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Minutes Town Celebrations Committee March 16, 2016 Cafe, 201 Bedford Street Members present Lorain Marquis, co-chair; Diana Bishop, Kim Coburn, Linda Dixon, Karen Gaughan, Melanie Lin, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Henry Murphy, Bill Mix, Sandy Podgorski, Bob Tracey Members not present Rich McDonough, Co-Chair; Suzanne Caton, Carol Flynn, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Linda Levitt, Sondra Lucente, Geetha Padaki, Dave Taylor, Sam Zales Business The Chair declared that a quorum was present. The minutes of March 9, 2016 were approved as corrected. Brief Committee Assignment Reports Diana: VIP invitations have gone out, will start tracking them. She will take on the responsibility of monitoring committee finances, tracking expenses etc. Bill Mix: The dress rehearsal for the Battle Reenactment is set for April 3 at 2:00 p.m. With the death of Reverend Peter Meek, they will need to find a replacement to portray Jonas Clarke. Bob Tracey: Tony Barrie has called several times re reinstatement; they didn't receive an invitation this year. Lorain advised that we are at our budget maximum. They are welcome to apply next year. Melanie - delivered programs to Community Center and will bring second batch this weekend. CAAL is considering using the dragon from their Chinese New Year celebration in the Patriots Day Parade, perhaps next year. The committee strongly encouraged this idea. Sandy: all programs have been delivered to a wide group of places with plenty left over to handle requests for more. Lorain congratulated her on great job. Karen: dropped off programs at Wilson’s; they were happy to accept a batch. Spoke with Dennis Cook, who usually helps with crowd control at Reenactment. He is unavailable this year but assures us he will help again next year. Linda: Has recruited one more Parade Ambassador, possibly two, total now 9 or 10. One PA asked for a National Honor Society service certificate. These will be made available. The student offered to recruit his fellow NHS students to march and gain service credits. Regarding sponsors, several forms have been received. Two businesses have made cash donations and do not wish to have a banner. The group discussed having a promotion piece in the Minuteman next year inviting anyone to contribute to the parade, to encourage donations and stay within the town’s legal solicitation guidelines.