DATES TO REMEMBER
Monday, February 19, 2024 – MEMBERSHIP MEETING at Fields United Methodist Church, 34077 Lorain Rd, North Ridgeville at 6:00 p.m.
Attendance: Ludina Mills, Nancy Gavin, Betty Lou Palmer, Julie Bajda, Cindy Naprestek, Kathy Reece.
Meeting was called to order by President, Ludina Mills
Treasurer’s Report: Our balance on hand is $6,785,17.
Correspondence: Two correspondences from November were read. The North Ridgeville High School Board of Education and the North Ridgeville High School Drama club both thanked us for the donation of $200.
Scholarships: Discussion was held to look over and update the Scholarship forms. Everyone agreed to continue this for 2024. Ludina will talk to Georgann.
Corn Festival: Betty reported that it will be time to mail out the contracts to crafters in early February. She will get the new contracts printed. Discussion was made to raise the table fees from $75 to $100. We cannot do that at this time because our rental fees are sent out to the state in the fall. If we want to change the fees it will need to be done in September.
Arts In The Park: Ludina has been corresponding with DeAndre Nixon from In Education. He is heading up this project and has several food trucks lined up. Arts Council will have the main tent with several tables with craft projects. He likes our idea to work with the library in having students make their own badges and Georgann and Cindy have been discussing different things for the children to make at each table. Julie Bajda could also promote her new book and read to the children.
Ludina will be sending a letter out to our art and music teachers again this year to see if anyone is interested in having a speaker come to their classrooms that we can help pay for. It was also suggested that we ask the teachers if they would like to have their student’s art be shown at the North Ridgeville Public Library. Our members could help collect and display the art for the teachers. Ludina will first talk to the library director. The North Ridgeville Library will be getting a new director February 1st and we will see if she is willing to let us put the art up. We might have to wait until their construction is done.
Program Ideas: If anyone has an idea for a program for our meetings please let us know.
Check out our website, www.ridgevilleartscouncil.wordpress.com. Thank you to our member, Mark Madere of SpectraLight Photography and Design, who created our website and keeps it up to date.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Beth Bogner – Secretary