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Meeting Minutes – Lexington 2020 Vision
Steering Committee Meeting –June 1, 2000
Members Present:
Fernando Quezada, Chuck Benson, Fred Merrill, Tony
Siesfeld, Peggy Perry, Robin DiGiammarino
Consultants and Town Staff:
Suzanne Orenstein, Richard White, Candy
McLaughlin
Call to Order
Steering Committee Liaison Reports
Fiscal Stability: Chuck Benson reported that one member of group turned in
a “minority report.” The Steering Committee focused on the process issues
involved, and decided:
Chuck will send email to the Work Group chair saying the Steering
Committee does not accept the concept of a minority report, and
instructing the group to decide how to acknowledge the member’s
submission. Fernando will talk to the person if he attends tonight’s CPG
meeting where the group’s report will be discussed.
Chuck or Tony will talk to the group member about bringing his ideas to
the group’s final meeting.
Chuck and Tony will encourage the group to meet one last time to
acknowledge and/or incorporate the comments, as well as the CPG
feedback, in their final report. This might be as simple as a statement
that the group’s operation by consensus did not achieve unanimity and
there are some opinions that did not get included in the final report.
Educational Excellence: Robin and Peggy reported that the School Central
Office staff have provided support for surveys, and feedback, but the group
feels proud that they did their work independently.
Managing Growth: The group felt that the CPG meeting where their report
was discussed went well, and they are planning to meet Tuesday to decide
how to respond to the feedback they received.
June 22 Meeting Planning
The draft agenda for this meeting, which will be held at the Museum of Our
National Heritage, was discussed. The “business” part of the meeting will
involve a panel of Steering Committee members talking about the process,
where we’ve been and what the next steps are, with discussion by
participants at several points. Draft handouts of milestones and next steps
were reviewed. Names were suggested for people to do the different parts of
the presentation. After reviewing immediate next steps, there will be an
opportunity for each Work Group chair to say how they feel about the
proposed process for preparing the final report. Certificate distribution will
not be “graduation style,” but each Work Group chair will be given
certificates for all members of his/her group, and Peter, Fred, and/or Robin
as elected board representatives will be asked to distribute the CPG member
certificates. The meeting will conclude with an informal celebration and
refreshments.
Rick’s Memo on Next Steps
The memo was distributed, and Rick presented his thoughts about how to go
forward. Tony asked about the purpose of the suggested survey – to
ratify/endorse the findings in the report (with the understanding that people
might provide additional input), or to seek information about community
trade-offs and the relative importance of different goals. The group agreed
that the latter is the intended purpose (although educating people about the
process, and getting feedback as to whether the report is on the right track,
will be secondary results as well).There was not time to discuss all points
in the memo, but there will be discussion at future meetings.
Adjourn