Arts Commission

MINUTES OF MEETING Middletown Commission on the Arts NOMINATING COMMITTEE Monday, April 10, 2023 12:30 p.m., Middletown, CT Arts Office, Room B11, Municipal Building NOMINATING COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting In attendance: MCA Commissioners: Kate Ten Eyck (secretary), Charlotte McCoid (acting chair), Sandra Russo-Driska Arts & Culture Office Staff: Kisha Michael, Arts Coordinator; Julia Faraci, Admin Sec’y 1. Call to order: 12:37 pm. 2. Public session: no one from the public was present. 3. Approval of agenda: motion to approve agenda by Russo-Driska, seconded by McCoid, approved unanimously. 4. Approval of minutes of previous meeting on 1/12/23: motion to approve minutes by Russo-Driska, seconded by McCoid; approved by McCoid and Ten Eyck, Russo- Driska abstained. 5. Old Business: a. We have a serious problem in that multiple Commissioners terms have already ended, or will end on June 30th, 2023. b. The following Commissioners terms will expire on June 30th: McCoid (D) and Godburn (D) and we have three empty seats. This means we need 5 new commissioners ASAP. c. We need at least two non-Democrat new Commissioners, and three who could be Democrats. 6. New business: a. The committee discussed how to go about finding new Commissioners. A letter will be going out from Kisha to multiple individuals, as well as heads of organizations to gauge interest. Sandra and Kate are also reaching out to some organizations. b. Next Nominating Committee meeting will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 10. 7. Adjournment: Russo-Driska moved that the meeting adjourn at 1:33 p.m.; seconded by McCoid. Respectfully submitted, Kate Ten Eyck, secretary, MCA Nominating Committee