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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Cultural Council
Date: 2015 -05 -04
Building: Pleasant Street Senior Center
Address: 49 Pleasant Street
Purpose: Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 6:30 PM
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Location: Arts and Crafts Room
Session:
Donna Schenkel, Catherine Folan, Nancy Snow, Nancy Ziemlak, Mary Ann
Kozlowski, Rosemary Lewis
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Nancy Reid, Jane Soloway, Nora Bucko
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Rosemary Lewis
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 6:34 pm in the Arts and Crafts Room of the Pleasant Street Senior
Center by Donna Schenkel. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved. Donna introduced Nancy
Reid who is interested in joining the council.
Treasurer's Report was presented and approved. There was $3 in interest posted; several grants and
administrative funds for 2015 have not been posted.
Publicity and Advertising
Two ads were approved —on e for the Community Connection, and one for the Reading Recreation
catalog. A motion was made and seconded to spend the necessary money for these ads, not to
exceed $50 per ad. Vote was in favor.
A survey for community input was discussed. Nancy Snow reported that the Town Manger put
together the survey the last time it was conducted and she will send the information to Donna about
that. We plan to conduct another survey next year.
New Member Recruitment
Donna introduced 3 Reading residents who have expressed interested in becoming Council members.
Jane Soloway has experience and would like to take over the role of Treasurer when Catherine ends
her term June 30, 2015. Nancy Reid and Nora Bucko would like to be part of the Council as well. A
Co- Chairman will be needed next year.
There was a brief review of the plan for the Workshop which is planned to follow the adjournment of
this meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 6:47 pm.
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