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CAL’s purpose is to support education and the arts by:

1. Providing and maintaining educational and arts facilities and associated infrastructure to support the respective missions of the corporation and its founding member organizations’ respective missions;
2. Advancing community improvements while maintaining the aesthetic qualities of Montpelier;
3. Improving connections and quality of life in the community by providing facilities, services opportunities and other support for, or distributions to, non-profit education, arts, public gatherings, and other community connections that advance any of these purposes or other related charitable causes.

Ways we do this

• Maintaining and improving the 46 Barre Street campus to suit the uses of the founding members and the general artistic community
  • Providing for lease 28 private studios for creative and educational exploration
• Adherence to historic preservation guidelines in regards to building maintenance
• Providing free, low-cost and collaborative opportunities to engage with the community
  • Barre Street monthly summer potluck dinners
  • Montpelier Art Walk coordination
  • Short term rentals and meeting spaces
  • Fiscal sponsorship program
  • Sponsorships and collaborations
  • Community-responsive partnerships

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Board Composition and Responsibilities

Board members serve in a non-compensated, volunteer capacity in renewable one-year terms, generally following the calendar year.

Founding Members (3-6)

• Representatives of the T.W. Wood Gallery
• Representatives of the Monteverdi Music School
• Responsible for 46 Barre Street property maintenance, improvements, and uses. 
• Real estate, legal, and financial obligations
• Meet quarterly or as needed, governance and finances
• Develops building budget

Currently Serving Founding Members

• President: Phillip Robertson, Adjunct Faculty, Vermont State University and Community College of Vermont, T.W. Wood Gallery
• Treasurer: Elliott Bent, Communications Director, UVM Health Network, T.W. Wood Gallery
• Secretary: Debra Smoller, Suzuki Piano Instructor, Monteverdi Music School

Board Members   (3-7)

• Members of general public
• May hold officer roles, except Treasurer
• Responsible for non-building programs and other non-profit, mission-related activities
• Fiscal sponsorship, fundraising, arts programs
• Meet monthly, hands on volunteerism
• Develops program budget
• Expect 3 hrs/month of work

Board Member Roles (examples)

46 Barre Street Community Contact

• A Montpelier-based person to be an alternate contact for the public. This includes:
• Ability to show available rooms to potential tenants, answer basic questions about leases. 
• General knowledge of the building and building access
• Meeting vendors, others if staff is not able to be present

Montpelier Art Walk Liaison

• Monitor the Art Walk emails and answer questions
• Support the program committee in executing the program
• Meet with potential participants as necessary
• Staff CAL during Art Walk events

Fundraising Committee

• Plan and execute the spring and winter fundraising campaigns
• Plan and execute special fundraisers

Fiscal Sponsorship Liaison

• Monitor sponsored program activities
• Support staff / program meetings and reporting
• Solicit and onboard new sponsored programs

Barre Street Neighborhood Captain

• Overall community development of this area
• Work with partners, neighbors, and local businesses to execute on community-building activities, such as Barre Street Monthly Summer Potlucks
• Boost Barre Street in the public sphere
• Encourage neighborly use of CAL building and programs

Founding Members and Board Members working together

• Annual Meeting: Meets in January annually to determine Officers and any other business. Treasurer shall be part of the Founding Members Committee. Other Officer roles are open to the Board at large. 
• Vacancies are filled with a majority vote of existing Board Members
• The Founding Member Committee and Board Members have a mutual responsibility to hire CAL’s  executive director, though the hire requires a majority vote of the Founding Members Committee.
• Each body will develop their respective budgets in the fall, with expectation for the full budget presentation to the Board in December. 

Board Members working with CAL staff

• CAL staff are part-time, and work asynchronously in a hybrid work environment
• The executive director is the primary contact for the Board, though interaction with other staff may be expected depending upon the work undertaken
• The executive director is responsible for all other CAL staff. 
• CAL staff are generally happy to assist – let us know how we can help you!