HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-12-08-LEX300-min.pdf Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Subcommittee
Meeting of Thursday, December 8, 2011-12:00 noon
Cary Memorial Building, Ellen Stone Room
Subcommittee Membership
Attend Name Appt/Term Attend Name Appt/Term Attend Name Appt/Term
Date Date Date
Suzanne Bann.TCC Chair Yea I Mary Gdlesoie 2010- Cheryl Meadow 2012-
Ye I Susan Rockwell Cha 2007- Yes i Donna Hoover 2007-
Erie CarlsoJane TeethaPad ki 2013-
Yes Carin Casey 1 2013- 1 Yes Polly Kienley 2013-- Cynthia Sa age 2007-20127
Kimberly Cobu 2013- 1 Yea I Richard Kolle I 2007- Yes Ernest V Seaasholes 2010-
MargaetCounts-Klebe I 2012-2013 1 1 Melanie Li I 2013- Yes le e Stanerwald 2010-
Denise Dube 1 2010-2012 1 I Lawrence Link 1 2012-2013 Benjamin Soule 2010-2012
Others: Shelly Kashket,Jill Hai,Janet Kern,Carolyn Goldstein
Agenda:
1. Committee Members
2. Updates from Working Groups
a. Fundraising
b. Publicity&Communications—website,telephone messaging system
3. Programs&Events—committee sponsored events,community/business contact
4. Mementos—Time capsule/clock monument,banners
Committee Members—Tanya Morrisett&Lawrence Link appointed to the Committee.
Updates from Working Groups—
• Fundraising—Jessie Steigerwald expressed need for improving financial reporting from the Town,
anticipated departmental expenses,and interest in meeting with Town Manager. Sue Rockwell has
scheduled meeting with Carl Valente on other matters and will raise this issue at that time.
• Discussion on issues,moving forward or waiting for more information,also on concerns for funding
Patriots Day
• Publicity&Communication—
o Website—major launch January 12,2012,Cheryl will be Editor
o Monthly contributors for articles to be posted on website
o Dick Kollen will work on the`timeline with images
o Telephone Messaging system—Donna Hooper has prepared instructions and will forward to Sue
Rockwell
Programs&Events—
• Karen Casey will coordinate Image Collection Group in collaboration with Lexington Historical Society
and Cary Memorial Library
• Time Capsule—Dick Kollen will prepare a writeup,how to approach,with further discussion in January re:
what to include,etc.
Events for Approval—
• Lexington Community Farm Coalition—Janet Kern—Farms&Food in Lexington's History—
o Bus tour,loop by 10 farms,greenhouses,etc. in context of other tours happening
o Provide route&brochure describing places—September 2012
o Panel—March 2013—3-5 speakers/farmers,local historians—farms
o MOTION TO APPROVE—ADOPTED
• Lexington Remembers Program—Mary Gillespie—Support series of programs to be filmed by LexMedia,
program of the Month—Lexington MA&Lexington KY
o MOTION TO APPROVE—ADOPTED
Jessie Steigerwald&Tanya Morrisett Meetings for potential programs
• Lexington Public Schools—Jane Hundley
• Interfaith Clergy Association
• Conser"a_,on-Ste...rrde -----1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE LEXINGTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02420
• Sustainable Lexington —Mark Sandeen
• Greenway Cooridor
• Bicycle Committee
Clothing Donation of period costume made by Shirley Lane, DAR and Gail Leiehtman
Country Fair—Fay Backert,Chair
Evening Dance—Chairs Identified-
Banner Update—Mary Gillespie reported nothing new to present at this time.
Respectfully Submitted,
Donna Hooper, Scribe
Meeting of December 9, 2011 -
- Donna i looper& Dawn McKenna meeting to Discuss Tourism & Lexington 300th Celebration
General discussion on role of Tourism in the 300th Anniversary Celebration