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• Sandy Podgorski has started creating the schedule of events for the Patriots' Day weekend. The committee discussed the need to print fewer hard copies of the schedule this year and to make more use of the Town website. • Lorain reported that she has requested that the Patriots' Day stakeholders meeting be held on February 13 and that she has submitted all the required letters requesting permits for the Patriots' Day events. She also reported that she is working on the VIP invitations. • Geetha reported that the video from last year can be updated with new dates and be re-used for this year. It was suggested that the video be posted on the Town website. • The committee suggested that Sondra ask Jerry Michelson and the manager of Brookline Bank to be parade float judges for this year. Dance Around the World 2018 • Geetha reported that she in not getting commitment from the Town's ethnic groups to participate in this year's Dance Around the World, primarily because the groups are too busy with other functions this year. • The committee decided to postpone Dance Around the World until next Fall, with a date preferably in late October or early November. • Lorain will talk with the Town to try to move the budgeted money from FY 2018 to FY 2019. • Geetha suggested that the committee try to get some of the ethnic groups to participate in the Patriots' Day Parade. Veterans Day 2018 • Lorain asked Sue Stering to talk with her teacher contact at the High School to get students started early on writing essays about WW I. Approval of Parade Applications No Fee (8 Units) The Committee approved the following parade applications with no fee involved: Lex Farm Lexington High School Best Buddies/Patriot Pedalers Lexington Lions Club Lexington VFW Post 43007 Lexington Youth Commission The Liberty Ride Michelson's Shoes Middlesex Sheriff's Office Honor Guard Fee Requested (4 Units) The Committee approved the following applications and fees that represented no change from 2016: Middlesex County Volunteers Fife & Drum Roma Band Waltham American Legion Band The committee tabled the following application to allow for further discussion re fees: Hallamore Clydesdales The list of other future meetings is as follows: 01/24/18, 02/07/18, 02/21/07, 03/07/18, 03/14/18, 03/21/18, 03/28/18, 04/04/18, 04/11/17, 04/25/18, 05/02/18, 05/16/18, 05/23/18, 06/06/18. All 2018 meetings will be held at the Community Center.