General Meeting Doesn't Appeal

Today was the bi-annual General Meeting of the Arts Council. Each year, we call this meeting to hand out the co-sponsorship grants and give opportunity to arts groups to network, compare event dates, brag about accomplishments. This particular meeting was also meant to share information on the recent cuts to Direct Access and BC Arts Council. We announced that the two co-sponsorship grants given out this year would be our last. Funny thing was, hardly anyone turned out to hear the news. In fact, the two groups who were to receive money didn't show up. What this says about the Arts Council's purpose in the community, I don't know. What was decided by 6pm while Delores and I cleaned up the coffee and cookies... this was our last General Meeting.