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Home My WebLink About2015-10-22-2020-min (Subcommittee on Asian Communities) TownofLexington SubcommitteeonAsianCommunities MinutesofthemeetingheldonTuesday,October22,2015 ParkerRoom,TownOffices Present: DanKrupka,FaithLin,MargaretHeitz,MarianCohen(guest),ShobaReginald,TanyaGisolfi Themeetingwascalledtoorderat7:35p.m. Actionitems 9ğĭŷƚŅǒƭ willprepareoneadditionalprofileofacommunityusing,asaguide,oneoftheprofilesalready completedandpostedonthe{ǒĬĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ͸ƭDropbox.Danwillsendouttheassignments. helpus 5ğƓ willconsultCarlValente,theTownManagerregardingtheprocessforfundingcollegestudentsto withthemanagementoftheinterviewprocess(seeDecisions,below)andwillalsoinvitehimtoparticipatein ourNovember10meeting. Decisions WeagreedthatwewouldcontinuetoconcentrateoureffortsoncommunitiesonCaliforniaandNewJersey. WemaydecidelatertoconsiderothercommunitieswithlargeAsianthathavetakeninterestingstepsto increasetheinclusionoftheirAsianresidents. ForCaliforniaandNewJersey,wedecidedthatweshouldconcentrateoncommunitiesthatlooklikeLexington. Accordingly,weestablishedthefollowinginitialcriteria: Population:fromabouthalfof\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͸ƭtodouble\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͸ƭ o PercentageofAsianresidents:from20%to60% o Medianhouseholdincome:$80,000to$160,000 o PercentageofAsianresidentswithaĬğĭŷĻƌƚƩ͸ƭdegreeorhigher:ͻƭźƒźƌğƩͼto\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͸ƭ(87% o accordingtothe20092013ACS) Then,withinthesetdefinedbythesecriteria,wewouldlookforcommunitieswithsignificantparticipationof Asianresidentsincivicaffairs. Weagreedthatthemembersofoursubcommitteecouldhandlethecreationofprofiles,butthatweshould lookforhelpfromsociologystudentsincreatinganinterviewguideforcommunityleaders,leadersofAsian communityorganizations,etc.aswellasthemanagementoftheresultingdata. Weagreedtosetaside$10,000outofour$15,000budgetforMarian/ƚŷĻƓ͸ƭstudentsatFraminghamState University. NextMeeting ǒĻƭķğǤͲbƚǝĻƒĬĻƩЊЉͲğƷАʹЌЉƦ͵ƒ͵źƓƷŷĻtğƩƉĻƩwƚƚƒΛĬğƭĻƒĻƓƷƚŅƷŷĻƚǞƓhŅŅźĭĻƭΜ͵ SubsequentMeetings(allintheParkerRoom) November10February9 December8March8 January12,2016 Themeetingadjournedat8:40p.m. MinutessubmittedbyDanKrupka