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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-12-18-2020-min TownofLexington 20/20VisionCommitteeMeeting December18,2015 ParkerRoom,TownOfficeBuilding,1625MassachusettsAvenue MembersPresent:FernandoQuezada,DanKrupka,CarrollAnnBottino,JoePato,AndrewDixon, BhumipKhasnabish Visitors:MarianCohen,ElaineAshton,KorenStembridge,BrianYurvich Staff:ClaireVanessaGoodwin MembersAbsent:MargaretCoppe,PeterEnrich,GinnaJohnson,PeterLee MeetingBegan:7:55am ActionItems: 1.ClairewillsendoutDoodlepolltoestablishfuturemeetingdates. 2.DraftsurveywillbedistributedtoLexingtonleadershipforapproval. 3.Peter,Fernando,Andrew,andClaire(andpossiblyCandy)willmeettodiscusswebsite improvementsanddeveloptemplateforprovidingfeedback. 4.MeetingtobearrangedwithBhumip,Candy,andinterestedLibrarystafftodiscussE Governanceproject. 5.IncludeonagendaforJanuarypossiblefundingsourcesforSocialDiversityproject. SubcommitteeonDemographicChange DanKrupareportedthattheteamhasselectedtheTownsforthecomparativestudyon communitieswithhighAsianpopulationsandthosewithhighcivicparticipation. Nextstepsaredraftingsubquestionsforthesurvey.TheywillthenbeusedbyMarian/ƚŷĻƓ͸ƭ studentstocreateaSurveyMonkeyinstrument.Next,theywillbetrialedby\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͸ƭTown leadership.Afterincorporatinganychangessuggestedbythetrial,theinstrumentwillbeready foruseinobtainingdataandinformationfromcivicleadersinCaliforniaandNewJersey.The SubcommitteeonAsianCommunitiesexpectsthatthecompletedsurveywillleadto conversationswithcivicleaderswhoseresponsessuggestthattheyhavetakenactionsthatthe Subcommitteemightwishtolearnabout.AfewmembersoftheSubcommittee,togetherwith leadersofCAALandIALhavealreadyhadaveryinterestingconferencecallwithformerMayor ofCupertino,CA,MichaelChang.Areportonthatcallshouldbereadyfordistributionearlyin 2016. MarianannouncedFernandowasbeinghonoredbythegovernmentofJapan!ͻƩǒƭƷĻĻ QuezadawashonoredbytheGovernmentofJapanwiththeForeignMinisterCommendation forhislongstandingworkcreatingpartnershipsinBiotechnologywithIƚƉƉğźķƚ͵ͼ MarianandElainenotedthatthepercentageofvotersofAsiandescentwouldbeinterestingto analyze.FernandoaskedKorenhowAsianparticipationhasevolvedinofferingsattheLibrary. KorenstateditisahugedriverfortheLibrary.Chinesecollectionmaterialsturnover o ninetimesperyear.BeginningtointroducecocreatedeventswithCAALandIAL.After theremodel,itwillincreasethespaceandwillpurchasemorematerialsforpeopleof Indiandescent.WillaskCALwhatmaterialstheywouldliketohaveinthelibrary. Currentlycangettitlesthroughinterlibraryloan.Librarykeepsstatisticsonwhich materialsarebeingusedandwhichmaterialsshouldbepurchased. L!\[͸ƭfocusistobuildacorecollectionatthelibrarywhichcurrentlydoesnotexist. o 1 AndrewstatedthataskingCALandIALwhichtitlestheywouldrecommendfromtheir o language(s)/culturetofindinEnglishtosharewiththecommunitywouldbevaluable. Website DanstatedthatthedescriptiononthewebsiteofwhotheCommitteewouldliketojointhe groupisnotdescriptiveenough.Itwouldbeusefultohaveadescriptionsimilartothe CommitteeChargedevelopedinJuly2014whichstatedidealnewmemberswouldhave, ͻŅğƒźƌźğƩźƷǤwiththecommunity,skillsrelatedtotheworkofthecommittee,orafresh perspectiveandapassionforthefutureof\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͵ͼDanwouldliketoseewhatthe Committeeiscurrentlyworkingon,whattheyhaveworkedoninthepast,andwhattheywill workoninthefutureonthewebsite.Projectsarerequestedtobeinchronologicalorder. Atapreviousmeeting,CandytoldtheCommitteetoprovideinputonthewebsite. Nextsteps:developformatforcompilingfeedbackforCandyonthewebsite.Should o havegroupconsensus. Feedbackconveyed o Shouldbeastandardtemplateforallthecommittees Includeshorthistoryofhowthereportslistedcameaboutandaddafew sentencesbeforetheprojectsdescribingthem Includeallsupplementalmaterials(charts,graphs) Includefollowupinfoforthevariousprojects Committeedatesshouldbeposted Nextsteps:Peter,Fernando,Andrew,andClaire(andpossiblyCandy)willmeettodiscuss websiteimprovements. EGovernance BhumipKhasnabishstatedhewouldliketohaveameetingwithallthestakeholders.Fernando statedameetingcanbearrangedwithCandyandBhumip.Bhumipstatedthereisasurvey whichisreadytobedistributed.Fernandostatedthequestionis,ͻŷƚǞcanwedistributeinfoto thepublicandhowcanthetowncommunicatewiththepublicandwherearethecuttingedge ĭźƷźĻƭͪͼBarcelona,Singapore.Fernandoaskedwhatmightbedangerousaboutleavingpeople out?FernandoaskedKorenifthereareusergapsatthelibrarywithereadingmaterials. KorenstatedLXisverytechsavvy.Mostpeoplewantthecontentandnotnecessarily o readersordevices. Fernandostatediftherearelibrarystaffthatwouldbeinterestedinjoiningthemeetingwith BhumipandCandytowelcomethem. NovemberMinutes MarianstatedthatthemeetingwhichwasreferencedunderͻLƭƭǒĻofSocialDiversityͻğƌƭƚhad Gina,Inku,andMarianpresent. SocialDiversityData MarianstatedsheandInkumetaboutthecensusdata.Marianwillupdatethedatato2014 dataandsendittoInku.InkuandMariandecidedonthevariablesofinteresttogether.Marian willsharethevariableswiththecommitteeforfeedback.Marianstatedtheywouldanalyzethe 2 dataandsearchforcorrelations.Goalistostimulateconversationaboutimplicationsof demographicsonTownoperationsandwhatthenextstepswouldbeinpromotingdiversity. Fernandostatedtheimportanceofcorrelation:isthedependentvariablehousingstockor diversityofresidents?OristhequestionͻŷƚǞareMcMansionsaffectingķźǝĻƩƭźƷǤͪͼ Marianstatedtheyhavemanyyearsofdatabutthevariabletitleshavechangedfromyearto yearsoitmaybechallengingfindingtrends.Marianstatedthattheinfomayinformthetown widesurvey.Marianstateditwouldbeidealtoinvolveherstudents.Marianwouldliketohave herstudentsbeginworkonitinFall2106. Nextsteps:putonagendaforJanuarymeetingtoaddressfundingsources. Adjourn:9:01am 3