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Minutes of Meeting
October 25, 2017
Parker Room, Town Office Building
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Chair; Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Karen
Gaughan, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy
Members Not Present
June Baer, Dick Crogan, Paul Jenkins, Linda Levitt, Wayne Miller, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski,
Gina Rada, Sue Stering, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales
Business
• The minutes of October 11, 2017 were approved.
• The next meeting will be on November 1, 2017 in the Parker Room.
• Carol confirmed that the nametags have been ordered and should be ready in time for the
breakfast.
• Lorain asked the committee if they would be willing to have our meetings at the Community
Center when the Parker Room is not available. The committee was in favor of using the
Community Center when necessary.
Veterans Breakfast, Saturday, November 4, 2017
• Bill Mix reported that the Minutemen Fife and Drum musicians have been practicing the
military service songs and will be ready to perform them live at the breakfast. The live
performance will replace the recorded music used previously.
• Bill also reported that Gina Rada is ordering the Merchant Marine flag because she has the
budget for it.
• Lorain reported that the slide show will be finished soon. Linda Dixon would like to get the
length of the slide show and Lorain suggested that Linda ask Ed LoTurco for that information.
• Karen Gaughan and Kim Coburn showed the design for the sandwich board posters that will be
displayed at St. Brigid's. Kim noted that since she added the Town of Lexington seal as a
graphic in the posters, she needs to get approval from the Board of Selectmen to use the seal.
• Lorain has ordered the food for 200 people for the breakfast. There was a discussion by the
committee about how many people we should expect at the breakfast and general consensus
was that the number will probably be around 200.
• Lorain confirmed that the breakfast is free, although tickets are required. It will be suggested
that non-veterans make a $5 donation for their breakfast.
• Linda reported that an article about the breakfast has been submitted to the Colonial Times and
will be included in the next edition of the paper. Linda will submit another article to the
Lexington Minuteman paper closer to the date of the breakfast.
• After discussion, it was agreed that, as we did last year, we will provide veterans with a form
that they will have to fill in, in order to enter the raffle. Kim will create a layout for the form.
• Lorain initiated a discussion about assignments for committee members who will attend the
breakfast. She asked that committee members wear their white TCC shirts and dark pants to
the breakfast.
• Glen Bassett will be the MC for the breakfast. Linda Dixon will introduce the guest speaker.
Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11, 2017
Ceremony in Cary Hall
• Cerise reported that Scout attendance will probably be low this year.
Other Reports
Sponsorship Subcommittee: Suzanne updated the TCC on the progress made by the Patriots Day
Parade sponsorship sub-committee and asked for a motion from the committee to approve the proposed
changes (described below) to the sponsorship program. A motion was made and seconded to approve
the plans, and the committee unanimously passed the motion.
Proposed changes are to create a 5-tiered program that offers more benefits to companies that
contribute more sponsorship money. The benefits that we are considering at this time primarily involve
more publicity for the sponsors, in the form of articles in the local newspapers, listing of sponsors on
the TCC web page, and live interviews on the day of the Parade from the reviewing stand. The specific
marching units assigned to the sponsors will also be related to their contribution level, although we are
committed to addressing the wishes of previous sponsors who have historically sponsored certain
marching units.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Suzanne Caton, Co-Secretary
Future Meetings
2017: November 1, November 8, November 15, November 29.
2018: January 10, January 24; February 7, February 21; March 7, March 14, March 21, March 28;
April 4, April 11, April 25; May 2, May 16, May 23, June 6.