We, the undersigned contributors and supporters of the Merrill Community Arts Center (MCAC), fully support the implementation of all the recommendations presented by “The dedicated supporters of the Merrill Community Arts Center and Woodbury Community Theatre” via their letter dated April 17, 2018 and read into the record at the April 17, 2018 special Board meeting.

Those recommendations include, but are not limited to, the resignation or removal of Board members named in the April 17 letter, the dismissal of the paid staff recommended, and the expansion of the Board to 11 members.

We also fully support the slate of Board candidates submitted to the Board via the email on April 30, 2018 by “The dedicated supporters of the Merrill Community Arts Center and Woodbury Community Theatre”, as well as the added stipulations communicated to the Board via email by the same group of concerned MCAC members on May 8, 2018.

Our community has spoken. MCAC will again become a community-driven and community-run organization, managed in an open, accessible and inclusive fashion. Only the significant changes in leadership recommended will suffice to bring the needed change.

Our efforts will continue until all the recommendations referred to herein are implemented.