Hi Karina
The main thing I need from you first, is your best guess at our concert
season for next year. I will need dates, venues and cost of venues. They
don't have to be confirmed, but should be reasonably certain. Robert,
we'll need to know your planned date range of each concert. It would be
good to have this information by mid April, so we don't have to rush to
complete the application by May 1.
Robert, I will need to know if you plan to have any paid guest artists,
masterclasses or commissions for the 2020-2021 concert season. For that
matter, the masterclasses for this season really should be occurring within
the next few weeks.
thanks
mike
On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 8:48 AM Karina Jakobeit <karina_kan2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Mike, please guide me on what you would like me to accomplish. I can set
date lines with you as mentioned before so I can know exactly what to do in
the following years for the grant.
Thank you.
I will contact you and Tom directly on the dates for the upcoming year.
Karina J.
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*Subject:* [acweboard] To Ponder Before Meeting
Hi All
The next application for Austin cultural funding is due May 1. The good
news is since they are making this a bridge year, we will have a much
simpler application to complete. This would also normally mean we would
get about the same amount of money as next year. However, with the
cancellation of SXSW and possible cancellation of other major events in the
future, the hotel tax will take a significant hit. This is where the arts
funding comes from. At this point I think we can assume we will get
something between $7000 and $14,000 for next season.
*Now for the immediate concern:*
The two main variables on the application will be:
1) What will our concert season be and what is the programming? We will
need to provide dates and venues.
2) What do we want to spend our money on?
Since venue rental is a significant part of our budget, this ties in with
#1 above. Guest artists and masterclass clinicians will also be a factor.
Most other expenses are relatively fixed.
We have this meeting and one more prior to May 5. I am perfectly happy to
deal with this stuff via email, but people tend to be unresponsive that
way. At any rate, we need to work out the two items above prior to May 1.
thanks
mike
