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2010 Minuteman Cane Award Committee Meeting Monday, April 5, 2010 2 PM in Town Hall, Room 111 Committee members present were Dot Boggia, Chairman, Marie Hill, Lodia Parilla, David Williams, Sheldon Spector, Dick Michelson, Barbara Ciampa, Jackie Ward, Leo McSweeney and Beverly Kelley. The only absent member was Charlie Price. This was the only meeting this year. We did not meet in February as usual. The meeting was called to order at 2:03. The minutes of the April 7, 2009 meeting were accepted. This committee is 23 years old this year! And four of our members have been on it since the beginning. They are Dot Boggia, Lodia Parilla, Sheldon Spector and David Williams. Thank you to all of you! Jackie ward is on the committee this year because she was last year’s winner and she will remain on the committee for a total of 2 years. Leo McSweeney was welcomed as a new permanent member. The first order of business was the reception. It will be held this year on Sunday, April 25 from 2-4 PM at the Historical Society Depot. The reception will honor the recipients of the Cane Award, the White Tricorn Hat Award and the Outstanding Youth Award. It is held in conjunction with the Lions Club and members of this committee are asked to contribute a finger dessert for the occasion. We next discussed how to solicit more nominations. This year we only had four, and three of them were from last year. Suggestions included putting it on the Town’s website, submitting a letter to the editor of the Minuteman in January and also submitting an announcement in the Colonial Times in January. It was also suggested that each committee member try to think of people who would be deserving and perhaps solicit family members to nominate that person. At 2:20 we began discussing the current four nominees. They were Bob Edwards, Dan Fenn, Jr., MaryLou Touart and Samuel Altschuler. There was a discussion regarding favoring someone who has not already received recognition and it was decided that each committee member should use his or her judgment on that issue. We gave fair and equal treatment to each candidate and then we took a secret written vote. (Charlie Price voted by absentee ballot.) Sheldon and David left the room and tallied up the votes. This year’s recipient is Bob Edwards. The first runner-up was Dan Fenn and the second runner-up was Mary Lou Touart. Therefore, Dan and Mary Lou will automatically be considered next year. Dot and Marie will tell Bob, and Marie will write up the citation th which Dot will read at the ceremony on the Green on April 19. The meeting was adjourned at 2:45. Respectfully submitted by Beverly Kelley, Secretary April 5, 2010