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Leixin tion Youth Commission hinutes
LEAGUE OF 'd0: LN VOTALS - YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION W?I TING JUIN;.1, 14, 1976 $
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.,everal YC members met at the home of Marcia Feakcs, along with y! .--
members of the League of Women Voters who had participated in the UPN �I `?`
youth workshop , representatives from the Lex, summer Co-op, L'tlV members NM•
from other towns, and interested Lex. High )chool students , "
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The meeting began vgh a discussion of the sheet prepared by the Wii
Youth orkshop This included a listing of the unmet needs of youth in (°'
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Lexington, ( Outreach worx with Youth groups, Youth employment service, a•:
youth advocacy. legal aid and referral, recreation for youth, youth for- j
um of problems specifically relating to youth, bridge for translating p`�,,,
youth idoas into action groups, identifying and publicizing need for new P,')F
or changed programs, and coordination of efforts of all town youth agencies ) . ..'f
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Then the di cissi m shifted to try to determine the most effective y
structure of the Commission to fulfill these needs . !',*
The following items/revisions will be presented to the Board of
oelectmen on the structurve and function of future Youth Commissions 31
1. The YC charge will remain the same ( see by-laws ) s'e
2 The Youth Commission should become a town by-law committeo t
(This produces complications because, if the YC becomes a by-
law comm. , only the members over 18 years old will he official t
voting membe s This defeats the purpose of youth represent- P; ,
ation on a youth commission Therefore an additional request i'
v ill have to he submitted to the 'arrant that the YC (if made '✓�`
a by-law commission) be exempt from th0s4a M'n51rt e 6t-) k,.
3 That both adults and youth be represented on the commission. ` ''s
(The exact ratio has not yet been determined, nor has the , i:,
total size of the YC) r; '
4. The terms of office for the members be increased to 2 or 3 ..e
years (in. tead of 1) , so that the working members carry over s
from year to year as will the projects lcont _nuity) 4-
5 mxtremo care and selectivity be used to choose future members .
( find people who are really interested in the cause and will- 44
ing to devote much time and effort to Youth commission projects . • ni.
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Also not neccessarily to chose representatives from other -k7
town committees ( for they do not consider the YC their top ), , n
prioriPy) , but to concentrate on finding people who will
consider the YC as their primary interest. ) 71,,, .
6. The YC should be a coordinating body to linktogether other
town committthes (og Recreation comm. , Co-op, CRC ) ':i,
(also the suggestion of appointing a youth member to the Recreation 9
Committee )
7. A publicity drive be made to publicize the IC, its goals and r I3'3
projects, also to involve many outside people, ideas ) ;,., ft_
8. A paid director/coordinator direct the IC
9, More support from the Selectmen, and perhaps more money. •v1)
MOST OF THABOVE AHr NOT FINAL AND NE''J D TO BE FURTHER DISCU' .ED, TH`r.:(i
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WILL BE A MEETING c/ITH THE IC AND PEOPLE WHO WLiE AT THt LA T MEr;TING #;
TO FINALIZE THm r{liCOMMWNDA'TION TO THUS SELECTWiANt
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