, 5, so that up close.

[26:04] sure. Sure. Get them any discussion. Yeah, because I'm open to touch. I just want to say, very good. Appreciate that. like you said on so many issues. And I think that will continue. And I I do think both rolling off to have some continuity with the leadership. That's right. Appreciate everything like that. Okay, so that is exactly my thought process also is continuity. And I think that all of the perspectives that you add are so welcome. The voices are lost. Yeah, I I just want to add, when I heard that like this for last year might take a little bit, because I think

[27:04] not. But I do, because that I appreciate. I mean talking. Think we've now much, but do have a very rick. Next we have. We'll move to leadership appointments part due. These are continuation of Jeffrey with the Dairy Art Center, Maria with the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, and Cheryl has volunteered, thank you, to be appointed to the Board of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Bureau. These are all by ordinance because of different relationships we have with these organizations. This is the Staffer.

[28:01] Someone like to make a motion. Cheryl, you're gonna love the convention and visit bureau working with them. They're fantastic. Sorry. Make the motion. I don't think Jeffrey be appointed as board member with the Dairy Support Center. Marie, be appointed as board member for Pmoka and Cheryl be appointed oops sorry. I second that. All our favorites. Hold on. I'm gonna pick your hands up online, too, online. all in favor. Daniel. Thanks. You guys that got everybody's vote. thanks for all the extra work I understand. Appreciate it. It's not barely, but and I am the spoke travel agent, Caroline. Oh, they would love that that's great.

[29:05] And I asked, and you do need to speak up a little bit, or all of us need to speak up a little bit. Thank you. Freddie? All right. Matters from commissioners and liaison updates one more thing in this category. Next, we have our general operating support liaison positions. So see all those think so. Oh, we're kind of blocked here. there we go! So, as Jeffrey mentioned. Thank you very much for talking about this. The these on positions are, a very important piece of what you do as commissioners to stay connected with our general operating support grantees and you sent me recommendations earlier

[30:00] earlier this month. I did some shuffling to accommodate Jill to some of her once and needs, and then shuffle everybody around a little bit so but left you hopefully. Everybody's happy you got. I mean, it's hard to right. We have a lot of wonderful, excellent organizations here. Hopefully, you got a nice, broad, large organization, small organizations. different genres, that sort of thing. I will in the next couple of days connect you with the primary contact at these organizations. And, as you all know now we ask that you meet with them once or twice a year, but you visit with them see how it's going. Make yourself available if they have questions or concerns or challenges. and I mean, as Jeffrey mentioned, it makes a big difference to our organization, Georgia to it makes a big difference to organizations, to like, show up and and say that you, as a Funder and a person representing city boulder is attending and and cares about their artwork right?

[31:02] and we also find that it's a really good way to hear about challenges that are happening at the community that they might not be telling us as city staff to this will be really important as we go forward with our longer term blueprint. The planning process which I'm excited to get into not this month, but next. But let me know if you have any questions, and you'll note that pro music. Colorado Chamber has moved out of the folder, and that's the one that is no longer, I know no longer assigned a liaison. But let me know if you have questions or challenges with any of these. And I'll connect you by email in the next few days I had. One question is, whether are we building on these? No, you know, this is that so? It doesn't matter. I was gonna ask for the other thing. Oh, yeah. I didn't like. I had a quick question. Sure she. Does? Does it as owner and founder of of of junkyard? Does it make sense to have Jill as the liaison? Or would she prefer having someone there. That's also having a chance to kind of understand what they're doing, how they're doing and why they're doing it

[32:08] so that they can report back to. You know everyone else. You just kind of have another set of eyes on on everything for you. That's a that's a great question, Jeffrey. 1st of all, as a nonprofit, I'm not the owner. Nobody owns it. But yeah, I think that I think that maybe one thought was that in terms of sharing what's going on. I mean, obviously, I kind of know and can share where we're at with the Commission at a deeper level than perhaps a liaison could. I don't know, I guess. Yeah, from from my perspective, having the relationship that I have with you all I feel like I still do have that bridge without necessarily having a direct liaison for support. There. Yeah, this this feels like an an opportunity. Just be able to like, have an open door to be able to communicate that as opposed to

[33:05] what I was unsure as if it was supposed to pass through it. Pass through another, you know point of contact. So I don't know. I'm yeah. I'm definitely open to trying this, and maybe it minimizes that you know an an unnecessary step to to communication. Well, let us know. Let's check in in a couple of months and see how feels at that time. and couldn't, because she does have a relationship with all of us. I assume that she could have a conversation with one of us to bounce ideas off. Oh, yeah, so that's something. If we have, and our colleagues in the audience, if and the audience online, or that's watching, if you have a liaison and you like, are interested in speaking to another Commissioner. These are more just to have a point person on the Commission, but you're welcome to reach out to any of them, and their contact information out there, and she can certainly talk to other commissioners to give us information if you need, or talk or tell us. But yeah, if you're if you're interested, or prefer to have lease on, feel free to let me know. In a month or 2, we'll see how it goes.

[34:19] Now we're ready to move on. Yes, okay, no problem. Let's take a few minutes to do liaison updates and other topics from the community, and we'll try and keep this brief. taking a little bit extra time in our early items. I always wait for Maria to go first.st Oh, yeah. sure. Okay. bemoka they requested funding Congressional funding, and they have been approved at the 1st step that's moved forward over 70 community members sent letters of support to our Senators so hopefully funding for their capital funding for North Boulder campus. That's still in process.

[35:07] The Rfq process, for that campus is moving forward with submissions from international and local teams have submitted. So it's usually a combination of international local. So split with the economic development being local and international and the city has completed community sessions for rezoning of their site. The next step is going to good news on the Mocus front Colorado Music Festival went to their opening night in their Vip recession reception. Thank you for the Laura and also the evening with primarily Mozart. It was fantastic. Both of those were fantastic concerts, almost full house, really enthusiastic. So there's a few more concerts next week. So if you all have been done. encourage you to go. Muller Fest is sent out an invitation for a house concert in the fall early October which is really a special event, you can go, and it also gets a preview of the 2025

[36:11] session. And then, Carol and I met with the dairy center. I'll just do a quick so we met with Melanie. And we really learned about the syneristic and collaborative relationship between very similar patients. For others. On the commission we were invited to go. I highly recommend you. Meet with her. Got a tour of the gallery show, and as well as that show throughout the show throughout the rest of the day. Facility. Yeah, I I'll just echo what you said about. She's still has an open invitation, and you've been months ago with her person and is very open to questions. some some deeper explanation, understanding about the relationship and

[37:02] the plans for supporting nations and some of the other exhibitions that they have going on. So recommend. Yeah, I see here that I noticed that for myself. they've made a move that 3 of the nations is going to be independence in Number 4. The report. yeah, which I think is great, because that was my whole point, like an organization, only an indigenous organization. 7th grade school and saying like, Oh, they can't, because they don't have the bandwidth. But that's psychological slavery. So I'm really glad to see that they are in a better direction. 17.

[38:02] What color them volume for all these? So conversation with Melanie, though, is. I think, Dary Center really does support, I think, trying to. Dairy Center has been supported. and whatever direction they wanted to go, and really gave them the forum, and some of the resources create that one. So from our our conversation, I think that's the big issue. very strong and creative nation. It's never under their direct leadership. They had their own ability to make decisions. So I think it was very. It sounds like it's very fruitful. Next step. wishing. It seems very healthy to me. Yeah, if the leadership there has had a lot of open gaps. So there was up. There was a lot of time, for the dairy was running the program. So I'm really thankful that Marty has stepped in and hopefully he can

[39:01] be there like we've been talking about continuity be very helpful or done along the period of time, because I know the last. the the last person that decided not even here. Second. I think that moving in this direction because there was no conversation. Tell them I sent them well, I would encourage people to. I I don't want to speak for them their story to tell. Direct conversations are always like. and I guess I just want to say I don't know if owning would be the best word I mean, I appreciate the information you're making. But Joe alluded to. It's nonprofit like there are. That's I don't know if that's the most fair.

[40:00] They're right. I don't have a college. Right? Thank you. Yeah, just basic. I feel like the same moment is varied. Alright. So back to the task at hand, liaison updates. Maria, do you have any others. That's it. Thank you. I'll go this up quick. to my liaisons out there. I have been gone 8 of the last 9 weeks. I apologize. I will be in touch. I do 7 kids. Anything. My, my update would be through August 11th you still have time to catch the 2 shows that are in rep over the Colorado Shakespeare Festival all indoor shows this year, while this year and next year, the Mary Rippon Theater inside of the Helmet building is being renovated in a much more integral way with the building that was built in 1921.

[41:02] So that's gonna be very exciting when you're coming up the stairs, which will now be a ramp going into the Helms building instead of a brick wall and classrooms. You're gonna see 3 feet sorry. 3 3 stories of windows looking out onto the theater. It's very, very exciting, and it's gonna be worth the wait. So they are doing the Scottish play. And Mary wives through August 11, th and Maria. I was also at Colorado Music Festival a number of times just in in the last couple of weeks. In fact, I was the presenting sponsor for the Thursday Miss. Most recent Thursday concert, and it was really just astounding. And of course their closing weekend. Their closing night. Is this coming Sunday? I don't have any updates. I was gone this month also, so I'll have more next. So I have. And local theater

[42:02] they had their season. Kickoff the democracy cycle. that sucks Saturday, the 27 at the Canon Theater Project and subject discourse across our State. Whether it's back 3 communities only Denver in venison. I've created place that tell stories of what it means to be long and what our responsibilities to one another are not express was invited, which I appreciate as I'm reading grants. And I see all these things coming down the line. And I just wanna go. It's possible. So I appreciate it. getting the invites. I see your hand up. So the question is whether we're connected with arts in the Park.

[43:04] and I'll who don't take that one on the 20, th and and sometimes they're both ballet and the classical, and then sometimes they're individual performers, and there's party in the audience. and it's free. Yes, it's run by the city, so I can talk to you afterwards. If you're if you can let me know, and I'll share with the yeah. right on. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sorry. Sorry it looks hot over there. It's hot, this room. Sorry about that. And Joe, how do I end up. Oh, it just. Thank you. Yeah. 1st of all, I just wanted to say that I'm really excited to get to know that these organizations that I've been appointed as liaison for.

[44:05] and some of them I have existing relationships, so I others will be new. And I will do my best to represent them as much, if not more, than my own organization also will use this moment to also share something I'm really excited about for Jump Yard social club. We're wrapping up our 3rd year of summer camps not this week, but next week, and this year we had 15 teenagers as volunteers. We called them our facilitators and training, in addition to 5 paid quote unquote lifeguards that were more in the 17 to 20 year range. But with such a successful year of so many teens supporting our program. We're launching a Youth Advisory Board. So this group is going to move on into a monthly board of many directors that are gonna help inform the growth of our programs to expand us beyond the elementary age range into middle school. And you know, who knows what else? But yeah, that has been an exciting development with this group that is passionate about continuing to work with us.

[45:12] Great alright, any other topics mushrooms? I have phone numbers. Yup. So I had my family reunions earlier this month in Montgomery. Yeah, I'm sorry the people online yeah. Aim for that. I had my family reunion earlier this month in Montgomery, Alabama. And I got to go to the Legacy museum, which was, I still can even get over. It is amazing. There's a museum, and then there's a sculpture garden outside that has amazing. beautiful sculptures that tell stories of the African American journey, and it's right alongside the river where slaves were kidnapped, transported. So I always think it's nice to see when they take something.

[46:14] I saw this a lot in Brazil, so, too. or they take something that was a place of harm to turn it into something beautiful. Then there's so much so I thought, you can't take any pictures. So I off the books of what's inside. Did you guys want to take a look at it. I walked away so much. and I only I mean it starts with the slave journey on the boat like you go through this film of water and waves and I got to the point of glitches, and I then I had my time. Was I. Sales was done, and I had to leave. But so like this front cover picture is.

[47:01] they've gone to spots where lynchings happen and gathered the Jordan in these jars. And but the one thing that really stuck out with me. Look at them if you want didn't. is how they talked about how us today. We became masters of our training. and so as far as brickmaking, housemaking, railroading. it's people were masters of their trade, and you know, because if they didn't, they weren't, there was the consequence of being beat or killed. And so it just made me think of. You know, Dei, the importance of putting people of color in leadership positions. And again. You know, the whole conversation of

[48:00] people not being capable of writing grants for themselves like that is absolutely not true. like very capable, knowledgeable people, and that this whole experience really made me proud of. who I am, but more proud of. Who my ancestors. Thank you. Georgia. Hey? Thank you for sharing that. I think that's when I asked my question earlier about how we can be leaders in training, I think it'd be wonderful. Be better better storytellers. Everyone who's communicated with history. You know. I think the Carnegie Library thank you. A great resource for stories of this community, but helping them arts really part of that, because the schools are going to be that beautiful synergy and storytelling.

[49:01] Yeah, I actually got to meet some of the staff there. People who coordinated these these books and the Sculpture Garden and have the opportunity to. I was offered the opportunity to speak with the person who 1st time was involved in the Sculpture garden. But then, does other projects throughout? I don't know where. But helping the stories get out there. come on. you know, because this was the museum and the sculpture record was a beautiful storytelling. It's a really hard story. 5. And once. you know. I mean this morning.

[50:02] I have to lead a meeting, so I'll look at on that absolutely. Yeah. Arts moving on to our grants program. We have 3 items this evening. We'll begin with me sharing the screen. We'll begin with the Grant reports. So you saw a set of reports from the this is the last year for the Arts Administration hiring grants. You also saw towards Education Project grant reports and a community projects for organizations. Report at the meeting. You will have the option for this meeting. You have the option to prove all of them, approve individual ones.

[51:03] approve individual ones while submitting questions, postpone approval pending answers to any questions, or not approve individual reports and cancel the final payments. and then I have some recommended motion language, but I will pull this off the screen so you all can see each other for discussion. any discussion. It was wildly humbling to read the impact numbers on just about every single one of those. I noticed, I think, 4 themes. So there's expanded partnerships, expanded programming. spend and contributed income. And most of them, I think there was only one where these positions are sustainable. Yeah. So I I saw a really good trend. That is, these funds were well

[52:04] positions. 7 children fulfill the organizations. I felt like a I definitely saw all of those in my overall theme of just they seem to be doing a really good job of passport. Yep. the only question I had was whether the staff has got any feedback on, I noticed from Emailka they they were having some turnover in the same position. wondered if there was anything we can keep for that, or I think it's challenging. If nonprofits. Yeah, for number of reasons, it's very expensive. Yeah. And that what I've heard from several of my liaison organizations is just like corporate America. There people want better salaries, better benefits, and you know easier lifestyle right here to say you can't live right

[53:05] next to work. Want to choose more than so I think our nonprofits are facing the same thing. I think, when we do our research well, we've already started with the art of census, right? Artists, and that it depends that are affecting our lives. And when we do that, broader research will be excellent to about there's kind of challenges. So I'm sure we'll get into it and hear more broadly than just our colleagues who are very good. I appreciate that they are honest to these reports. I think it's a lot about their extension honestly, that they will be honest about the challenges they have. Yeah. As I was reading through all of those I just had to kind of give us a front friendly reminder. We live in a a very small city of a hundred 1,000 people. and and to have an arts commission at all, but to have one that provides

[54:03] vital impact is you just pinch yourself every day. Question about Budget. and I think it will help anyone who's listening. If there is anyone listening, is it? That's 1 question. So as a commission would you like to see? So I'm already writing my drone nutcracker budget report, and I there's a rental space for audition and personal phone number? Or would you rather see like 8, 8 times and $81 cause? I have 13 rehearsals, even though this pays $81, Kenneth. $27, and then the rest are $33 an hour. And

[55:03] would you rather see something like that broken up like that, or just one? I'm gonna defer to Jeff. To begin with, since you're the numbers, Guy. Yeah, I mean, we're we're we're talking about things that have, you know, a couple of numbers, not bunches of numbers. I I me personally, I I don't. I'm not getting that granular in the budget. So I wanna I I just wanna see, hey, you, you've got the funds. You're able to utilize them. This is what they're going towards, and and this is what the output will be. That was my take. I didn't wanna try. Now you're. Pays a lot more attention to to the numbers than I do but only because I also don't get this granular. And and frankly, I don't. I don't know that I would be comparing across budgets like oh, this person is getting a really good deal or

[56:01] or questioning what that expenses in it. Yeah. Line, item, number. Jack. Thank you. That's helpful. Should make it a little easier, too, I hope. Mind you've got motion language. If you do, somebody hold on. I move that we approve the Grant reports from 3rd law dance theater Boulder Museum of contemporary art boulder, opera, company, boulder, Philharmonic orchestra, dairy art center, frequent flyers, productions, local theater, company, museum of Boulder, T. 2, dance company boulder, High School, the cultural caravan and Boulder Symphony. Commentator. See the animals

[57:00] your hands will suffer. Maria. Yeah, okay. Not unanimous. Great thanks. alright. Moving on to the leadership. Pipeline. There's some interest in the audience. Yes, thank you all for your time for waiting. How many applications did we have last year? That's me. We had 4 last year. That's what I thought, and. This. Probably they have 8. 8. We also went through a slightly different process this year. Where there was no scoring of numbers, which I'm sure that you all noticed applicants. Yeah. Instead, the Commission asked to go through a question and answer period behind the scenes. Last year there was an in person interview process. That was little funky. So this time there was the question and answer behind the scenes as we do for all of the rest of our applications. And now you'll be walking through a nomination process to pick scholarship recipients. So if you remember being nominated by City Council when you were a Commissioner. Remember that process essentially. You just want to. I'll go back to this slide. But I'm you want to nominate, or I move that A and B awarded scholarships. You give you the one at the time. I can put their names into this as well. That is helpful.

[58:23] Have them. and what I do want to put up, and I realize it's hard. Maybe I'll take it down in a moment. since we have 2 people online and we can't. Jill and Jeffrey. We can't see you on the screen right now, which is why I keep putting things up and taking them down. And please raise your hand if you jump in. But Thus far we want to. So you've reviewed the applications. Thank you. You've sent questions, and you've received responses from the applicants. And at this point you want to look at the applications and the applicants in reference specifically to the goals criteria. So I'm not going to read this but the goals and the criteria of this

[59:08] leadership pipeline. And it's I'm sort of what you were talking about like, how are we getting people from underrepresented groups. How are we supporting them in scholarship? Do their work to get them to become arts? Administrators right? How do we are full of Arts administrators here in the city of. if you would like. I can take love that you down so, and I'm wondering maybe get. Now I'll leave it up for a moment. so you can all change. Yeah, without the storing. That was this was very difficult. I basically still wrote them out, went through all them, and then basically have down scores so that I've got. You know, I've got 2 that are had the others. Everyone's kind of really kind of clumped together. These are really really difficult decision.

[60:05] Because the interviews were cumbersome, helpful, and awkward last year. So this is our new process. And so what I'd like to suggest that we do is hot. I'll open it to some general comments about the African pool as a whole. and then I would like to, rather than going through each applicant one by one, because I think that's gonna take an ordinate amount of money amount of time. I'd like to open the floor for any nominations that people would like to make and we can. We can start from that position of a smaller pool for those who would like to be nominated.

[61:00] and we'll have some further discussion on that, and then see if we can go that down to the top 2 oxygen. So we'll see how it goes. so yeah, we'll we'll do our best. So general comments about the applicant pool as a whole. Excellent sorry. I'm so touching. Excellent! Yeah. Well, it was good sign. Yeah. Yeah. I was just really impressed. frustrated by the challenge. Yeah, I thought all the projects were really exciting, adopt everything, and made you feel really excited about the future, for Bogart know whether these are the leaders we choose or not. Just that this is. But there's people who still are interested being leaders in the art world is good to hear. was. in other words.

[62:00] take up the robotic overnight. So thank you to everyone with. I also felt frustrated and not having a yeah more solid way to to approach this. And I I was astounded. There was not anybody that I felt like I would be opposed to getting the money. You know. Every everybody's got great projects, great stuff that they're working on in their personal and professional lives. And and for my purposes I just to help me. I just really kept drilling into the purpose that was online. And that was what sort of differentiated people for for my purposes, and not so much on the quality of the work. It's just how well things aligning, with what see? The purpose was so.

[63:02] Without without a scoring system. How do I do that? How are we doing this? You know. I mean, I've I've got. I've got 2 choices. I but we probably I hope we all do. Yeah. Any other general comments. I was, gonna say, I I really appreciated the person storytelling and 1,000 where they grew up. And you know they're fancy with their grandmother the different stories they told, and then they resumes attached. This is an incredible cohort of yeah. Folks would like to be using special language crazy? Yeah. I wanna second, that I appreciated the intersection of the personal and the professional. You know, I think a lot of breathe. A lot of field would say that you should. sharing that much. But I think the arts part personal, and seeing the motivation

[64:02] for this path lovely to really. Yeah, those are our people. That's that's the artist. I mean, even the Olympics. We'd be giving 3 medals, not 2. Yeah. Yup. alright, would anybody like to make nomination? Let's let's do this one slide at a time, so that if we have any changes in our thinking. We can make nominations for the second slot individually. So nominations for the 1st slot nominee nominated I will not. seems to be on a TAOL. A. Canada for the Dei certification. Yes. and like that, was the same person

[65:00] that was one I was gonna nominate. What was the last name on that one. Paola Payola. how long, how long? You're sitting down again? Oh, okay. From ludicrous any other nominations for the the 1st slot for discussion. Anybody like to make a motion? I move that actually on a nail lab. I like Glasgow's Luna. Be awarded scholarship and 5, 1, 5, 1. I'll second all in favor. 2, 4, 5, 6 in favor. Okay. alright. Go ahead. Just a note to Joel, because you're newish the commission. Now, if you don't vote, it is

[66:02] You can either vote. Yes, no. And abstention is a yes, in the city of Boulder, which is different from other Robert tools. So you do need to do like that. Yeah, yes. So all a post. And, Jill, are you abstaining? She was exciting. Okay, thank you. Great. Alright. So for the second slot. Let's open that to that. You would like nominations. Espinoza I would like to nominate. That's the the dance. Phd. Program. He wasn't done yet. Oh, and I need to do it. Believe it's yeah. She needs the discussion.

[67:06] 15. Correct. That's the charge of certificate imports. Again. Oh, that's my! That was my! That's my other topic, those both of those on my little grading scale. They both came out on top. and Todd. Those were my next on my list. We're did you use my grading scan, Jeffrey? I've got one to 10. I mean, it's all just scribbles here. But yeah. Also. No, I mean, we can discuss haven't one with the.

[68:03] Now I feel like I'm what we'll do is you are putting somebody for discussion, and we'll discuss them further. an opportunity to promotion. And then either that personal carrier. So this so Mayo the red, that was fun. Yeah. Anybody else people have added to hip Let's for those who nominated people. and anybody else who would like to add to the discussion.

[69:02] Let's hear what you like, and if there's any further discussion, from other perspectives on each of the people. So let's start with Ivan, Daniel, Espinoza and Jeffrey. Do you wanna let us know what you like about his application. You know. I I made I I made the nomination based on scoring that I did. It sounds like several people agreed with that. I don't feel comfortable or equipped enough to campaign on his behalf. That seems unfair. Got it. Okay. We've all read the applications. Got up anything that you'd like to say. What you saw in Tiffany or so you. you know, I just this Tiffany being in harvest again, finding a business

[70:01] and knowing that, like as an answer. they don't teach business. School, advanced studio 4 to 12. I guess the same earlier. She's struggling technology person. And I just know how incredibly frustrating it is. I'll see an arts person, a dancer. The amount of time I spend trying to figure out taxes and all the business stuff. And I just think it's really. oh, yeah. And I just thought that was really the clowning. It's just very as it's well thought it was very unique.

[71:00] It's not something that's I see a lot of in the box like all the stuff that we have. I'd be all granted, all of the events. It's not something that I see. A lot of, you know wouldn't want it as well. I'll say that even that that application I found. like I learned about founding and different ways it could be used. so I thought that was really valuable. And I I agree, I think it's really unique. It's not something. There's 70 people. I think, for me. What loaded Ivan's application at the top amongst those is that this. as my opening comments mentioned, most aligned with what the purpose of the grant is. and that is to promote Dei leadership and Dei practices within the arts community in Boulder.

[72:08] and I thought that climbing classes were really unique. Interesting. And I get the value of them. And I did not get the capacity that purpose of the grant for myself. Put them. Agree. Any other comments. Thank you. But I'll talking up Tiffany and Ivan Daniels. One thing I liked about my he's engaged in the Phd. Program. He's on his way as part of that. My one comment on Tiffany's. I think I think that's this question, she responded. She's not yet been accept accepted into the program. So I'd like to see it. Sorry.

[73:05] And I love the story of grandma. Obviously. Yeah. Anything you want to add, Jill. I not right now. No, I am. I'm looking through the applications myself right now. But yeah, I'm catching up. All right without any further comments. Someone would like a motion to make a motion on one of those applicants. take a vote and see if they have the majority be one of those. I'll I'll make a motion for Ivan Daniel as soon as. I second that.

[74:01] We make the full motion I'm moving. I I'm in, Daniel. As soon as I'll be aborted. This sorry. This room. Okay, all in favor. Aye. 2, 3, 4, 5, all post. Joe abstaining. Apologize. I didn't realize that I was voting on this particular one, so while I glanced at them, I didn't do a what I feel like is a thorough enough job to feel like I should be voting right now. So I trust y'all's input. I didn't vote on these last years. I either, Joe, because it was part of the cycle, and I just felt it was unfair to like jumping in the middle of it. So i i i totally understand. Okay, so that vote carries. So we have our 2 recipients

[75:00] congratulations to the winners. Thank you. Everybody for applying I did note that many of the applications, or several of the applications in my mind would equally qualify for project level grants. So check if you did not get the funding definitely check on our Grant cycle for the next year, because there are individual project level grants that very well, by what you're doing. creating out the wall. So thank you for being here. And through the by the way, congratulations on the process and getting through that. Yeah. My! I only had one feedback from from one applicant was the fact that they didn't live in Boulder, and so they they got the lowest number on my on my score, because that was one of the requirements.

[76:01] All right. Let's move on to the Grant program. Blueprints perfect. Thank you. Me yet again. Thank you. We are in the midst of hiring Grants manager, so we hopefully won't be the me show next time. I like the Misha. Oh, thank you. thank you. I don't. And ahead here. alright. So step one in our 2,025 Grants blueprint. Thank you for making the final decision. Let's do next year now, already you can never escape. The 1st step, though, is thank you, and congratulations. Hold on one second. Bravo! This is an incredible lift. I I'm want to reemphasize this. I try to all the time. But. our community is very, very, very grateful to all of you for your time and our energy and your thoughts. They understand what this take, and if you don't hear about it from them.

[77:09] you have awarded 156 grants. The Arts Commission to see your grants and fee waivers over a million dollars. Actually, as of tonight, over 1.2 million dollars. That makes an incredible impact in our arts. Community and people are very, very thankful. I'm personally very thankful for the time as volunteers. Thank you. Jeffrey and Joe online. If you can't see us, we're all so thankful for your time and your energy, and how much? I know it takes a lot, and I appreciate you. Bravo! Congratulations for tonight. So many of you have gone through this before. I'll just walk you through it for now. So we have reached out to the community for feedback about the Grant program. I've also been taking notes on what you've been talking about through the year.

[78:03] what the communities talked about, what we've talked about ourselves within staff. And I just have a big running list. And tonight what we'll do is talk through specifically the challenges and priorities and improvements. So there's a this is a 3 step process. This is part one. The 1st part we talked through. What are the challenges that we have heard? What kind of things do we want to address and improve on in the upcoming year? Next month I will bring back to I, or maybe a grants vendor will bring back to you some suggested options for how to address those. So we'll have. This is your option. Here's a couple of ways that we can address these challenges. and then the final step is to decide on which of those options you want to use to address the challenges that you have or that you perceive. And then we build out the new Grant program you voted in October. We go from there. So tonight it's challenging, and I have a hard time with it. It's only the challenge. It's only the complaints. It's only the things that you want to see improvement on, or see ways that we update in the upcoming year.

[79:11] And there's 2 pieces that I will mention. One is that generally we will talk about the budget at this time, but because of the new tax fund, and because of our adjusting budget cycle, we're gonna have somebody come and give a presentation next month about our updated budget like with community vitality. Elite Levante. I think you all met him at one of our meetings. He's gonna give a big overview. Talk about the fund. You will have more updated numbers about our budget for next year, so it'll be a really good talk at the next meeting. That's part one. The next is that we have our needs assessment that is guiding our upcoming year. So some of the discussion that we'll have, or we have addressed some of the challenges already, if that makes sense. And the final piece is that we heard a lot of feedback, and I've heard a lot of feedback that are not necessarily going to be addressed the upcoming year because we have this bridge year. Right? So I have a list after we talk about next year, of things that people have told us, because they want the community to know that we're listening. And we hear you and all of you. I hear your input. We're just going to be talking about it when we do the long term planning. So

[80:20] after in a couple of months, when we get out there doing our long term thing. That's when we have time to address some of the other topics and kind of bigger ideas, topics, challenges that we have. So this is for next year, that month. As we do this, we'll start with. These are some areas improvements that I heard about. We will go to I'll get some feedback from you. If you have anything to ask. We'll go through a schedule. Ask clarifying questions. We will open it up for public comment. If there's anybody that's online or out here that wants to add anything, and then we'll go back again, to be sure that these are areas of improvement that you would like us to bring suggestions to you next meeting of how to address that.

[81:04] So I'll talk through them perceived, or genuine bias or impropriety in decision making. These are in no particular order. We just, they're they're just there. The weight of the scores in the scoring system, and how they impact one another concerns regarding the consistency with diversity, equity, and inclusion. In applying the rubrics, specifically. Commissioners applying for grant funding. interested in seeing quantities in applications. So seeing audience members, for example, right. encouraging collaboration, which is something that Maria mentioned earlier about she saw a lot of partnership. How do like is their interest to encourage collaboration and partnerships? Concern with the timing of the project grants missing programs early in the year, and this is for example, Dr. Martin, if you came Junior Day falls in February. Every year we miss you miss funding it for the most part because of the timing of the Grant program. It's hard to organize something for February of next year to apply this year.

[82:09] and then the quantity of community project grants for organizations. So this year we received 30 applications and you had funding for 6. So if there's concern to for the upcoming year and for the discussion, for beyond. as you're thinking about this, there are a few points that we receive feedback that I didn't include in this, because, for a number of reasons. But there were one person that was confused about awarding grants to for profit businesses or artists hiring grants which the for profit uses to hard hire. An artist in-person interviews for awards. They love but 156 grants. It becomes really challenging at some point, but up for discussion for long term. I think smaller grants, like very small grants, can be suggested very small grants. We have that option through sponsorships like the folder Arts week, and we have that option in other ways.

[83:06] Maddie, Julie. you scroll up. This is these are ones that I mentioned that we're not recommending. These are just like I did them the time. It's not on this list. Oh, okay, yeah, these are ones that I heard one time, or that we have talked about a lot like having in person interviews is something that we want through a whole process about. I think, system. We did have, and we have every year people asking for continued feedback on applications, your comments and your questions and your feedback. That's something that we'll talk about in the training process. So for now and we'll come back to this. I have this list on another slide. Is there anything else, though, that comes to mind. or that you have questions about on this list, as far as things that we want to look at in adjusting. I have a question about one other thing, the Commissioners applying for Grant money. Can you

[84:05] tease that out a little bit more beyond the conflict of interest rules? That's right. So I think the idea, or was brought up in a meeting. That there was some concern about commissioners applying for grant funding, and if that is fair, that's possible. I I do think there, we'll have to talk to that. But there were just. We're bringing it up as a concern. and we could I remember it was that people didn't feel that just accusing onesel necessarily like, really sure. Yeah. I think I feel like there was a misunderstanding there that there is a point where we're doing our grant scoring at home, or wherever we're not together, and then coming together and accusing, wasn't you know? I wonder if it was misunderstanding.

[85:05] My understanding. My understanding has been the optics of of commissioners, even applying. Right. So I will say, too, when I was on our mission, and that's meet us. If we were on the commission we were not allowed to right. Yeah, I I was. I was surprised. And but then we can also, because we all know I've gotten a grant. I'm sure Jill has got grants, I know right. And Kathy. Oh, we've had applicants in every year that apply for grants. And right so. and we don't need to. So I don't mean we don't have to solve it tonight, right? And we can bring it back. So what we might do for the next one, for example, next month, to bring back and say we don't recommend that for Abcd reason we recommend doing that grandfathering and commission. I don't know. We will bring back options next time. It's just if you want to keep that as something that you think is worth talking about. If that makes sense right.

[86:13] Yeah, I think these are all worth worth discussing as as a team for a little clarification on the interest in seeing quantities. Are they suggesting that they are in favor of providing the quantities for impact in applications, or are they, or are they questioning why they're being asked to provide impact in the cause. That's that's something I ask. And I ask consistently across the board, just so that I I know what the impacts gonna be. It was for you, actually, and I have some thoughts about it. I don't want to go into it, though, because today. Forgot. Guessing it. However, like you bring it up as something like, oh, I wanted to see the quantities like asking, I asking. So I'm putting it in here something that if it is of interest to everyone, then we'll talk through what that looks like in an application, what that looks like for different organizations with different goals. Right? Yeah, I think it's a great question also, because on the

[87:09] report end of things, there's always comment about. Oh, this project had so much impact and outreach, and like so. I saw one of the one of the applications that kind of an update that came in today. I'm like, it was 15 kids. No. really. But sometimes there are projects like the adoptive dance program that I taught up over ballet. There were 5 children. you know. It's not a big number, but as only one person in the room and 5 children, very different abilities like it came. And there's just especially in that population. the ability. You could have 5 5 year olds. They're all gonna be completely different. So it can have a large group.

[88:02] Large number of people for some projects doesn't work, however, impact itself was huge. Yeah, I I get that. And I understand that, especially if you just reach just one of those kids out of the 5. But when they're competed against organizations that are working with with dozens or hundreds of of individuals. That's that's I'd like to see those numbers. And there's for for consideration. I know we're not talking about them like there's also like legal requirements about supervision. Yes, you can't have one teacher with 30 kids like 35 year olds, because that's not let me call her. I'd like to add this another retooling of the professional pipeline. Yeah, I just wrote that down to like. I felt like this was a little clumsy again. Sure. That's that's that's kind of fresh on your mind. I like that.

[89:02] Yeah, we did it well, but we can do a lot of Jeffries. Otherwise, without a rubric, we're going to seem biased. Yeah, yeah, it was, very, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I appreciate it. Can I just ask for clarification about the weight of the scores? Sure. So with a 1 to 8 scoring system. It's it can like looking at the numbers themselves or Well, now, I'm talking an outcome. But talking and outcomes. But, for example, the Nea removes the highest, to be sure that you're working within, or you could do the medians, for like looking at the scoring weights themselves, to be sure that you're getting a really good like

[90:00] best practices version of what this one should be and could be right. So everybody's score is equally like weighted in a different way. Yeah, I didn't know if it meant like waiting, like, question one versus question 2, yeah, you mean waiting. And you sort of do right? Because you have some scores that have like 8, 1 has 6, and one has 4. Right? So it has its own version of waiting. Right? They all are the same. they all total, the same you have. Yeah. I just think there, or I know that there are some best practices. That's the outcome. But the questions are more like how the scores themselves can be. Yeah, that was hard for me. Looser as I was voting, I was like, you know, it just didn't feel in balance. Yeah. because of going up to 8 on some or on others. And then if you vote less than

[91:01] 5, then you had to give a response. Some of them don't go up. Good afternoon. When I don't know any additional. Yeah, okay, great, thank you. And, Joe, thank you. I know this is a lot when you've been through this process like who you have on the other side. So Thank you for compiling. Oh, sure. So I'll take you through a quick schedule discussion. See if you have any thoughts on scheduling so. One thing that will shift because of our needs. Assessment bridge year is that 2025 general operating support grants. Well, we're proposing to do an abbreviated one year. Timeline decision September to November of this year, and this is because of some city budget processes. We've always been actually on the wrong timing. So now we want to shift to be at the right timing, which is Us. Decision the fall. We hope to continue that. So you would. You'll have this abbreviated

[92:05] general operating Support Grant decision at the end of this year. Don't worry about it, for now I will walk you through. When we get there. Somebody else will, thank goodness. but then, in 2,025, you'd be still reviewing 8 grant categories, the categories that you did this year, plus your general operating support categories they might shift they we might have panel, I mean, there's many things that could happen between now and then, but and kind of mentally prepare you for whatever may occur. and then you'd be reviewing from March and 12th ball to adjust to this new system. And what concerns you about, I mean, this is quite a lot. Yeah. shifting. It doesn't impact me. Personally, I'm around. Yeah. Some are concerned. Summer? Oh, that's good to know. you know. Just like when I wrote you. I was like, Oh, I was like, Do you know, a different time

[93:06] I'm in? We're actually never doing anything. So it probably won't be a problem. But yeah, it's just I tend to be a little bit less sure. And one second, yeah. alright. I've got clarifying questions. And of course you can always reach out to me. If you think of something else, you have other ideas, suggestions, right? That down until voted on you. Email, that was just it is in the. It is in the Memo. It was in the packet. Yeah. Different. Thank you. Public comments. If there's anybody from the public that would like to. Specifically, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. My goodness, I gotta stop oh, my! Gosh! Hold on!

[94:03] Stop sharing there we go. Sorry. There's anybody in the public that would like to comment as anybody raise their hand. So there's a public comment section of this. If anybody wants to give Ivan Daniel is still there. Hi, Ivan. if you want to give any feedback on so feedback specifically on the Grant program. Do you mind? If I okay, great Ivan, you should be able to see. Hi! Can you hear me? Hi! There! You go! Well, I don't want to take too much time from the Commissioners and the staff, but I just want to express from the bottom of my heart gratitude, thankfulness. Thank you so much for awarding me the leadership, pipeline scholarship. And I just want to salute the entire organization for the transparency

[95:02] boulder is so blessed to have this Arts Commission boulder is so blessed to have this grant program that serves so many community members and increasingly more diverse. Artists! So the the work that you all do is truly fantastic and phenomenal. It's a blessing to our city and to our community. So just gratitude. Thank you. All right. That, too. Am I? Gonna share. It just panned out. You folks have cleared out the room, haven't you? Yeah. Okay. Have your guidance. So now what we'll do, including the retooling of the leadership program to

[96:00] we'll go back, and the next meeting will bring proposals for each of these sort of staff recommendations, ideas of ways to adjust the Grant program for 2025 for all of these. and then, briefly, these are some pieces that I heard about in our feedback processes that did not It would be really challenging to get them into the Grant program for next year, especially when we're going to be doing a big visioning in your 20 year visioning process. So these are things. And I have a bigger list. This is just grant stuff. I have a huge list of things for us to look at, everything. But some things that people have brought up that they would like us to look at very seriously. A tiered structure. Applications versus eligibility, like a Cfd, for example. annual inflation increases across all categories of grants, because things continue to price. climate, adaptation, emphasis. visiting, resident artist, residency and indigenous artist fellowship, or an award

[97:04] technical assistance for grants for marketing, for example, like Miriam, was, was having challenges with marketing and advertising so technical assistance grant, which Cci does as well. increases in all Grant categories of inflation. So this is a small piece of what I've heard, but some of the things that we'll bring up, and if there's people watching this or a few commissioners here, hey? I think the Grant program should be looking at. This example should be considering this award. Please let us know, and as we do our bigger research. We can ask the community that good for you. Is that helpful for you? What is the best? What is the best use of the funds right? Can I add something for consideration just along the lines of the climate, adaptation, emphasis? Sure, we've been receiving more and more applications that have steam elements. And that's not really spoken to very directly our phone in our scoring. So

[98:01] if we want to consider adding things that that attract more of those types of fun. Next steps we'll have that post financial structure and a presentation from my colleague. Talk about budgeting, super exciting proposed solutions. We'll have a few options, we'll talk through what we think, what you think as Commissioner. the guidance that you want to give us for the Grant program and a proposed schedule. So you can look at a more realistic version of a schedule for the upcoming year. and then we already have our grant info sessions booked. I know. We will also do our annual grant rundown with all of our colleagues and other funders, and I will do a special session for general operating support grantees. That's even before this talk about the end of the year application process. Finally. And this is hard to see. I'm gonna hide y'all for one second. So some upcoming dates of importance. So something that we've talked about and we sort of brought up

[99:11] is getting ahead of things instead of letting them fall upon us. We have an equity and leadership training Friday, I believe. In this room. Yes, that's right. In this room with Anna Sylvia, who is in our equity office at the city. She's excellent. It's gonna be really, really, really good. the land Acknowledgement committee. We just finalized. and I am actually going to at the guidance of our contact with Tribal council or staff member. Contact with Tribal Council invite the full commission for it as a training and for the full commission to attend. I think it's also gonna be excellent. I'm gonna talk about so many, so much bigger things. Many bigger things I know don't record that. Let's go. And finally, the retreats. It's going to be at Roots Music Project to 7 Pm. On the same day as the

[100:11] previously planned commission meeting just a little bit longer. Also going to be really interesting. We walk through all kinds of stuff, and I joining us, we'll have like afternoon tea and dinners. Yeah. phew! Is the equity and leadership training. Is that public? So she's asked for it to be open to commission and staff, but not the public. And that's so we can maybe get into potentially interesting stuff. Yeah, that's great. Yeah. just kind of vet all kinds of questions. Yes, thank you. And the 1st 2 meetings they're here. Yes, that's right. The 1st 2 are here. The retreat will be at least thank you. I mean you excellent.

[101:00] Also new. I noticed I'll be on the printed agenda and on the agenda. You have the next Commission meeting. So thank you for adding that that wasn't there in the past. Yes, that was a Christian edition. Thank you. Christian, watching. You might have texted him, let him know it was desired to do. Teamwork like around the back. It's it's nice to say it's appreciated. Alright questions about the managers. Memo. do you have a phone? Yes, Matt, may I speak to the matters from Staff Section? Yes, you mentioned. Yeah, I think we kind of glossed through the last meeting without congratulating Lauren. Ocean, indeed, and I want to make sure we do that because it's well deserved. And she's going to take the Commission and the Office of Arts and culture, the great license. It's fun. Yeah, it's a pleasure to work. I think the departments are very good, and it has been under good. Tudor. Just don't go anywhere. Okay, just don't mess up behind. Oh, no, I'm excited. Yeah, because they have big shoes to go.

[102:09] Thank you. When is the next step in the program? In the Grant Manager process? We're very close a couple of weeks out. But we should have somebody. Yes, we got, we had over 100 applications. Yeah, really. Okay, yes, yeah. It was excellent. We're going to have really amazing staff. Yeah, I can't wait. Yeah, me, too. You're telling me that fun working 2 jumps. Yes, I'm good no longer to me. all right. Any other questions about the memo. Any other interjections, Matt. Alright here, I mean, hold it down there. Thank you both.