Program

December 20 2018

The New City of Lebanon Commission for Arts and Culture

Trip Anderson

Ben Van Vliet

Ben Van Vliet from the Music Center and Trip Anderson, AVA Gallery provided a overview of the new City of Lebanon's Commission for Arts and Culture. They described how they started meeting with Joe Clifford, Lebanon Opera House, Mayor Susan Prenis and our own Steve Christy to talk about the importance of music, art, performance and other cultural activities that help build stronger communities. These activities are a means to help keep our City vital and growing in many ways. They shared that to be effective and to create synergy, the Arts and Cultural communities need to be connected to our government. Both sides need to understand each others priorities. Communications systems need to be strong.

Out of their discussions, a City of Lebanon Commission for Arts and Culture has been formed. The goal is to keep arts as part of the City's Master Plan. Various examples were provided to illustrate how our arts community supports many professions in the area. As an example Trip shared how the Green Way Sculpture project required the talents of many professions to bring it to completion.

From the City of Lebanon web page, here is the information that has just been posted about the Commission:

City of Lebanon’s Arts & Culture Commission

Purpose / Charge

The Arts and Culture Commission was established for the purposes of:

1. Promoting arts and cultural activities throughout all three wards of the City of Lebanon;

2. Cultivating relationships, activities and opportunities to grow Lebanon’s cultural economy;

3. Supporting the development of public-private partnerships that enhance the quality of life and economic vitality in Lebanon;

4. Establishing policies for consideration and adoption by the Lebanon City Council for the integration of arts into all municipal buildings, structures, and spaces;

5. Establishing policies for consideration and adoption by the Lebanon City Council defining prospective spaces for, forms of, and processes for the adoption of public art in Lebanon.

Membership

The Commission shall consist of nine voting members, including: one City Councilor; three Citizen Representatives, one from each City ward; one representative from the Heritage Commission; one representative from the Economic Vitality Exchange Committee (EVEC); and three Representatives from Arts Organizations within the City. The Council may appoint not more than three alternate members, one of which may be a City Councilor and two of which may be Lebanon residents at large. At all times, a majority of the non-alternate members shall be Lebanon residents.

Meetings

TBD - minimum of one per month

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Holiday Party

13 December 2018

Holiday Party and Famous Yankee Swap at Dowd's Inn was filled with fun and an array of gifts. The gift that was traded was two holiday knit hats with flashing lights!

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Guests:

Rotarian Kevin Casey from Queensland, Australia

Our Speakers Ben Van Vliet, Music Center and Trip Anderson, Ava Gallery

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Announcements:

Another reminder that our next meeting will be January 3, 2019 at 12 Noon. See you in the new year! NO MEETING ON DECEMBER 27, 2018.

Brew Fest 2019 will be on August 17, 2019. Volunteers needed to help organize the event. Put this on your calendar and work to keep the date open to volunteer.

Loads of Beer was sold to our members today...the left overs from Brew Fest 2018.

Our last service project of the year will be set up for the Listen Christmas Dinner at Scared Heart Church. We will do the set up on Christmas eve, 24 December from 10 AM to 1 PM.

Listen Dinner Sign-up - Hank will be circulating a sign up for our 2019 Listen Dinners soon.

We collected $157 as a Holiday Gift for the kitchen staff at Harvest Hill.

Bruce Pacht shared that the Mascoma Interact Students made 200 cookies that were distributed to the Senior Center. The students are starting a mentoring program for younger students too.

The Pie Committee has been meeting and exploring an option to move the Great American Pie event to April 6, 2019. Stay tuned for more information about this.

Please keep Sue Donnelly, Sherry Calkins and Bob Gasser in your thoughts as they deal with a variety of health issues. Hugs to all three!

Our Chef Donny is back to work after being hospitalized for a tick borne illness. He is happy to be on the mend.

Happy Dollars

Oops...forgot to take minutes about our Happy Dollars. Hope to do better next time.

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Raffle

John Yacavone won the card raffle and pulled the 5 of Clubs. The hunt for the queen goes on.

Car was was won by our guest, Kevin Casey...though it may be hard to get his car from Queensland, Australia to take advantage of it...but he knows his daughter will appreciate it.

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Rotary International News

5 things to see in Hamburg: Tips from local Rotaractors

Posted on December 6, 2018

The Miniatur Wunderland

Unforgettable moments are made at Rotary conventions, as you connect with members from all over the world. It’s also an opportunity to explore a place you have never been before. We asked local members of Rotaract what they would recommend people see during the 2019 Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, Germany, 1-5 June. Here are their suggestions. Click here for more info.

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