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Three audio cassettes. Council Members present: Jeanette Cypress, Ronald C. Foreman, Jr., Mick Moloney (Vice-Chairman), Catherine Sugrue, Patricia Waterman; Council Members absent: William Green, (one vacancy); Florida Folklife Programs Staff: Ormond H. Loomis (Director), Iris C. Greene (Secretary), Barbara Beauchamp (Folklife Programs Administrator), Peggy Bulger (Folklife Programs Administrator), Merri Belland (Folklife Specialist), Eric Larsen (Folklife Specialist), Nancy Nusz (Historian), Blanton Owen (Historian), David Taylor (Historian); Visitors: Randall Kelley (Director, Division of Archives, History and Records Management), Ross Morrell (Assistant Director, Division of Archives, History and Records Management), Loretta Van Winkle (Tampa/Hillsborough Arts Council), Suzanne Nicola (Pine Castle Center of the Arts), Mary Jean Jones (Seminole Tribe of Florida). For minutes and details of the meeting, see the S 1579, box 1, folder: Indexes for C86-150 through C86-210. And copies of tapes (but not the minutes)for this meeting can also be found in S 1717. The Florida Folklife Council (FFC) was created by legislation in 1979 (79-322, SB 1203) within the Department of State to advise the Secretary of State on issues relating to folk arts and folk life as well as stimulate and encourage statewide public interest and participation in folk arts and folklore, sponsor conferences and workshops throughout the state, and make recommendations for the development of a statewide Florida Folk Arts program. The Florida Folklife Council consists of seven members appointed by the Secretary of State for four-year terms.