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Due to snow and other weather difficulties the Orange CIG group was unable to meet face to face during February, and so we conducted several "open mic" Tuesdays on Skype. These informal meetings allowed any group member who was available to join on line for conversation and sharing. Sometimes conversation centered around a particular topic- sometimes conversations were between one member and the facilitator based on a specific request. The minutes/notes from those meetings appear below, prepared by group facilitator Cory Wilkerson.

January 26th, 2010 - Open Mic Night: Policy on Residency Funding Skype Meeting: Diane, Tracey, Cory Discussed funding for residencies. Cory shared the guidelines for residency programs, Tracey and Diane shared ideas for artists in residencies and briefly looked at Gateway's catelog.

February 2, 2010 - Open Mic Night: Residency Brainstorming with Gateway Skype Meeting: Joe, Jackie, Tracey, Kellee, Cory Kellee from Gateway to the Arts joined our group to present highlights of the residency program. She suggested featured Gateway artists, pointed the participants to the catelog and described how residencies work.

February 23, 2010 - Open Mic Night: Skype from the Pete and C Conference - Tech Tools and Your Residency Skype Meeting: Lorraine, Tracey, Cory Cory Skyped directly from the Pennsylvania Exposition on Technology in Education Conference sharing tools for examining data, innovative uses for Skype and Ning. Lorraine and Tracey checked in regarding the status of their inquiry and which tools might be useful.

Plus individual meetings with:

3/4 - Tracey: discussed progress on inquiry and documentation

3/9 - Jackie: discussed progress on her inquiry (over 3/4 complete) - documenting her data - reviewed her strategies used

3/11 - Tracey: reviewed and taught the use of several free survey tools

3/15- Lorraine: discussed progress on her inquiry, tools for documentation and tools for collaboration