Board Meeting Minutes 7-8-2008
ACE Board Meeting Minutes
July 8th, 2008
Williams Center For the Arts- Rm. 108

       Board Members Present: C. D. Howell, C. Georgiou, M. Legath, M. Riker,
                        B.Thena, A. Kwiatkowski, P. Johnson, B. Gourniak

       Board Members Absent:  P. LaDuca

       Elected Officers Present:  A.Marraccini- ACE President,
                                                   W. Rich- ACE Vice PResident
 
         Meeting called to order at 06:08 PM

Motion by C. Georgiou to accept the board meeting minutes from June 10th, 2008.     Seconded by M. Legath- motion passed.
        
Treasurer’s Report- Account balances as of  June 30th, 2008
                                          Checking-                           $   423.74
                                                   Savings-                              $8,168.38
                                                   Scholarship-                       $3,649.98
              
        Motion by A. Kwiatkowski to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by B. Thena,
        motion passed

No other Officer’s Reports at this time

Board Chair-

Brief discussion and agrement upon the role of the Board Chair as the individual that acts as a liason between the Board and the elected President of ACE. The Board Chair will set the agenda and conduct the Board meetings. In their absence, the Vice Chair will do so. The agenda will be developed by the Board Chair with input from the elected President of ACE.

River Rites Report-

M. Legath recognized B. Thena for his efforts towards the Festival.

B. Thena presented a letter to the Board which was sent to Exit Fast Track Reality in response to their laps in sponsorship payment to towards the Festival.
Clarification was reached in regard to B. Thena representing himself as the Festival Chairperson and not as a member of the Board of ACE.  A review of the letter took place as well as a discussion related to how to proceed should payment not be forth coming.

(It should be noted that thius issue has been resolved as payment has reached ACE. )

Board Elections-
 
      At this time, the Nominees were presented to the Board and their consent to be  
Nominated to serve was received.  Nominees are as follows:

Board Chair                                           Board Vice Chair
Maryann Riker                                     Phyllis Johnson
Christina Georgiou                                Blodwyne Gourniak

Results were as follows: 

Elected Board Chair- Maryann Riker
Elected Board Vice Chair- Phyllis Johnson

C. D. Howell provided the Board with feedback related to the electoral process to be utilized in subsequent elections.

Riverside Festival of the Arts Report-
      P. LaDuca was absent from the meeting due to illness. No report was made.

Scholarship Committee Report-
      No report

Exhibition Committee Report-
               No report

Annual Arts Tour-
 
Marraccini announced that Ken Jones Jr. has volunteered to be the Co-Chair
of this years tour and recognized him for his volunteerism.

              Due to the level of discussion during this meeting, the meeting was unanimously
              called to adjourn at 6:55PM. Next meeting, August 12th- Williams Center for
              the Arts- 6:00 PM


              Respectfully submitted-
              Alice Kwiatkowski- ACE Board Secretary


 
 

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