1. Altered Esthetics Structure and Sustainability November 2008 Board meeting

2. Ae-genda - Review mission - Review accomplishments - Review goals - Present proposal - Present Wiki - The End! 3. Our Mission Altered Esthetics works to sustainthe historical role of artistsas a voice of society throughour exhibits, events, services,workshops and programs. 4. Accomplishments - Helping over 800 artists show their work - Hosting 41 group exhibitions - Founding the Arts District bike map - Starting the internship program - Engaging volunteers, artists and the community 5. Goals - Continuing to serve artists - Continuing a rigorous exhibition schedule - Continuing our services - Continuing our internship program - Sustainability! 6. Sustainability Includes - Maintaining the quality of our exhibitions & our internship program - Increased funding - More engaged, purposive participation - A solid infrastructure! 7. Proposal - Moving further into a decentralized structure - Using various tools to help 8. 9. Ae's Old Structure - Young initial structure - Much radiated out from one person - Not as engaged - Not as interactive - Not sustainable 10. 11. Ae's Current Structure - Transitional - More engaged - More participation - Increased funding - Lack of clarity in roles 12. 13. Proposal: New Structure - Major single role broken down - Fully engaged - Even more participation - More interactivity & community involvement - Increased funding (hopefully!) - Clarity in roles - Mission-driven - Sustainable!!! 14. Goals & Timelines for the Board - Tonight: Introduce structure - December: Review - January: Regroup, establish- Feb-May: Recruit for specific roles & interview potential board members - June: New roles in place 15. Proposal 3 year terms for roles - 1 styear training - 2 ndyear sustaining, developing - 3 rdyear developing, training replacement - Helps plan ahead- Helps ease transitions 16. The Wiki! - Content management system for Ae - Helpful tool for sharing information - One stop connection point - Role-based user system 17. Goals & Timelines for the Wiki - Tonight: Introduce structure - December: Review, get familiar - January: Regroup - Feb-May: Import and link information - June: Transition to Wiki complete 18. Review - Guided by mission - Organization's current goal = sustainability - Pushing for a solid, engaged infrastructure - Wiki tool to help w/ information sharing 19. Is that enough information or what? - questions? immediate comments? 20. Thank you!!! - now... let's look at the Wiki!