MCCI Board Meeting

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Thursday, March 20, 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm
MCTV
A meeting of the MCCI Board

Meeting of MCCI Board

Members: (Quorum)

• Absent: Dana Faldasz, President
• Absent: Karen Siwicki, Treasurer
• Absent: Liz Walber

Also Present:

• Dean Garvin
• Deirdre Pleasant

See original Agenda Draft Minutes * * *

Meeting opened: 6:08 PM

Meeting closed: 7:30 PM

0. Meeting Preliminaries

   • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

   • Minutes Approved: Thu, Feb 27 - MCCI Board Meeting

1. Administrative Business

   • 1: Treasurer's Report

     General Discussion...
     Potentially moving capital around to an account that builds interest faster.

     MOTION, moved by Liz Walber, seconded by Dana Faldasz: To approve budget line Quickbooks desktop for Karen for one year. Attaching previous discussion. .

     Pass: Aye: Dana Faldasz, Liz Walber. Abstain: Karen Siwicki.

     1. MCCI_2025_Balance_Sheet_March_2025.pdf
     2. MCCI_2025_Capital_Equipment_Report_March_2025.pdf
     3. MCCI_2025_PL_Budget_vs-_Actual_March_2025.pdf
     4. MCCI_2025_Restricted_Capital_Equip-_March_2025.pdf
     5. Gmail_-_Budget_Change_Quickbooks.pdf - Email Quickbooks discussion

   • 2: Staff / Equipment Report

     1. MCTV_Staff_Report_2-28-25_thru__3-20-25.pdf

2. Old Business

   • 1: Local Interviews

     General Discussion...
     Waterway Arts, Great Falls Harvest

   • 2: MCCI/Comcast/Town Contract

     General Discussion...
     No news

   • 3: Brick House Programming

3. Fundraising Ideas

   • Mass Cultural Council Grant - Operating Grants for Organizations

   • MassAccess Community Media Grant - massaccess.org/our-grant - Not applicable

     General Discussion...
     Remove from agenda

   • RiverCulture

4. New Business

   • Cultural Facilities Fund - Last round: Application Opens: October 10, 2024 Info Session: October 22, 2024 Application Deadline: December 19, 2024 Award Notifications: Mid-May 2025 https://massculturalcouncil.org/organizations/cultural-facilities-fund/

   • 1: Miscellaneous

     General Discussion...
     Jim McGovern Town Hall on GCTV - https://youtu.be/Dm7A7gZPOic?si=rpPRPc_AAVcNOpan
     Customers from Hell on MCTV - https://vimeo.com/1064800698
     

5. Meeting Wrap-up

   • Next Meeting:
     1. Thu, Apr 17, at 6:00 PM "MCCI Board Meeting" -- MCTV

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.