Cultural and Arts Advisory Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:	Monday, January 20, 2020
Time:	7:00 P.m. - 8:00 P.m.
Location:	Tecumseh Town Hall - Sandwich South Room 917 Lesperance Road Tecumseh, ON N8N 1W9

Present:

• Councillor, Bill Altenhof
• Chair, Rhonda Dupuis
• Member, Marian Drouillard
• Member, Dwayne Ellis
• Member, Manmander Matharu
• Member, Christopher McNamara
• Member, Rita Ossington
• Member, Jelena Ristic
• Member, Kyrsten Solcz

Absent:

• Member, Betty Lee-Daigle
• Vice-Chair, Charles Gray

Also Present:

• Manager Committee & Community Services, Christina Hebert

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A.

Call to Order

The Manager Committee & Community Services calls the meeting to order at 7:08 pm.

B.

Roll Call

1.

Election of Chair and Vice Chair

The Manager Committee & Community Services opens the floor to nominations for Chair and Vice Chair for the Cultural & Arts Advisory Committee, for a one (1) year term, ending December 31, 2020.

• Motion: CAAC - 1/20
  Moved By Chair Rhonda Dupuis
  Seconded By Member Rita Ossington

  That Member Charles Gray be appointed Chair of the Cultural & Arts Advisory Committee for the Town of Tecumseh for a one (1) year term, ending December 31, 2020.

  Carried
• Motion: CAAC - 2/20
  Moved By Member Dwayne Ellis
  Seconded By Member Christopher McNamara

  That Member Marian Drouillard be appointed Vice-Chair of the Cultural & Arts Advisory Committee for the Town of Tecumseh for a one (1) year term, ending December 31, 2020.

  Carried

C.

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest

D.

Delegations

None.

E.

Communications

1.

Cultural and Arts Advisory Committee Minutes - November 25, 2019

• Motion: CAAC - 3/20
  Moved By Chair Rhonda Dupuis
  Seconded By Member Jelena Ristic

  That the minutes of the November 25, 2019 meeting of the Cultural and Arts Advisory Committee as were duplicated and delivered to the members, be adopted.

  Carried

2.

Cultural and Arts Advisory Committee Terms of Reference

3.

Procedural By-Law No. 2017-62

4.

Cultural and Arts Advisory Committee 2020 Budget

• Motion: CAAC - 4/20
  Moved By Chair Rhonda Dupuis
  Seconded By Member Jelena Ristic

  That Communications - For Information 2 through 4 as listed on the Monday, January 20, 2020 Cultural and Arts Advisory Committee Agenda be received.

  Carried

F.

Reports

None.

G.

Unfinished Business

1.

2020 Project Initiatives

1. Soirée Coffee House

2. Culture Days

3. Cultural and Arts Survey 2020

A brief overview of the annual Soirée Coffee House event is provided for the benefit of the new Members.

The Members concur with scheduling the event on the first Friday in May, consistent with previous years.

Discussion ensues regarding the 2020 theme for Culture Days and ways to enhance the event with various participating locations and/or more than one day of activities. The Members will begin brainstorming ideas.

It is recommended that focused questions be utilized on the cultural and arts survey to endeavour to understand what types of initiatives and events are of interest to the community. The Members commit to developing specific questions for discussion at the next meeting.

• Motion: CAAC - 5/20
  Moved By Member Christopher McNamara
  Seconded By Member Dwayne Ellis

  That direction be given to the Manager Committee & Community Services to proceed with coordinating the annual Soirée Coffee House to be held at l'Essor High School on the first Friday in May, subject to availability.

  Carried

H.

New Business

None.

I.

Next Meeting

February 24, 2020

J.

Adjournment

• Motion: CAAC - 6/20
  Moved By Member Christopher McNamara
  Seconded By Member Rita Ossington

  ​That there being no further business, the Monday, January 20, 2020 meeting of the Cultural and Arts Advisory Committee be adjourned at 8:09 pm.

  Carried