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have only one open seat at the moment. Fernando noted that Joe mentioned to him that we might want to consider expanding the committee.Joe responded that the Select Board will be reviewing the applications at their April 5t" meeting.Joe noted that he recommended that the Select Board wait a month,giving time for this group to determine how large we want to grow.Joe commented that he imagines adding two more seats to go up to fifteen. We will send our recommendations then to the board, even though they are ultimately the appointing authority.Joe further added that if we are going to increase our membership,we should use this opportunity to talk about how large,what the quorum should be, and possibly something about how we absorb more people on task activities.The wealth of talent in this pool would be available for that.Joe suggested to Fernando that we put together a small group of people to go through the applications and suggest small tweak we want to make. We also want to be thinking about continuity and succession planning.Joe commented that it has been hard for Fernando who has been chair for 20 years. We may want to have a co-chair,which we had in previous years. Fernando commented that he asked Margaret to serve as co-chair during this process.Joe suggested that we put a vote on our next agenda. Margaret commented that we should follow up on Joe's suggestion and create a group of about 3 people. Margaret, Dan, and Joe volunteered to serve on the group to review the applications and select three to be recommended to Fernando car. Mark asked if we have a specific set of criteria that we are looking for in committee members. Fernando responded that it was fairly generic, but we did have a conversation at a previous meeting about what skills we are looking for. We did specify availability. Fernando asked for consensus to maintain the current vacancy until we create additional vacancies on the committee.There was consensus. Candy added that for a while,the committee considered specific affiliations for membership to make sure we are considering the whole range of folks in the town, such as clergy, business people, school representation, and cultural groups. Fernando asked Joe if the subcommittee has to obey open meeting laws.Joe responded that it is sort of an informal task at the moment.Joe will talk to the Town Clerk and see if we can post anyway so people know. Mark asked that whoever has the final criteria for new members to circulate it around. Dan said that he doesn't know if we had finalized it but he had a PowerPoint slide. 2020 Town-wide Survey Planning Update Fernando asked Mark for an update on the working group's efforts. Mark commented that the Town Meeting article has not been taken up yet at this time. Fernando asked Mark if he received feedback from a broad range of stakeholders so far. Mark confirmed that they have and are now starting to review the questions. Measure,Track and Support Progress in Topics Studied Enhancing Communication in Lexington Mark displayed two slides listing the top recommendations or goals that came from the ECiL survey. Mark noted that one of the top recommendations was to create a communication plan with Sean Dugan,the Public Information Officer. However, it is not a current objective for the Town Manager or the Select Board to develop one. Mark commented that he feels strongly that it should be a priority for the Town. Mark continued that the second recommendation was to enable a method for Town Committees to more easily be notified of attempts to contact the committee.This is coming out of the fact that 87%of the committees did not respond to an email send out months ago. After addressing with the IT Director,Town Manager, and Sean their answer was that they need more training. Mark is working behinds the scenes to work with IT to have their person email address to 2