File #: 18-1174    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 7/23/2018 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 8/14/2018 Final action: 8/14/2018
Title: Supervisor Novasel recommending the Board: 1) Receive an update from Terry LeMonchek of the El Dorado Arts Council on the Poet Laureate program; and 2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Proclamation to recognize Suzanne Roberts as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of El Dorado County. (Est. Time: 10 Min.)
Attachments: 1. A - Proclamation, 2. Executed Proclamation

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Supervisor Novasel recommending the Board:

1) Receive an update from Terry LeMonchek of the El Dorado Arts Council on the Poet Laureate program; and

2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Proclamation to recognize Suzanne Roberts as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of El Dorado County. (Est. Time: 10 Min.)

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The Poet Laureate program was established by the El Dorado Arts Council in 2016.  A poet laureate is a poet, officially appointed by a conferring institution, who is often expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.