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<br />Minutes <br />TownCelebrationsCommittee <br />January13,2016 <br />Cafe,201BedfordStreet <br />Memberspresent <br />LorainMarquisandRichMcDonough,CoChairs;SuzanneCaton,KimCoburn,LindaDixon,CarolFlynn, <br />KarenGaughan,JulieMiller,WayneMiller,BillMix,HenryMurphy,GeethaPadaki,SandyPodgorski <br />Membersnotpresent <br />DianaBishop,CeriseJalelian,PaulJenkins,LindaLevitt,MelanieLin,SondraLucente,DaveTaylor,BobTracey, <br />SamZales. <br />Business <br />TheChairdeclaredthataquorumwaspresent. <br />TheSelectmenhaveappointedGinaRadaasourofficialliaisontoveterans. <br />Therearefourvacanciesonthesubcommittee. <br />TheminutesofNovember4,2015wereapproved. <br />AdditionalfeedbackreVeteransBreakfast:1)Decidewhethertoplayservicesongsandstickto <br />thedecision.Therewassomeconcernaboutcorrectprotocolconcerningthenationalanthem, <br />pledgeofallegianceandservicesongs.RichwillcontactGinaforclarification.2)Couldwe <br />follow!«ª¬µ¸ªȟ¹exampleandstringoneormorebannersacrossMassachusettsAvenueafew <br />daysbeforetheevent?Possiblyaddsandwichboardswithposters?3)Infuture,wecould <br />savethefronttablesfor¼«º«¸§´¹ȟseatingandseatVIPguestsalongtheside. <br />MembershipRecruitment:LorainofferedtospeakatCitizensAcademyadvertisingour <br />committee.Sinceithasalreadymetfortheyear,wecouldsendgraduatesanemailinvitation. <br />LindaLevettisarecentgraduateandmighthelpusaccesstheiremaillist. <br />Themembershiprosterneedsupdating;Cerisewillworkonit. <br />MartinLutherKingDay,Monday,January18,2016 <br />Lorainencouragedcommitteememberstoattendandparticipate <br />PatriotsDay,Monday,April18,2016 <br />ParadeApplicationSituation:GeethahadadiscussionwiththeleaderofanIndianAmerican <br />groupwhowishestomarchintheparade,notasanethnicgroupbutacivicgroup.Geetha <br />invitedhimtosubmitanapplication,remindinghimofthe©µ³³¯ºº««ȟ¹policyofno <br />distributionofflyersorgiveawaysduringthemarch.Also,hisgroupoverseesaFestivalof <br />Colors,orIndianharvestfestival,thatwouldliketocomeunderTCCsponsorship.Geetha <br />explainedthattheTCChasabroad,townwidemandateandassuchcannotaccommodate <br />individualgroupslikethis.ThegroupwillinsteadreachouttotheInterfaithCouncilfor <br />support. <br /> <br />