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Subject: Lexington Commission 2000 Minutes of August 18, 1998
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 09.54 44 -0400
From: Mike& Suzie Barry<mrbarry@ix.netcom.com>
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MINUTES OF LEXINGTON COMMISSION 2000
METING OF AUGUST 18, 1998
ROOM 111, TOWN HALL, LEXINGTON, MA
PRESENT Skip Hayward, Suzie Barry, Pat Flynn, Rob Neufeld,
Comtois, Dan Busa
EXCUSED Jim Roberts (vacation) , Lou Sideris
GUESTS Rick Hiytte, All Pro Productions
Mike Ruth, Pro-Active Charities
Jamie Kemler, Lexington Newcomers Club
Skip called the meeting to order at 7 20 p.m.
The minutes of the July 21, 1998 meeting were accepted as received by
e-mail
-Skip brought Dan Busa up to date on discussions with All-Pro
Productions . Jim Roberts checked All-Pro' s references and they were
positive.
-Dan was also brought up to date on the brainstorming session held in
the Spring with Town organizations (i.e Knights wanting to do a Tatoo &
Peter Lee of Mass Tourism Office wanting to get the State involved)
FUNDRAISING
-Rick Hiytte of All-Pro Productions introduced Mike Ruth who works for
Pro-Active Charities (another All-Pro company)
-Rick And Mike went over the background of Pro-Active Charities and
their handout of possible fundraising ideas (Celebrity Dinners &
Auctions, Commemorative Book, Kick-off Reception, Telemarketing, Essay
Contest for the Elementary Schools, Other commemorative items, VIP tent)
-The Committee agreed to enter into agreement with Pro-Active for
fundraising (Agreement was signed by Skip and Mike Ruth, see p. 2 of
handout)
-Skip, Rick, Mike and Fred will meet the week of August 24, 1998 to
start setting dates.
CHAIRMAN:
-Skip showed the artwork received from Claudio for the banner. Two
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banner designs were shown. One has a British Regular the other has a
Minute Man. It was decided to change the Minute Man to the common
depiction of Captain Parker. It was also decided there should be no
depiction of a bayonet
-There was extensive discussion over the placing of sponsor names
somewhere on the banners and the potential of selling the banners before
they are put up.
-Skip spoke with Bob Sacco about being a spoksman to the business
community. Bob declined It was suggested that we contact Paul Keane
and see if he would be interested
-We still need to contact the Lion's Club about the Candles
-There was a question over whether there should be a second
brainstorming session. It wasn't decided upon
-Skip expressed his concern over lack of support from the State level
(Fargo, Kaufman) to Dan Busa It will be looked into.
-We need to work on our Web page and register a domain name (Cost
$50/year) Skip will follow up with Bob Burbidge
- The stock for the bookmarks is in. Skip has new wording for them We
will order 20, 000 and place them in local businesses
TREASURER
-George distributed a Treasurer' s Report It was unchanged from the one
distributed on 6/16/98
UPCOMING MEETING DATES.
September 15, 1998, 7 p.m , Room 111, Town Hall, Lexington, MA
October 20, 1998, 7 p.m. , Room 111, Town Hall, Lexington, MA
November 17, 1998, 7 p m , Room 111, Town Hall, Lexington, MA
December 15, 1998, 7 p m. , Room 111, Town Hall, Lexington, MA
****NOTE. Meetings may increase to two per month in 1999*******
NEXT MEETING.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1998, 7 P M , ROOM 111, TOWN HALL, LEXINGTON, MA
Meeting Adjourned at 8 : 50 p m
Respectfully Submitted,
Suzanne E Barry
Recording Secretary
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