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HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
April 2, 2009, 7:30PM at Police Station Community Conference Room
Present: Nancy Najmi, Chair, Margaret Soli, Karen Janowski, Lori Hodin, Monique
Gnanaratnam, Chief Cormier, C. McDonald, P. Kelley, members; Also present Joyce Barolak,
from the U-U and Rachel Vinciguerra, High School student and actor in The Laramie Project.
The major portion of the meeting was occupied by a general discussion of the Laramie
Project, the play, and the surrounding events. Te members of the committee uniformly praised the
performance and the handling of the surrounding circumstances.
Margaret and Nancy both remarked that a job was well done by the police and all who
participated. And the drama group successfully sold red ribbons and made money. Rachel
commented how the students and actors appreciated the way the town responded and how they
were receiving support for the play. Charlie, Lori and Karen joined with favorable comments on
the entire event and the applause by the audience to the play and the performers. Chief Cormier
said the he had received no negative responses.
Rachel Vinciguerra shared the feelings of the actors and her own feelings in being called
upon to play several roles of characters who had diverse attitudes towards the events.
Following the discussion Nancy and members turned to arranging for the Arts festival
scheduled for May 6-8 and the proposed art contest sponsored by the committee. In lieu of a May
meeting it was suggested that members attend the Arts festival.
The minutes of the meeting of March 5 were approved after correcting the attendance.
There was a brief discussion of the issues raised by he members of the Korean
community at the last meeting.
Finally, Chief Cormier called to the committee's attention that there had been a situation
at the High School involving possible threats which required the activation of a response team
going through the school and controlling entry to the school. He suggested that the situation
would be resolved.
The meeting adjourned at 8:55PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Kelley, Secretary