Minutes of the Lecture and Fine Arts Committee
for November 21, 2003

Members Present: A. Garcia, A. Goldsmith (chair), C. Ireland, S. McLaughlin, J McRoy, and E. Wallen.

The meeting was called to order at 11:03 a.m. in Comm Arts 279.

The minutes of the October 17, 2003, meeting were approved.

1. A. Goldsmith distributed four proposals and a table of the budget with all requests to date for members to look over. (See attached.)

2. A. Goldsmith asked for approval to record in the November 21 minutes the committee’s unanimous action by Email to fund the proposal of Marin Rocha, Jr. President of Latinos Unidos. Goldsmith noted that the minutes would reflect giving $600 to help cover part of the expenses for the performance on campus, Nov. 13, by Barbarito Torres sponsored by that organization. The action had been moved for approval by C. Ireland with a second by A. Garcia; a poll of the committee by Email was unanimous.

3. C. Ireland made a motion to approve the request by Sacred Circle (advisor and requestor, Rita Altmeyer) for $300 to fund the story teller at the Feb. 21, 2004 Pow Wow. A. Garcia second: passed unanimously. A. Goldsmith was directed to request R. Altmeyer that the follow-up report specifically cover the story teller.

4. S. McLaughlin moved to approve allocating $400 for Robert Sasso’s proposal to bring Dr. Leslie Eisenberg on campus at 12 noon, March 26 for a talk entitled: “Murder, Mayhem, and Maggots: The Unglamorous Life of a Forensic Anthropolgist.” C. Ireland second; unanimous approval.

5. A. Garcia moved to approve J. McRoy’s request for $450 to include a $400 honorarium for Dr. Gerald Butters’ talk entitled “Oscar Micheaux and Representations of Masculinity in African American Silent Film” to be given Feb. 12, 2004. The additional $50 was allocated toward procuring the films Within Our Gates and Body and Soul for free presentations Feb. 11 & 12, 2004. E. Wallen second; unanimous approval.

6. C. Ireland moved to approve the A. Garcia’s proposal for a $400 honorarium to bring Alexander Mandl, a Brazilian violinist living in Milwaukee, to perform Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto, No. 5 at the UW-P Symphony and UW-P Community Orchestra Concert Sat., May 8. E. Wallen second; passed unanimously.

7. In other business:

a. The next meeting was set for Friday, January, 23, 2004 at 11 a.m. in CART 279.

Agenda for January LFAC Meeting
i. Review of Budget
ii. Proposals acted on by the committee but not approved in the minutes (Fay Akindes)
iii. Proposals submitted to the committee
iv. Other business