Cultural Council, November 10, 2015
Holden Cultural Council Meeting Minutes
11/10/2015
Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Mary Copeland at 6:45pm at the Meeting Room at the Holden Municipal Light Department.
Members were present: Nancy Rocheleau, Kathleen Welsh, and Jane Becker.
Members absent: Simon Gregory, Chelsea Taylor.
Motion made Jane Becker, seconded by Nancy Rocheleau to nominate Mary Copeland as chairperson. The vote was unanimous.
FY15 meeting minutes were tabled, motion by Kathleen Welsh, seconded by Jane, unanimous vote as a copy was not readily available.
The main purpose of this meeting was for the allocation of funding for FY 2016 $5600 from the state of Massachusetts Cultural Council. Sixteen grants were submitted and all members received copies to review before this meeting. We briefly discussed each grant, it’s benefit to the residents of Holden. A motion was made by Jane Becker, seconded by Kathleen Welsh. Seven applications/grants were approved, six in full/one partial-250th Bandstand Committee/Marilyn Foley; nine applications were denied.
It should be noted that this meeting room was inadvertently double booked. Although I requested 30 minutes of time to complete our business, it was denied by the Mountview Building Commitee. Their interruptions of setting up for their meeting, made for a rushed meeting.
Motion made by Nancy Rocheleau to adjourn, seconded by Kathleen Welsh. Unanimous vote. Meeting adjourned at 7:10pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Copeland
Chairperson of the Holden Cultural Council