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Meeting Minutes Community Center Task Force Meeting August 25, 2011 Date: Members in Laura Hussong, Betty Attendance: Borghesani, Jim Goell, Lisah Rhodes Meeting Time / 7:30 /Ellen Stone Room, Location Cary Hall Liaisons in Nancy Adler, LWV Attendance: Chris Ammer,Fr Cary Lib Gail Fields, HSery Guest: Marilyn Campbell, Dan Absent: Tim Dugan, Florence Fenn Koplow Guest Speaker: Koren Stembridge, Director, Cary Memorial Library The meeting began with a presentation on the Cary Library services to the town by its new director, Koren Stembridge. Koren sent along her notes, which are archived, so they are not reproduced here. After Ms. Stembridge left we first voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the August 2, 2011 meeting. Lisah Rhodes graciously agreed to poll the members /liaisons for future meeting dates using Doodle. She will let us know which dates have been deemed the best. Member /liaison reports: Marilyn Campbell: Sudbury (population 17,700) Community Center (CC) Teen programs: CC is made out of an old school. Had a teen entry, black room with the purple ceiling.. Didn't work because the kids didn't do it themselves. Doing something they wanted in a building that was proscribed for them didn't work either. Every other Friday or every fourth Friday evening teen area is turned over to teens. 400 kids show up. Dancing, arcade, can chat in a room with furniture, play games in arcade. Have run of whole place. Takes a lot of staff but the kids definitely come and like it. Not always the same kids. $8/$10 a membership event. Lock -in. Stay until IOpm, may not leave earlier. Whole CC staff shows up to supervise on those evenings. What kinds of kids show up, can they characterize? Different kids show up each time.