terms of members; duties. A. The "African American performing arts center advisory committee" is created and is administratively attached to the state fair commission. B. The committee shall consist of five members, including:
(1)two members from the African American performing arts center foundation appointed by the executive director of the African American performing arts center and exhibit hall;
(2)one member from the cultural affairs department appointed by the governor;
(3)one member from the office on African American affairs appointed by the governor; and (4) one community member who has knowledge of the academic, cultural and historical context of performance art within the African American experience appointed by the director of the Africana studies program at the university o
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terms of members; duties. A. The "African American performing arts center advisory committee" is created and is administratively attached to the state fair commission. B. The committee shall consist of five members, including: (1) two members from the African American performing arts center foundation appointed by the executive director of the African American performing arts center and exhibit hall; (2) one member from the cultural affairs department appointed by the governor; (3) one member from the office on African American affairs appointed by the governor; and (4) one community member who has knowledge of the academic, cultural and historical context of performance art within the African American experience appointed by the director of the Africana studies program at the university of New Mexico. C. Staggered membership terms shall be established so that two members of the initial committee are appointed for two years, three members are appointed for three years and subsequent appointments of each member are for two-year terms. D. Vacancies in an appointed member's term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made. E. The committee shall annually elect a chair, vice chair and secretary from among its membership. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the conduct of business. F. The committee shall meet at the call of the chair at least annually. Meetings of the committee shall be held in Albuquerque or at other sites within the state at the direction of the chair. G. Members shall receive no compensation for serving on the committee but shall be paid per diem and mileage as provided for in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]. H. The committee shall make recommendations to the African American performing arts center foundation and the executive director and artistic director of the African American performing arts center and exhibit hall regarding staffing, operations, maintenance, programming and exhibitions of the African American performing arts center and exhibit hall. I. As used in this section, "performance art" means any creative activity performed for an audience that uses an individual's voice, body or inanimate objects to convey an artistic expression, including live or recorded theatrical productions, movies, music, dance, puppetry and spoken word.