South Ribble Arts Forum Minutes

Wednesday 31^st January 2007

Worden Arts Centre

Present

Margaret Vinten, Irene Slater, Graham Dixon, June Barberel, Tracy Robinson, Cath Moran, John Doyle, Chris Mortimer, Jim Minall, Esther Goodwin, G J Clarke, Gwen Weiss, G Coxhead, Tony Gittins, Mrs D A Dewhurst, Sandra Gadsdon, Irene Wignall, Helen Djali, Jan Harper, Steve Asbury, Jayne Fletcher, Marilyn Deverill,

1.        Apologies

Stephen Watson, Sarah Jackson, Pam Potter, Viv Booth, John Emmerton, Alison Cattanach

2.        Introductions

3.        Minutes agreed

Unanimously agreed correct

4.        Visitor Centre/Exhibition Centre

i) Name Two suggestions were discussed & voted on – Courtyard Gallery or Courtyard Studio.  A vote was taken & it was agreed to be ‘Courtyard Studio’. 

ii) Booking process

Graham’s suggestion – Evenings book for 10 weeks in advance/ Weekends & Bank Holidays 3/5 prime times in advance.  After some discussion it was agreed that present bookings are to stand and that a subgroup would be formed to discuss guidelines for Booking Secretary/Community Arts Officer.

Group (G Dixon, J Fletcher, T Robinson, E Goodwin, G J Clarke, P Humphries) to discuss A) Booking form to include equipment needed & when, & signature for liability b) Penalty for late cancellation c) Refundable deposit d) Artist to man exhibition with voluntary group.  First meeting Friday 2 February at 2pm in Courtyard Studio.

5.        SRAF

       i) Logo    Rainbow logo designed by Lostock Hall student was the preferred choice with some changes.  SRAF below logo to be expanded in full & logo to be made suitable for use in either colour or black & white.  John Doyle agreed to take these comments back to school

       ii) Newsletter  Please send all information for inclusion to tony.gittins@ntl.com

       iii) Membership Forms   Please could all members complete the forms with as much information as possible for the new Arts Officer & return to Jayne Fletcher/Marilyn Deverill

6.        Photocopier charges

       Photocopier now available for use, a 4 digit number needed for each user.  Charges as suggested by Tony Gittins agreed.  Monthly readings for each user to be taken by M Deverill

7.        Forthcoming events

       Bear’s Paw Patchers – exhibition @ Civic Centre April 13/14/15

       Tracy Robinson – Easter workshops @ Courtyard Studio

St George’s weekend 21/22 April @ Worden

Parkicipate 07 – need to plan

Dickensian 07 – 2^nd December – need to plan

Gregson Lane ‘Live country music’  22 February doors open again & then every 4 weeks

Preston Arts Group – 2007 Literary Arts Festival September/October

All Acoustic events – to start 19 April & fortnightly from then – SRBC to give financial support for 2007

8.        Any other business

       i)  SRAF co-ordinator post  (Tony Gittins) small working group (Tony G, Bear’s Paw, Tracy, Jayne F) to investigate funding for post

       ii)  Steve Asbury – queried if CRB clearance needs to be updated & when.  Tracy would like check undertaken via SRBC.  Jayne Fletcher to source forms

       iii)  Graham Dixon - Literary/poetry group – potential to start group (some finance left by Preston Writers Group could be transferred over).  Previous writing group of 6/7 people run by Physico with some success.

Date of Next Meeting – WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 2OO7 – 7PM – PM

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO START TIME

Thank you for your time