Saturday Mar 26: iCreate meeting

...11 am at the Shaffer Hotel, #Mountainair, for the record and in case you missed earlier announcements 

Presumably adequate reminders have sent by, whether or not to the extended list, I cannot say. If so, then advance apologies but not regret if I send this link around as reminder, brief catch up and agenda. Meeting are open: visitors always welcome to join us. 

I included points from the agenda notes in "Coming up this week end in Mountainair" post on Mountainair Announcements.  This version is more developed. There is, however, no guarantee (little likelihood for that matter) that the meeting will follow the order below:

Announcements

• Joan Page will be moving this summer and stepping down from the board at that time or sooner
• Scott Remmich has offered to write the Scotts Miracle Grow grant that I sent information on for the community garden, blog post waiting in the wings. The deadline is a March 31 EST.
• iCreate will be publishing an anthology of poetry in memory of Merris Atman. Submission deadline is May 24, 2011. Limited calls and out to Poetry in the Schools program and other interested parties with the wider general scheduled for April 1 to coincide with the beginning of National Poetry Month 2011

Reports

• Minutes of February meeting
• Treasurer's Report
• Poetry project: call for poems to publish online; offering hard copy printed on demand if interest warrants 
• Meeting with Ben Steinlage Saturday March 12 before about update on poetry project, specifically information ~ costs, options, etc ~ on producing a print version of the anthology
• Community Garden (if available, otherwise wait until I comb through my emails and post a separate report here. As a general rule, garden updates, reports and announcements are posted separate from iCreate
• Weekly Jam Sessions
• Grant spending update: 2 earned guitars and recitals (approx $100/each)

Old Business

• May 20 concert at Off Center Arts: nine performers have been lined
• 2010 annual report

New Business

• Come up with a catchy name for concert
• Discuss and vote on whether or not to renew MMAC membership
• New board member to replace Joan Page

Not really on agenda but mentioned and could come up:

• Participation in mentoring program, Anne Ravenstone, MES
• Joint project with arts council to offer program to help fill after school gap