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Board Meeting Minutes
March 9, 1993
Attending Harriet Onello (Chairman) , Kevin Grimes, Jim
Penske, Ed Grant, Clark Cowen, Bob Cushman, Monica Chang,
Linda Vine (Staff) , Donna Hooper (Human Services Liaison)
Absent Chen, Rubin and Taylor
The meeting was called to order at 4 35 p m
The minutes of the prior meeting were approved after
discussion of the amount of funding in the warrant for Town
Meeting
Chairman Onello then welcomed our guests, Bev and Peter
Kelley, who are heading up the FCOA auction on April 2nd
They reviewed the status of preparations, the need for
donations and volunteers, and the work on the brochure which
will list all items and donors 500 tickets have been sold
and it should be a success
Linda then gave the Director' s report
( 1 March 30 at 2 00 is the rescheduled volunteer
recognition event including the dedication of the tree
to the memory of Jack Eddison
2 320 client satisfaction survey forms were mailed
March 2
3 The World War II oral history project has been completed
and will be presented the evening of April 6
4 Applications for the Minuteman Cane Award were
passed out
5 A copy of the Minuteman Home Care evaluation of the
agency passed out with the comment that the COA exceeded
expectations
6 The Boy Scouts are helping to renovate a former storage
area in the Center into a small conference area
7 We should all allow extra time for the April board
meeting
Kevin Grimes then reported on the Linkage Committee project
A copy of the invitation to participate was given each board
member; this was sent to 127 individuals and organizations
There have been 37 acceptances and notices of several written
submissions from those who can ' t attend Kevin then
solicited and obtained volunteers for the day of the hearing
Kevin also reminded the COA that we should consider a program
( of education to the elderly on alcoholism It ' s a problem
not addressed by the AARP, AA, or the life care communities
Two drinks a night with medication can be a problem for the
elderly; there is also a danger from driving or falls while
impaired The Board agreed to refer this to the Education
Committee
The meeting adjourned at 5 50 p m
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