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N OFR <br />O i <br />e o <br />8�9. lNCORQOPA <br />Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Cultural Council <br />Date: 2015 -04 -06 <br />Building: Pleasant Street Senior Center <br />Address: 49 Pleasant Street <br />Purpose: Business <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Time: 7:00 <br />ttEULIV,O <br />TOWN CLERK <br />READING. MASS. <br />:rP2i P 521 <br />Location: Arts and Crafts Room <br />Session: <br />Donna Schenkel, Catherine Folan, Nancy Ziemlak, Mary Ann Kozlowski, <br />Rosemary Lewis <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Nancy Snow <br />Others Present: <br />Nancy Reid <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Rosemary Lewis <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />The meeting was called to order at 7:02 pm in the Arts and Crafts Room of the Pleasant Street Senior <br />Center by Donna Schenkel. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved. Donna introduced Nancy <br />Reid who is interested in joining the council. <br />Treasurer's Reports from January, February and March were presented and approved. <br />Publicity and Advertising <br />Recap of the publicity efforts included ads in the Community Connection, poster on the Common in <br />September (9/28 - 10/12/15). There was discussion about the Reading Street Fair and Town Day. In <br />previous years, these attempts did not prove to be effective. Donna handed out the flyer /posters to <br />be distributed around town. Mary Ann will arrange press releases for The Patch, Chronicle and RCTV. <br />The Community Conversation about how to apply for grants will take place on May 4 at 7:00 in the <br />Senior Center. Nancy Z. presented the slide show she and Mary Ann worked on for the council's <br />review. Nancy will initiate the conversation, but asked for input from all the members since she is less <br />familiar with the whole process. <br />Donna will send a PDF of the flyer /poster to Mary Ann and Nancy so they can email to the Non - profit <br />groups in town. There was discussion about the mailing list that was compiled and whether or not to <br />include various groups. The Schools can be contacted through the Superintendant's office. <br />As we are asking people to RSVP about attending the event on May 4, the Gmail account will be used <br />and Cate asked that someone take this over. Rosemary will take charge of the account. <br />A community survey was conducted in 2014. Nancy S developed and distributed that. We should <br />plan on doing one again next year. Donna will get information from Nancy S about that process <br />before she leaves the council. <br />Discussion about membership — Jacalyn Shelton Wallace submitted her resignation letter. We officially <br />have an opening on the council at this time. In July, we expect 2 more openings. Donna asked <br />members to think about taking on the role of Co- Chair. <br />Meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm. <br />Page 1 1 <br />