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Meeting Notes
Steering Committee – August 20, 1999
Members Present:
Chuck Benson, Todd Burger, Helen CohenRobin DiGiammarino, Peter
Enrich, Alan Lazarus, Paul Mammola, Peggy Perry, Fernando Quezada
Consultants Present:
Joe Brevard
Staff Present:
Rick White, Candy McLaughlin, Michael Baker
Call to order
Summary of Points of Consensus from Last Friday’s Meeting
The committee agreed to the points of consensus from the August 13 Steering Committee meeting
and resolved not to speak of them again. For the purpose of the minutes, however, they are listed
below:
There will be a fall town wide meeting, to expand community participation and move the
process forward.
A constituent assembly will be organized to serve as an”anchor”, and this group will evolve
out of the fall meeting.
Several appropriately sized groups will be organized and will develop pieces of the vision plan.
At several points during the process the work to date will be tested out in the greater
community.
The desired end result of this endeavor is both a consensus on future vision and goals for
Lexington and a renewable process for the community to work together.
The process is iterative; there is agreement now on the “big picture” outline and we will refine
and elaborate on the process incrementally as we go forward.
A consultant was hired to help us with certain needs by bringing to bear experience and
expertise in structuring effective citizen involvement processes.
Publicity Update
Robin and Todd reported on the activities of the Public Communications Subcommittee, which
met most recently on August 18. The report, which included a handout, outlined several
communications channels and forms of media for conducting outreach and marketing, both in
preparation for the fall event and to meet longer-term outreach objectives. It also detailed the tasks
for staff and the committee to undertake in pursuing each media option.
In terms of assigning the tasks, the committee agreed that the first step should involve a meeting
between Public Communications Subcommittee members and staff (Michael and Candy) to
identify those tasks that it will be realistic for staff to execute. Any other tasks, which might be
more suited to committee members, will be send to the committee by e-mail, requesting assistance.
Fall Meeting Planning
Phase II Scope
Adjourn