Create Waunakee Committee

VILLAGE OF WAUNAKEE CREATE WAUNAKEE COMMITTEE MEETING ZOOM Webinar May 14, 2020 6:00 PM Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Erin Moran called the meeting to order at 6:03 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: Erin Moran, Melanie Trainor-Burton, Katie Lowery, Natasha Lutes, Jessica Pagel, Sean Reimer, Silvia Guerin Absent: Deb Nies, Mike Moh Also Present: Todd Schmidt, Kylie West, Jeff Skoug, Gay Strandemo, Nick Mischler, Kathy Bartling, Kevin Laffey MINUTES 1 Approve Minutes from April 9, 2020 Motion by Natasha Lutes, Second by Katie Lowery, to approve the minutes from the April 9, 2020 Create Waunakee Committee meeting. Motion Passed. For: 7, Against: 0, Absent: 2 PRESENTATIONS 1 Presentation By Nick Mischler RE Waunakee Sculpture Committee Presentation by Nick Mischler, Kathy Bartling and Kevin Laffey regarding the sculpture at Waunakee High school with video, photo and discussion. They had 12 Members on their committee; school students helped design the sculpture along with artist Michael Kalisch and they used help from many different sources for the $200,000.00+ project that took over 5 years from start to finish. Would be interested in helping with any future public sculpture plans the committee would want to look into. OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS 1 Sub-Committee Project Updates No Motion. Discussion Only. Members gave updates to rest of the committee on the following projects: Chalk Walk - August 19 is tentative date. Hoping to have meeting mid-June to determine status. Live from the Park – In holding path but bands/vendors are booked, just waiting to see how timing looks. Culinary Promotion – Brainstormed Ideas for events and are sending email to local restaurants to gauge their interest in those ideas. Cultural Awareness – Working on holding live interview/Q&A sessions with local residents from different backgrounds about what makes Waunakee Home and about their culture. Committee Member Bios – Plan is to have all committee members on the website. Asked members to respond to the email sent RE questions for bio. Will be sending out the information to members who did not receive it.  Innovation Center Collaboration –Had been planning to have 2 events per month but couldn’t start due to COVID. They are working with area businesses and could address tours of the facility after June 30. Can work together in future when things are open. 150th Celebration – Letter going to all groups that would potentially want to be a part of the effort to indicate Create Waunakee’s potential role in the event and garner interest. Imagination Celebration – Will be reaching out to previous leaders from this event and gauge interest in helping again. Planning for this takes 6 months or more, so timing is still to be determined. WRAP – Cancelled and will hold live event in the next years WRAP program. Art on Main – Applications open, Butterflies done, asking for help pushing this information out. Open Mic Sessions – working to coordinate stories/poems/literature readings through Library, possibly have COVID related ones. 2 Discussion on Live Performance/Demonstration ideas for Create Waunakee Entertainment Breaks Discussion only. No action taken. Ideas included:  Dance School performance  Martial Arts – Mike Moh/Moh’s Martial Arts  Magician/Juggling Act 3 Open Discussion on Other Committee Interests & Ideas Discussion only. No action taken. Ideas included:  Showcasing creative business/people like the ones mentioned in the CEI video: o Lone Girl/Octopi – Demos of how they being to come up with and create different beers o Susan Gardner – Demo her kits she gives away o Guilty Café – Cookie Decorating o Rock Painting Demo – Jess Pagel o Jewelry Demo – Natasha Lutes  Using students to do videos and interviews – little kids talking big business ADJOURN Motion by Natasha Lutes, Second by Katie Lowery, to adjourn at 7:28 P.M. Motion Passed. For: 7, Against: 0, Absent: 2 Respectfully Submitted, _____________________________________ Kylie West, Executive Assistant