1) Town of Taos Council Special Meeting Agenda for  6/10/08 (attached)

2) Flyer on Young Eagles Free Aviation Day for Area Youth (attached)

3) Taos Public Library Summer Info. Newsletter (attached)

4) Taos Convention Center Catering and Alcohol & Beverage Dispenser Requirements

The information in this item is sent to inform the public as to what is required to become a Caterer or Alcohol and Beverage Dispenser Provider at the Town of Taos Convention Center, and to provide ready access to the necessary forms.  Starting July 1, 2008, all qualified vendors are welcome to apply and be part of Center’s list of vendors for meeting, group and convention clients.  The forms involved are all on the internet – at the Town of Taos web site, http://www.taosgov.com/pr/community.php or on the sites noted below.  Interested vendors — please read this entire item and then contact Ron Yachinich, Director, Conventions Department, with any further questions, ryachinich@taosgov.com, 737-2628.

1. Catering Service Contract (Boiler Plate)

2. Alcohol & Beverage Dispenser Services Contract (Boiler Plate)

3. Resolution 08-27 Standard Policy on Food & Alcohol Service at the Taos Convention Center.

4. Resolution 08-25 Waiver Allowing the Sale, Dispensing and Serving of Alcohol.

5. Resolution 08-09 Town of Taos Policies and Procedures for Issuing Special Dispenser Permits and Application.

6. New Mexico Alcohol & Gaming Division Special Dispenser Permit

7. New Mexico Alcohol & Gaming Division website (all required forms available on website) http://www.rld.state.nm.us/agd/index.html

8. New Mexico Environment Department Application for Permit to Operate Food Service Establishment

9. New Mexico Environment Department – Taos Field Office (see website) http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/fod/Food_Program

105 Bertha Suite B

P.O. Box 208

Taos, NM 87571

Phone:  (575) 758-8808

Fax:  (575) 758-9851

10. W-9 Form (Mailing address, not physical address required)

11. Campaign Contribution Disclosure Form

If you are interested in becoming a Caterer then you need to review the above documents —  1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11.

There is no requirement that qualified vendors need to have entered into a contract with the Town of Taos Convention Center before July 1, 2008.  Vendors may decide at any time to contract with the Town going forward when and if they agree to the stipulated terms and conditions. Vendors may also terminate the agreement as per the termination clause in the boiler plate catering contract.

In order to enter into a catering contract you must provide Town of Taos Conventions Department with:

A. Name of business, physical address, telephone, fax, and cell phone numbers of your business.

B. A completed W-9 form with mailing address.

C. CRS number and EIN number or social security number.

D. Campaign Contribution Disclosure Form, signed and dated.

E. Proof of insurance (copy) required in boiler plate contract.

F. Copy of current catering permit or permits if using multiple locations. Available through NMED – Taos Field Office.

G. Copy of current Town of Taos business license. Available at Town of Taos, Finance Department.

H. A $250.00 damage deposit made payable to the Town of Taos.

If you are interested in becoming an Alcohol & Beverage Dispenser Provider then you need to review attachments 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11.

There is no requirement that you need to have entered into a contract with us before July 1, 2008. You may decide at any time to contract with us going forward when and if you agree to our terms and conditions. You may also terminate the agreement as per the termination clause in the boiler plate catering contract.

In order to enter into an Alcohol & Beverage Dispenser contract you must provide us:

A. Name of business, physical address, telephone, fax, and cell phone numbers of your business.

B. A completed W-9 form with mailing address.

C. CRS number and EIN number or social security number.

D. Campaign Contribution Disclosure Form, signed and dated.

E. Proof of insurance (copy) required in boiler plate contract.

F. Copy of current Full Dispenser Liquor License in Town of Taos Local Option District (Town of Taos Municipal limits) OR

a) Inter Local Dispenser License

b) Canopy License

c) Lottery License

G. Copy of current Town of Taos business license. Available at Town of Taos, Finance Department.

H. A $250.00 damage deposit made payable to the Town of Taos.

I. List of current certified servers (see Alcohol & Gaming form on website). www.rld.state.nm.us/agd/index/html

J. List of security companies you plan to use or certified list of your employees to use as security guards during alcohol and beverage dispensing events.

Once this information is provided to us we will create your contract beginning July 1, 2008 or thereafter. You will need to sign the contract and then the Town will sign the contract. A copy will be distributed to you and we are underway. Should you have any questions please contact me at address, email or telephone number listed below.

We look forward to your participation in offering all users of the Taos Convention Center choices in their events.

Sincerely, Ron Yachinich, Convention Center Director

Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, NM 87571-6400

ryachinich@taosgov.com

Phone: (575) 737-2628, Fax: (575) 751-1432, 800-323-6338

www.taosconvention.com

3) May 2008 Town of Taos Visitor Center Statistics:

a) Visitor/walk-ins for May 2008 at the Taos Visitor Center = 11,804.  Count for same time last year = 11,439.  Increase over same time last year of 365.

b) Phone System/Visitor Center

800 Toll Free       364

Inbound Calls    3,080

Outbound Calls 2,011

4) Navajo Artist R.C. Gorman’s Estate Auction Set for August

Estate Auction makes available famed Navajo artist’s personal art collection and distinctive items from a lifetime of collecting.

TAOS, NEW MEXICO — It is already being called one of the most exciting auctions to take place in Northern New Mexico. The personal estate of famed Navajo artist and long-time Taos resident R.C. Gorman will be auctioned August 20-21, 2008.

“R.C. Gorman was not just a giant in the arts,” New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said upon learning of the artist’s death in 2005, “but he was a great spokesman for New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. He was a dear friend, who will be sorely missed.”

The event that is perhaps most sorely missed is R.C.’s annual Indian Market Show gala each August preceding the weekend market. This Augusts anniversary date will be a special time to honor R.C.’s memory.

The estate auction begins with silent bidding and preview Wednesday, August 20, from 5-9 p.m. at the Taos Civic Plaza Convention Center, 120 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos. A selection of auction items may be previewed at www.RCGormanGallery.com. On Thursday August 21, the silent auction and preview continue at 10 a.m. The live auction commences at 1:30 p.m.

And, R.C. Gorman’s Navajo Gallery at 210 Ledoux Street in Taos will feature a concurrent exhibition of the largest collection ever shown of the artist’s work, including items from his private inventory never before available to the public, along with six lithographs only released since his death.

R.C. Gorman, who passed away at the age of 74, helped chart a new course for a generation of American Indian artists. Prior to the late 1960s, many of those artists felt they had to express an antiquated image of native art favored by collectors. Gorman, however, was an iconoclast and his stunning figure studies celebrating Native American womanhood earned him a level of fame unheard of amid the desert landscape of the Navajo reservation he called home. In fact, it was The New York Times that dubbed him the “Picasso of American Indian art.”

He was born Rudolph Carl Gorman on July 26, 1931, in Chinle, Arizona. R.C.’s father, artist Carl Gorman, whose work will be represented at the auction, was a Navajo Code Talker during World War II.

R.C. studied art at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff then San Francisco State University. In 1958, he received a grant to study at Mexico City College, where he was deeply influenced by the work of Diego Rivera.

In 1973, R.C. Gorman was honored as the only living artist to be in the “Masterworks of the American Indian” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

His friends included film stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. His work was collected by Gregory Peck, Andy Warhol, and others.

R.C. had sophisticated taste and a connoisseur’s eye for not only Native American art, but art from Africa and Asia.

The auction will include exquisite examples of Southwestern pottery, jewelry, rugs and fine furnishings from Gorman’s home, along with artwork by some of the most well known artists living and working in Taos.

Represented will be works by Ted Egri, the last of the Taos Moderns; local painter Ron Barsano; Navajo sculptor Robert Shorty; Hispano portraitist Miguel Martínez; Japanese abstract artist Michio Takayama; and renowned Native American artist Fritz Scholder.

Other highlights of the auction will include “The Gunslinger Series” by the late Taos artist Bill Gersh, a triptych of acrylic on canvas panels that occupied an entire wall in the Gorman home; and Sergio Bustamante’s assembled “Rhinoceros” with its rich bronze colored patina.

The silent auction will offer over 300 items. The live auction will feature up to 150. It is expected that there will be many very pleased collectors by Thursday evening.

From keepsakes to fine Southwest art to a full suit of armor, collectors of every stripe will have this event circled, in red, on their calendars!

Registration fee will be $25.00, which will be credited to the first purchase. Each registrant may bring one guest, but only registrants can bid. Due to the venue’s capacity, admission will be limited to 400 persons age 21 and older. Buyer’s premium is 15 percent.

For more information and press info:

Tammy Roybal

Navajo Gallery

(575) 758-3250

www.RCGormanGallery.com.

E-mail navajo@RCGormanGallery.com

Julia McTague, appraiser, 575-586-1471

High res images available online, www.RCGormanGallery.com

AUCTION FAST FACTS

R.C. Gorman Estate Auction

August 20-21, 2008

Taos Civic Plaza Convention Center

120 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos, New Mexico

Online preview of all auction items

From Monday, June 2, www.RCGormanGallery.com

Silent auction bidding and preview

Wednesday, August 20, 5-9 p.m.

Silent auction and preview continue

Thursday, August 21, 10 a.m.

Live auction

Thursday, August 21, 1:30 p.m.

$25.00 registration fee credited to first purchase

Admission limited to 400 persons age 21 and older

15 percent buyer’s premium

4) News clips including Taos –

First coffee and chocolate, now entire towns obtain Fair Trade status
Plenty Magazine - New York,NY,USA
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Preserving Cultural Landscapes
Architecture Week - USA
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Artist RC Gorman’s Estate Auction Set for August in Taos, New Mexico!
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
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COTE: Some built to survive
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
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