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Human Relations Advisory Board
Date: 2019-11-07 Time: 7pm
Building: Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
David Clark, Kyung Yu, Kerri Perry, Josh Goldlust
Members - Not Present:
Susan Gaskell, Anne Landry
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Josh Goldlust
Josh calls meeting to order at 7:05pm
1. Sharing Experiences
a. Limpy the Turkey. Amazing that he has such a following
2. Police Readout:
a. No new incidents
3. Read out from latest adhoc committee meeting (10/21)
a. Ad hoc meetings are open
b. Discussed (3) potential structures for the orgs including pros/ cons of each.
c. Still working on final mission statement. Team has been extended through
Jan 2020
4. MLK '20 event planning
a. Discussion around group commitment to actively plan &coordinate with other
town groups to make this event successful; Agreement this can't be done
with just active HRAC members
i. Kern- too late in planning cycle to not do it or have another group with
more members pick it up
ii. Kyung- discussed options for how to delegate activities with other
groups & citizens
iii. Kyung- Confirmed to engage with Jamie Michaels and others on Clergy
council to help with specific event items
iv. General agreement to work to make this event happen
b. Discussed Josh's planner, confirmed PAC has been reserved, space on the
town board has been reserved, contact with METCO and other choral groups
in the community, refreshments, and assigned additional activities across
other members.
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c. General discussion of theme. Desire to keep it positive and simple. Kerri
suggested 'Coming Together' or'Diversity not Division'
d. Kyung reiterated to keep it simple
e. Voted and unanimously approved 'Coming Together'
f. Discussed budget needed to cover costs of small items for event. While we
believe we have a confirmation that donuts will be donated at no cost, we will
still need to pay for coffee and program printing
g. Josh made motion to approve spending no more than $250 to cover casts of
items associated with MLK event including food and printing materials with
the understanding that receipts would be required for actual reimbursement.
Kerr! 2"d. Vote passed 4-0 (Kyung, David, Kern, Josh)
5. Additional items
a. Reviewed memorandum from Reading Bylaws Committee- proposed revisions.
Josh read the memorandum and the team had some general discussion.
b. Josh agreed to send to the team via email for additional review
c. Team agreed to add to agenda for the next HRAC meeting in Dec
6. Establish date for next meeting
a. Team agreed to keep meetings to first Thursday of the month
b. Confirmed it will be 12/5 @ 7pm
7. Motion to approve June minutes: Kerri moves, David 2nds, passes 4-0 (Kyung,
David, Kerri, Josh)
8. Motion to adjourn at 8:29: Kerri moves, Josh 2nds, motion passes with all in favor 4-
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