HomeMy WebLinkAbout09.18.19 BAC HandoutsFrom: Click, Lauren
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 10:51 AM
To: BYUCELEN <byucelen@gmail.com>
Cc: Chasansky, Matthew <ChasanskyM@boulderlibrary.org>; Mark Villarreal
<flynvartranch@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: September debrief
Hi Belgin,
Thank you for the thorough input! I’ll ask Mark to read them when we get to that part of the process.
Cheers, Lauren
From: BYUCELEN <byucelen@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:21 PM
To: Click, Lauren <ClickL@boulderlibrary.org>; Chasansky, Matthew <ChasanskyM@boulderlibrary.org>
Subject: RE: September debrief
Hi Lauren and Matt,
I wanted to send my debriefing comments directly to you:
o I didn’t have any experience as a grant panelist before and now that I am serving as a grant
panelist for other organizations, I am realizing that the BAC grants is very well thought, and
organized.
o For the training of a panelist, I would suggest that the panelist should see the arts
commissioner’s comments for the first few rounds to get familiar with the expectations of the
committee. And in fact I don’t see a reason why the scoring should be blind for any of the
grants.
o I am not sure why some of the applicants do not realize that it would raise their score if they
answer the panel’s and commissioner’s questions. Maybe in the application guidelines, this
should be made more clear for the 3 minute presentation or the written format.
o The 3 minute presentation itself is stressful on both sides and it seemed to work last time better
with written responses. It is stressful for the applicant to rush though their responses. It is
stressful for me as a panelist to decide whether if the response was sufficient especially when
they repeat what is already in the application with very minor changes.
o Not directly related but as a grant panelist, most of the time we don’t get involved with the end
of the meeting discussions but once in a while our opinions are asked as well like the dancing
area next to the tea house that Bruce brought up. For these cases it would be good to know
what happened later as a panelist, if possible. (just a minor detail)
Warmest Regards,
Belgin
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