HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-06-24-LEX300-min Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee
Meeting Minutes
June 24, 2010
Attending: Susan Rockwell, Donna Hooper, Cindy Savage, Richard Kollen
Absent: Suzie Barry, Town Celebrations Committee
The Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee met at 11 00 a.m., Thursday,
June 24, 2010 in Room 111, Town Office Building., 1625 Massachusetts Ave
Candidates for appointment also attending: Van Seasholes, Denise Dube
Points Discussed.
Sue Rockwell introduced Committee member candidates. Van Seasholes, Denise Dube
Draft letter to be sent to participating community groups was discussed.
Interest in seeking corporate membership representation and representation from the
Arts community was discussed. Sue will investigate potential membership from the
Council for the Arts.
Donna will investigate a possible member from SHIRE
Community letter-the letter content was discussed. Denise Dube agreed to provide an
updated draft for comment.
Denise questioned the possibility of producing some type of booklet for the 300th
Anniversary Dick Kollen further discussion re turning points in Lexington's history
and thoughts on what to produce, resources available to use, themes, etc.
The importance of involving LexMedia, middle school students, and possibility of
creating a web time-line similar to that produced by the Massachusetts Historical
Society were discussed. Dick explained the Lexington Education Foundation has
provided a grant to the Lexington elementary schools for an initiative in celebrating the
300th anniversary
Denise suggested a possible retrospective performance that would draw in characters
representing significant people/events of the era.
Dick Kollen will provide an introductory video/power-point for the September 21St
community meeting.
The weekend of March 29-30-31, 2013 may be known as `Incorporation Weekend'
Official events of the 2012-2013 celebration should likely require going through a
sanctioning process- and have some connection to Lexington's history This process
should be identified for sharing at the September 21St community meeting.
Logo - It was suggested a`competition'for the Lexington High School to create the 300th
Anniversary Logo -which might include in some way the town's logo(s) Sean Hagan, of
the Lexington High School Arts Department was suggested as a contact to include with
the planning.
Donna suggested the Committee review the records of the Bicentennial Celebration
(1975) in the archives and will gather for the next meeting of the Committee
Donna will pursue with Alan Wrigley the progress in application for the 501 [c] [3]
Nonprofit status.
Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee
FUNDING Funding needs for entire celebration, as well as for FY2012 request (July
2011-June 2012) were discussed. The bicentennial records will be reviewed for
financial content in the hopes they will provide some insight into potential needs.
The Other Lexington- A reminder that we would like to involve the other Lexington's
named after Lexington, MA in the 300th celebration. The way to involve needs further
discussion.
Next meeting: Monday, July 26th -time to be determined - Town Office Building.
Respectfully Submitted,
Donna Hooper, Scribe