PUBLIC CREDIT REQUIREMENT

In all published materials and announcments regarding the activities
supported by LCC funds, the sponsoring group or individual must
acknowledge this support with a written and/or verbal credit statement
or by using the MCC logo.

The credit statement is:

``This program is supported in part by a grant from the Medway
Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.''


The logo   is available at the MCC's web site:
  www.massculturalcouncil.org/contracts/logos.html
You can also request the logo from the MCC on a camera-ready slick
sheet or on a diskette (Mac or PC).  This credit is required by the
MCC and failure to comply may jeopardize future funding.

Public funding for cultural programs is not automatic or guaranteed;
it must be appropriated by the Legislature annually.  Therefore,
reminding your community about the source of this funding is critical
to build and maintain support for local arts, humanities and
interpretive science projects by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
through the state Legislature. 

PUBLICITY REQUIREMENT

The applicant is required to adequately publicize the event.  Contact
and deadline information for several sites (newspapers, cable TV,
websites, signs) to which the applicant should send publicity is
listed on the back of this sheet.  Flyers distributed via the schools
and posted with permission at various locations (e.g. stores, Library,
Senior Center) should be used when appropriate.  Local newsletters may
also be good sources of publicity (e.g. Home and School Association,
Friends of the Library, Council on Aging).  In some cases, your venue
may have assigned publicity people; coordinate with them to make sure
you know which publicity to send to them and which to handle yourself.

Copies of the submissions or tearsheets/printouts must accompany all
requests for reimbursment for performances.

Remember to include the credit statement in all press releases and
the credit statement or logo on all posters and flyers.


REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURE

Funds may be released only for goods, materials or services rendered
in fulfillment of the purpose indicated in the approved application.
Payment may be made directly to the applicant in reimbursement for
prior expenditures or to third-party vendors, either at the completion
of the approved project or at stages of completion, when appropriate,
subject to approval by our council.

To request payment, please complete the enclosed payment/reimbursement
form.  If you will be requesting payment in stages (also called
``progress payment''), please make extra copies of the original form and
submit one completed form with each request for funds.  Receipts,
vouchers, invoices, contracts or bills must accompany each request.


GRANT PERIOD

You have one year from the date of this letter to complete your
project and submit a request for payment.  Requests for an extension
must be made in writing, explaining the need for additional time.
These requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and are not
automatically granted.  You will be contacted once our council reviews
and votes on your extension request.

Submit your request and documentation to:
Chairman
Medway Cultural Council 
155 Village Street
Medway, MA  02053

                                                          Revised 5/01