2013-06-11-2020-min (Demographic Change Subcommittee)

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Town of Lexington Subcommittee on Demographic Change Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Parker Room, Town Offices Present: Nancy Corcoran - Ronchetti, Pat Costello, Nirmala Garimella, Margaret Heitz, Albert Huang, Martin Hwang, Bhumip Khasnabish, Dan Krupka The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. The minutes of the meeting held on May 14, 2013 were approved. Action items • Contact Minuteman regarding the idea of writing a series of articles modeled on "Immigrant Stories — Journey to Lexington" that appeared in that paper between July and August 2005 - Nancy • Look for the above articles, which may exist only on microfilm, on Factiva - Martin • Ask Carl Valente to alert several Department Managers that Margaret and Pat will be contacting them regarding updates on the status of activities associated with the Town's Asian residents that came up during their meetings with our subcommittee - Dan • Distribute relevant portions of the summary of responses from PTA and PTO members in advance of our July 8 meeting - Dan Interviews: Status, plans and assignments • We have completed 36 interviews — 20 of members of Town boards and committees, including four with members of Town Meeting. Only one remains to be completed. The number of interviews exceeds the target of "20 to 30" that we set for ourselves at the outset. Report preparation • Town committee management. A description of the current methods of Town committee management, sent to Dan by Candy McLaughlin, led to a discussion of the past efforts to provide information to newcomers to Lexington. The League of Women Voters had published a pamphlet for newcomers to Lexington, which may have been distributed through the Welcome Wagon, realtors, or both. But it was discontinued several years ago. That, in turn, led to the idea of small -scale gatherings in private homes to welcome newcomers, championed by Nirmala. Other, related methods include the Town Meeting Outreach Committee and a late- summer cookout, hosted by CAAL. • Minuteman article. Nirmala succeeded in tracking down an article published in the Lexington Minuteman regarding what attracts people to Lexington. She located it down with help of the