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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-10-12-LEX300-min Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee Town Office Building- Room 111 October 12, 2010 Minutes Attending: Susan Rockwell, Donna Hooper, Richard Kollen, Van Seasholes, Mary Gillespie, Eric Carlson Absent: Jessie Steigerwald, Cindy Savage, Suzie Barry, Denise Dube The Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee met at 12 00 p.m., Tuesday, October 12, 2010, room 111, Town Office Building. AGENDA. A. Updates 1 Corporation documents 2 Debriefing of September 21 community meeting 3 Responses to mailings to town organizations 4 Logo competition 5 Website management B Formalize process for approving events C Follow-up with organizations not responding or not yet contacted D Funding - Budget line request for next fiscal year E Other Business UPDATES Jane Hundley, K-5 Social Studies Coordinator, Lexington Public Schools, has expressed interest in membership to the Lexington 300th and is awaiting Board of Selectmen appointment 1 Corporation Documents—Attorney Alan Wrigley continues to prepare documents 2 Review of September 21st community meeting— subcommittees to be identified. a. Eric Carlson encouraged inclusion of people who can expect to participate in a celebration in 50 years time— and need to include the young people 3 Responses to Mailings— a. Lexington Pops Chorus—Commissioning a composition and plans concerts for Jan. 18 & 19, 2013 b Discussion on receiving additional proposals—how to approval and evaluation proposals received and from whom might they be sought 4 Logo Competition— a. Dick Kollen has contacted Sean Hagan, K-12 Coordinator, Fine Arts Department, Lexington Public Schools, and will formalize the request for the competition to be handled by the Fine Arts Department b Eric Carlson mentioned the elimination of the minuteman figure from the 'town seal' as was original seal — farmer in colonial clothing, not the battle/statue c Mary Gillespie reminded all we must reach out to home-schooled youth and others not at Lexington High School. d. Jessie Steigerwald suggested `Facebook' as mechanism for communicating. e Logo Competition Flyer and Outreach to Colonial Times, Lexington Minuteman and Boston Globe NW, and Lex Media cable TV needs to be made Dick Kollen will begin drafting flyer for all to review f Web Site Management —Van Seasholes suggested link from current web site (on municipal server) be made to the Lexington Public Schools web site Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee g. Email Listserve—Donna Hooper explained she will pursue the setup of an email listserve through web site for all interested in Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration to subscribe and for use by Committee to get the word out 5 Organizational Structure/Subcommittees Discussion on potentially important subcommittees included a. Time Capsule & Permanent Memorial b Events & Management c Communication d. Incorporation Weekend, Kick-off& Finale e Budget f Publicity & Marketing g. Fundraising Jessie Steigerwald will prepare a flow-chart of proposed Committee structure & subcommittees Eric Carlson encouraged we invite a Freshman/Sophomore to become a member of the Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee 6 Followup — a. As we are charged to pull the community together, must target neighborhood, ethnic, religious groups i. What have been the role of churches/religious groups in Lexington Sue Rockwell will outreach to Lexington Clergy Association. ii. Indian-American community & other ethnic communities 7 Budgets— a. FY2012 request is due shortly— i. $2,000 appropriated for FY2011 ii. FY2012 — marketing, fundraising, town-wide mailing ($1,500) 1 Motion to request $6,000 for FY2012 —Unanimously Adopted. 8 Future meeting dates Tuesday, November 16, December 21, January 18th at Noon. Respectfully Submitted, Donna Hooper, Scribe