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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-09-24-TCC-min Minutes TownCelebrationsCommittee September24,2014 TrainingRoom201BedfordStreet MembersPresent SuzieBarry,KimCoburn,LindaDixon,KarenGaughan,CeriseJalelian,PaulJenkins,Sondra Lucente,LorainMarquis,JulieMiller,WayneMiller,BillMix,HenryMurphy,GeethaPedaki,Sandy Podgorski,CharliePriceandBobTracey MembersNotPresent SamDoran,CarolFlynn,MaryGillespie,BarbaraManfredi,RichMcDonough,TanyaMorrisettand DaveTaylor Guest RyanLennon,VeteransServiceOffice Business SuzieBarryconvenedthemeetingat7pm. May7,2014minuteswereapprovedandaccepted.Stillpendingapprovalareminutesof April30,2014andMay21,2014. CommitteemeetsnextonWednesday,October8,2014at 5pm. TownƩĻƦƚƩƷ͸ƭcommitteephotowastaken. CommitteeelectionsaretableduntiltheOctober8meeting. th CharliePriceispursuinghiscontactforcommitteejackets. SamZaleshasjoinedtheTownCelebration/ƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ͸ƭsubcommittee. 6¤³¤± ­²ȌBreakfast,Saturday,November8,2014 bĻźƌƌźƚ͸ƭwillprovidebreakfast;RotaryClubwillserve.Weranoutoffoodlastyear.Portion sizeswillbewatchedthistime. Publicity RyanLennonsubmittedthebreakfastnoticetotheseniorcenternewsletterfor o September/OctoberandNovember/Decemberissues.Hewillalsogivethenoticeto the aźƓǒƷĻƒğƓ and/ƚƌƚƓźğƌźƒĻƭ.LindaDixonwillcontacttheLexingtonVeterans AssociationandLexList,SuzieBarrywillnotifyHanscomAFBandLexingtonShopper andBobTraceytheVFW. Ryanmadepostersandflyers.Ratherthanprintsavethedatepostcardsthistime, o itwasdecidedthatmailingflyerstolastǤĻğƩ͸ƭattendeesoftheupcomingevent wouldbemostcosteffective(ifalistofnamescanbegathered). GuestspeakerisMajorGeneralL.ScottRice,AdjutantGeneraloftheMassachusetts NationalGuard. BillMixreportsthattheMinuteMenareavailabletopresentthecolorsatthebreakfast. LorainMarquisandRichMcDonoughareplanningtofundraiseinthecommunityfor prizes. SandyPodgorskiwillaskDaveTabelingtotakephotographsattheeventinadditionto takingindividualpicturesofveteranswhoareinterested.Sandywilloverseeindividual picturetaking. RyanwillseethattheserviceflagsareavailableforBobTraceyandWayneMillertobring tothebreakfast. KarenGaughanandJulieMillervolunteeredtomakecenterpieces. SuzieisscheduledtomeetwithJimWilson(WilsonFarm)and,atthattime,willaskabout theirusualflowerdonationtoveteransattheĻƷĻƩğƓƭ͸Dayceremony. 6¤³¤± ­²ȌDay,Tuesday,November11,2014 ScheduledvenueforthisǤĻğƩ͸ƭceremonyistheLexingtonHighSchoolgymnasium. TheprogramupdateisnotavailableBarbaraManfrediisoutoftown. CeriseJalelianwillcontactbothscoutinggroupsaboutparticipation. KimCoburnwillaskJeffLeonardtohelpprovideasinger. WilliamDiamondFife&DrumandtheMinuteMencanparticipate. BobTraceywillorderfivewreathsforthememorials. UpcomingTownCelebrationsCommitteeEvents MartinLutherKingDay commemorationhasbeenmadeapartofTownCelebrations Committee.LastǤĻğƩ͸ƭactivitieswerewellattendedthreehundredtofivehundred peopleparticipatedinthefoursponsoredprogramsorganizedtocelebratetheoccasion. SelectmenestablishedaspecificgiftaccountforanydonationsreceivedforMLKevents. SamZaleswillcometothenextmeetingtotalkaboutplansfortheday. Saturday,March14,2015,LexingtonHighSchool,isreservedfor DanceAroundthe ‘ƚƩƌķ͸ƭ event.Nofurtherinformationisavailableatthistime. 0 ³±¨®³²ȌDay,Monday,April20,2015 BillMixreportsthattheMinuteMenmaypossiblyhavearrangedforaduckboattofollow themintheparade.Theunitisapermanentlydecoratedoneusedforparadesandcarries 24people.{ǒǩźĻ͸ƭconcernisthatsincetheMinuteMenareclosetothefrontofthe parade,theĭğƩƩźĻƩ͸ƭexhaustmaybeaproblem.Billwillcheckintoandreportback. Thequestionwasraisedaboutwhethertheparadeapplicationwouldbeonlinethisyear. LastǤĻğƩ͸ƭwasemailedasapdffile.Possibilitiesarestillbeingexploredtomakethe applicationinteractive. OtherBusiness USAirForceWindEnsembleisperformingintheauditoriumatLexingtonHighSchoolon Thursday,November6,2014,7:30Α9pm.Noticketsnecessary.Publicitywillbesupplied bythegroup;TownCelebrationsCommitteewillprepareaprogram.KimwillaskatLHSfor tenvolunteersforushering.SuziewillaskbĻźƌƌźƚ͸ƭtoprepareadinnerforourguests. DawnMcKenna,ƷƚǞƓ͸ƭTourismCommitteechair,askediftheTownCelebrations Committeewouldbeinterestedinhavingaliaisonexchangebetweenthetwocommittees. Nooneexpressedinterestinparticipatingatthistime. MoreworkisneededtoclarifyfortheSelectmentheproposedreorganizationalstructure oftheTownCelebrationsCommittee. Selectmenaskedtowncommitteestobemorepromptinsubmittingmeetingminutesto thearchivesforposting. Meetingwasadjournedat8:30pm RespectfullysubmittedbySandyPodgorski