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<br />Minutes <br />TownCelebrationsCommittee <br />March11,2015 <br />Cafe,201BedfordStreet <br />Memberspresent <br />LorainMarquisandRichMcDonough,CoChairs;SuzieBarry,SuzanneCaton,LindaDixon,Karen <br />Gaughan,PaulJenkins,LindaLovett,JulieMiller,BillMix,HenryMurphy,SandyPodgorski. <br />Membersnotpresent <br />KimCoburn,CarolFlynn,CeriseJalelian,SondraLucente,BarbaraManfredi,WayneMiller,Tanya <br />Morrisett,GeethaPadaki,CharliePrice,DaveTaylor,BobTracey,SamZales. <br />Business <br />Loraindeclaredthataquorumwaspresent. <br />TheCommitteeapprovedtheminutesofthemeetingsofJanuary21,2015;February4,2015;and <br />February18,2015. <br />TheSelectmenofficiallyapprovedthemembershipapplicationsofSuzanneCatonandLinda <br />Levitt,aswellasfornewmemberMelanieCause,onMonday,March9. <br />TheCommitteewillmeetweeklyfromnowuntilmidMay. <br />WiththeresignationofMaryGillespieandtheupcomingtermexpirationofSuzieBarry,there <br />willbeopportunitiesforsubcommitteememberstobeappointedtothefullcommittee. <br />Lorain,LindaandBarbaraattendedtheCroninLectureatBrookhavenonFebruary27wherea <br />panelofBrookhavenresidentsdescribedtheirexperiencesduringWorldWarII.Theyplanto <br />meetwithLauraAnderson,DirectorofCommunityLiving,toexplorefuturecollaborations. <br />DanceAroundtheWorld <br />GeethaPadakiexplainedthatthiseventhasbeententativelyrescheduledforOctober25,2015, <br />TheMarchdatewasnolongerworkablemainlybecauseweatherconditionshaveprevented <br />practicesessions.Thisnewtimeframewillallowtheplannerstobuildaroundthethemesof <br />HarvestorHalloween.Geethahasreachedouttomanyethnicgroupsintown.Sheisstill <br />lookingforaCoChair,althoughthereisapossibilitythatMelanieLinmaybeavailabletoserve. <br />PatriotsDay2015 <br />Budgetpresentation:SuzieBarrygaveanoverviewofthe"µ³³¯ºº««ȟ¹totalbudget,thefunds <br />availableforthePatriotsDayParade,projectedcostsassociatedwiththeparade,andestimated <br />fundstoberaisedthroughsponsorshipoutreach.Shearrivedataprojectedamounttobe <br />budgetedformarchingunits.Thisamountisveryclosetothetotaloffeesrequestedby <br />marchingunitstodate.TheCommitteemustkeepfeesasclosetolast¿«§¸ȟ¹aspossible. <br />AleppoShriners:SondraLucentereportedonherdiscussionswiththeShriners.Theyareoffering <br />amenuofpossiblemarchinggroups:theAleppoShrinersClowns;ClownsonCycles;theCape <br />CodFireBrigade(golfcartsdressedupasfiretrucks);MotorPatrol(replicaof1902Oldsmobiles); <br />theOrientalBand,onaplatformtruck;andMiniAutos.The­¸µ»¶ȟ¹topchoicewastheAleppo <br />Clowns.Dependingonthe2®¸¯´«¸¹ȟwillingnesstodiscussfeearrangements,wemightbeable <br />toinvitetheClownsonCyclesand/ortheMiniAutos.Sondrawilldiscussandreportback. <br /> <br />