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Home My WebLink About2015-09-22-2020-min (Subcommittee on Asian Communities) TownofLexington SubcommitteeonAsianCommunities MinutesofthemeetingheldonTuesday,September22,2015 {ĻƌĻĭƷƒĻƓ͸ƭMeetingRoom,TownOffices Present: BeckyBarrentine,BinZhou,DanKrupka,FaithLin,JordanShin,ManasiSinghal,MargaretHeitz,Nancy CorcoranRonchetti,PatCostello,SusieLeeSnell,TanyaGisolfi Themeetingwascalledtoorderat7:35p.m. Actionitems 9ğĭŷƚŅǒƭ willprepareaprofileoftwocommunitiesusing,asaguide,oneoftheprofilesalreadycompletedand postedonthe{ǒĬĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ͸ƭDropbox(seebelow).ThecandidatecommunitiesandthecurrentassignmentsΑ mostofthemselfassignedatthemeetingΑarelistedintheattachedfile,whichwillalsobepostedonthe Dropboxfolderͻ{ǒĬĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ!ƭƭźŭƓƒĻƓƷƭ͵ͼTheprofilesaretobecompletedbeforethenextmeetingandare tobepostedinthefolderforthecommunityinDropbox.Inpreparingtheprofiles,itisimportanttohighlight informationthatwemaywishtofollowuponasweworkonourshortlist(e.g.asuccessfulpractice,a potentiallyvaluablesourceofinsights). 5ğƓ willcreateaprofileforLexingtonthatcanbeusedasabenchmarkforcomparisonwiththeprofileswewill becreating. 5ğƓ willsendthereportoftheSubcommitteeonAsianCommunitiestoBecky. 5ğƓ willsendoutlinkstotworecentarticlesonSanMarino,CA. Decisions Althoughthestartingassumptionhadbeenthatwewouldcompleteabout100profiles,wedecidedthatwe maybeabletoachieveourobjectivewithasmaller,representativeset.Wewillconsiderthisatournext meetingaswereviewtheprofiles. Inadditiontocharacterizingthecurrentstatus,weshouldconsiderthegrowthintheAsianpopulationsoverthe past10Α20yearsasweenhanceourprofiles. Eachofuswillhaveprimaryresponsibilityforthecommunitiesthatweprofile.Thisdoesnotprecludeanyofus fromenhancingaprofilecreatedbyanothersubcommitteemember. WewilluseDropboxasarepositoryforthe{ǒĬĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ͸ƭdocuments(e.g.profiles,assignments,agendas, minutes). WewillholdourmeetingsonthesecondTuesdayofthemonthfrom7:30p.m.to9:00p.m. Topicsdiscussed Somelearningobjectivesforourstudy NovelapproachestofosterinclusionofAsianresidents o Modificationofschoolprogramsorpracticestoreflecttheracialmakeupofthecommunity o StepstakentoattractmoreAsianteachers,policeofficers,firemenandothercommunitystaff o ParticipationofͻƒğźƓƭƷƩĻğƒͼresidentsinactivitiesassociatedwithtraditionallyminoritycommunities. o (IntheReportoftheSubcommitteeonDemographicChange,Bollywooddancingandcricketwere mentioned). Wemaybeabletodrawonassistancefromthefollowing Highschoolstudentsinpreparingprofilesorotherperformingotherresearch o AreferencelibrarianfromCaryLibrary o LiteratureonthesubjectofinclusionofAsianAmericans o SpecialistsonAsianAmericanissuesfoundatacademicinstitutions o MarianCohen,aprofessorofSociologyatFraminghamStateUniversityandformermemberofthe o 20/20VisionCommittee.MarianservedontheDemographicChangeTaskForce;helpedtodraftthe interviewguidefortheSubcommitteeonDemographicChange;andtrainedthemembersofthatgroup ininterviewtechniques.Marianhasofferedtohelpoutwithourresearch,andhasstudentswhomay beabletosupportourwork. Townmeetinghassetaside$15,000forourwork.The20/20VisionCommitteehadrequestedthe o supportforpotentialconsultingservices,eitherfromacademicspecialistsorfromcollegestudentswith appropriatebackground. NextMeeting ǒĻƭķğǤͲhĭƷƚĬĻƩЊЌğƷАʹЌЉƦ͵ƒ͵źƓƷŷĻtğƩƉĻƩwƚƚƒΛĬğƭĻƒĻƓƷƚŅƷŷĻƚǞƓhŅŅźĭĻƭΜ͵ SubsequentMeetings(allintheParkerRoom) November10 December8 January12,2016 February9 March8 Themeetingadjournedat8:45p.m. MinutessubmittedbyDanKrupka 2