City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire BRC Arts and Nonprofits, 2 Feb 2023

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1.23.2023 Arts and Nonprofits Committee

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This afternoon it is well about 6 p.m, and I like to call to order the meaning.

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Of the portsmouth arts and non-profits committee, we are joined today by guests.

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From the new cultural planning subcommittee of this committee um and we've got a full.

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Agenda but before we get started, I'd like to just take a moment, oh we got someone else.

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Step into the ground.

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Okay, so before we get started, I'd like to take a moment to recognize two committee.

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Members who have lost people that are very close to them in the past two weeks.

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um Martha fuller clark, who is still a member of this committee,.

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um But we haven't seen her in a little bit in meetings because she's had uh you know personal.

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Time away from the committee lost her husband jeffrey the past month and uh just this past.

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Week, committee member courtney, perkins lost her sister and so um and- and I just like to take him.

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On pablo and silence for those student members and their loved ones who were lost this month.

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Thank you, everyone, um and I want courtney and martha to know that they're in our thoughts and.

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So they can't be here today. We hope to see them soon. um So thank you. Everyone for being here today.

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um We have the items on our agenda this afternoon, we're going to talk about the americans for the.

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Arts study um that I have to study economic arts and economic prosperity. Is it sixth robin? I think.

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It's sixth at this point. Yes, so we'll talk a little bit about that study. We also have members.

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From the new cultural plan that was appointed by the state council in december, who are sitting in.

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With us today and we'll talk a little bit about the start of that process and expectations and.

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How that's going to work? There are also members of this committee who will be sitting on that.

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Committee, in addition to the 10 subcommittee members that were appointed by the council, we're.

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Also able to sit on that subcommittee if you're a member of this committee, so we have several.

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Americans and they will be participating in that community um and then there's room. I believe for.

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Some additions to the agenda, stephanie did I miss, go ahead. Stephanie. I see your hand raised.

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Yes, sorry, um it's just that because I'm trying to do the minutes here remotely. Could you quickly go.

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Around the table and tell me who's there in person yeah, let's do that really quickly. So.

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um For the in-person people we'll start with sean and then we'll go around the microphones.

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New hampshire, art association, hancock city council, where are you at the strawberries.

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New hampshire theater project and jason right there, I'm russ granger, of course, with music.

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And arts center and then, uh let's start with beth online. So we have every one of this in the room to.

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Get to know people beth, falconer, 3s, art space, robin albert uh community, member uh jerianne,.

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Oh you're, on a muturian, I apologize me um jerry ann bogus black.

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Hey marvin, barbara masar, pro portsmouth and ben camp with the chamber of collaborative.

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Right and we have some other people online, stephanie gore with the subcommittee- and I.

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Think we'll save introducing all the subcommittee members to look into that portion of the meeting.

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Thank you, you're welcome. So, first up we have an update on the after studies.

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um uh Did we have minutes that we're supposed to be approving stephanie from the last meeting.

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I think that might have been on the agenda, but I can't remember um probably uh it's been a while.

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Yeah, you know what I'm going to say. I know knowing that it's been a while I'd like to approve the.

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um I believe october was the last meeting october men's along with the january meds at our february.

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Meeting just because we got to start a little late today, so uh we'll hold off the minutes.

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Approval until the next meeting, um so let's move on to the american for the arts study robin.

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Renee, if, if it's okay, I've got my notes and I'll take it um as of january 4th, we had 719 surveys.

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Turned in which is really great, however, we also were hoping for more than 800. 800 is the absolute.

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Minimum so between now and april 30th we still need to be surveying because it's not going to.

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Automatically even get to the 100, so please make a note, and I know that lauren rosen around the.

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Holiday time emailed everybody, but we'll do a an e-blast to the nonprofits again today I want to.

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Talk about um a visit that we've had in the past by randy cohen, the vice president of research for.

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Americans for the arts, we have already paid his speaker fee, which is one thousand nine.

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Hundred and fifty dollars, which gives us his time for 24 hours or a little bit more.

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um What I want to share is what we did last year when he last time when he came and asked you for.

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Your ideas of what you think we might be asking of him, so he will come with all of the data and.

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All of the research um and his tour starts october 23rd, so we have to pick what we want them to do.

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Partners that we'd have to connect with to do that and what date we might be looking at. So I.

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Just want to share that last time he came, there was a chamber breakfast at the sheraton that.

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Was well attended and also included a panel of one non-profit and then a business that.

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Supports them, and they talked about why that was mutually beneficial as examples he spoke to rotary.

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He spoke to the editorial board of the herald. I don't even know if that exists and.

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um Then he did a final workshop for the non-profits themselves on how to best use the data.

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um Part of the money we've paid to be a participant will get us a 30-page report.

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Just from greater portsmouth a two-page summary of greater portsmouth, a flyer for greater portsmouth.

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A powerpoint that we can edit and then we'll get national reports that go much much deeper.

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um And also you know, sample press releases and stuff like that. So my question to you guys is.

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If we are paying for him to come and by the way we have to also over and above find a way.

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To pay for airfare lodging meals and potential car rental, but we can get to that in the fall.

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So what I want to ask is if we've got him for 24 hours and he's the one with all the data.

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What do you, what do you see him doing? How can we best use his time.

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I can't hear anybody.

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That's because nobody was talking it's because uh I was muted, ellen feinberg.

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Is here from the subcommittee, so I'm going to ask her to sit at the table, and so she can have access to the microphone and she has the input suggestions on this.

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Robin are we the only are we the only community in new hampshire that is participating in this.

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Study- that is a good point and I don't remember, but I can certainly look that up and let me tell.

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You we are not. There are at least two other communities. I know through my work with the.

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New hampshire state council of the arts, if not three other communities doing this.

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No, I was just going to ask ben if he had any idea of how he might want to incorporate this in some.

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Kind of a chamber presentation: uh well, I think that the offer is there for the from the chamber.

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To co-host and any sort of educational event that you'd like um I thought it was that last time I.

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Thought we did it at 3s, but I could be wrong um but uh we'd be happy to put together. You know a.

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Breakfast thing that keeps the rest of the day available for him to do other presentations or.

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Work with the nonprofits directly so that sort of gets that out of the way and breakfast events work.

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Well for us so that offer stands and we'd be happy to partner with the with the committee on that.

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Okay, so others yeah robin I mean uh if it's not broken, don't fix it right. I remember it.

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Was like a one two, three kind of thing that he did and I remember going to his presentation. I.

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Thought it was a strawberry bank. Yes, he did the. He did the non-profit event that started back it.

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Was actually the next morning yeah? I thought it was really good. He did the presentation we.

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Got to talk and mill around and see one another. I thought that was really important. I didn't go.

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To the breakfast, because I knew I was going to go to the other thing and then if we can get.

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Their you know the rotary to jump in the lunch rotary group and have him present to that. Then.

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He really gets the business community right well that and the chamber, but sometimes those are two.

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Different things exactly in the city, yeah yeah. Can I ask this committee if anybody is a member.

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Of the lunchtime, the bigger portsmouth rotary, the lunchtime, one oh figures and karen is as well.

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Yes, karen this as well um so unfortunately well, the problem is, we have him for october 23rd and.

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Rotary meets on thursday; no, no! He just starts on the 23rd of october, his whole national tour. We.

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Have to get we have to request a date, so obviously we have to find a date when there's an opening at.

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Rotary- and we can also do the breakfast and find a venue for that right um and I do believe last.

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Time, I don't ben, I don't think you were still at the. I don't think you're at the chamber. I think.

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There was like other breakfasts for the chamber. I think there was a charge for that. People are kind.

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Of used to that and the attendance was still fine, but which karen is a member of rotary. Our.

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State manager- karen, oh, that karen this is another karen listening in um russ. Can we leave it to you.

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To look at some fall dates, yeah that rotary might be free, and then we can come back to ben, because.

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That's going to be the marker of when we can actually work on it with ben. I think ben and I.

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Together can take a look at some dates for chamber and match them up with dates for the rotary club.

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But you know, I think what we're talking about- and this is something that randy is really good.

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At is identifying what different audiences we want him to present this on, because he has a different.

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Presentation for the arts organizations than he does for the general public and he even tweaks it.

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A little bit, if he knows he's talking to business leaders in the community as opposed to just open.

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To anyone who comes through the door for the community, so you know, I think that you're going to.

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Want to model it and say all right: we're going to have a community-wide event at some place. I think.

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That's similar to what was done at three. I started space last time have a non-profit organization.

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Leadership meeting that's kind of targeted to how this information can be used by local nonprofits.

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um And and then you know business organization, one um ben and I will talk about a little bit and then.

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I'm going to have best speak, but um we'll figure out if doing rotary and chamber this time around.

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Might be redundant or not we'll take a close look at that things have definitely changed with the.

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Horses rotary club as a result of covet in the pandemic, and they tend means a little differently.

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Differently than they have in the past, but I'm happy to talk to them about it because they're.

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Always looking for great guest speakers, that's really good message to give out beth you had a.

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Comment: yeah hi. I just um I wondered if there was also a way of getting more specifically in front.

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Of a philanthropic audience and wondered I mean it could just be that we do more targeted invitations.

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For them to come to the community event, but ensuring that the new hampshire charitable.

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Foundation, piscataqua region folks, are there in the room um and I would really love the new.

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Hampshire charitable foundation to sort of get a very strong ask to come and hear this.

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I don't, but I'd like to have a sequo rep would be very interested in hosting at least one of.

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Those events so good to talk with you about that. No, I was going to ask. I don't remember where the.

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Community event was and remembering that it's the document the contract says he has 24 hours, but.

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Obviously, he must have stayed a little longer because you can't do what we're all asking in.

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24 hours, um do you remember where the community event was last time? I think it was at 3s yeah. I.

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Think it was the 3s last time they blend together. For me, I don't only have 35 years, but there was.

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One year that was at the portsmouth center, you know it's been at different places over the years.

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Right, I believe the breakfast community event was at 3s um yeah. I think I was pretty new here.

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So that's pretty fresh in my mind that that was one of my first events. Okay, um I was just gonna.

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Say maybe interested in council of the arts has been working very hard to get the new hampshire.

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Division of tourism to include the arts, and I think it I'm not been a person who's, been.

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Really active with that, but it would be great to get them at least one of these events too. So.

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The reason I asked about whether there were other communities participating in the study.

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Is to see whether there's an opportunity for a statewide presentation where all.

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Of the organizations in the state present to the legislature, the funding organization, so that the.

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Combines impact of the arts would be seen and the impact in new hampshire and get a different see.

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If we can get some statewide publications also to publish that uh data, I think that's an excellent.

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Point thanks helen um barbara. Go ahead. um This wednesday is actually jenny, loopy's meeting.

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For the state arts council, so um I was planning to attend if somebody else is going to attend. Maybe.

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That's something we approach with that group as early as this wednesday yeah. Those are the.

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Performing arts and presenting uh meaning I do the tuesday uh publicizing partnership meeting.

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I'm very nice to talk to her about as well, but I think that um there's a good point there that.

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Ellen has about maybe talking finding out now who all the other communities are, maybe finding a way.

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To coordinate I mean it would make it easier for randy if he went around the state on a little tour.

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All at once, and then we culminated or at some point during this day did something in concord.

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um That brought together different parts of the state, oh and in fact, just shared with the.

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Communities participating, so that's preparing helpful someone had their hand raised back, go.

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Ahead, uh well now that we have this list, um I'd be happy to work with the other chambers around.

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The state that are in participating communities and perhaps in partnership with the arts council.

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um You know work on a plan to bring some statewide attention to this. um We we've been.

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Doing a lot more work statewide as chambers- and I think this is a good task for us to assist with.

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You know, and as a committee, um obviously we're not going to be getting the data until the fall.

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um We're pretty sure that the numbers are going to be really different.

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Then the last time- and we have to make that positive- not negative- I mean we, we all have.

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To to be on the same boat about that, but you know the fact that this is where we were and.

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Because of covet, this is where we are now and that's why it's even more important.

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To build and maintain these these partnerships with the industries that are really benefiting.

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From us, which is everybody, but us if you know what I mean it's like we're, we're not.

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Getting we, the nonprofits, are not getting much in that pie of where this money goes.

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um So, um and so I just want to make sure I understand what ellen meant so ellen, you were just.

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Talking about somehow bringing a state statewide people to our event or were you thinking about.

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Another event again remembering he's only here for 24 hours but might be in another community.

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We might not be able to include randy in the event, but it's what, if all the different communities had.

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There was some sort of state panel that tell the organization you know and we got the press there. I.

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Don't know all the parameters, but it was just it were not the only entity. How can we promote the.

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Arts on a statewide basis, as well as a community by community basis. So that's that's great so so I.

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Guess go ahead and yeah yeah um this renee. um What I'm thinking is, does he have 24 hours to.

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Get for the portsmouth study, because if he has it for every study, then he basically and there's four.

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Others then we've got, you know a week of him that we could use. I don't know if we partnered with the.

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Other arts, uh you know the other communities that are participating in this. You know what I'm saying.

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I think, are you saying that every day he could go to those specific community communities and then.

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There could be a day when there's a statewide presentation to the legislature or whoever.

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That's what I was thinking that we coordinate- I don't know, I don't know the answer. If I may.

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If I may interject, why don't we do this? If, um if ben and russ are going to work on a date and ben.

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Knows the other chambers? Why don't we take this offline and have them work on? Is there a week.

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He could be in new hampshire and then part of that could be conquered. So instead of trying to.

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Figure out, where he's going to be every day, that we can connect the dots in new hampshire, maybe.

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We can work with the other cities or communities and get him to be in new hampshire for multiple.

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Days make sense, it does barbara to me we're to me, of course we're the most important and.

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We have to look at the best date for us and then see how others can can meld into that.

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um His and his his bookings are coming fast and furiously, so there are other.

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Communities who have already just set a date, even though they don't know what they're doing.

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um But ben I think, to wrap up if ben, if you and russ determine are we are we only going to do.

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Chamber are we going to do chamber and rotary? Then we need to look at a date from the rotary.

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Yeah, no, I agree so um renee was there anything else? No! No. That was just no that's it thanks.

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Okay, um yeah and again just a reminder to please do surveys and we'll send an.

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Email out to say we're we're just we're not finished with surveys.

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um And, interestingly enough, just one other thing: 162 were paper and 552 were electronic.

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So that's great, thank you so much everyone before we close the door on this well. First.

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I'll ask if anyone else in the room has anyone of us may have any questions.

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All right seeing that I just wanted to ask if there's an update on the timing for the.

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Organization surveys, um because I haven't seen something come across my desk yet and I want.

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To make sure that we give the organizations enough time to do what they need to do right.

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And renee, I think I'm correct we're supposed to receive something in february and it's supposed.

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To be a much simpler model than it ever was before right, right, so they've told us, but.

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Apparently, they're still working on it to make it simple. Sometimes it's a very complex procedure.

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Okay, thank you. I appreciate that. um Thank you. The next thing we have on the agenda is.

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Our cultural clan subcommittee, so um I'm just going to speak for a minute and then one two.

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Three four: five: six and we have enough chairs when you all come up and join us at the table.

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Here, because we're going to need my the privacy at the table and join us so that we have um at.

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Least one person joining us online maybe more depends on cameras. There are two online russia.

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So welcome to this group, um the committee that you're sitting in on today is the portsmouth arts.

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And nonprofits committee, it is an outgrowth of the mayor's blue ribbon committee on arts.

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And nonprofits that was formed in january of 2021, which was an outgrowth of the mayor's blue ribbon.

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Committee on copen recovery, I'm not sure the exact name of that committee, although I was on it many.

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Moods ago, but we started with a pandemic recovery in the early late spring early summer of 2020 and.

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The group of about 20 to 25 local community members got together on this committee to.

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Work with the city to identify ways that the city could assist in over recovery for our community.

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And part of that was arts and healthcare recovery because, as probably everyone in.

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This room is aware: arts and culture, businesses and organizations in many ways were disproportionately.

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Impacted by explosive students of the nature of the way their businesses operate, many of.

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The businesses rely on mass gathering of people such as theaters or concert halls or museums or.

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Any type of cultural or a historic activity in our community really often relies on groups of.

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People coming together being in person with each other after serving on that committee, um the mayor.

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Approached me, the former mayor approached me in barbara and asked us of what we thought.

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About having a committee specifically to arts and human arts, nonprofits there's a little confusion.

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That's called reports of artists and nonprofits to me, but really it was to address the needs of.

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Arts nonprofits and, to certain degree, cultural nonprofits as well um within our community. We.

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Felt that it was just too eliminating to just say, arts nonprofits, so arts and culture nonprofits of.

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Course isn't how the city could work with us to help these groups navigate their way out of uh the.

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Situation that congress they'll settled pandemic, so we began our work in january of 2021 and.

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um Basically, the that was the blue ribbon committee in january 2021 and then december.

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Of 2021, we made a report to the state council and we offered to become an official committee for two.

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Years, which means we would go through december of 2023. This calendar year was what we had committed.

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To the city council, they thought it made sense to align our tenure with the current city city.

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Council and see what we could accomplish during this timeline, we also felt it was a reasonable.

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Timeline for expectations of economic recovery related to covet, although we're all aware that.

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It's going to take much longer than that timeline, but what we could do working with the city.

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And we laid out some ideas of what we wanted to do over those two years and one of the.

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Ideas was to address the fact that works of house of cultural plan- that's 20 years old,.

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And it was a very important document that mayor evelyn sorel commissioned a verb and.

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Committee to create back in 2000, 2001 and, I think, was eventually published in 2002 and.

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um A lot of wonderful things came out of that culture plan and many aspects of that cultural.

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Plan were adopted into the city's master plan at that point and while there has been discussion.

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Over the years of renewing the cultural plan and and having a new or revised corporate plan for.

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The committee there hasn't been a second one since the initial document 2002., so the portsmouth arts.

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And nonprofits committee decided to propose that we helped lead the effort to revise and.

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Create a new cultural plan for the community with the idea of doing all good work in 2023.

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um And with a hope- um and this may be unrealistic- and I think that the uh the subcommittee that.

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We've invited to take on the bulk of this work will have to advise the arts and nonprofits.

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Committee on what they feel is realistic or not, but but the hope of having this accepted by this.

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Currently, sitting city council before the new saint council, that is seated in january after.

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2024, which basically gives us an issue here to create a cultural plan and to present to.

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The city council and I'm going to get it approved by the state council that eventually adopted into.

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The new master plan for the city, so this is one of several tasks that this committee has taken on and.

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We knew that it was significant task, hopefully not an unbearable amount of work, but but definitely.

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Something that deserved a devoted group of people to look at this and figure it out. So we put out.

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A call for people in he would be interested in helping create the new cultural plan, and these.

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Would be a group of people that would be on what we would call culture and subcommittee of the.

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Arts and the province committee, and they would be joined on that committee by some members of the.

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Arts and nonprofit committee, so it's not just the 10 people who are currently appointed and three.

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Alternates that are currently appointed by um uh by the mayor to be on this committee, but also.

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A few numbers from listed as well um so barbara and I worked together to identify a schedule and.

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We figured that um group meetings once a month um and we've been doing our games on mondays at noon.

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So we kind of coordinated with that and chose a different monday of the month at noon. Time in.

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The house of subcommittee meeting and kick off in early february, the first monday in february.

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um And start to work through the process of developing a new cultural plan. So I I will, in.

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A minute take a moment to go through the room and have everyone introduce themselves. I do understand.

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I don't believe everyone was able to make it here today for this meeting uh barbara. If you have.

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Handy the list- because I don't remember right in front of me of everyone, who's on the committee or.

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Alternates, I do, I do as we go through the room check, people off and then at the end I may ask.

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You to just list the names of the people who are unable to expense a day so that we have on the.

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Record all of the subcommitting members in the minutes for today, but before we go through and.

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Do the um I I do want to thank everyone who uh put their names forward. We weren't able to put.

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Everyone who wanted to be on the committee on the committee, we wanted it to be a manageable.

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Surprise group not too small a group that would put the weight of the work on too few people, but.

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um I think we only took about half of people that had actually applied to be on the committee and.

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What we did was we tried to find people from different backgrounds, uh different perspectives.

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um And to put together a variety of people that could really help us achieve this goal,.

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And go ahead: barbara um russ, just one more thing before people introduce themselves.

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um So I know everybody. It sounds like it's kind of daunting. Oh my god. He wants us to do this in 10.

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Months but the good news is we're not starting from zero. We have a plan to consider from 20.

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Years ago, so we have, we have the template if you will and the other thing that's really important.

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That was important to us when, when russ and I presented to the council, is that a lot of.

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People started to look at this committee, like we were the arts commission for the city, and that is.

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Not true, we are a committee that was appointed to do something very specific, so the other thing that.

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That you're going to be looking at when you look at where we were 20 years ago, where we are now.

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Is also one of the big things that came out of that plan, which was called artspeak and that.

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Was the city's arts commission now this committee most likely will go away at the end of this year?.

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Because, hopefully we will have done our work that we committed to, which was the last piece.

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Being the cultural plan, if that is the case, you may very well recommend that another commission.

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Forms which would do a lot of the work that we've been doing, but in a a more official capacity as.

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Appointed by the city, so I I just wanted to put that out there, because you start to look at things.

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And think we only have a year well, you do, but we have a lot of things in place for you to consider.

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As a foundation that that the group didn't 20 years ago, they were starting from zero, so I.

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Just wanted to to mention that, because those are some really important things, as this group starts.

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That they'll be looking at. Thank you, barbara. I think that's really important. I appreciate you.

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Saying that, um and one of the things that I'm really happy about among many of this, is that.

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We have a subcommittee member who participated in the process of 20 years ago, when we did the.

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First cultural plan and also is a past chair of the arts being board, which is why she was.

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Called upon someone trying to sort of assuming questions about the americans for the arts study.

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Because she has a lot of experience with that, so I'm going to start with ellen and have her.

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Introduce herself and then we'll work our way around with this main members. This way around.

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The room and what I'd like interview to do is just let us know who you are very briefly.

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A little bit about your background and why you who applied to be on this committee just so we.

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Can get to know every person on the committee we are in the last 20 minutes of our meeting.

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So we have to keep it all the time, so I'm just asked that you do that and go ahead on.

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Helen feinberg I've lived in fort smith for almost 40 years now and as russ said, I was a member of.

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Groups that created the cultural plan for the community. My background is that I worked in.

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Non-Profits mostly arts and cultural, related nonprofits for my career, I'm retired now, but.

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A very active community member and I um I'm very excited about the opportunity of.

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Rethinking a cultural plan and what we did 20 years ago and what's different now and where we.

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Should be in the next? Let's hope cultural plan gets renewed in 10 years, rather than 20 yeah.

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Thank you go ahead, yeah. um Thank you russ. My name is john mayer. I am unaffiliated at this.

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Point I just retired, from a career working in history, museums, um I lived in portsmouth.

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For 25 years was a member of the htc for two. We live in a 200 year old house on tapestry.

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um As a recently retired person, I want to think through a lens of a community.

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Member and look to find ways to advocate for the arts from a grassroots level.

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um I am looking forward to learning about more about our job, but I'd like to shine a light.

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On ways to help portsmouth pride and get more opportunity for visual artists and people who.

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Have a really hard time finding places to live in our town, so I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you.

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Thanks, can you pull the microphone a little closer together good uh afternoon everybody back there.

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Alan chase uh recent community member uh retired navy officer from cape cod native- uh I guess why.

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I uh I wanted to be a part of this organization, was, uh I think, about 24 years, uh maybe all over.

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The place 19 of those were overseas um and one of the things that I've always found uh helpful.

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And rewarding is to get involved, um so do the same here. Hopefully a lot of the arts background.

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That I've seen uh both grown up and across the world and the project management experience that.

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Comes with the job will be a healthy home, so I'm looking forward to playing thanks.

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About 40 years at my local furniture maker, um I've been involved in the course for the.

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Lessons for a number of years, which seems to have gone away. Unfortunately,.

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um But that gave me a lot of consideration for input type processes. What motivated me.

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To raise my hand on this is that, as I'm looking at portsmouth so much as focuses on performing arts.

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That um I thought there'd be the representation for people who make stops, and you know I think in.

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Relation to that the public art kind of things, I I go around other cities and see all kinds of public.

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Art and I'm saying, there's such a strong community here in parts of people who make stuff. Why isn't.

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Public art all over the city, so that's kind of what got me to stick my neck up.

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Of 2018. it's my second goal around.

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Enforcement- I I lived here back in 1989 love. The community had transferred here uh from san.

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Antonio texas, I run a division for boston-based, consulting company out of feast trade court and.

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um My my interest is in um I have a background of servant. Leadership back in my days at st.

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Paul minnesota, where a cycle of 16 years, uh working with city councils and whatnot.

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I'm very interested in the community and uh you know doing what I can to contribute down.

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I've lived in many places and I originate from how many people came over th5. So, okay.

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You moved up to what's migrated from newburyport about three years ago, um although my husband grew.

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Up here- um and I um excuse me so sorry, but um those of us that are on zoom, didn't hear anything.

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Oh of me, or anything of anything you need to get really. You need to get really close to the mic.

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Okay, speak loudly yeah you're not used to doing that. So, okay, um my name is karen battles. I moved.

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Out from newburyport mass about three years ago, my husband, james, with uh grew up in this community.

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um So we're very happy to be here. It's a it's, a wonderful community, I'm a mixed media artist.

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Although I uh ran a creative graphic arts uh printing company, so self-employed for.

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About 20 years, and I'm just really very interested to learn more about the arts.

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Community up here to help in any way to um to review this plan. I I think it's a fascinating.

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Process I look forward to hello. Thank you uh online. We have karen go ahead. Karen.

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Hello, everybody, my name is karen rosagna, I'm new new and new. I'm.

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New to portsmouth, I just moved here with my husband last year. uh I just started up.

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My own art studio in portsmouth, which is also new, I'm a multi-disciplinarian artist.

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And my my passion for being on this community is, I we've been coming up to portsmouth for over 20.

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Years now, and just every time we got back in the car, we just found something more to love about it.

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So god willing, I plan on being here for many decades and just an opportunity to.

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Really help shape the culture in the city and I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you.

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Thank you karen, and uh I think the last person we have on the call is tom. Are you able to unmute tom.

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I'm going to start my video too, if I could oh yeah oops.

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Tap on my video, my name is tom crawford. I was the founder of the seacoast lgbtq history.

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Project I've been a resident enforcement coming up on 30 years, so I'm still considered a newbie.

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um I have a couple interests in the in the group. One was to make sure all of our stories and.

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History and all the cultural things that different groups have brought to the city are representative.

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And are you know covered in this committee and future committees and also just kind of working.

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With a lot of the historical groups in town, um just worried about not being able to have enough.

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Space to store all the wonderful artifacts that we have in this city- that's part of our culture and.

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Part of our history that we really need to kind of be aware of so those are kind of two points.

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That are really interested in all right. Thank you, tom um barbara. Can you read the list of, I believe.

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There's two more committee members who were unable to be present and then the three alternates.

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um Well, committee members that aren't, I don't think we're here- are amanda kidd kessler.

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Robin lori meyerkoff emma stratton, yes, so amanda kessler is the new executive.

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Director of the new hampshire art association, and who was the second one you mentioned there.

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I apologize robin lori. Meyerkov is the past member of the arts, feed board of directors and.

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The local business owner and has been involved with a historic society and then the third one.

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Was of emma stratton right? Yes and she's, the new executive director, of course, the historic.

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Society so we've got some nice representation there and then there are three alternatives:.

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Right two of the alternates uh that are not present are suzanne, danforth and ed, simeon.

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Yes, I mean and there's an alternate present here today, all right, that's correct! All right, excellent.

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All right, so um you know the purpose of inviting you to be at the meeting today. One was for us to.

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Get to meet you and for you to get to us uh because we meet typically on the third.

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Monday of the month, um all of our meetings are um recorded and this posted on this youtube site. I.

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Cannot encourage him to go back and watching the past months unless you feel really.

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Like like, you want to do that, but you can become familiar with any of our work that way. um Barbara.

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Who's obviously called myself are co-chairing this. uh This committee, the arts and nonprofits.

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Committee and you can reach out to either one of us at any time, with any questions that you have.

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um And uh barbara had sent the initial email inviting into today and I'm copied on that. So.

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You should have my email address as well, um and we still have a little bit of finessing that we.

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Have to do to serve that first meeting, which is scheduled, I believe february 6th. Is that correct.

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um But um I did get news from the city, however, those passed on to me from consular trip today.

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That um for the southern committee, because it's a subcommittee there will not be a requirement.

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Of posting videos of every single meeting uh we will just have to submit minutes for each meeting.

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um What that does is it gives us some flexibility in meeting location.

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um Meaning that one of the ideas that barbara and I had asked about was the idea of on some meetings.

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Having meetings in actual um different locations, maybe at music hall, maybe at starbucks, maybe at.

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The disco portsmouth center uh or other various locations throughout the community so that there's.

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An opportunity for the subcommittee to connect with our agriculture organizations with let's say.

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I mean completely funny spaces button factory one one month we can utilize different spaces.

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um And we don't have to worry um unless there's a specific reason why committee members really want.

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The accessibility of being able to login people soon so we'll talk about that as we go forward as.

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Well, but um you know we'll figure out all of this as we go along um barbara. What am I forgetting.

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um I think that was about it but kind of a couple of housekeeping items.

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uh One is that you will all notice that I did not um that I did not post your emails publicly.

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You were all blind copied and I did that for a very specific reason. I never assumed that people.

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Want their emails out in the world so to that end, though, now that a number of you responded to me, I.

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Will assume that also means? I can send your email out, and your fellow committee members will now be.

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Able to see your emails, that's one and the second one is: um I'm I'm thinking that you're, not all. As.

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Shy, as you seem to be in your email, and that some of you may be interested in leadership positions.

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I hope we didn't scare anybody. It's believe me it's uh and I will tell you, I think, russ.

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Will agree that being co-chairs has been really important because if one can't be.

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There, the other one, does it or you just share different talents or strengths. Whatever the.

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Case may be, but all that said, if you, if you haven't, responded to me regarding that point.

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Please think about it and let me know if you are interested in a leadership position. You don't have.

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To copy all and then russ- and I will um discuss that and introduce that at your first meeting.

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um So that's important too, that the subcommittee has its own leadership and also has a secretary.

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To take notes is going to be critical in this group, so if there's someone in the.

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Subcommittee, who feels particularly drawn to that role, that would be super helpful and one.

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Sorry one final thing: I know that people are notorious at now responding.

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They think we know they're going to be in a place or not be in a place. Please please do.

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This for me and for us, if you're, asked a question and asked to respond, please do so. We know how to.

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Account for people and who's going to be there and who's not going to be there. So we know how.

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To proceed with meetings that would be super helpful thanks. um I was just gonna note that.

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If they on a committee for the city, so therefore I'm subject to all the rules.

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On open meetings, please posted and that's why we haven't made sure we.

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Have minutes because they have to be accessible to the public.

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um So thank you for stepping out to do this. Go ahead. Jeff a lot different, I'm unclear.

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With the role of the alternates is, for example, you know the term is like in a jury. They fill.

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In if somebody drops out- and I would like to, can you send us the old, the 2001 study in advance of.

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The february 6 meeting all right two questions. I'll answer. The second one: first, really quickly.

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Yes, we have a digital version of that that would circulate to everyone right away, so we'll get.

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Better out to you today um and then the alternates. Basically, what we were thinking was to keep the.

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um Committee size at 10 community members who are not serving on the.

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Arsenal conference committee, so that we would have a broad base of individuals.

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um Who aren't on the arts of nonprofits to make an understanding that things uh change.

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um Over time, we wanted to invite three additional people to participate with everything, except for.

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Voting power and then, if there is a need for someone to step away- and you don't have to go.

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Out hunting for someone and re-educate someone to step into that role, so the the three alternates.

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Are expected to come and participate in all meetings be actively involved in the meetings if.

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Anything that requires a vote of the subcommittee. um They are not voting members, but they're present.

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Observing contributing anticipating and then it's one of the 10 members steps off then one of those.

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Are asset stefan well that will all of a sudden clarify them yeah. We thought this was really.

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Important and in my experience some of these various committees over the past three years, there.

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Are a lot of things that are happening well right now that can pull some of the current committee a.

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Short notice so making sure that we've built in a system to deal with that which was important.

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So, thank you all for stepping up and doing this. We all very much appreciate it. um Having done this.

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For a few years now, everyone on this committee is very empathetic and sympathetic for what.

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um The commitment that you're, making and and uh the regular meetings- and I know that I will be.

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At the uh providing subcommittee meetings as well, barbara and several of the other committee members.

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Are going to be a part of that as well and we'll get things kicked off on february 6.? What we're.

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Looking to get out of the february 6 meeting is leadership, including statement amendments.

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um And a framework for the process over the course of the year, because we're going to.

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Need a lot of community input. This is not the idea of 10 people within the community that.

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This is going to be country going to be getting broad-based, wide community, inlets or surveys.

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Through listening sessions through work sessions, things like that throughout the course of the year.

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um Figuring out uh and and the other thing that we're gonna need to do in that first.

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Meeting and I'm hoping sean you might be able to be there for that february. 6 meeting is.

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um Start to talk about the resources that we're going to be able to access outside of this.

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Committee in the subcommittee to help accomplish this, meaning we're talking about bringing in.

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Some type of consulting structure, consultant or groups come in and work with us to actually get.

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This done on this timeline, so we would likely be working with a consultant or a consultant team to.

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To achieve this, and we'll talk a little bit about verse, 6 about exactly what we're looking for the.

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Consulting the the arts and nonprofit committee members have talked about this a bit, so we have.

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Some ideas on that, of course, we've talked about the city, both with counselor cook and sean who's.

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With the same to make sure that we understand what we're doing and it's a saving that tripping iron.

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Something like this, so we've got most of that figure does except they have the art of game.

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Any questions just a comment yeah. um Obviously you talk about distributing the digital version.

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Of the cultural plan and preparation before that meeting, I think that's fantastic. What.

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Would be really interesting as well for anybody who served on that initial group identifying and.

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Being able to discuss what what were the major inputs, where did they come from just so that, as.

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We formula mentioned as a goal with our plan. I think understanding what those imports were.

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And not having create some of those as well. I think I want to have some institutional.

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History on that and the actual plan has actually a list of the listing groups, and all of them are.

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They lists of 60 70 people in the cultural kind of people who participated in one capacity or.

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Another, the singers, so um a lot of those people are still around and might be called upon again.

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And there are a lot of people who weren't called on last time. That would be called upon this time.

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But I think that's a great plan. Hey bro, yes, go ahead, be one of those people still around.

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Us this committee uh electronic version of that as well yeah.

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Good point, too, that of an arts plan, that's a model that would be inspiring that my spotlight.

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uh An approach or our job, it's, I totally agree it's great having ellen and people were part of.

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The 2001 process, but I'm wondering you know what the contemporary you know. Vision is for a plant.

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Like this, so I can reach out to lisa mccoya to new hampshire state council of the arts. There.

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Are several communities in new hampshire who've since the portsmouth one was published in 2002.

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Have accomplished this process and done their own cultural plans, so we can see what exists in new.

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Hampshire and hopefully beyond in other states and other communities, I would encourage anyone.

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Who's sitting on the subcommittee to assist by um if, if you're able to do a little web hunting and.

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Seeing up with something that maybe we don't find, um I didn't do that together other, but.

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There is a group, that's meeting semi-regularly now that lisa burke mccoy is heading up on the.

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People who are going through this process, not just words, nothing or who have gone through.

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The process, so I can talk to her and see what we've got. Thank you, john. Any other questions.

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That I think that they should go to their site and.

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Grannies with americans for the arts a lot here, any state, the police.

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Department- he was very talking about this.

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All right, it's 12, 59 1 o'clock.

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Thank you, everyone for being here today ross. Thank you.