Communications Committee Meeting
Art Beat on Main Street
330 Main Street, Vista, CA 92084
MINUTES
Friday, June 17, 2016, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Attendance: Daniel Foster, Gailee Walker Wells, Carolyn Grant, Brigid Parsons
- Next NCAN Quarterly Event will be held on August 18 in Vista. Expected for networking hour at Art Beat on Main Street: Elizabeth Castillo will introduce a Networking Cafe model. Subject of program will be set at the Steering Committee on
- Discussion around mapping effort
- Daniel did some fact finding with the Arts Council of San Bernardino who is doing a similar effort
- We should be able to leverage other groups that have lists, like the County Commissioners, San Diego Foundation, etc
- Idea to engage student project at CSUSM
- Daniel will spearhead effort
- Waiting to hear result of Community Enhancement Grant application from the County Commission
- We need to drive NCAN partners to use NCAN social media more
- Discussion on how to promote events more effectively
- need to establish definitive list of contacts at San Diego media outlets: UT, KPBS, Coast News, KUSI, Voice of San Diego, San Diego Reader, etc
- contact Jim Gilliam for resource
- San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition had a Media Arts panel in January, suggestion that we should sponsor a North County version.
- Discussed cross-promotion
- rack cards for organizations in NCAN, in the larger institutions – possibly provide sponsored ‘brought to you by NCAN’ racks
- add slip-in sheets for handouts at performances and events to cross-promote simlar, or complimentary, events
- engage the concierge and tourism offices
- Visit Oceanside, Visit Carlsbad,
- ask for advice from San Diego Concierge Association
- Discussed options for chairmanship of this committee
- decided on Carolyn, Brigid and Maggie (pending her acceptance)
- they will meet in 3 weeks and set the next meeting
- (after meeting) decided to change the name of the committee from ‘Marketing for the Arts’ to ‘Communications’