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Home My WebLink About2016-02-09-2020-min (Subcommittee on Asian Communities) TownofLexington SubcommitteeonAsianCommunities MinutesofthemeetingheldonTuesday,February9,2016 ParkerRoom,TownOffices Present: BeckyBarrentine,MarianCohen(guest),MargaretCoppe,PatCostello,TanyaGisolfi,DanKrupka,SusieLee Snell,FaithLin,ShobaReginald,ManasiSinghalandBinZhou Themeetingwascalledtoorderat7:40p.m. Themeetingwasdevotedto(1)reviewingtheSurveyMonkeyinstrumentsrecentlycompletedbyMarianCohenandher studentsand(2)todiscussinghowtocontacttheinterviewsubjectsinthetargetcommunities Actionitems TanyaandDan willcompletetheletterofinvitationtoparticipants,ensuringthatitincludeourstronginterestina followupcall.UponcompletionofreviewbyJoePato,itwillbeprintedonLexingtonTownstationeryandDanwill collectthefoursignatures:JoePato,CarlValente,JessieSteigerwaldandMaryCzajkowski. BeckyandTanya willdecidehowtoapproachPTA/OsinCupertinoandSaratoga,andmakearecommendationtothe SACregardingthechoiceofschoollevel(elementary/middle/high)andhowtocontactthem.Theywillalsodecideifit makessensetoobtainguidancefromthesuperintendentwhenmakingtheselection. Dan willcollectandreviewcommentsonalltheSurveyMonkeyinstruments,andforwardthemtoMarianCohen. Decisions Regardingalltheinstruments - Includeanestimateofthetimerequiredtocompleteit.FortheAsiancommunityorganizations,theestimateis 30minutes;fortheothersźƷ͸ƭ15minutes. RegardingtheinstrumentforAsiancommunityorganizations - ReplaceͻğƭƭźƒźƌğƷźƚƓͼbyamoreappropriatetermthroughouttheinstrument.In1a,useͻźƓƷĻŭƩğƷźƚƓ͵ͼ - Modifytheawkwardquestionfollowedbystatement,e.g.,ͻLƭthisactivityimportanttoyour organization?AssimilationofnewimmigrantsintothelocalĭƚƒƒǒƓźƷǤͼ - Includeexamplesofactivesupport:ͻĻ͵ŭ͵ͲbycanvassingforthecandidateorgivingfinancialƭǒƦƦƚƩƷ͵ͼ - Question10,addaboxtoindicatethatcommunityorganizationdidnotexist10yearsago - Althoughtheinstrumentislong,wedecidedthatitwouldbeconsideredimportantbyleadersofAsian communityorganizationsandtheyarelikelytobewillingtotakethetimetofillitout NextMeeting Tuesday,March8,at7:30p.m.intheParkerRoom(basementoftheTownOffices). SubsequentMeetings April5,{ĻƌĻĭƷƒĻƓ͸ƭRoom(Newdate!)June14,ParkerRoom May10,ParkerRoom Themeetingadjournedat8:45p.m. MinutessubmittedbyDanKrupka 2