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that right now you're recording. We are live. See what just I know. I was reading over the minutes. >> Okay. Well, glad you brought that down. >> Yeah. Yeah. I know trans.

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>> All right, Don should Don is here. I've just promoted him to panelist in the meeting with us. So, yep, he should be rejoining and check with him in one sec. I am here. I'm unmuted and official.

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>> Good to see you [laughter] >> on the big screen. >> Yep. Happy Wednesday. >> Yes, exactly. down. [laughter] >> All right, I'm going to call our council

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on aging meeting to order in our first uh first thing on the agenda is there's nobody from the public so we can skip public comments and roll call. >> Dennis, are you here?

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>> I am here. Dawn, are you here? >> Yes, >> I am here. [clears throat] >> President accounted for. >> Fred, >> y >> Karen, >> y >> Margaret, >> yes. >> And Trisha is absent.

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Senior center updates. Lucas, you all should have a copy of his. >> Yep. The report's in front of you. Um, sort of speaks for itself. Uh happy to answer any questions. It's just a short rundown of information.

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>> Yes, she is. >> How you doing? >> Nice to see you. >> I'll sit here at the table. >> Okay. Sorry, Lucas. >> No. Um report sort of speaks for itself. happy to answer any questions. Um,

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statistics and then sort of a brief rundown of events at the top. >> So, anybody questions about events? I'm just wondering how many were at the uh the meet and greet that advocates

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just roughly. >> I would say 25 to 30. >> 25. That's good. >> Yeah, that is good. >> Yeah, I thought it was a really nice crowd. >> And was it a different crowd than the senior ship or some process? >> Well, yeah. Yeah, you're right. It's a mix.

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>> I would say maybe a third. >> Okay. [laughter] All right. Well, that's all right. So, it attracted some different folks in that. That's what I was curious. >> And we're we're getting some new pe people who are new to tap. >> Oh, great. >> So, I met this woman Heidi at meet and

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greet and just so happened senior sips was the next day and she came to senior sips and then I saw her somewhere else and I was like, how you doing? It's just >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Building community gaining momentum.

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>> Yes. Yes. Are you keeping track of numbers? Um, SIPS is I think meet and greet kind of is. >> We Yeah, meet and greet is is basic what it

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really boils down to is that meet and greet is a is a friends event and COA is senior steps. I mean friends >> both of them but that's okay. >> Yes. manage.

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>> Yes, >> you know, and you know, it's it's I think I said >> it's great. >> So, instead of getting pulling themselves

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out, >> people are excited to have places to go to eat and gather and have fun. action you got at senior 6 when you announced the next destination

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>> keyboard. >> How was the attendance of the last? >> Very. >> So that's good. So people intimidated by the parking or other issues. >> No, because we were able to work out Mass was awesome

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parking. Um yeah, they actually had combed off taped off >> spots for us. So we removed those right people were excited to be on campus. So something I will share with all of you

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is I get there early, right? You do. There were people trailing me. People are getting there really. >> Yeah. So, I will just tell you at some point

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this may appear on fly, but I asked the restaurants now not to put the food out until like 5 some food and loading it up. >> Well, yeah, because that was an issue with >> Yes. So, I've learned my lesson. We go

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finger food. We go. So, you did I thought they did a fantastic job in terms of the >> And I had a nice walk from town. I did 25 minutes. >> Yeah. As long as it wasn't 100 degrees.

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>> Yeah. That was later in the day. >> Yeah. Yeah. Like they got some that couple people. We had an I can't hear very well already. And in that environment I couldn't hear anybody.

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This person next to me was the >> I don't know what we could do about that anyway. this night because the tray amigos I could hear it that was very >> that was pretty tight. >> That's right. >> And that'll give it to >> although the oyster wasn't

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>> see roomier than the ceilings. I've never slightly >> I think we information about >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Exactly. What was nice was um Dan Garcia, our new

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director, came >> so it was really nice for people to meet him. So, and he was also at meet and greet as well, right? >> So, I think it's really wonderful >> in the flash. >> Yeah, exactly.

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>> Yes. Considering he hasn't officially started yet, but be show. So, yeah. So sips and meet and greet roll on the next meet and greet is uh the 22nd atkins. So if you're available at 10,

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come on down. I will not be at that one. >> Yeah, you're busy. >> I am busy doing my grandchildren. Um but the next sips will be at the end of the month at the inn on so the

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weather is nice. We'll be um outside. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. The conditions have to be perfect. I mean Tuba can't be windy. >> So we'll see the day I went over to meet

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because it was a perfect day and it's like you need a day like this. Yeah, we'll catch him next. Yeah. So, um Okay. Anybody have any

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other questions or thoughts or suggestions with regards to six? I will say going forward, I said this already and I'm going to continue to say it. I need help. Yeah. So, um, if that's something that you're inclined

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to offer, I would welcome it because there's little things because >> what is a temporal health? I can't, you know, it's fun. >> What kind of stuff? >> Well, like greeting people like the name tags that needs to be managed and I I

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>> I can't really stand there and do that and then I have to take care of other people. >> And what time do you arrive there? I usually get there a half out with these um put name tags out. I will say we had

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um Juny did them. >> Yeah. >> And she was a master because she told me exactly how many people were there. She >> counted it out. >> I attempted to do that. Put them in rows of five, but as people took them,

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>> was trying to help me replenish. So, we had no idea >> based on the name tags, but you'd be sort of do a a head count there. >> Yeah, I do plan on going to the 30s, so I'm happy to help. >> Okay, that would be great. Um so you

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know answering questions about where is the nearest restroom that that's the thing. So >> I will say that um we tend to sit with people we know and you know how sometimes big events at UMass you were

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seated or something so or people sat with you that you really didn't know and that would be cool if we could meet more people if it was more random you know. Yeah, sometimes you can facilitate that like like you give

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everybody different colored dots and so find someone with a purple dot that's your dot, >> you know, like I I don't know what the openness is. Like I've only been to two >> like is the crowd open to shuffling around to begin before they settle and I

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know sometimes that's an ability related thing, you know, stuff like that. But there are simple ways to do it that you know that at least would encourage an >> you could sit down in >> so it's not I mean I met guy trade

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amigos he was a helicopter pilot working in Macau in India >> we had a interesting >> yeah I mean one thing that I try to do is go around >> Yes. Yeah. I've noticed that you're

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pretty good about that. Yeah, I mean, you know, I would encourage you if you're there to do the same. I'm I'm reluctant to do any kind of interaction because >> number one, I don't want to put people off, >> right? >> We're getting some people who I'm going

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to describe them are timid to the social scene >> and I I want to continue to encourage them for their efforts at coming out. >> Yeah. Um, so maybe >> I think we can continue to revisit and

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discuss how it's kind of unfolding. >> But it was awesome to see these big tables with so many people and you know community no matter it was great. >> Yeah. >> And I do think it's really nice that we have the meet and greet as well because

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people are, you know, meeting up with somebody that they just met, >> you know. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. [clears throat] >> And so is that like really social event? Uh it's not um an agenda. >> No, there there's no agenda. There's

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it's not a centralized kind of event at all. Basically, just show up and grab a cup of coffee in the donut. It's really really simple. And it only >> uh fortunately I know it only lasts for 1 hour. It's from 10 to 11. I wish for

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longer than that because I'm just kind of wondering if anybody looks at it and goes, "Oh, only one hour and if I arrive 15 minutes late, then I'm missing it." >> So, >> maybe we just go a little bit longer. >> Like an hour and a half.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. Not much more than >> Yeah. >> But just a little like about about an hour and a half. So, that's what I'm kind of thinking about. I might suggest that to the the boss of the grand the sub. Um so hopefully most of you can make it

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to our our July 6. I think we're gonna have a good crowd. >> Oh yeah. >> Um fourth of July recap. Just wanted to give you a quick update because they made it a point to offer a special senior

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section, if you will, and transportation. Um, I would give it a mixed review, if you will. I don't know when all was said and done, I don't know how word got out to seniors. I remember seeing it in some, I think, a press release. It was buried in

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the bottom, but I didn't see any big push to let seniors know that there was going to be that shuttle in special location. Um, I will admit I I volunteered for it.

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>> Um, in 105. >> Yeah. >> As I said to Kiko the day before, if I had not volunteered, I I wouldn't have >> Yeah, we didn't. We stay away from >> So there was absolutely nobody of our

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peer group that appeared during my 2hour shift. >> Um I felt like we were in timeout. We were segregated from everybody. I mean I'm just being physic.

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>> So I was hopeful having you know worked that event a few directors ago that we would be near the food trucks. [laughter] It's like a half a mile away. We weren't near anybody or anything. The stage is about a half mile that way.

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The church about a half mile that way >> and the cheese stood alone. I mean, >> the spot that spa kit I located >> I guess they figured it was near in terms of the drop off for the van, I guess, because it was flat. But um

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>> I >> Yeah, but this there there's a road. They could have gone down that road and been closer to the trucks. I I was there and I saw that it was everything was just total. There were glitches. There were a number of glitches. >> Yeah. But there was also an issue. The

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person who coordinated had to be taken away in the ambulance. >> She was >> Well, she had a heat issue. So it it was very very hot. I mean I >> between you and me. Yes, she is. Um, I really question whether we should have

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gone ahead with it, but it's all over and done. >> Yes. Yes. How nice for you. >> I was sweating for the town. Not >> We almost didn't even have transportation. >> What's that? >> We almost didn't even have transportation. >> Yeah,

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>> that was our last thing. I was fighting for Northampton all week to get them to get work done. >> Yeah. I will say when I was leaving because I did not say sorry to the performance later or the fireworks because I just needed to get the heck up in there sitting near the vision. Um it

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seemed like a lot of people were coming in but at 5:30 when it started >> yeah and I felt badly for the first group that played >> Oh three people there.

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>> It's fine. And there was another uh Ted was there and there was another woman who volunteered she was very nice. So the three of us chatted. >> I was just saying next year after hours that you're in only that you know it's not too early.

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>> Yeah. I will just go on record saying I'm not doing it. >> Not bad. >> A lot of people stay away. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, I mean, I, you know, it took a tremendous amount of effort to pull that

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off and there's always things you can improve upon and I I expect they probably will do a debrief and whatnot, but it's a huge undertaking for the town. I mean the the number of town departments. I mean it seemed like the entire fire department was there, the

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police department, DEI, um there were lots and lots of people who, you know, put in a full day at Craft. [clears throat] So hopefully the the kids and the people who came enjoyed it, but it was not a day to be for a

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senior to be out. In your guys' minds, is the lack of temperature control the biggest concern for seniors going forward? Would it be location? Like if Reck was to come to us after this and say, "What kind of feedback did you guys receive?" What

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would be like the most accurate way for us to communicate improvements that you would appreciate if next year they went ahead and did the same thing? I mean, we're not going to get better temperatures July 3rd. It's going to be hot. >> Yeah. I mean, it might not be as hot,

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but it's still not going to be great. >> I would get closer to more of the activities. >> Um, because the road goes all the way down. So instead of us being way up here, we could have been down closer

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>> closer to what food trucks, >> closer to food trucks, closer to the activities, closer to where people kind of entered as opposed to needing to walk. >> The upside was I wasn't planning on going for a walk, but I got my steps in because I had to go get an ice cream. I

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mean, >> what's I'm hoping to do. And maybe it sounded like um also how it's announced in that text. >> Yeah. >> It's possible that people who could have used it. >> Yes. >> Yes. Although in all honesty, you know,

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Kiko was concerned about the lift and whatnot, but I thought people in chairs are not going to be >> coming up. I mean, it wasn't safe. >> No, I think in some respects that was more just about trying to fulfill what we promised, which was ADA compliant transportation if somebody needed it. >> Yeah.

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I agree. By by the time it's 105 degrees, anyone who has any sort of medical condition is probably looking at the air conditioning unit in their room and saying, "I want to stay right here." Um, but yeah, that was just us trying to make sure we were going to be able to. We didn't want somebody to show up who had relied on that as an option and then

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be instantly disappointed from a in the parking lot, you know. >> Yep. But I would say they really need to advertise that because I don't know that anybody knew it existed to be honest. I mean, as I said, I saw it in some press release that was quite lengthy and it

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was like at the last paragraph, but I never saw like a flyer of the senior center or >> we got it into the newsletter. I think last I think um I think generally something that they are well aware of is the fact that the fire is oftentimes takes a while. Um I don't you somebody else I talked about the fact that you

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know they put the banner up >> six days or something before it was happening. Um, I mean, I feel like as an employee, we oftentimes don't know about the details of the fireworks up until two weeks before. So, yeah, I think generally timeline getting ahead of stuff information wise would be a good

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thing. >> Yeah. >> Also, I'd like to add that I have I've had to photograph except for this last third. I've had to photograph for a few years, several two, three years. And uh,

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I hate to say it, but it's not my favorite. And mainly it's because of the location stage because this slow way way way out there and you just bring it down

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those so much for everybody out the middle of nowhere. And admittedly the field does fill up the time >> but before then >> probably walking that thing back and forth at least six.

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>> Yeah. Yeah, some years ago the line of food trucks and the stage was >> the trucks. I did learn why the food trucks were they were why they were uh

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where they had been because that section is in Hadley. >> Oh food trucks that year. So the am inspect food inspectors went through

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the I don't know if the UMass inspector went through and then the inspector went they were inspected three times and it's like seriously >> so >> there's usually two different towns fire departments upand as well. >> Yeah >> because that area is a constant

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confusion about whose jurisdiction works. >> Yes I'm sure. So I when I heard that I thought okay I get that anyways not yeah the you can always tweak and so on

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newsletter update >> yes um we have 14 confirmed advertisers for the first edition there was at least one or two that was waiting on pieces of information I got to Rob on the other day um before I

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leave I'm going to work with LPI to establish a timeline for when we need to actually get the first edition to them so it can be on people's doorstep September one. Um but yeah that's the one that's one of the few tasks remaining. >> So I mentioned today it would be awesome

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if we had the newsletter at the six in August. >> Yes. >> At least to show people this is going to be coming. >> It would definitely be awesome if we did that. I'd love to do that. That's a sub goal. So, the main goal is to get it on people's uh people's, you know, front

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porches to be able to be read September one. >> Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. Well, that's exciting. Good, good, good. All right. Now, to the meat of the matter, new business. So, last time we formed working group and I

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just want to say thank you to all of you for your hard work and getting everything in. Um, I think we have a lot of good stuff to um, sift through and I thought that we

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would start with the aging into place fair in part because if we're going to make it happen, we need to really drill down on when and where and get that nailed so that the next thing can be the

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vendors and whatnot. So, I'm hoping you all had a chance to read through. Um, it was fortuitous that South Hadley had their aging in place fair so we could lift all their ideas. No need to reinvent the wheel. Um, thank you for

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writing all that up, Dennis. We got a nice thorough list of who the different vendors that were there. >> Thanks to Fred. >> Yes, great job. >> Great work, Fred. So, I guess first up, you mentioned a number of different

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venues that we could look at for hosting it. >> One, two. >> Yep. >> Okay. Um, my idea next that we've got this far is I'm going to handle uh in

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town administrator's office. >> Why? and he goes out on the third small medium and large that's the real look at and then depending on the number of vendors we actually sign up then we can that will determine what what room what

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location we use that's pretty much >> okay that's different than what I would have >> go ahead back out for a key way. I'd find the

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venue I think um I want to identify >> three >> yeah three different venues so that a high school gym the function room at uh

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at library and so on. And you want to base the venue based on who says yes to coming. Is that your thinking? >> I think it's backwards, Dennis. So >> I would nail the venue. That That's got to be the top priority. If we don't have

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a place, we can't move forward. >> Well, I'm I'm looking at three yeses or I'm hoping to get three yes. >> But yeah, well, >> we need three. We just need one. And I think the date would be important to get

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the space. What is the date? Okay. To say for availability guilty that >> so you just happen to be talking to somebody who planned a lot of events. So >> you got to get your location first.

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>> We'll go we'll nail down. Let's just shoot for the biggest one and hopefully >> because they did fine. >> Oh, okay. >> They were three rooms. They were three rooms. >> Jeez.

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>> Well, and even if you don't build the space, there are ways to spread things out or create a sitting area or block things off or, you know, you can use spaces in many ways. We'd like to be able to ask questions, stand around and

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>> and I think accessibility >> that's the big Yeah, I want parking and ease ease of getting in and out of library has a bunch of you go over this. >> That's a nice location. >> They have a lot of tables any

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location. >> Yeah, those are but it's hard to get >> which the gyms they're in use. So among the things that we need to figure out, >> she's the boss. >> Do we want to do it? Can't use it during

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>> Do we want to do it during the day? Do we want to do it during the week or the weekend? And I I just want us to pause for a second because the focus of this fair is to help those

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of us to plan ahead. So if we need to make adaptations in our home to do so before we actually be >> so in that regard, I think we want to attract some seniors who are still

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working with them. because they >> Yes. I will also say there they were missing some things that I hope we will have like building contractors

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and bathroom add some specialty folks here. >> Yeah. >> Does that make sense to folks for a weekend? >> No. Yeah.

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>> When was that happening was the day of your >> day? So it was like a Wednesday and and uh four of us went down during the day, right? Yeah, it was that

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everything was just good and crowd, >> but pretty much as I as as she just pointed out that we've got working people late in career, >> you

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they're working. I I just want to be really sensitive to that because that's some of we want to build for the future, >> right? And offer things for them to get them engaged so that they'll continue to engage with us. So I would say weekend

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day afternoon late morning late morning things like five >> you get a window for hours

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to two most >> I would say three hours max >> 11 to two >> I think you have to worry about the fact you're going to burn your vendors out if you make it sit there for too long. No vendors, no vendors going to come sit and talk to people for six hours. It's just not worth it. >> Yeah. >> Three hours. I think people will come.

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You have they'll have a lot of data ventures for three hours. >> What about people coming for lunch? Shall we invite people that the list can accomplish the other things? [laughter] >> I think it's good to be in an area where there is food. That way you don't have to supply the food.

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>> They're just options is always a good thing. >> Then you don't have to deal with permitting. You don't have to deal with contracts, paying all the complicated stuff. If there's a restaurant next door or something in the area, people have options. You can offer it to them. >> Yeah. Okay. Well, we have for instance

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in downtown in the center of town. We've got plenty of restaurants. >> But of course, parking everybody. >> Yeah. >> You know what? This the town we live in. He'll just deal with it, right? So, you park further away and you walk or you

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take the bus or you car >> car, right? There's there's ways around it. >> Is is there access to uh let's say bank center on the weekend? How is that? >> Is there access to bank center on the weekend? I mean, I don't think you

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should use the bank center personally. >> Okay. I think that Gene and I talked about this for a couple of minutes earlier, but I think if your goal is to get people who are not necessarily engaging with the senior center on a daily basis, doing it on the weekend, doing it in a non

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senior center space is going to get more people who are not engaging with us. And I think that Saturday, it could still be downtown, but if it's not the center, then you just people don't like the bank center. Don't hold your don't hold it in. You think it's a like I do when I think about like am I going to pop in

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somewhere like when the farmer department was at the middle school that's easy pop in and pop out you know and do you think there's a reality >> event center of town >> and especially if you have enough

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>> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So I think we're still looking at at the possibility we'll say school >> Yeah. Yeah. Or the ones in Assern we could possibly I don't think we need to set a contract for food truck.

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>> You just tell someone we're doing this. She want to set one of the people. They're going to have >> They'll have to get peritted though. >> They have to go through the license. >> No, it just gets really

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>> big. It is big. >> It's It's big. It's there. Uh >> people, there's big markets, right? >> Um All right. Let's I'll I'll tell you what. Let's let's let's keep it as as as

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let's keep it as possible. So we've got St. Bridges. >> So this is this is going to take a bit because when you contact places it's obviously going to be a charge. There's going to be number one is it available

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>> and number two what's the fee um to rent and probably you have to there's probably a fee for janitorial. I start with the lower end. >> It's like it's more >> you could probably get it for like $15 an hour.

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>> Yeah, >> because for a nonprofit >> like the friends are a nonprofit, you can get it for $15 an hour. Yeah. >> Okay. But then the question is, is it available? Right. So something we need to bear in mind in September there's a

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lot of um Jewish holidays we need to respect those that stay with >> um just about space though. So Wildwood has a gym right? >> Does Wildwood have a gym? >> Yes. >> Like who >> is there any possibility of utilizing

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that? They're tipping over to the top >> space or or we're still in this weird transition and it's not worth it. I I just great parking. >> Yep. >> Easy to get in now. You're not going the center of town. >> Yep. >> It's the gym which is a bigger space.

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>> Interesting idea. >> I mean, yeah. >> Okay. It ask. Well, that was just my thought. Let me try. >> Yeah. Well, it's good to have choices because >> these all aren't going to be available

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to us. >> Yeah, that's right. >> So, September, just thinking Rashashana is on the 12 >> which is which is a Saturday and is on the 21st which is a

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soy after those. >> Yeah. And I think early September is kind of a place of time anyway because the friends jewelry sale is the 19th, right? >> Yeah, that's right. >> Okay. >> So, let's go after

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>> I October. >> Uh, that's 26. The grand date >> I'm thinking. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Well, yeah. >> That's the weekend. Not. Well, okay. >> You don't want to do that.

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>> Well, because it's the coldest day we get. >> Okay. >> All right. So, we're talking about third and we'll talk about 17th. >> Third is family weekend. >> Family weekend at >> family week.

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>> So, you're going to get the 17th. >> No, third is the is family weekend. >> And then 9 to the 11th is home time. So, okay. So, they're in 17 and and 24. >> Well, what about the 26? It's rain day, but all the friends aren't going to be

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at the agent. >> You're right. >> I'm just thinking what? >> Well, Well, people can go to the farmers market, buy jewelry, and come to the ATM place.

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>> And if you're down, if you're at St. Bridget, it's relatively close together. [laughter] [clears throat] >> Uh, we'll see what I can we'll see what I can do. Well, I mean space is the is the only option uh for that

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configuration which is I'm not that file that's okay and so we have to look at cost for same regions and then we have to my I go back to my

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original preference which is because parking is I mean it's a bucolic little setting. It's a beautiful hall. >> Yes. And it's just sweet. And >> do they have any activities scheduled for the Well, actually, you know, I used

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to go there Saturday mornings when I was working and they have uh karate. >> Yeah, >> I think it's maybe done by 11. Then every day will be space for >> you. They'll they'll move to 12. So

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>> yeah, >> I I think among things we need to have, you know, a couple of dates and we we need to be a [clears throat] little flexible on time. >> Yes. >> As far as recommended are concerned that

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>> so that we're looking at the possibility looking at a distant possibility as far as >> preference October 3rd, right? No. >> October 17th. >> Yeah. 17 by 24.

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>> 17 by 24. October. Okay. Let's just keep it to October because that'll give us enough time to pull it together. >> Yeah. >> So, we're talking about the 17th or the 24th. Mike I prefer 24th, but let me

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check to see the availability of Monson on those two dates. >> And then the press. >> And the press. Yeah. So, let's just let's just and I'll communicate with you all the uh

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email >> and let you guys know couple of days what I get but the 17th of the 24th and if if if I can get let's say seven either one of those dates I'll go for I'll shoot for the 17th first and we'll

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if there's they're gum or whatever that stuff is that in the morning and we'll schedule those daily yoga but it's only 8 to 9 every day in October it's not in the summer

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they're there every morning >> every morning brother can teach yes >> is that through the town is It's called everyday will be nonprofit. >> Yeah. >> It's essentially free

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>> and they have other >> mention St. Bridget. >> Yeah, St. Bridges. >> What's your second choice? >> I did look up St. Bridget's. It's a basic fee of $500 plus. 20 wave it for a charitable cause.

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>> It looks like it's run by sort of their nonprofit arm. Anyway, >> I guess just because they're using they're using it to fun for spaces. >> I just love Georgia. >> Yeah, that's right. Yeah. For that. Uh

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my my second choice probably a Jim >> and that's where I would get a hold of Angela Mills and said, "Who do I talk to to get And South Congregational Church also has a big space that rents out, but I don't know. congregation

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>> right next door and >> yeah I went there once said there >> yeah we the farm used to rent it out for like a park

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>> and it wasn't very like And it was nobody like space shuttle. >> How people get there? >> You're saying? >> Yeah. >> And it's on a bus rout. So yeah, >> it's on the >> 31 or something. >> Is it on the bus?

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>> It is. >> You can stop in front of the the teriyak has the bus stop in front. >> Oh, I thought there was the bus, right? There isn't one that goes down there. >> Not on the

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bus stop. down the street. There is no sidewalk. >> If we had it from let's say 11 to 1, what would be worried about? But if we go let's say 1 to 4 1 to 3 as far as I'm

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concerned >> well >> I say check availability >> who are you worried about eating the participants or the attendees because the attendees probably aren't going to be there for two or three hours. That's I'm I'm saying nobody

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>> is probably like I said if it were to begin at 11 then there could be some some some assumption that that there will be some sort of food somewhere around more or less but if you go let's say 1 to three or four no that's it it's done

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>> the other thing I would say is these vendors are accustomed to setting up shop and they pack the lunch you don't >> you know the senior center had food because that's what they do every day. They serve and seniors are there eating.

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>> Yeah. >> That wasn't for us. That was their normal thing. So I don't >> Okay. October 17th >> or 24. So first is going to be months after that.

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Oh, if month it doesn't work out for me, I'm going to contact Angela. >> What about >> Yeah. Okay. Okay. Oh, wait. >> I when somebody says please self, I'm

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thinking big church. >> Yeah. There's a few different >> No, that's not it. >> Just for kicks, I'll be touch. >> Yeah, that's possible. It is a nice mall. It's a nice facility. >> It's a Christian

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by a Catholic. >> Yeah. >> All right. Okay. Venues and dates. And then I think to your point about the aging in place, I think um you wouldn't suggest if we send recommendations for

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other contacts because it I think this is a great list, but it doesn't totally address some of the issues that come up. So I Yeah. >> Well, anybody who anybody who who sees absences such as contract

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by all we can somehow is great. partitions to block off areas so people could meet and hear and have a little >> Well, that's probably why a bigger space. >> Yeah, I do think it'd be nice if we had

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something on AD. >> Yes. >> I know. I wonder if there's anybody in that area. I I'm sure there are too >> because they're I mean they're Oh yeah. Yeah. >> Around right now, >> especially Yeah. with the changes. Yeah. >> Here they come.

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>> I have something about the legal. >> Yeah. But I think if we're going to if we're going to do aging in place, I want us to do it do it upright and be really comprehensive that our offerings

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>> didn't do no. >> Oh, I was going to toss in um we do have a couple uh I mean at least one lawyer and at least one contractor on our vendors list for advertising that we can certainly I'm also happy to provide the advertising needs list that I created for them to you guys which includes a

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wide char. >> And then if you're looking for questions about for adus I think Greg Rashane with the town's actually quite um useful resource in that respect. >> Building inspector >> uh if you believe that's his title or he's in he's in the planning department.

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I know, but he's talked a lot about the ADUs and he's worked with the affordable housing trust and they've been trying to figure out like how much outreach and work the town can provide to assist people because they know that's sort of the in a town that needs housing. We know they use something people are looking at all over.

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>> Yeah. >> Say something not as a counselor just as a resident but it's there's a lot of ADUs going up in my district and they are all student rentals. So we really need ATUs that are not priced,

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you know. So I think it' be great if the council on aging with friends could really talk about ADUs for people to age in place and not just to be built to build a high price for students that pay rent. >> So I'm just curious following up on

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that. So homeowners are building ADUs to rent to students or these are people who already have an investment house or building a second investment that is starts cross street very close to campus there's a lot of ads going up and they're all accessory to houses that already

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houses >> you know the state's intent >> yes >> but you can see how people could yeah so anything we can do to get ads for >> and that's what Greg is trying to do the house of trust is see if there's a way to provide like what they could provide

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to seniors in the community like is it information that would be the most helpful would it actually be some sort of financial supplement and then that would get tied into like the the deed. So, it's some one of those situations where you can't rent or certain things. That's what they I talked to about a while. I'm sure he'd be happy to come

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out to the council on >> I'd say in my neighborhood there's two that I know of and they're both for the right reasons and >> one woman used to own the home. She sold it to her daughter and then build

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because she had some health issues. So that's heartening, but I do see them popping up in other places like they can be built by right now. Well, I mean, so there, you know, if a homeowner wants to build it for a family member or it's

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easier to do, >> you know, and discriminations on the 900 or anything like that. So it's easy. >> This might be chicken. We know vendors will be able to

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>> people their working days would they be all whether they come on weekend but that's a question. >> Um >> yeah I think for most of the places you're going to reach out to you're going to have some level of structure

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where the actual workers are not going to come. You know, if it's a homeare company, the workers are not going to come and provide the assistance, but you're going to have some sort of manager, professional, marketer, person inside the organization working outside of >> Yeah.

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Yeah. >> I just wanted to check in. Don, do you have any comments or questions with any of this? >> Uh, not so far. No. I mean, I might have uh some suggest when we're talking about ADUs. I don't know if anybody's heard of

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minky houses or things that are adaptable for um as people age in place um where they're and things like that. So I mean I may have some suggestions of different type of vendors but nothing sounds like everything you're doing so

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far makes sense. >> I couldn't totally hear that. >> He has some suggestions for ads uh when we get to that point but I think that that can just be part of the larger list. Great. And so that list should be going to the two of you. Is that like

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anybody else? >> Yeah. Although that's further down the road. >> Yeah. >> I will just say I expect this is going to turn into a big project >> and so it's going to be all hands on. >> Yeah.

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running it as there was a lot of volunteers in place and they had a little check res to make sure everybody went into every room check that they collected emails. >> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> So there's a lot to demand for to expand our reach, >> you know. We advertise sips. We advertise meet and greet. We have newslet you know marketing marketing marketing. >> Yeah, that's right.

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>> You could have a baggie like a tree could >> Yeah. So everyone had a bag and then >> so once we get nails you can reach out to like bid for example because they've been bringing lovely bags to sips you

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can potentially get or maybe the senior center wants to do a bag >> and I um this you can choose to shell but I do wonder about um moving if people are comfortable like Google

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Google Docs or Teams or something where like literally >> it would be a document and anybody who wanted to enter like here's somebody to contact no way >> they'll do it. Okay. >> Open meeting violation. You can't. It's technically considering if you're are editing the same document, it's considering negotiations outside the

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meeting. Yes. >> Okay. >> So, yeah, you could have a Google document that is view only that one person adds to, but you can't edit the same. >> I was just wondering like whether people can put names in somewhere so that you don't have to send the email and then the person has to take it from the email and put it in the doc all those little

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steps. >> But I think following >> it's it's an annoying thing. I know. Yeah, that's good enough. >> Yeah, having fun with the technology. >> Yeah, [laughter] >> some of us

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talking about Yeah. >> Okay. All right. So, date and place. >> Yeah. >> Well, that's really I mean everything else around >> and a joker might be better than this.

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Can you give us a little more time? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Because I think in our at our next meeting, well, our goal should be to nail this. We can in the next two weeks. Yeah.

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>> Well, we working on it next couple days. um >> because it's getting a hold of uh of Monson for instance should be relatively sensible and and and then yeah I'm not all that especially

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>> Angela >> yeah Angela was going to say this as far as uh the school situation was concent school administration probably makes sense but we'll deal

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>> school administration >> well you know >> say is a parent who raised kids in town those gyms are used >> all the time you know >> so >> that's what I was thinking about is

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>> yeah it's a very interesting question. So, >> yeah, it's still not that. >> You just took it. >> So, Angela. >> Yeah. >> I don't I will say I'm not sure how comfortable they would be renting it out

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because of the relative condition. I know that when it's come up in the past, it's like there's a lot of potential work slashp problems with that place. And I think that for at least the short term, the goal is to just make sure it doesn't

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fall apart, make sure it's open, it has, you know, power and the basic stuff. But I don't know how much they're like expanding their use of the building before they get to it. Like >> they have more schools. >> I doubt they're going to let us in.

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It was something I read that they were going to kind of keep it. >> Is this one first year? >> Oh, which I totally respect. You You know, >> they're also doing I believe they're moving into the new one and they're

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demolishing the old one in like the first couple of months. So, I imagine it will just be a really messy I know they talked a lot about like the the traffic flow and how they're going to manage that because it's just a really complicated situation. Yeah. Yeah, I know. It's okay.

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Okay. >> I think Mson is a good call because you can just get an answer. The schools, I think you're going to go through a lot of >> Oops. >> You're going to get, you know, sent to some admin who's going to have to ask somebody who has the actual power, then it get passed back and forth.

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>> Yeah. >> It's a new job. is my new bra. >> Anything else on aging in place? Fair. That's good. So, I think it's going to be I'm excited

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that it's going to be a wonderful for our community because I think people who attended really get to learn a lot and it's going to save a lot of time having everything in one location. >> In my experience, when I've gone to the fair, I just feel like I don't get 100%.

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you know, I come to your table, I tie you up. There are many more people than me. And so the notes that I sent you talked about maybe doing a presentation like two three minutes per vendor or agency

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>> so that and then there's boots you know one through 19 >> uh just so that you know people hear about everything you know and then go see Margaret you know her booth uh

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>> yeah we used to trade shows you know we have breakout session side if you need an announcer then you know this is happening >> subtle except I'm just I'm just kind of the thought that just occurred to me because was was

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that this is why God knows his business cards you know it's >> and it's it's nobody but >> I know what you're saying and then and you're right and I'm just kind of thinking maybe have a table of

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everybody's business cards were participating. But >> my um suggestion would be it's kind of like what they do at craft fair where they like they they say like all of the ceramics are here whatever here. And so

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just to have a little >> vendor all the ones that are building modification, all the ones that are legal, all the ones that are financial, just the vendor number and then the materials are right there. But most people go in knowing like

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I I I have not started planning or I have no idea what I have to do the math by my house and make it you know so if they actually it's organized and it's pretty easy like it can be very basic just have the numbers of the vendor

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>> and all that requires like a number >> I mean if we really have it all nailed we could produce a list of everybody attending with their website, >> but there's all kinds. But let's get >> aware and yes, but lots of great ideas

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here. So, >> yes, that's right. >> Yeah. Um, thank you. Thank you. [clears throat] All right, moving on. Um,

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let's do dementia respit kicker. >> All right. And I apologize if I didn't send out everything because I that's >> I can't remember you gave me. >> Okay. >> So, the only thing that I think that you didn't receive was really sort of our

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summation. Um and um which is what I was going to say. So no problem. Um so I'd say the the piece that you received is a bit overwhelming and that was sort of my brain dump of all the um

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sort of uh information about restit services and then about all different groups that would be thought to collaborate with in the future. um some of those might be useful for the fair um that's something but I'd say you know really you can look at that and you

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can suggest other um organizations or contacts that could be added to that um but based on that they'll bring down um there's there's a few respit opportunities and you know basically what we decided was the goal was that it

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would be really helpful to make sure that people know of them um and the newsletter the would probably be a place to put it. Um, so we we wondered about like having a little section in the newsletter that was, you know, either for dementia

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caregivers or for caregivers in general and then putting that in there each month like anything that comes up whether it's a support group, you know, does isn't necessarily um at Amherst but um could be. So, and then within that

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there's um on that list there's Hadley has a respit group and um there's going to be one held weekly at the Northampton senior center. So because we know Pearl would have one in Ammerst, we talked about like would there be potential for

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any transportation to go over to the Northampton senior center um and then if we find there's need interest um then potentially in the future building something that center and there were some folks that I've been

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in contact with mass who actually are interested in doing that. One was that speech therapist that I listed and the other is actually just wants to do care support in the past and just you know changes.

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that they have a presence there. >> Yes. And so then the idea was also that we could present that at C6 and I think that I could potentially do that on the July date just be present and say hello. I can't get there until afterward. So there

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>> so those were sort of like the shortterm and then kind of longterm brains that we reflect back. Um, and yeah, so I could be there as a senior six or get somebody from my P

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though. Um I added to um Don to this that I had actually gotten feedback from um some Emerson community members that trial the Atkins group that um they felt

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kind of knew who to identify as oh this is the person that's going to help say like this is Joe and kind of helped to integrate um them into the chitchat um and again that may have happened and that wasn't their perception I think like you say some people are um and oftentimes

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>> the caregivers are really nervous about it in general and you know they're afraid people are really put off So, >> um, but that's something we could consider doing. And again, I could be I I can't currently, but in the future, I could potentially do some daytime hours where I would go to and just be that

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person myself, you know, >> also depends on when they arrive, right? Yes. I think, you know, trying to do that again, but I I do know we did have a a family there and one of the family

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members was to mention of them and it I have to say I felt really good about the fact that they were there and they had other friends there and it was a really positive. So >> I was very happy. So hopefully the turn. Yes,

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Northampton neighbors when they did some of their meet and greets, they would have somebody who was sort of like the the volunteer who would be the one who kind of went up to anybody who looked socially not age. >> Yeah. which kind of speaks to your thing about the cedar sips too like you know has

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anybody volunteer to be the the social butterfly that's milling around and just helps anybody who looks like they're struggling a little in that. So that's just I added that to the list on during a few days was like that might be a nice thing to think about again there's a lot

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on the plate right now but >> I do think that's really important with events that we make it comfortable for somebody who comes by themselves for whatever reason but >> particularly if you're new to town and don't know anybody the last thing you

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want to do is walk in and oh this is fun I'm sitting by You know, >> so they they do wouldn't ask us all when we're present. Keep an eye on that. >> Yeah. >> Introduce people. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. I have to one upstairs, but she was afraid I'm going to know anybody who's going to talk to me and then she saw me. She like >> someone and then she started talking to other people once she got going. But it's an issue of fear. We know they live. she loves watching

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>> or you have hearing difficulties and you know it really like sometimes people are nervous they're like I can't tell so yeah >> um and oh yeah and then I just had the part about the transportation um so do

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you think that would even be a possibility to coordinate um transportation in that >> I think it's going to depend on like how much advanced notice we have um if we got enough interest. I think there's definitely been interest in the department and figuring out a way to

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make our transportation margin of all, you know, not just be a three times a week service where we're picking people up, drop them off, pick them up, pick them home, stuff like that. So, like, you know, trying to add even a grocery day or like if we have a lot of interest, it would certainly make sense to be like, let's, you know, bus

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five people from the same location or pick them up in a row or something to to get them somewhere. I I I think that it's certainly something to explore, as is, I think, the newsletter idea. Obviously, I I I I won't be involved in the actual iteration of the document, but I one thing I really pushed for is

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that we're going to make sure that the newsletter when it changes and morphs becomes a completely different thing. It's not just the LPI version of what we already have. And I think including more outside information, resources, town-based stuff, you know, trying to make it a real hub of information for seniors and not just a place to read the

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schedule and classes of the center. I think it's >> Yes. I think it makes it so much more valuable if you can pick it up and be like, I know when yoga is. Also, here's where I take my dad. Also, we vote on this day or tax bills or do this day, stuff like that. >> Right. And so, who's the best contact

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for that moving forward, do you think? >> I keep saying if when in doubt, contact Kiko. Contact Kiko and then she can pass it along. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Basically we got two people well one person's been hired then of course another one

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at some point operating leadership. >> Anything you want to add John or any questions? >> No I think you did a fabulous job. [laughter] >> Awesome. Does anybody have any questions

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or this is exciting because I think there's so much potential neighbors be engaged regarding varieties and >> I think potentially yes. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And we do have a through pioneer valley

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memor there's a you know communication library stein very supportive third time. Yeah. That's very good. Okay. Would you um

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engage with neighbors at all? I saw that they you all were co-sponsors of the Sims. >> Yep. >> And so I wondered if they might contribute to that uh you know fall fair.

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>> Yeah. I mean I think we do. >> Yeah. I mean I mean I I my hope is that going forward all of our senior related activities are done in collaboration with

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>> you know all the different senior groups shouldn't be you know one pitted against another. We could do a lot more collectively work together in terms of resources. >> That was awesome. Yeah. to know that

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everybody was there sips the council and laborers. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Neighbors has been included very nicely. >> Yeah. They've been I they've been great. >> Yeah. And they've shown up. >> Yeah. >> Yes. Yes. And I talk to them all the

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time. So, good stuff. All right. Um Paulina, do you want to talk about transportation? I know Trisha isn't here, but um yeah, well, briefly um

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I couldn't figure out how to get it in a formation in a form to to mail out so not and I made copies of uh of their you know how to request um basically you

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need to be a member of Ammerst Neighbors which doesn't cost anything. Uh they do a a meet, they meet you and explain things and you have like it's sort of like an intake, but it's not really an intake. >> And then they have limitations on where

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they go. They only go um >> I think that's um and then you can request four services a month and they have other services. So that's basically it. You need to be

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able to get in and out of the car yourself. >> Yeah. >> You sent out an email and what you just sent >> there is you could check it. And then they sent me a copy of this thing on [snorts] how to

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request volunteer services which is um pretty straightforward. You know, you request it, they confirm it. um they by by phone then the volunteer who call you directly

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>> and they do other things um right if you need help changing you know the batteries or changing a light bulb or little things and somebody if somebody they have who does computer stuff who come to the home

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>> so there's a lot of different things and I don't know the full extent of what they do >> because it depends on who the volunteers are. But the driving and they do have um >> you have to go through a process to

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become a driver >> and it's so it's not just oh you want to drive fine here. >> So you do go through a process. So they sort of uh check on >> vet that's the word for vet people

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>> as they should. Yeah, people go into people's homes and stuff. >> So that's in a nutshell that's really what what the service is. I guess they did a lot of it. It was a guy from DBTA and he did

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trainings on using their system was willing to do that too. >> Yeah, >> I think it would be worthwhile to explore. You know, if you know how to read a bus schedule and you know what bus you need,

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you're all set. But for those people that the community you talk about take, you know, B54 and jump off, you know, >> and the band is a whole different education there.

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>> Yeah. And it's also sometimes this is an embarrassment you know and you know to say I don't you know I'm afraid to use the bus because I don't know where it's going to take me where I'm going to land and say why little say >> right where's the stop I mean I kind of

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have like a fantasy it's sort of like a book tour you know go to stop shop you know how do we do this so you know us 10 we get together and >> you know actually do it >> in real life, you know, real time.

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>> Actually, I think I could imagine that. >> Okay. Instead of like oneonone, you know, individual >> actually would be very fun because you could rent a PBTA bus. >> Yeah.

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>> I mean, you see those pull into stock and shop various I've seen there. I've seen some that would be development. >> Yeah, Apple.

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>> Great idea. >> All right, I bet computers and I I two confessions here. You bet did an awesome job and did all the rest of you. I on the other hand have to confess that I I

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want to hold one. >> You did not. But it's it's in process, but between like heat meltdown on the third and other other issues, you will get it, but you're not going to get it sent to me.

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>> So, I looked at um uh the Jones library. I went down to Monson and uh chatted with Matthew Baraby and um and so uh he uh did lo and behold he goes twice a

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month to the Ever Senior Center. Uh he noted that people come with their own phones, their laptops, their tablets and um and some of it happens at the Jones Library. Seniors are really big. They're big users of the library.

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Um and uh so he gave me my little interview at the Monson. I put on my little recording, my phone notes app, and he was comfortable doing it. And um and he noted that he had informed the

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senior center that they had gotten a grant for 72 laptops. I thought they were computers. I was hearing computers, but it was laptops. He talked about popup uh labs, you know, going to different places. Here are 10 laptops.

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And um but it was like people really go there to I need help. I know what I want to do. Can you show me? >> Um but uh I said uh he talked about potentially doing classes at the senior center with these popup labs.

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>> Um uh I asked him, "Would you come more often than twice a month?" He said possibly. He thought that the Jones library was a natural partner, you know. So I I just talked to him and then I sat on it and I was done. But then he did

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say that other libraries are doing interesting things too. But he did say they were a natural partner for us, you know. So then I I called Forbes to see if I could take them as well and and they indicated that they prefer maybe

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was I open to responses and writing. So I sent an email and they took a while to hear back. I kept calling them. I was thinking who do I need to call to get this done? And um they were very thoughtful. Um they responded. Three

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people were teaming up together from the reference. they have adult services and they don't call them seniors and um and so they talked about I didn't find enough information on their website about senior and I really didn't look at

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Jones because I was talking to Matthew Bar therapy um so I just didn't learn a lot on the web so um they responded kindly they also have a lot of people that come to them at the reference they

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will help you. They make appointments. Um, uh, they do a lot of outreach. They will deliver to your home. That was awesome. Um, people use a lot of hotspots, whatever that is. It's access to the internet. >> Yeah,

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>> Jones has hotspots. >> So, you know, whole world that I didn't know about. And um, and so they deliver books to seniors. I mean, it's awesome. uh or if you have an injury, you're

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homebound. Uh and so uh they have little libraries where they go and they ch change the books, you know, you tell them what you want and that the community has access. And then in their conclusion, they kind of um

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thought that it would be awesome if really we could give people at home information or training >> because people have stuff that they need help with. They know what they want to do. Um but they, you know, uh going on

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government sites, you know, being in touch with family. uh they want they I know [clears throat] that they really do work on things on their computers or phones and u and they get stuck and you know need help and so for said it would

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be awesome if we could do that. They don't do that yet but just to meet people where they were. >> Yeah, they'd be really st in terms of resources. But um there are some um I've been contacting some senior

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centers. aren't in my full list, but some of them um I think one of the ones may have been the Wilbur hangout. They have tech support three times a week. >> Yeah. >> In the senior center and then in addition they have a tech club. Oh.

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Where you can meet and then you can also um they have another tech option. I forget what they call but it's like a one >> either senior or student >> which I thought was a really neat idea because >> sometimes some of us would rather work

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with a student than you know someone else. So I thought there's there's all kinds of potentials um for how we can better help seniors in town with computer issues and challenges that wouldn't cost money, right?

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There's freebies. Some of it obviously is a childhood space. >> Um, but very few look like they have computers out in the open for people to use >> at the senior centers.

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>> At the senior centers. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I'm not surprised because then you have to come up with all sorts of policies and ways of controlling it because libraries are professionals at that last about the information. Um

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>> idea of us having procedures to use. >> Yeah. >> Noted that uh it should be if there were a computer lab that it should be near a reference or an office that you keep your eye on it chat.

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>> Yeah. I know. >> But they're not allowed to offer senior centers because they've already done >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I I do think further collaborations and I think um you know Ammeris

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neighbors does have that help. I think it's important that whoever's helping also be vetted like they do checks on folks like you're helping um aging adults and computers who don't want that should

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but I know it is and I think that they do that folks too >> we do with our volunteers and other project >> yeah and this also I think Amber's neighbors does tech health at this 5% which I

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think is wonderful >> you know folks there in >> yeah to every other but to go where those folks are at and unanimous

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he said that they were looking for more ways to engage they they do go to the survival center um and so they do want they want to meet people where they are. I I I was happy to hear him uh speak

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about Ann Whan Apartments in Clark House, you know. Um I I wondered if we would be replicating if he came to the bank center when the Jones was right there. He said not really like they're happy to get out or he seems to be the

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one they're looking for ideas. So So follow up with that. Yeah. >> Another just a little thought. It could very well be that we're not seeing as many computers around as we used to.

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>> Yeah. >> Mainly because >> and I'm just kind of wondering it's like you were talking about hot spots. >> Yeah. >> But you can make your own with that >> and and it's it's it's pretty easy to do. And I'm just kind of wondering if any

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>> maybe we should get into a course of >> explaining how much you really >> I think that's a great idea. I will just say from having sitting at the front desk one morning a week. Um I use the computer all the time. You know people

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asked somebody asked a question this morning which I didn't know. state parks. Can you get the is there's a lifetime membership for seniors? >> I did not know. >> I did not know. >> You get a hard pass. Keep writing your book. I'm about you have your national chair

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and you know I was able to national >> I there are still seniors who don't have a go to check [laughter] >> those workshops are great and speaking of uh homes there was

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somebody again at So I learned a lot going on here but there's an organization that gave people phones. >> Yeah, I got this phone the message classes when I looked at it disabled but I'm not sure how they

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>> but that was what I felt on my phone. It was probably >> I think that um >> well that's so important for people to join the means so that they can communicate just access information the

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iPhone or the cell the most common computer >> it's like an office I bought tickets to a concert last night on that and it was focused. >> Oh, no. I was I was going to encourage

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the idea of having more training around phones. I think that especially for seniors, trying to get seniors to be involved with >> using biometric codes for your passcodes so you don't have to remember all your passcodes, just your thumb print or your face. Really helpful as you age, especially

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>> Exactly. It makes it a lot easier and gives people the ability to access >> information from their doctor from this portal. Trying to get signed up for portal so they don't have to >> call every single time or get a paper version. It makes their lives a lot easier. >> Absolutely.

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>> Yeah. >> Great. Thank you. All right. Dr. >> Yes, >> I'm flies when you're having fun. Um, >> lunch down the street. >> So, we obviously will continue talking

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about these working groups going forward. Um, senior center transition. I think you all are aware that there's two transitions happening, one coming in and one going out. So Dan is coming in and he'll be with us at our next meeting in

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office. >> Um and sadly Lucas is on his way. >> When we'll meet you >> co won't be the same. >> Do you know where you're headed again?

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>> Wonder Saturday morning. [laughter] >> Well, congrats. That's awesome. >> And not so far that we can't visit. [laughter] >> And there is a little um yeah suare. I

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like my dad always. We're having a suare [laughter] tomorrow into a senior center. So hopefully if you're all they'll join us talk more about how Um, in the meanwhile, June minutes,

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everybody get a chance to read them. >> Oh, yeah. >> Is there a motion? Any changes? >> Any changes? >> No. >> A motion? >> I made it. So, vote. >> All in favor? I

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approve. >> Very good. Um, I I must confess there was a topic that was supposed to be on our agenda and I I spaced when Loops and I meant to plan the agenda and I forgot it. So, it's

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going to go on next month's agenda and that is elections. >> Oops. Um, so that'll be for next month. Um, my hope is all of you kind people who are currently holding an office who want to

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continue in that. Um, and we'd love to hear from anybody else who might interested in position. Um, so yeah. Is there anybody who isn't able to take on a new job? >> Okay. [laughter]

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>> Well, hard to position. It's just chair. I have to ask. >> Does anybody want a copy of these? I have another copy. >> I will take it. So,

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>> sure. Oh, great. Yeah. So, if you do have thoughts, we'd love to hear from you. We welcome your involvement. Um, and we will tackle that in

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>> I recently did the uh conflict uh evidence test. Yeah. >> Oh, the online state. Yeah. >> I did it at the beginning when I started. Now it's about a year and a half. >> It's every I think it's every two years.

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>> So we're all on different cycles. >> Oh, that's it. interest >> full test every two years. Every year you have to do an acknowledgement >> every year. >> Every year you do an acknowledgement every two years. The actual full training like

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>> seems like every year. >> Yeah. >> And in terms of like um actions from this sounds like the definitely in motion getting the date and then Are

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there other sort of action teams that you want to like have some deadlines for? Yes. Yes. I have to um write up my my notes from all this. But I think we

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in fairness we need to meet Dan >> and share with him kind of our research >> and then um I I don't want to be too presumptuous but I I think you will be in support of all of these ideas but

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kind of what we can tackle next. I I do feel like it might be important. So I confer with him and then go forward. But I feel like a place can >> Yeah, we're going to handle that. But yeah, we should keep in mind that we

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should perhaps not take on responsibilities that are actually part of the senior center. >> Yo context for early wins. Oh yeah. >> He won't push any of their >> away. He's got new leadership coming.

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>> Yeah, >> he has right agree. >> But I do think he's, you know, very open to ideas and wants to hear what our priorities are. Clearly agent dementia

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is a priority for us. Um, another priority that I mentioned to him that unfortunately for, you know, lots of very legitimate reasons were kind of stalled on is the study study.

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>> But, um, by God we're going to, you know, some point we're going to get the results. I I to me it's really important because it's um I feel like our reputation as a COA is to a certain degree on the line. I mean

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we said we were going to do this and we were going to use it and you were going to we were going to share the results and I >> I'm a woman of my word and so I I'm embarrassed that we haven't been able to do that. It isn't like anybody has been negligent. We've had leadership and all

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kinds of other things. that um that is something I I'm not going to I'm going to continue to bring up because I want it to happen. My >> my grandio's plan is that somebody can write up the executive summary and my hope is that we might be able to do a

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public session, general session, prevent it and then and then maybe we could do focus groups at some point in in the future. along those lines. I think uh that everything about the survey is that

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you're talking about is great. We should everything we do from now on we should give credit to the survey. Like when we do the the um aging in place seminar just when we advertise it all put in like you asked for it like it came out

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of the survey whether it did or not that gives some credibility to it and serious. So go ahead. >> Just automatically give credit to the survey because that way people will say oh they are doing stuff with it. So and

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to a certain extent it is you know response to it but that way it gets you know it gets a little more legitimacy. >> Yeah. >> Great idea. >> Another 10 years already.

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I'm sorry. >> It's okay. >> I gotta run. >> Yes. >> Really? >> Yeah. Okay. >> All right. Well, >> thanks for coming. >> I just want to say I'm really proud of all the work we've done and that we're going to continue to do. I feel like

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we're on a really good track of >> sad it's your last COA meeting with >> the future in Denver. >> Yes. >> Yes. But thank you all. for your work because they're your good

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good efforts on behalf. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Have a good day. >> [clears throat]