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March 20, 2024 Meeting Minutes
Pursuant to notice duly filed with the Town Clerk, the Semiquincentennial Commission (Lex250)
convened in a hybrid format in the Parker Room at the Town Office Building and via Zoom video
conference on Wednesday March 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM by Ms. Barry as allowed by legislation
(S.2475) extending the suspension of certain provisions of the Massachusetts Open Meeting
Law.
Present in person:
Suzie Barry, Select Board Member, Chair
Doug Lucente, Select Board Member
Mona Roy, Community Representative, Vice Chair
Noah Michelson, Community Representative, Clerk
Jane Hundley, LPS 6-8 Social Science Department Head
Cleve Coats, Community Representative
Cerise Jalelian, Town Celebrations Committee Representative
Tom Colatosti, Community Representative
Jillian Tung, Music &Arts Representative
Steve Conners, Reenactment Community Representative
Barry Cunha, Business Representative
Present remotely:
Julie O'Leary, Civic Representative
John Rossi, Commission on Disability Liaison
Sandhya Iyer, Economic Development Director
Staff Members from John Guilfoil Public Relations (JGPR)
Absent:
Ashley Rooney, Community Representative
Bebe Fallick, Tourism Committee Representative
Bridger McGaw, Community Representative
Paul O'Shaughnessy, Historical Organization Representative
• The meeting was called to order at 4:02 PM by Ms. Barry
• Website Discussion & Decision
o Two people are needed to help write historical content for the website; currently it
has too much purely tourist information.
■ Jane and Mona volunteered; will reach out for help from Visitor's Center,
Lexington Minutemen, and JGPR.
■ Mona will also reach out to LexSeeHer, ABCL, and a possible third group
about "untold stories" content.
o The website will have a section about the Commission, and a group photo is
needed.
■ Prior to the next meeting, the Commission will meet in Cary Hall to take a
picture.
o A tagline is needed for the top of the website.
■ "Honoring the Past Inspiring the Future" was chosen by a straw poll of 8-5
o Sponsor categories and names need to be decided on.
■ The fundraising small group will report back with sponsor level names by
next meeting.
o An option is available to have a form on the website for events to be submitted
for addition to the calendar.
■ A small group of Mona, Jillian, and Cleve will vet submitted events before
bringing them to the whole group for approval.
• This procedure may change with changing needs.
■ Events will be filtered into categories
• Lecture, Arts and Music, Family Friendly, Accessibility, Children,
Free, Dance, Sports, Outside, Living History, Community
Engagement
• Parker's Prelude
o The schedule for Parker's Prelude requires adjusting due to the addition of a
cake cutting ceremony. As this was not on the agenda, it was left for the events
working group.
• Next Meeting: March 27 at 4:30 PM
• The meeting was adjourned at 5:26 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Noah Michelson