Aurora Fox Arts Center Board
Meeting Minutes 05/10/2007

Attendance: Sue Way, Ron Eccles, Suellyn Cota, Mary Jeanne Murl, Shannon Watson- Borden, Gene Jackson, Su Ryden, Chloe Johnson

Absent: Margaret Day, Wendy Bullock, Loretta Lindsey

Staff/Guests: Robert Salisbury, Alice Lee Main, Bobbie Rubin, Charles Packard, George Peck, La Verna Pierce-Sierra

1. Board approved minutes of March 8, 2007 Meeting as read.

2. Events Committee Report and Activities:
a) The Committee distributed and discussed a schedule of Gala activities and Board
assignments beginning in May and running through the day of the Gala.
b) The Committee requested Board members to start soliciting silent auction items and
to build themes for the auction items they acquire.
c) George Peck reported that The Chamber wants to send out sponsor letters by no later
than June and to have sponsors confirmed by August. He requested graphics and
information on “Anna in the Tropics”.
d) It was suggested that The Chamber contact Children’s Hospital and the Dental School for
sponsorships.
e) It was suggested to feature selected silent auction items on the Aurora Fox website.
f) Flyers on upcoming Aurora Chamber events were distributed and Board members were
encouraged to attend and promote the Aurora Fox.

2. Operations Committee Report and Activities:
a) Operations Committee Chair Sue Way presented the Aurora’s Fox’s 3 year business plan
to the Board. The board discussed the plan and identified two main objectives for 2008,
the marketing director position, and the Studio Theatre project. The Committee asked the Board to endorse the plan as the base document for presenting Aurora Fox’s growth and development objectives over the next three years.

Board approved motion to endorse and support the Aurora Fox Business Plan.

MOTION BY: Su Ryden SECONDED BY: Gene Jackson

MOTION PASSED.
Board members requested that the business plan be emailed to them.

b) Sue Way reported that she would be making a presentation to the City Council’s Community Partnership Committee on May 18. She indicated that the report would include the request for a marketing director in 2008 budget, and a review of the Board’s fundraising activities and Board restructuring.
c) Alice Lee Main provided an update on the status of 2007 and 2008 budgets.

3. Fundraising Committee Report and Activities:
a) The Committee has scheduled the second EFC event for the June 15^th opening of “A Year with Frog and Toad”. Invitations will be going out in May and members need to let Bobbie Rubin know if they want personal invitations mailed out.

4. Recruitment Committee Report and Activities:
a) No report.

5. Charles Packard provided an update on the 2007-08 season and the bonus package for subscribers who order their season tickets before July 1.

6. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

Submitted by

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Chloe Johnson, Aurora Fox Board Vice-Chairperson