Minutes of the Lecture and Fine Arts Committee
for November 18, 2002

Members Present: Tim Bell, Alan Goldsmith (chair), Carl Lindner, Stephen McLaughlin, Nicole Leipski, and Edward Wallen.

The meeting was called to order by the chair, Alan Goldsmith, at 3:45 p.m. in Comm Arts 279.

The minutes were approved.

1. A. Goldsmith handed out the current budget of the Lecture and Fine Arts showing a balance of $4432.09

2. A. Goldsmith reviewed the two proposals that were approved by the committee using e-mail (DeVinny for Wayne Kimball [$300]and Amy Norgaard for Tim Mather [$300]) and requested that all committee members be sure and use the "Reply to All" feature of their e-mail programs so that all committee members are aware of the voting. Goldsmith also mentioned that he would contact Kim Brudny to see if we could develop an electronic form that could be filled out online to expedite electronic submission of applications.

3. The committee read a proposal by Mary Lenard, Asst. Prof. of English, for $350 to cover some of the expenses, plus honoraria for up to five panelists at ($50 each) for a program titled Harry Potter: Role Model or Evil Influence that is being jointly sponsored by the Humanities Program and the Friends of UW-Parkside Library to be held on campus Dec. 5. After a brief discussion N. Leipski moved to approve; T. Bell seconded; motion was passed unanimously.

4. The committee read a request from Alvaro Garcia, Asst. Prof. of Music for an honorarium of $600 to cover travel for Carmen Vilà, a visiting guest artist, who will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488 on Dec. 12 at a Benefit Concert in the Communication Arts Theatre to raise money for music scholarships. T. Bell moved to approve; S. McLaughlin seconded; motion was approved unanimously.

5. In other business

a. the next meeting was set for Monday, Jan. 27 at 3:45 p.m. in CART 279.
b. A. Goldsmith stated he'd get out an email to governance next week with a brief statement about the number of events that have been funded, the amount of money left, and the fact that although no meetings will be held till next semester that electronic proposals will be accepted.