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Home My WebLink About2015-01-07-TCC-min Minutes TownCelebrationsCommittee January7,2015 Cafe,201BedfordStreet Memberspresent LorainMarquisandRichMcDonough,CoChairs;SuzieBarry,LindaDixon,CarolFlynn,Karen Gaughan,CeriseJalelian,PaulJenkins,WayneMiller,BillMix,SandyPodgorski,SamZales Membersnotpresent KimCoburn,MaryGillespie,SondraLucente,BarbaraManfredi,JulieMiller,TanyaMorrisett,Henry Murphy,GeethaPadaki,CharliePrice,DaveTaylor,BobTracey. Business Thecochairsdeclaredthataquorumwasnotpresent,sonovoteswillbetaken. LorainMarquisintroducedSuzanneCatonfromtheLexingtonCitizensAcademy,whoattended themeetingasaguest. SuzieBarryreportedthatCAAL,theChineseAmericanAssociationofLexington,issponsoringa specialculturaleventonSaturday,January24.Theafternoonportion,from1:00to3:00atCary Library,includesarts&crafts,food,music,andadragonparade.From7:00to9:00therewillbe displaysofChinesesonganddanceintheLexingtonHighSchoolauditorium.CAALhasasked forthe"µ³³¯ºº««ȟ¹support. Membersreceivedamembercontactlistwithaddressandtelephoneinformation.Allchanges andcorrectionsshouldbereportedtoCeriseJalelian. InCharlie/¸¯©«ȟ¹absence,thediscussionofcommitteejacketswasdeferredtoalatermeeting. MartinLutherKingDay,Monday,January19,2015 SamZalesupdatedtheCommitteeonthefinalprogramfortheday,whichhastransitionedfrom adayofspeechestoanactionorienteddayofhelpingtheunderprivileged.Volunteersare expectedtotoplast¿«§¸ȟ¹250.GraceChapelwillbethebaseofoperations.Activitiesincludea CommunityDayattheWalthamYMCAfor300membersofhomelessfamilieslivinginarea hotels;designingandcreating1,000cardsforveterans;visitingwithseniorsoverlunchat +«¾¯´ºµ´ȟ¹threeseniorhousingcommunities;andparticipatinginfoodandclothingdrives. DanceAroundtheWorld,Saturday,March14,2015 DressrehearsalshavebeenscheduledforSaturday,February28andSunday,March1. PatriotsDay2014 Approvalrequests:Lorain,RichandSuziewillattendthe2«²«©º³«´ȟ¹meetingonMondayto usherthefirstroundofnecessaryapprovalrequeststhroughtheapprovalprocess.Suzie explainedtheprocedurestogaintheapprovalsforfutureactivities. StakeholdersMeeting:Suziewillfacilitatethestakeholdersmeeting,whereallconcernedTown departmentsmeetwithallgroupsandorganizationsthatplayaroleinPatriotsWeekend,to determinethenecessarylogistical,technicalandmanpowersupportneeds. JointConcord/Bedford/Lexingtoneventscalendar:TheCommitteehasbeenaskedaboutthe possibilityofproducingajointeventscalendarincorporatingPatriotsWeekendeventsin Lexington,ConcordandBedford.Sincethiswouldinvolveextracostupto$1,000,the Committeefeltthat,ifthiscostcouldbebornebyaninterestedgroup(forexample,theChamber ofCommerce),wewouldgladlyjointheproject. StatusofApplications:Applicationshavebeenemailedtoallcandidatesforthe2015parade. Therehavebeennoresponsestodate.Thedeadlineforvehiclesandfloatapplicationsis February15,2015;formarchingunits,March1,2015.Responsescanbebyemail,fax,orU.S. mail.Theapplicationwillbeonthecommitteewebsitesoon. SponsorLetters:needtogooutsoon.Lastyearwasagoodyearwithabout$16,000raised.The Committeecannotapproachbusinesseswithliquorlicensesorwhoareinlitigationwiththe Town. OldGuardParticipation:TheOldGuardwantstodoaspecialperformanceontheBattleGreenon Saturday,April18andtomarchintheparadeonMonday,April20.Lastyear,theRotaryClub sponsoredacomplimentarylunchforthemonSaturday,hostedatBrookhaven.TheCommittee willseeiftheRotaryClubiswillingtodothisagain.PaperworkmustbesubmittedtotheBoard ofSelectmenbeforetheOld&»§¸ªȟ¹participationisconfirmed. ChiefMarshal:TheCommitteehadaninitialdiscussionabouttheselectionofChiefMarshal.By thenextmeeting,membersshouldhavenamestosuggestandbepreparedtomakeaselection. Themeetingadjournedat8:45p.m. Respectfullysubmitted, LindaDixon,CoSecretary