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March 12, 2012 Meeting, Reading Public Library Conference Room
Meeting started at 7:30 pm. Present were: Lorraine Horn, Peggy Caouette, Joan
Marshman, Colleen O'Shaughnessy, Lynne Cassinari, Vicki Schubert.
Secretaries report from January meeting edited and approved. February meeting
was cancelled due to lack of quorum.
Recap of State assembly: Vicki's blog was acknowledged as a great way to keep up
with the news from State assembly. Members who attended praised the gathering
as informative and interesting. We were given a plaque where our group was
awarded for "telling our story" I honor of the great job we did with our
informational video. It was suggested that we turn our next February meeting into a
trip to Annual Meeting for all members who are able to attend. Lynne has submitted
news articles to our two newspapers and the Patch that includes a blurb about our
looking for new members.
Lorraine will take our plaque to the Town Hall to display after our Grant recipient
reception in May.
Grant reception: A sub - committee was formed to plan and implement a reception
for our grant recipients from this past season and last. Peggy will be chairperson
and Vicki Co- chairperson. Vicki has a keyboard player in mind. Locations were
discussed. The reception will be on May 14th from 7:30 to 8:30 with a brief business
meeting preceding for Council members only. Colleen offered to help with
invitations. Monies in the budget may be spent on paper goods, the pianist, flowers.
Food will be donated by council members. The invitations should be sent out four
weeks prior to the event. The sub - committee will plan all the details.
Public relations: A couple of small news items featuring two past grant recipients
were discussed to appear over the summer. Lynne will put together something
about the Creative Arts group and Joan will do one on Reading Community Singers.
Steps to refine local guidelines: Wording was discussed to encourage new
applicants without limiting repeat applications.