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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting October 23, 2019 Lexington Community Center Members Present Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Kim Coburn, Karen Gaughan, Cerise Jalelian, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Rita Pandey, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering Members Not Present Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Wei Ding, Linda Dixon, Mary Hutton, Paul Jenkins, Gresh Lattimore, Sondra Lucente, Geetha Padaki, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Guests: Cody Crogan, Lions' Club; Bill Carlson, Lions' Club; Dawn McKenna, Tourism Committee; Suzie Barry, Board of Selectmen Business: • The chair reported that a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 7:03 pm. • Lorain welcomed the visitors to the meeting. • In regards to the minutes of October 9, 2019 it was clarified that no vote on the number of photos a veteran can submit for the slide slow was held. The request for photo form clearly states one photo to be submitted. If the veteran submits more than one photo it is left to our discretion as to include a second photo or not. • Minutes from the meeting of October 9, 2019 as amended were approved. Patriots' Day 2020: • June stated that there was a stakeholders meeting on October 10 concerning whether or not to discontinue the Sunrise Youth Parade. No decision was reached and a survey was sent out to the attendees. • June presented the results of the survey that was sent to the stakeholders. Out of 40 surveys sent, only 10 were completed-- a 25%response rate. Opinions were split evenly concerning either discontinuing or continuing the Sunrise Youth Parade. • June stated that due to the lack of response and no clear mandate, there would be no changes to the events held by the Town Celebrations Committee. • A discussion ensued with the visitors over the Town Celebrations Committee decision to look into changing the Sunrise Youth Parade and ceremonies. • After the discussion, Dawn McKenna, Suzie Barry, and Cody Crogan left the meeting. They were thanked for attending and sharing their opinions. Veteran's Day Breakfast on November 2, 2019: • Sandy Podgorski stated the Veterans' Day Breakfast event is in excellent shape. • George Gamota will give the keynote address at the breakfast.