Town of
Provincetown
Visitor
Services Board
Meeting
Minutes of
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 25, 2006
Judge
Welsh Meeting Room
Chairman Lynne Davies
convened the meeting at 9:06 AM noting the following attendees:
VSB members: Lynne Davies, Chairman; Peter Bez, Vice Chairman;
Laurel Guadazno; Kathleen Fitzgerald; Michael Peregon; Mick Rudd; and Hersh
Schwartz.
Other attendees: Bill
Schneider, Administrative Tourism Director.
Recorder: David Gardner,
Administrative Assistant II.
FY07 TOURISM
GRANT REVIEW
Lynne Davies
led a discussion and review of the FY07 Grant applications and made the
following award recommendations:
Motion: Recommend
$700 to be paid from the FY07 Marketing Budget for event sponsorship to be
determined with the Tourism Office.
Motion by: Peter
Bez; Seconded
by: Kathleen Fitzgerald; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $6,500 be awarded to the Portuguese Festival for event sponsorship to
be determined with the Tourism Office.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $15,000 be awarded to the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1 (Peter Bez)
Motion: Recommend no
grant be awarded to the Monumental & Columbus Day Yard Sales.
Motion by: Laurel
Guadazno; Seconded
by: Peter Bez; Yea: 5; Nay: 2; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $4,000 be awarded to Meet Your Man in Provincetown.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $4,000 be awarded to Holly Folly.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,500 be awarded to The Norman Mailer Society Conference.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,500 be awarded to Mates Leather Weekend.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $8,500 be awarded to Women’s Week.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 5; Nay: 1; Abstain:
1 (Kathleen Fitzgerald)
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $5,000 be awarded to Single Women’s Weekend.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1 (Kathleen Fitzgerald)
Motion: The VSB is
in support of an initiative to consider potential avenues for raising funds for
lighting the monument, including potential tourism fund financial support.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Peter Bez; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1
(Laurel Guadazno)
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $4,000 be awarded to Shakespeare on the Cape.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $8,000 be awarded to The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta
contingent on the applicant working with the Tourism Office on expanding the
marketing effort.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1 (Mick Rudd)
Motion: Recommend no
grant be awarded to Family Pride’s Family Week in Provincetown.
Motion by: Laurel
Guadazno; Seconded
by: Peter Bez; Yea: 5; Nay: 2; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $1,750 be awarded to Bear Week 2006.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,000 be awarded to Provincetown Swim for Life & Paddler
Flotilla.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,500 be awarded to The 4th Annual Kate Clinton Classic
IWFF Tournament contingent upon the event having access to Motta Field in
Provincetown in order to justify the best use of this funding.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,500 be awarded to Fantasia Fair 2006.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 6; Nay: 1; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,500 be awarded to The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival
contingent that the grant be used for advertising under the direction of the
Tourism Office.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $5,000 be awarded to PAAM:
Blanche Lazzell Exhibition.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $3,500 be awarded to The 2nd Annual WOMR Jazz Festival.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $7,000 be awarded to The New Provincetown Players’ Holiday Extravaganza.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend no
grant be awarded to the PMPM Centennial Planning.
Motion by: Mick
Rudd; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1 (Laurel Guadazno)
Motion: The VSB
supports the funding of $5,000 for the PMPM Centennial Celebration from FY05
and FY06 available funds in recognition of the significant importance of
marketing opportunities represented by the centennial celebration of the PMPM.
Motion by: Michael
Peregon; Seconded
by: Peter Bez; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1 (Laurel Guadazno)
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $1,000 be awarded to The 3rd Annual Harbor Lights –
Memorial of Hope contingent upon the grant being used for (non-web) advertising
and promotion.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1
(Mick Rudd)
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,000 be awarded to The Outer Cape Chorale.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $4,800 be awarded to the Video Tour of Provincetown contingent upon
the Board of Selectmen restoring $4,500 to the PTV budget.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend no
grant be awarded to MassSail.
Motion by: Peter
Bez; Seconded
by: Laurel Guadazno; Yea: 6; Nay: 1; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $1,000 be awarded to Castle Hill Paints the Town.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 4; Nay: 3; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,500 be awarded to the Provincetown Dance Festival.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 7; Nay: 0; Abstain:
0
Motion: Recommend a
grant of $2,000 be awarded to Great Music on Sundays at 5.
Motion by: Lynne
Davies; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon; Yea: 6; Nay: 0; Abstain:
1 (Peter Bez)
The meeting was adjourned at 3:17 pm.