Council Members Expectations

This is a volunteer position  

The Millcreek Arts Council (MAC) meets monthly January through November. Board meetings are every second Monday of the month (during June/July/August we meet on a different weekday due to our Summer Jam Concert Series). Meetings start promptly at 7:00pm. Board members are asked to attend all board meetings. This is a working board, expectations are that as a Board Member you will sit on a minimum of one committee, and attend organizational functions and special events as available, such as opening receptions for new exhibits or events like our summer concerts.  

Each board member is required to:  

• Be informed about the organization’s mission, services, policies, and programs    
• Review agenda and supporting materials prior to board and committee meetings    
• Serve on committees or task forces and offer to take on special assignments
• Inform others about the organization    
• Suggest possible nominees to the board who can make significant contributions to the work of the board and the organization    
• Keep up-to-date on developments in the organization’s field    
• Assist the board in carrying out its fiduciary responsibilities, such as reviewing the organization’s annual financial statements.

We are looking for board members who have the following traits:    

• Ability to listen, analyze, think clearly and creatively, work well with people individually and in a group.   
• Willingness to prepare for and attend council and committee meetings, ask questions, take responsibility and follow through on a given assignment   
• Develop certain skills if you do not already possess them, such as to: cultivate and solicit funds, cultivate and recruit council members and other volunteers, read and understand financial statements, learn more about the substantive program areas of the organization.    
• Possess honesty, sensitivity to and tolerance of differing views, a friendly, responsive, and patient approach, community-building skills, personal integrity, a developed sense of values, concern for our organization’s development, a sense of humor.

Fill out the application form below to apply for an arts council position.

Millcreek Arts Council Board Member Application

Name *

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the you *

Email *

Phone Number

Are you a Millcreek Resident *

• Yes
• No

Please tell us a bit about yourself: *

What skills would you bring to the Millcreek Arts Council? *

Can you attend monthly board meetings? *

• Yes
• No

Anything else you would like us to know?

Are you able to attend our Events? *

• Yes
• No
• Other

Board Members are encouraged to attend the events we put on the community:Summer Jam (1st Monday/month June- Mid-August), Millcreek ArtsFest August 16th, & Getting Visual at the Library 1st Friday of the month.

Open Positions that you are interested in:

• Grant Writer – how we fund our programs
• Development Chair – responsible for finding funding through grants and sponsorships
• Treasurer – love budgeting? we need you
• Volunteer co-ordinator – make friends easily? love to chat? this might be for you

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