ACT

1. Charlene, Wendy and Dawn agreed to work at the Business Expo ACT Booth representing Arts and Culture. Laura will create a post card size handout with the summer concert series and fundraising event dates to pass out at the Expo.

2. Reviewed final version of letter that Sherry Sweetnam has been working on to mail out to area Chambers of Commerce, Cities and Lion's Clubs. We discussed using a 30 mile radius. Jeff Lundquist had volunteered to get the names/addresses for Sherry.

4. Discussed the Central MN Arts Board grant application that was rejected on a technicality. A big thanks to Dawn Schaefer Stumpf for her excellent work on this grant. It will be ready to submit again the next round. A discussion regarding funding the summer concert series. Corporate sponsorships by area business will be explored to underwrite the cost of each concert for 2006. Two fundraisers are currently being worked on: Garden Tour July 8 and Dinner/Dance/Silent Auction August 5.

5. Ed brought to the meeting questions regarding the wording in the Portable Performance Stage policy/contract. Pioneer Park had encountered questions regarding the "maintenance fee" of $50 per hour. Discussion was held that this language does not explain the fee as clearly as it could. Ed suggested that for groups within the city limits perhaps the rental fee should reflect also the $50 per hour set-up/take-down (which is in essence the "maintenance fee") to avoid confusion. His point was that events with-in the city limits would not have fee's that would exceed one hour of time and so to combine the two dollar amounts would seem simpler. Ed agreed to meet with Mark Casey at the City of Annandale to discuss. All agreed that the stage was worth renting. Ed commented how well the stage worked for the events at Pioneer Park.

7. A presentation was given by Loren Bartelt of Kingdom Sound and Lighting. This company has owned and rented out a portable performance stage similar to ours. He gathered information from us on our needs and will put together a few potential speaker/sound system packages to consider. Loren can be reached at 952-894-0871 if you have questions. Sound systems will range from $500-4,000.

8. The concert dates/groups/time has been given to Chuck Sterling at the Advocate. Don Gadow is willing to write articles about the groups to submit to the paper prior to each performance. Dawn Schaefer will send information to Don Gadow regarding each group so he can begin. The Advocate is willing to do an article in the Summer Guide about ACT and the Portable Stage/Summer Concerts.