HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-12-09 Council on Aging MinutesCOUNCIL ON AGING BOARD MEETING
ARNOLD BERGER ROOM - 16 LOWELL STREET
DECEMBER 91 1991
Present: Mary Andreola, Virginia Bizzarro, Lois Bond, Gladys Cail
Leonard Dergay, Eva Hakanson, Ginny Lane, Linda Nordberg
Loretta Spaulding, Irving Stackpole
Absent: Dorothy Faxon, George Richards
Minutes of the November moved by Virginia Bizzarro and seconded
by Gladys Cail. 9-0-0
Financial report was moved by Gladys Cail and seconded by Vir-
ginia Bizzarro. 9-0-0
Director's Report was moved by Virginia Bizzarro and seconded by
Eva Hakanson. 9-0-0
Thanksgiving Dinner reports were very favorably. Jam session
musicians were appreciated as was the participation by the
Coolidge students. $167.00 was contributed for the Elder Services
Fuel Assistance Fund. The angel will not fund a dinner next year.
Liaison committees were discussed and resulted in the following
assignments: Bingo: Bizzarro and Cail; Tea Dance: Cail and
Spaulding; Cracker Barrel: Andreola.
Board members reported on contacts made with Councils on Aging in
communities regarding Friends groups. There were mixed reviews
about the effectiveness and level of cooperation between COA
boards and Friends organizations. Andreola will pursue other con-
tacts and report at the January meeting. Information sought: copy
of by-laws, composition of Board of Directors, celebrity board,.
donor list, community profile, how legally organized. Nordberg
will have attorney peruse rules of organization developed to date
by the By-law review committee.
Preliminary discussion centered on planning to be done when Mas-
sachusetts Small Cities Grants are announced.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15.
Respectfully submitted,
Lois K. Bond
Director