VRPA Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Virtual
AGENDA
9:00 AM Welcome & Introductions (Ally Vile)
9:10 – 10:20 AM Education Session – Safe Outdoor Venues (0.1 CEU)
Safe Outdoor Venues – Planning events & connecting communities & artists during the pandemic
Speakers: Panel presenters: VT Dept. of Health, VT ACCD, VT FPR, VT Arts Council Artists
· Panel Speaker introductions
· Jody Fried from Catamount Arts & Sherri Birkheimer from the Chaffee Art Center – provide examples of events organized last summer
· VT FPR – their outdoor venue options, potential ways to partner with communities & artists, & their plans for summer 2021
· VT Dept. of Public Health (Vermont Prescription Monitoring System) – Hannah Mason Hauser - Managing evens during a pandemic. Public Health Updates & recommendations.
· ACCD guidance discussion – John Kessler (Guidance updates for events & outdoor gathering sizes)
· Discuss a new initiative to facilitate safe outdoor events during the 2021 season – Amy, Matt, Jess
10:20 - 10:30 am BREAK
10:30 – 11:00 am Roundtable Discussions
· Facility Management – cleaning & staffing procedures
· Funding Possibilities
· State Guidelines Q & A
11:00 – 11:15 am BREAK
11:15 – 12:30 pm VRPA Executive Committee Business Meeting
