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Community Center Task Force
Meeting September 13, 2011 Meeting Time/ 7:30 Legion Room
Date: Location Cary Hall
Members in Laura Hussong, chair Liaisons in Jane Trudeau, FCOA
Attendance: Jim Goell,vice chair Attendance: Chris Ammer, FOCary
Lisah Rhodes, Michelle Ciccolo,Planning,
Betty Borghesani, Greg Zurlo,Planning
Tim Dugan Stephanie Lawrence,HSC
Absent: Sophia Ho, Florence Guest: George Burnell,Dan Fenn
Koplow
The committee voted unanimously to appoint Jim Goell as the Vice Chair. Congratulations, Jim!
The committee voted unanimously to cancel the scheduled meeting for 9/20/2011 and replace it
with a meeting at the Community Conversation on 9/27.
Discussion of the League of Women Voters Community Conversation on 9/27.
Defining a community center would be easier if we had a blank sheet of paper, but we don't have
that. We have a lot of places already serving populations. The community conversation will be
good to tell us what we've been missing.
What do we want to say? Possibilities are:
Introduce the charge of the Task Force. We want to say that we have an increasing list of needs
that are unmet and sometimes unspoken. Be upfront about our work and task, define it to the
community. So we don't know if the CC is a building or an administrative center, but we know
that there are unmet needs and we are trying to define those. Can we say we are looking for
people to help us define the needs and we'd love them to make themselves known to us?
Remember that this is not OUR event, we are there as participants!
Going forward
We can use the website more effectively during this process. We can say `Further info as this
project unfolds can be found(the website address) `
Discussion of how to get people to talk to us: what about holding open houses, come and tell us
what you want?
Meeting Minutes
Community Center Task Force
Ask: Would you be willing to to participate in a focus group or take a survey on the prospect of a
community center?
Website: put on a link where you can sign up to get notices and updates etc from the committee.
Survey, LHS kids with clipboards outside CVS on a Saturday?
Sandwich board to let people know what we will be doing, (warn them about people coming up
to them about surveys) : WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Administrative
What about a student member, as long as we have some meaty work left for this kid to do, weigh
in on, participate in.
Other: Let's think about non-Tuesday meeting so we can catch those with other Tuesday
meetings, such as School Committee. Lisah will send another Doodle survey out so we can
choose from a large list of possible meeting times/days.
The committee voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the 8/25 meeting as amended to
correct spelling mistake.
The meeting adjourned at 8:48 PM. The next meeting of the CCTF is scheduled for
September 27, 2011 at 7:30 pm, participating in the Community Conversation at St. Brigid's
Church, Keilty Hall, 2001 Massachusetts Avenue, 6:45pm—9pm.
Action items: Doodle survey for post 9/27 meeting dates, Lisah