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2020 Vision Committee October 14, 2010 7:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Selectmen’s Meeting Room Members present: Peter Enrich, Janice Frascatore, Bhumip Khasnabish, Barry Orenstein, Alan Wrigley, George Burnell, Richard Canale, Dan Krupka, Marian Cohen, Chuck Benson, Peter Lee Staff: Candy McLaughlin, Brianna Olson ACTION ITEMS:  Fernando and Candy will draft an outreach letter to organizations inviting creation of focus groups. Brianna will follow up with 2009 Lexington Citizens’ Academy graduates using an online scheduling application; Bhumip will follow up with IAL; and Peter Lee will follow up with CAAL.  Subcommittee will follow up on DCTF report according to committee charge. Meeting Began: 7:45 a.m. The minutes from last month’s meeting were approved. Fall/Winter Outreach Agenda: Creating focus groups by reaching out to pre-established organizations will connect 2020 Vision to a variety of perspectives in the community. People with shared interests who know each other may find it easier is to have productive discussions within a limited time frame than a group of disparate individuals. Focus group participants will be asked to share their own thoughts on the issues being discussed and not speak only from the organization’s perspective. Fernando will send a letter to each group describing the Committee’s goal for the focus groups, and a Committee member will follow up with each group. We will attempt to schedule several before the holidays – Brianna will follow up with 2009 Lexington Citizens’ Academy graduates, Bhumip will follow up with IAL, and Peter Lee will follow up with CAAL. The committee reviewed and refined the structured questions to be asked of each focus group, and discussed additional logistics. It was determined that the focus groups would last for approximately 1 ½ hours, and that 2020 Vision members would facilitate the focus group to ensure that each focus group question was given time for discussion. There will be one facilitator and two recorders for each focus group, and refreshments will be provided. The Committee will report back to each focus group with a summary of their comments. DCTF Follow-up Subcommittee: Dan, Marian and Janice previously volunteered to follow up on some of the findings and recommendations of the Demographic Change Task Force. To comply with the revised Open Meeting Law, the Committee charged them as an official 2020 Vision subcommittee to:  Update the report with new Census data  Look into obtaining additional data, possibly with MAPC/MIT  Outreach to groups in the community  Recommend any additional next steps to Committee Adjourn: 9:00 a.m. Next Meeting: Friday, November 19, 2010, 7:45 a.m.