Create Waunakee Committee

VILLAGE OF WAUNAKEE CREATE WAUNAKEE COMMITTEE MEETING Zoom Webinar June 11, 2020 6:00 PM Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Erin Moran called the meeting to order at 6:05 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: Erin Moran, Melanie Trainor-Burton, Katie Lowery, Natasha Lutes, Silvia Guerin, Deb Nies Absent: Mike Moh, Jessica Pagel, Sean Reimer Also Present: Todd Schmidt, Kylie West, Jeff Skoug, Gay Strandemo MINUTES 1 Approve Minutes for May 14, 2020 Motion by Natasha Lutes, Second by Katie Lowery, to approve the minutes from the May 14, 2020 Create Waunakee Committee meeting. Motion Passed. For: 6, Against: 0, Absent: 3 NEW BUSINESS 1 How Can We Harness Creativity During Difficult Societal Events Discussion Only. No Action Taken. Ideas included:  Temporary Chalk paintings throughout city or in specified areas.  Solicit artistic pieces from the community (i.e. pictures of drawings, poetry, writings, chalk creations, window paintings, drawings, positive messages, etc.) RE: Current events and use for social media postings and create a book after.  Horse Parade on Main Street to signify how long people have been waiting for equality.  Community Response Board with weekly changing prompts (i.e. Cindy Chang example)  Incorporate positive messages RE current events into Chalk Walk Celebration 2 CWC Work Group Descriptions Discussion only. No Action Taken. 3 Sub-Committee Project Updates a) Chalk Walk (Jeff & Jessica) – Meeting 6/12 to discuss changes. Most likely just be art portion this year, working with Chamber to incorporate business promotion and participation. b) Live From The Park (Jeff & Katie) – Later start this season (July 14 - August 18) and looking for committee member help with event introductions at concerts. CW will also plan to have a promo table at the events.  c) Culinary Promotion (Deb & Katie) – Letter sent out to gauge interest from local restaurants in various events, will follow up next week if no responses received. d) 150th Anniversary Celebration (Silvia, Todd, Jeff, Sean & Deb) – Letter was drafted to be sent out to local groups who may participate in various activities and letter will be sent out next week. e) Cultural Awareness (Silvia & Natasha) – Working to coordinate 30 minute interview sessions with local residents of various backgrounds on why Waunakee is Home to them, also coordinating with Waunakee Neighborhood Connection to work together on this idea and incorporate their efforts to combat racism in the community. f) Art on Main (Kylie & Mel) – Artists were selected and all pieces were picked up the week of June 1st. Virtual Kick-Off will be on July 2nd via ZOOM. g) Innovation Center Collaborations (Mel, Erin, Natasha & Todd) – No update. Space still unable to be utilized at this time. h) Imagination Celebration (Jess & Sean) – No updates. i) Open Mic Events (Gay & Sean) – Library is working to start some type of regular open mic event with poetry/readings. j) Committee Member Profiles (Erin, Todd & Kylie) – Email was sent to committee members with prompts; Erin is waiting on responses/pictures from committee members. k) WRAP (Kylie & Gay) – No update. Waiting to secure a date at the Library before moving forward with remaining planning. 4 Creative Directory Review Discussion Only. No Action Taken. Follow-up on committee input will be had at a later meeting. 5 Open Discussion on Other Committee Interests and Ideas Discussion Only. No Action Taken. ADJOURN Motion by Silvia Guerin, Second by Katie Lowery, to adjourn at 7:00 P.M. Motion Passed. For: 6, Against: 0, Absent: 3 Respectfully Submitted, ___________________________ Kylie West, Executive Assistant