FRIDAY JOBS
My “To Do” list for yesterday:
write constitution for the new Blue Monkey Network
update website with news of our bursary
set up bank account (don’t forget to take ID)
deal with NAN Futurific paperwork
prepare for talk to local Arts Society this evening
As usual things were not straight forward. The Constitution was fine – I’d already done some research on what it should contain and how it should be laid out, so that was reasonably quick to do.
The website was a little tricky – I couldn’t quite make it do what I wanted it to, so compromise was necessary & the sooner I manage to set up a new one the better.
The bank… ah well… I suppose that was to be expected. I’d thought I’d be able to walk in with my forms and ID and walk out with a bank account. That was not to be – but hopefully this time next week it will be set up.
And without the bank account, I couldn’t complete the paperwork.
Then there was the talk. I was looking forward to the prospect of going out to share my exciting news about the new Network with some Eastbourne artists, but I didn’t know this group or what their response would be. I planned an informal presentation, a brief introduction about Blue Monkey, who we are and what we do, and then news of our plans for the new Network at Towner and lots of time for questions and discussion about what artists might want from the new Network. Having spoken to many of the Eastbourne artists who I know, I’d assumed that their enthusiasm would be reflected across the board, so I got a bit of a surprise when my talk was greeted with apparent indifference and suspicion. This particular group it seemed were not keen to extend their networks or build new relationships. Hmm… might have to work harder to win some people’s confidence it seems.
