Create Waunakee Committee

VILLAGE OF WAUNAKEE CREATE WAUNAKEE COMMITTEE MEETING Zoom Webinar August 13, 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, Jessica Pagel, Joel Lewis Absent: Natasha Lutes, Silvia Guerin, Deb Nies, Sean Reimer Also Present: Todd Schmidt, Kylie West, Jeff Skoug, Gay Strandemo MINUTES 1 Approve Minutes for July 9, 2020 Motion by Katie Lowery, Second by Jess Pagel, to approve the minutes from the July 9, 2020 Create Waunakee Committee meeting. Motion Passed. For: 5, Against: 0, Absent: 4 PRESENTATIONS NEW BUSINESS 1 New Member Welcome Committee members introduced themselves and welcomed Joel Lewis to the committee. Discussion only. No action taken. 2 Sub-Committee Project Updates a) Be the Change Wall (Todd & Joel) – Opinions on the wall from the community have been mixed, looking into possibly turning it into a mural with DAMA (Dane Arts Mural Arts) or other local artists, but want to continue making it a discussion piece, possibly with chalkboard pieces still involved within mural. Going to do interview with WISC3 on impact of wall. b) Chalk Walk (Jeff & Jessica) – 30 groups signed up, Create Waunakee will promo the event more – 5 businesses have committed to letting people create in front of their businesses. Create Waunakee Committee members are judging the art for awards. c) Live From The Park (Jeff & Katie) – No update. Cancelled for summer. d) Culinary Promotion (Deb & Katie) – No update. e) 150th Anniversary Celebration (Silvia, Todd, Jeff, Sean & Deb) – Community partners met and discussed plans and ideas at the end of July and will continue to  meet monthly. Create Waunakee will help promote events and help coordinate scheduling of events to ensure no duplications or overlaps. Todd working with Univer-city – Looking to have UW Native Nations Working Group / Nelson Institute establish appropriate strategy and honorable programming to recognize and raise awareness of Native American culture and history in the Waunakee area as part of the Village’s 150th anniversary. f) Cultural Awareness (Silvia & Natasha) – Working on Waunakee is Home series, first went very well. Working to line up guests through April, and working to involve community kids in preparing videos. Also working with WNC on Building Connections Series with the Library. g) Art on Main (Kylie & Mel) – Auction will be online this year, working to have that up and promoted by next week and auction will be live through the end of September. Kylie and Mel to coordinate on plaque details. h) Innovation Center Collaborations (Mel, Erin, Natasha & Todd) – On Hold, but have a good group of community members ready and willing to help with this work group. i) Imagination Celebration (Jess & Sean) – Todd working to gather old committee members to begin arranging a work group for this to hopefully hold the event in 2021 during the 150th. j) Open Mic Events (Gay & Sean) – Working to get more Entertainment Breaks focusing on different types of art and creativity, next one is photography with Rona Neri. Covid Conversations through library are going well, wants to work on offering poetry and other short 10 minute slot options for community participation. k) Committee Member Profiles (Erin, Todd & Kylie) – Erin waiting on a couple more bios from committee members and they will get posted to social media. l) WRAP (Kylie & Gay) – New dates offering both Virtual and in-person options have been scheduled for May 2021 at the Waunakee Public Library. 3 Open Discussion on Other Committee Interests and Ideas - Village is working to hide Geocaches throughout Village in various historical and creative locations. Total of 10 being hidden. (Kylie re-check all current Village hidden ones) - Podcast or Video series to promote creative business could be started ADJOURN Motion by Katie Lowery, Second by Erin, to adjourn at 7:14 P.M. Motion Passed. For:5, Against:0, Absent: 4 Respectfully Submitted, ___________________________ Kylie West, Executive Assistant