by Sue McIver, Vice President, at 8:17 p.m.
Members Present: Sue McIver, Janie Meneely, Liz Milner, Leslie Root, RosieLee C. Salinas, Peter Maier, Richard Aigen and Jerry Stein, a quorum being present. (Mary Cliff arrived late)
Members Absent: None
Other Attendees: Dwain Winters, Coordinator, 2012 Washington Folk Festival
No action recorded
Peter Maier looked into liability issues pertaining to FSGW’s adoption of a Ride Share model for transportation to and from events. There is no liability issue since the FSGW organization is making no representation as to the credentials or abilities of the drivers/riders.
It is difficult to provide accurate membership numbers because of database inaccuracies. These must be ironed out before data can be organized and analyzed. It was proposed that a manual be drawn up that explains the data entry process and establish entry protocols to ensure consistent data.
Reiterated the highlights of a highly successful festival: good weather, good attendance, strong programming and good publicity. The schedule for the buses running between the festival and the parking areas remains problematic. There was a minor shortfall in this year’s budget which he hopes will be covered by the Friends of the Folk Festival appeal in the spring. The board voted unanimously to reauthorize the Folk Festival for 2013.
Figment DC has accepted FSGW’s offer to host a dance during its Washington festival. The dance committee will handle the details.
Work continues on interfacing assorted Facebook pages. Sites have been contacted that might distribute FSGW flyers, Newsletters, outreach, as well as post info about FSGW on their webpages: Culture Capital and Fairfax Library among others.
FSGW is solvent, albeit down by about $3300 at the moment, but it appears that some events have not yet fully reported for 2012. THe budget meeting will be held September 30.
The board is asking various committees to inventory sound equipment so the board can ascertain what needs to be replaced, stored, mended, etc.
8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4 at Glen Echo Park.
10:50 PM
Recorded for the Secretary and
Respectfully submitted by
Janie Meneely
Respectfully submitted by
Sandy Aubin