{"id":158,"date":"2012-06-18T01:39:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T01:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artrave.nfshost.com\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2013-01-08T00:04:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T00:04:01","slug":"art-rave-meeting-minutes-june-13th-2012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artrave.nfshost.com\/?page_id=158","title":{"rendered":"June 13th, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Art Rave Society meeting minutes for June 13<sup>th<\/sup>, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meeting called to order at 6:30 pm at Islands Gallery \u2013 Chris chairing, Colleen taking minutes.<\/p>\n<p>In attendance \u2013 Wes Bloxham, Chris Doman, Susan LaForge, Victoria Brook, Michael Mallin, Tamas,Zalatnai, Colleen Clancy \u00a0\u2013 regrets George Bowden<\/p>\n<p>Adoption of May 29<sup>th<\/sup>, 2012 minutes accepted<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Business<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0(New) Tamas was approached by Ann \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from the Salmon Festival committee to approach the Art Rave Board to see if there was interest in renting a tent\/s for the Labor Day weekend Salmon Festival down at Victoria Quay \u2013 this year the dates for SF are: Fri, 31<sup>st<\/sup> Aug. to Mon, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Sept. \u2013 times: Fri, 4-9, Sat, Sun, 11-9, Mon, 11-3. &#8211;\u00a0Cost: 75.00 per day for a reduced rate for multiple days.\u00a0Victoria motioned to accept the plan, all in favor. \u00a0\u00a0Tamas agreed to head the \u2018Salmon Fest\u2019 committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a02.<\/strong>\u00a0(New) Discussion regarding Charlene Patterson of Char\u2019s landing re a non profit organization to partner with her for the Aug long weekend to obtain a Liquor license for a wine\/beer garden in her parking lot. Chris will approach Char and, with Tamas and Sue will plan to meet w\/Char to discuss details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Discussion re how Art Rave will have a visual presence (signage, logo, etc) on the street during Aug long weekend festivities along Argyle. Wes will contact Jean Macintosh re this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Committees to be formed &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cArt Rave Kick off with General Meeting, Membership Drive and Dance\u201d \u2013 Susan LaForge agreed to head the committee to organize this event.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSalmon Fest\u201d\u00a0 committee \u2013 Tamas agreed to head the committee to organize\u00a0this event. (tentative name \u2018Art Rave honours the Salmon\u2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cGallery Crawl\u201d for Aug long weekend \u2013 Wes will head this committee.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGrants\u201d committee \u2013 Colleen agreed to head this committee. Wes gave Colleen package for gaming grant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Discussion re Art Rave kick off \u2013 tentative date set for July 20<sup>th<\/sup> or 21<sup>st<\/sup>, Wes will contact Kathy of Little Bavaria to find out which date is available and the cost for hall rental. Sue to contact \u2018Malumba Boogie Band\u2019 for entertainment to find out their availability, will look into liquor license.<\/p>\n<p>Food discussion \u2013 it was decided that Tapas style\/finger food would suit the evening \u2013 food sources; \u2018No Frills\u2019, \u2018Quality Foods\u2019, \u2018Fairway\u2019 (Lorie Allen\/Darren to be contacted)<\/p>\n<p>Tentative schedule of evening \u2013 7 to 8 &#8211; \u2018meet and greet\u2019, allowing time for people to arrive, mingle, finger food available throughout evening, cash bar, membership table to be set up \u00a0\u2013 8 to 8:30 &#8211; General meeting called to order with introduction of Board, President\u2019s presentation, question\/answer \u2013 \u2018draw for piece of art\u2019 (more discussion at next meeting to flesh out this idea) \u2013 9:00 \u2018Dance\u2019 (\u2018Malumba Boogie Band\u2019 the proposed band for evening) \u2013 media &#8211; multimedia presentation, \u2018artists in their studios,\u2019 interviews, etc, Barry and Ann and George to be contacted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a06.<\/strong> There was discussion as to whether an \u2018Art Auction\u2019 should be held same night as the Art Rave Kick-off and Membership Drive \u2013 seen as a potential money raiser, it was thought profile of \u201cArt Rave\u2019 should be higher, so timing is important, with that in mind the consensus was, that more time should be put into planning, organizing of the event, with tentative dates set for October. (tentative name \u2018Currie in Winter&#8217;, Chris suggestion).<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> Re Logo \u2013 discussion focused on looking at a new logo for Art Rave \u2013 George to contact Gittan to inform her of Board\u2019s decision &#8211; Chris to contact Beth Doman, a graphic designer, (does graphic design for UVic). Will ask Beth to come up with 3 possible designs \u2013 looking for something with good readability, will translate well between mediums and can be used for all communications, correspondence.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reports<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>President\u2019s report<\/strong> \u2013 Wes spoke of the success of the \u201cMeet and Greet\u201d at Islands Gallery on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0and \u201cArt Rave Presents\u201d at the Station House Bar and Grill on June 2<sup>nd<\/sup> on Argyle Street. Looking forward to the developing profile of \u201cArt Rave\u201d in the community, with the planned events for July, August, September, October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer\u2019s report<\/strong> \u2013 Virginia Brook initiated the opening of a bank account at Coastal Credit Union. There will be a deposit of 200.00 from Kathy of Little Bavaria, 25.00 from Gayle, of Gayle\u2019s Fashions, 50.00 from\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 . (one other cheque to be deposited, unsure of $) Sue motioned to accept Victoria&#8217;s report, motioned carried.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communications<\/strong> \u2013 (George not in attendance) there was discussion re design of membership forms and how to create an \u2018online\u2019 membership form, there will be follow up discussion with George re this. Discussion re getting more people using website and checking in with George re development of public website for Art Rave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary<\/strong> \u2013 will create a \u2018meeting agenda\u2019 template for next meeting to be used on-goingly.<\/p>\n<p>Next meeting set for June 20<sup>th<\/sup>, 2012 @ 6:30 at Islands Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Rave Society meeting minutes for June 13th, 2012 Meeting called to order at 6:30 pm at Islands Gallery \u2013 Chris chairing, Colleen taking minutes. 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