The meeting will now come to order. So first order of business is the minutes from the previous meeting,
so January's meeting. The secretary's draft of the minutes were sent and distributed and the copy is
in your meeting packet. Are there any corrections to the minutes as distributed? Okay, no corrections.
I move to approve the minutes. Can I get a second?
you. All in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay. Okay minutes are approved. Next we will go over
to the city for the BAC financial report. Jane please. Yeah so I'm Jane Cooper-Smith. I'm standing in
for Holly Warren and Chaz Mottinger tonight and we
Nick Lanford is also here, our CCC project manager, and Nick has the financial update and will deliver
that. Yeah, so basically no changes from last month. As far as I understand, the 2026 grant allotment,
the local income tax figure is still at $130,000. The BUAA zone art grant allotment still stands at
$50,000 and other funds
The emerging artists with professional development figure still stands at 5,000. Great. Thank you. Any
more questions about that? I think pretty straightforward. OK. And then back to the city for any city
updates. Well, as commissioners know, I sent an email message this afternoon that delivered a personnel
update that is not welcome news.
for anyone to let you know that Holly Warren and Chas Moniger are no longer with the city. And I notified
you that I would be helping host your meeting this evening. Unfortunately, I cannot comment on personnel
matters in any kind of detail. I know that's really frustrating. So I just wanted to acknowledge that.
But that's just so that we're following HR policy. We have other items to comment.
to comment on for arts updates. I don't know what's appropriate if you want to. Yeah, we can. We'll
be covering public art, actually, updates. Christina can start with that. I think there's someone waiting
to come into the waiting room. Yeah, I guess, Christina, do you want to start with what you've got?
And then maybe you can join. Yeah. I don't have a lot. It's just, again, update on the convention center.
So where we left off is that we had five finalists for the convention center. They've been notified.
And right now, they are in the process of creating their proposal. And so that is going to be submitted
on April 10. So the plan is that during the month of April, we'll have the proposal submitted, doing
interviews, a few more community feedback sessions. And then we'll make an artist's recommendation
at the end of May, around like the 20th. So that's kind of the status of where we are with the convention
center. So yeah, that's kind of really all I have at the moment. Who will take lead with communication
with those five artists now that Holly's gone?
Well, it was the CIB. It's their project. So they've kind of taken the reins on that. And they've been
doing that. And then they'll kind of bring it highly as needed. But yeah. So should we work that the
CIB will do it? Yeah. I mean, they were doing most of it already. I mean, I guess the further logistics,
those conversations are probably ongoing. But that's kind of how it was already kind of set up. I've
got two questions.
Are you aware if the artists when they were being contacted that, and some of the artists were really
interested in the aesthetic of some of their pieces and others less interested. Not saying that they
should do any of those, but we definitely focused on, wow, this is something that echoes the Bloomington
Did you know if any of that was presented to them or was just simply a blind offer to come?
I'm not aware, actually. And are you aware if any of them have elected to come to Bloomington? There
was some artist meetings made already. I know Holly had met some people. And I know that they have given
the option to come.
Bloomington and have their own kind of organize their own way of like interacting with the community
and then have that be reflected in their proposal. It's more so like highly encouraged but it's not
like you know type of thing. I just wonder it might be an opportunity to chat with them. Yes. Yeah.
Well I know there will be some artists coming like they've
arranged a trip or they have plans to come. I think there was a conversation yesterday. I can't remember
off the top of my head. I think there were details, but I can't remember them. So maybe the city has
more information on that, but I think there are so far a handful, like I think two or three of the finalists
that will be coming here. Well, let's hope that we, you know, an ad hoc group from here
might be able to be on their agenda. Yeah, I think that was the intention. And if I can chime in, I
did see that there was some communication today from an artist group about the site visit. So I know
those conversations are happening. I notified John Weickart, who spoke with Galen Cassidy, who's the
chair of that committee. And they were specifically saying that they wanted
you know, the BAC to be connected and involved. And I think you're already on that group, aren't you?
So just letting you know that I think that that gap will be closed. Great. Yeah, again, with Christina's
help, too. She didn't mean to put your name there. Oh, no, you're fine. Have their names been announced
publicly? Yeah, there was a press release. That's what I was told. But yeah. I didn't see that.
I appreciate it. Well, that was the plan of like, because they weren't being notified the end of last
month, beginning of this month. So it was supposed to be a press release once that happened. I don't
believe that it's happened. I can follow up on that. OK. Jane, do you have anything else to add once you
No, I mean, I just, just from a meeting management perspective. So the city's update, I think Holly
typically would update you guys on what work she's been doing. And instead of that, I offered kind of
a, you know, not very good news. So I don't know if you wanted to consider arranging your agenda such
that public comment could come earlier in your meeting.
if you wanted it to, or if you wanted to pause and if the board had anything that they wanted to say.
I just wanted to offer to make space for that if that's what you might like as the chair. Yeah. I mean,
what do you guys think? Move that forward? OK. Yeah. I think that's totally doable. We could pause.
We won't go into the grants update yet. And then maybe we can, yes.
move to open the floor for public comment first, and then maybe we'll have commissioners chime
in. Technically, you need a motion, a second, and a vote to rearrange the agenda. I move to rearrange
the agenda, as I described. Thank you. Floor open to public comment. If someone wants to say anything,
it's open.
Yeah, hi everyone, Natalie Almanza. I just mostly wanted to come here just to hear that. I heard a lot
of rumors today and wanted to kind of hear that directly from the city or the commission. Obviously,
it's really disappointing to hear that. I know that the city can't comment on the personnel issue much
further, but as a
a staunch arts advocate and someone that worked very closely with both of them. It's really concerning
to see this and knowing the background of what has happened on the commission in the last few months,
it just adds to a lot of concerns that I think I've experienced and that I think I've had other folks
in my orbit also worried about. So I'm just here to hear more. Or I don't know, I don't know if there's any,
any other action plans that can be shared about how any of these projects that are ongoing are going
to keep existing or moving forward. But yeah, that's my comment. Yeah, I can say something. Deb Montanez,
I think that with this loss, and it's a really big loss for the city, most artists really have
come to trust Holly and as an organizer here like I come to trust her and I know stuff is going to happen
and work because of her project management and because of all the outreach that they do with people
on the ground. I'm really worried about what direction the city is going to go into with this and I
think it is bad for public trust.
Any comment? Are we allowed to say anything? Do we have to wait until it's the next thing? No?
I don't know. I would just, I mean, we have the commissioner announcement section, maybe just in that.
Should we ask for any comment online? Yeah. I mean, let's see if there's any. I have a question. Do
the job titles still exist?
It looks like we do have somebody's hand raised. Kale. I'm sorry if I'm pronouncing that wrong. I think
I got it correct. Can you hear me? Yes. Awesome. I just wanted to also state, kind of bounce off of
what Dev and Hannah had said, and say what our offices, Chaz and Holly, have been for the queer community.
in Bloomington and how the intersection of artists and queer and the two great things that make Bloomington
what it is truly will be affected by this decision. I know we can't speak on it further, but I do think
in the interest of public trust and also the trust of all of us that we will want to know more and we
will want to stand behind them.
Thank you for your time. Thank you. I'd like to add a comment, too. I'm Bethany Hallbaker. I worked
with Holly and Chas kind of under Holly and with the RU Arts and Humanities Council. And there were
a lot of collaborative projects between IU and specifically those two people with the city.
And now it's, yeah, I feel like
There's a lot of confusion now, of course, with what's going to happen with all those things. And like
people were saying, the trust in the city and the ability to keep doing what we're doing is definitely
lessened or lost. And I feel like I'm in a spot where I'm not quite sure what is going on with my work
and job other than what I do with the council.
Very confusing. Very confusing. Yeah. I think, yeah, from Zachary. Hello. Thank you all for your time
here. Appreciate you. Just wanting to kind of echo what's been said already as a queer artist here in
town who's had the opportunity, I think, to work
on many projects with both Holly and Chaz and the BAC. That's incredibly disheartening to learn of this
news, not from the BAC, but just from the gossip mill around town. Being somebody who has a current
project ongoing with the BAC with Holly and Chaz, learning about this in the community I think is incredibly
disheartening. And to echo what's already been said, really does.
work to kind of undermine any trust that, you know, we as artists here have with the BAC and with the
city of Bloomington as a whole. Thank you. Okay, any, oh yes. Um, Alan Bully, also a local artist that
has projects and works with Holly and Jaws and
I think I've said publicly a number of times that the Bloomington Arts Commission is a force that makes
Bloomington feel really livable for me. The work that Holly and Chad have done has been exponentially
helpful for me and made me feel welcomed here. And I am really worried given the political nature of
the rumors that
are being widely discussed in discourse online that this is a really dark day for the city of Bloomington,
and I'm afraid that it's no longer gonna feel very safe to be here. My name's Erin Kelly. I work for
the university in research development
in the arts and humanities specifically, a lot of the work that I do right now is focused on economic
development around arts in the city of Wilmington, including a large multi-million dollar grant. And
part of our getting that grant was pointing to public artwork that Holly did and accomplished in the
city and naming her as a partner continuing in that work. I think this will cause most immediately a
lot of reporting problems
for some of the grants that she's involved in. And it will undoubtedly make our partnerships with the
city weaker going forward, at least on paper in a way that I have to sell them to people to get them
to invest in the city. Thank you. Any other comments from the public?
Hi. Can you hear me? Yes. Okay, great. My name is Garrett Walters and I'm a pretty active person here
in town and work with the college and I've done some work with the arts commission in the past and I
guess I just wanted to also
be part of saying that. I think Chas and Holly are two of the most reliable and upstanding and kind
people I have genuinely ever known in my life. And I am so incredibly disappointed with the city's decision
around this. And I fully expect to, yeah, just, I don't know. It feels hard that this issue could just
come and go. Because there's such wonderful people
And I think they've done so much for everybody, and I think they deserve better than that. But yeah,
thank you all for your time. Thank you. We'll just give it a minute or so. If anyone else has anything
to say, please let us know. If not, we'll probably move forward with the agenda.
So I'm not seeing any more hands up online or in person. So let's go ahead and move on to the next part
of the agenda, which is Commissioner comment slash announcements. So the floor is open to you all. Well,
I don't really know what is happening. And I hope that we get some more information at some point. And
I hope that it's
clarified so rumors are what might start to happen to try to keep that at bay. I respect Holly and Chaz
a lot. It's been great to work with them. I have literally no idea what is going on. So I hope that
I'm glad to know that the title is still there and that we'll have some leadership at some point.
I know decisions are hard to make, but they've been fantastic to work with for me as a commissioner.
Over my career in the arts, I've sat at lots of committee tables and academic environments, art environments,
collaborative environments. And I must say, Holly brings, and I
Well, she's just incredibly ebullient and enabling and a force that's so incredibly positive and focused.
And I rarely run into that, to that extent, from leadership. So I just really want to acknowledge her
gifts. I read about this at 3.30 today.
having that time to really digest this. I just want to put it on the table, an incredible force for
good and for the arts. As somebody who also worked closely with Holly and Chas on multiple public art
projects over the last few years, again, to continue to echo how deeply disheartening and disappointing
and shocking
this was to hear. And I will also want to just say, I'm very grateful for Chas and Holly and the work
that they've done. And I mean, just seeing what had the changes that have been made in the arts community
over the past couple of years have, or just as they've been here, just drastic, just a lot of changes,
a lot of great improvements.
and to be able to see, again, like Holly's leadership, to look up to her as, I've learned a lot from
her, just watching her move, just observing her. And so seeing how she handles conversations, handles
tough conversations, how she's not afraid to speak up of what is, just advocating for artists, advocating
for arts organizations, saying the truth, best practices, best practices. So she's changed a lot.
and implemented a lot in her leadership. I'm just very, very grateful for that. I mean, I'm echoing
a lot of what's being said, but I just want to say that out loud. It is a huge loss, a huge loss. So
I just continue to say, also echo, just like these projects that are in the works, that we continue
to have leadership, organization towards those things and not let these things fall.
because they're very important to the community. I want to add, endorse and add to the things that have
already been said. Thank you all very much. One thing that I think hasn't been mentioned yet is how
well Hallie has worked to make the commission effective, or the commission is much more effective than
when I started, and it was already pretty good.
There's a kind of infrastructure and a kind of community that didn't exist before among the commissioners
and the people that the commissioners interact with. And both Holly and Chas have been remarkable and,
as has been said, the law system.
I will first acknowledge, I think, the comments that have been said. I think it's very clear that there's
a lot of concern about the future, which I think is absolutely valid. I think there are no questions
that Holly and Chas were forces in the community and were both very competent and worked very well to
build and create.
And I think the things I would add to what has already been said is the deep sense of caring that they
both had. They both cared very, very deeply about arts and the community here and what the arts mean
to the community here. And yeah, I'm at the start of another three-year cycle here, and it's kind of
like it's just really sad that they won't be sitting across from us. Yeah, I'm very surprised and saddened
by that. Yeah, and I want to say, from everyone in person sitting at this table, I am the newest member
in the commission, and so I've been here for a year.
and I remember when I first joined and I went on my first Friday walk with Holly and I actually went
to a gallery and I met Chaz and something that amazed me about both of them is how well connected they
were with the community. They know everybody and everyone really loves them and trusts them and I think
that stood out to me so much. So I think that, you know, just added to everything that everyone has
mentioned about them was something that I've
thought was a really special part of this commission and of the work they were doing. I think for me,
someone who maybe hasn't been at the city long enough and doesn't understand maybe the history of how
things have gone with the city. But what I see in my year that I've been here is there's a really alarming
and concerning kind of way the city has been moving without much care or like with fear is what it looks
like to me. And I think that's something we all have to be concerned about.
And as like the new chair that I'm really concerned about is what direction are we moving in as a city?
And like, is it going to be helping us or is it going to be hurting us in the future? So that's something
that I'm sitting with. You know, I really was looking forward to working with Holly and Chaz in my tenure
as chair. So it's hard to,
come to terms with but I'm glad at least we have some really amazing people on the commission and I
hope that we honestly can get some answers and can get some clarification and I wish Holly and Chas
the best and better than what they were given so. Thank you commissioners for your comments. If I may
it seems to me that what I've heard also indicates
among the commission and among people here from the community, a resolve to keep on with the good work
that's been done. To say, yes, this is a sad one. We've got some big things ahead. Let's do them well.
Yeah, definitely. Does anyone have any unrelated announcements or things they want to share?
Who should we direct our concerns, comments, questions to now? If I may, the BAC address is alive and
well. In the interim period, you can address anything to me, and I will run triage on it. In this period,
I just want to say I share, Christina, you articulated it really well, but I share the desire to make sure
the varied, numerous, and complex projects stay on track. And I think that I will also just ask for,
I don't know, grace is overused, but your understanding as we're trying to work to launch the grant
programs and everything that, you know, they have really great systems for, and they're not doing it.
So we're gonna try to do our best to keep everything
on track and just honor the ethos, the spirit under which they were driving this arts program forward.
I have a question. If people come to us and say, I have a, I'm expecting a grant. Will I still be getting
that grant? How should we respond? Yes. I mean, everything is.
There's nothing, there's no change in the program. There is no, this was a personnel matter. It's not
like a program is being changed or defunded. The city remains committed to the arts and I just appreciate
everyone talking about trust. And I'm, you know, I'm hearing that and I know that's going to be a long
road. So just acknowledging that, but there's, there's no, no change in the city's priority of, of having
an arts forward.
community, it just might take us a minute to get details. I can say I did just issue a round of arts
grants payments two weeks ago. So I think that we're current on everything that has been obligated,
but I don't know when the grant subcommittee meets. We can run some kind of report on that and provide
more information. But yeah, everyone who's
received an award, we'll get it. And the funding is there. Let's move on to update on the grant subcommittee,
Gerard and Paul. Sure. So the first item that we have is the proposed grant cycle dates, which
Again, these were developed. These have not yet been approved. These are tentative. And we're also,
I think, created before the news of today happened. So there might be a little bit of flexibility here.
Jane, if you have the meeting materials, yes, the grants timeline.
Yes, so this is just a rough outline we put together and we're gonna sort of discuss and it follows
very similarly what we've done in past years, starting a little bit later, like a week or two later,
but I think maybe
The key change here is trying to extend the amount of time between when the announcement goes out and
when the expectation for disbursement. I think we learned this past year that that process is just taking
a little bit longer. And so I think being realistic and transparent to the artists and arts organizations,
just wanted to build in a little bit more time there. And yeah, I guess,
Jane, that's something we'll be talking about if those timelines are still realistic. Yeah, so Arts
Project Grant, we're looking to sort of, I think, announce the cycle as soon as possible and then launch
that here in a couple weeks. And then, yeah, the windows are open for six weeks, six weeks for review and then,
Announcement and disbursement. Two other quick things I'll just quickly note are, you know, end of May
is when the artistic advancement grant would, is when that cycle would start. Pretty soon after, actually
maybe even the same day as the arts project announcement. So yeah, these cycles are kind of coming one
after another. And then the operations,
Grant window would start in mid-August. Again, sort of right when those artistic advancements announcements
go out. With the goal of hopefully having the windows and the review process, I think, could you scroll
up just a touch? Yeah, with a lot of the sort of like decisions and packages sort of all set by early
November, so that hopefully all funds are dispersed by the end of the year.
So that's the general idea. Over the last couple of years, there's been a progressive refinement as
to what the call is about. And so are you pretty happy with how it's sort of stabilized?
Because there's always discussing the number of grants, the quality, changing criteria subtly. Yeah.
So actually, I think that transitions us really nicely into the next point, which is Paul and I spent
a bit of time over the last week or so. I think Paul doing a lot of the heavy lifting there, thinking
about the arts project grants specifically, and the language and the criteria.
And so, yeah, I think Paul and I developed something even more refined. And if you wouldn't mind going
to, or back to the materials, or maybe Artie? Yes, and polling of the arts project details. Great. And
actually, could you, yeah, go down?
Okay, cool. So yeah, so again, these are all in the materials as well for the meeting. But yeah, so
this is sort of like this, this part of the document outlines the eligibility criteria, which is similar
in past years. There are two things that we're proposing that we change. One is that not doing retroactive
reimbursements, but kind of like thinking of like,
a defined period for when project costs are. And so that would be sort of like July 1 of this year through
June 30 of next year. Because I think we realized that while the bulk of the projects we fund are one-offs,
there are some that are kind of cyclical. And so I think we just wanted to acknowledge those in these
eligibility criteria.
but still keep the expenses sort of like limited to, you know, the funds of a specific grant period.
And then another thing that I think we had kind of been working through in our meetings, but I don't
think I'd like sort of formally acknowledge was like, you know, acknowledging the students, you know,
we want to, like we see students as definitely like valuable members of the arts community here. And
we want to support the public facing work that they're doing, but we,
wanted to acknowledge that we are not going to fund specific things related to their studies or thesis
projects. But if they are doing public art or want to do a public project, that would welcome that.
And then, Paul, do you want to talk a little bit about the specific, I think, rubric questions that
we developed? The rubric questions in the past were somewhat scattered and overlapping and had gaps.
So we moved them into two categories, one of which has to do with engagement and impact and distilled
into the ones you see. In addition, we thought about the question of what used to be called sufficiency.
Or operational capacity. Operational capacity and figured out what we really were asking about.
are people who are applying here, have they made a plan that will make things work? And so there are
questions about the plan and other aspects that they're responding to when they make the application.
So basically, we're trying to sharpen the sense of what the plans are for and then really sharpen the
sense of what makes a good strong proposal for it
completed in the post-project. Yep. And I'll add that what we're looking at here is the language that
is, when someone's applying for the Arts Project Grant, there's like a link, they click, and they sort
of get these guidelines. And the same sort of like guidelines that they're getting, that will exactly
word for word match the rubric that we have. Which, yeah, again, that wasn't
as clear in years past, but we're really trying to sharpen that. I think to emphasize the importance
of being sure that the applicants know exactly what the criteria are, and so that the reviewers have
a good sense of what criteria they're to apply. So alignment here has been a major focus. Great. Yeah. So this.
has also resulted in some changes to the application questions, which Nick, those are a bit further
down. A lot of the things are the same. The yellow highlights are, I think, there. Those are just sort
of like slight tweaks to, I think, dates. I think that's what's changed. And just being more specific
and asking sort of like if they received funding.
And then we're looking to chunk sort of all the like contact and sort of like just like yes, those questions.
And then basically asking community impact and engagement questions like chunked right off the bat that
connect directly to the criteria. And then even further down toward the end is when it gets
to the implementation questions.
So there should be, as a review was a reading, it should flow really nicely with the rubric that we'll
have. So we were able to do this for Arts Project Grant. I think what we were working on was sort of
like getting this info as soon as we can so that
So that Cindy can sort of build out the application and get that ready. And then we'll continue working
on the artistic advancement and operations and do a similar thing. I think we try to keep as much as
we can, but just maybe reorder a couple things and make a couple changes. There was an item earlier
up where you were
requesting the applicant to list prior awards from the city from 2023 onwards. What was the purpose
of that? Is that for equity reasons or? You've always asked if they've received past city support. I
think just, that does not weigh into whether or not they get funding. I think it's just sort of
for data. Is this a group that we've continually supported? Yeah. I think it would be good to know,
too, because it'll give you information about whether our funding is impacting the community and giving
out funds. Yeah, it's just good to know. Or if they owe us a grant report. We haven't heard from you.
Thank you. Yeah, that's great. Awesome. This looks amazing. Thank you for doing that work. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Jane, Paul, and I will be in touch about the next steps for this. Yeah. And I just emailed IT
to find out where the application is in terms of it's being built. So yeah. Now, did you learn any new stuff?
Did you need anything from us in terms of editing or comments specifically on the document, or do you
feel? I think just comments and notes. We hadn't been able to get quorum for a grant subcommittee meeting.
But we realized we were kind of up against a deadline here. So I think just wanted to present here at
the meeting, get some feedback, and then get moving with the arts project stuff as soon as possible.
I'll communicate with you.
how far along that application is in more detail about when, how close we can get to this timeline.
I hope we can be pretty close. Thanks for creating this clarity in the document. Yeah, great job. That
looks really good. Thanks, yeah. I'll give another shout out to Paul for doing a lot of the like, us
on the rubric side.
of like mental thoughts into that. He's got to just, yeah. Yeah, I think it'll help a lot with going
over the applications and having a clear idea. And when we discuss, we'll have a better idea of how
to talk about things. It just makes it easier. When would you like us to, I guess, do you have thoughts
about when you would like us to submit our final comments or edits or something?
Probably by the end of this week, if you have any, just because on that arts project grant, like, yeah,
we're getting going on that. Definitely. On the document itself is OK? Email or on? Actually, email
is probably best. Sounds good. I mean, it looked pretty good to me.
I think we would welcome any suggestions that you have. OK. Thank you. Oh, yes. I had one more announcement
for public art. I realized I forgot. So we actually have a public art subcommittee meeting scheduled
for this Friday because of recent changes. And it was basically just kind of setting the stage of what
we want to focus on this year. So because of recent changes, I think it would be best
possibly reschedule or maybe pause for a second, but I wanted to think over email regarding that, so
I just wanted to say that out loud. Thank you. OK. Thanks, Christina. If I could say it real quick,
maybe this is already known to the commission, but I did speak to our capital projects manager, Anna
Dragovich, who's dealing with Hopewell, running John Racik's undulate piece. My understanding is he's
speaking to a concrete contractor right now. That's yet to be scheduled, but once that happens, concrete will take
four weeks to cure, and that will dictate the timeline that follows. Great. Look forward to seeing that
implemented. And building is going on around it. OK. I think nothing else. So we can move on from your
chair, so me. We have two things.
to cover or that I wanted to talk about. So Gerard asked me to put the vote on the strategic goals for
2026-2028 on the agenda. Thank you for your work on that, folks who were part of that. And I think the
final draft was shared in the meeting materials. So if you guys are ready to vote, we can do that. So
I move to vote on the strategic goals for the BAC 2026-2028. Can I get a second? Second. Thank you.
Okay, those in favor say aye. Aye. Okay, those opposed say nay. Okay, great. So the strategic goals
for 2026-2028 are approved and I guess if they will live anywhere on the website, maybe we can figure
that part out. Replace the old ones. Yeah, so maybe we can get those replaced.
Meanwhile, there is another thing I wanted to bring up. So just sort of logistics on meetings. So I
will not be available for our meeting that's scheduled April 9th, I think, April 8th or 9th. And I believe,
Rob, you're going to be out, right? Yeah, I got to be in both of them. Yeah.
Because of that, I wanted to just bring it to the commission to see what we would like to do in terms
of like running the meeting, canceling it, or rescheduling the meeting. I missed the first part of that.
For what meeting? Oh, April. Yeah, the April 2026 meeting. So not March, but April. And quorum is six.
So we'd have to have six people that are going to be here. Um, and then someone willing to run the meeting or
I was told we could reschedule as long as the public has 48 hours in advance, which they definitely
do. We could reschedule or if we feel like we can get away with canceling, we can cancel. But just wanted
to see what precedence is for this. Do you think we can get a forum? I don't know. I think when I've
had the Miss meetings in the past, I think we have moved forward with
Like having the meeting if we have quorum. And I think either Christina or one of us community chairs
let the meeting. And then if we don't have quorum, then yeah, the meeting gets canceled. And I can leave
that meeting. Does online participation count? Not to a quorum. Not as quorum.
It's welcome if you can't make it, but yeah, it doesn't count to a quorum, unfortunately. I guess this
is another plug for if you know you'll be here or not here, it would be really helpful if people fill
out the attendance sheet so that we can gauge what quorum will be. So we're not sitting at this table
waiting to cancel. So that would really be appreciative in general. OK, so we'll move with that then.
Maybe when we get closer to April, we can decide. But if you're happy to do it, Gerard, I guess it wouldn't
be too long since you've used to do it. So maybe you're the best for the job. All right. Well, thank
you for humoring me on that. That's all I had for. Can I ask one clarifying question? So the strategic
goals, those are replacing the 2020 to 2025 strategic plan currently. Correct.
Thank you. Yeah. There were like two things, weren't there, on the website? Was this replacing both
or just? We did the goals, the new strategic goals. OK. Yeah. I mean, this is something that we can,
Jane, we can work through later. But on the BIC web page, there's our mission statement or whatever.
We kind of tweaked that a little bit so we can. Oh, yeah. Right. Yeah. But I can send you some questions on that.
But yeah, that was it. OK, good. So I think it's combined both of those things in a much more succinct
and clear message. OK, great. All right, so now the last thing on our agenda is upcoming events and
important dates. So we've got some things coming up in the next few months.
so exciting things happening in Bloomington. If you have any events that you don't see up on here, please
do add them because we love to be informed and hopefully some of us can be attending some of these things.
Anything come to mind for anyone that's not up here right now? I know ACE is having their 50th anniversary
of the African American Choral Ensemble on the 21st.
Of April. Of April, right? No. There's a Black History Month, like February. It's just like they're
getting all their alumni, whoever been part of ACE, it's like a whole concert on the 21st. Oh, OK. For
Black History Month. This is like the normal April concert? Yes, outside of it. February 21st? Yes.
Any other things? I haven't done it yet, but if you have it open, you can. Too many tabs right now,
so I was just gonna write it down. Yeah, it's just February 21st at the Musical Arts Center.
OK. If you think of anything, obviously, please feel free to populate the Google Sheet as you know of it.
We're able to make as many of these as we can if you're interested. I think that's it. So if there's
no further business, I move to adjourn the meeting. And I second it. Thank you. I mean, you have to
ask. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay.