Um well, welcome. Um it is 7:06. I am going to get started just in the uh to be respectful of everybody's time. Um it is um Tuesday, May 12th. It is 7:06 p.m. and this is the official Littleton
Cultural Council meeting. I am going to uh this is recorded so everybody keep the swearing to a minimum okay because somebody could watch this uh make it G-rated please and if anybody notices that somebody else gets in the attendee um section just uh you know give me a a
heads up there. Um does it make sense for me to share my screen with the agenda or are we cool with just uh going forward just seeing each other's faces? Anybody have a preference for that? >> I'm okay with faces. Okay, fabulous. Let's keep faces then. [laughter]
Um, so hopefully u most of you received the agenda that Kiki sent out. Um, it looks like we do have um, just so everybody is aware a few new participants that have joined the meeting today. I think they are potentially um, exploring um, serving on
the Littleton Cultural Council and we're so excited to have them. So, it's so nice that you're you're dropping by. Um, I think it probably makes sense um for you to introduce or for us to introduce ourselves to each other. Um, I'm Melissa Lewango. I'm just I'm basically just,
you know, run the meeting. Uh, you know, uh, Kiki does a lot of the behind thescenes stuff, but um, I'm usually taking the lead during uh, the presentation. Um, and uh, I don't know if we just want to go through everybody who's new and then go through the rest
of the council. Just a real quick introduction. Um Kathy, I see you first. Do you mind if I pick on you and you can introduce yourself? >> I'm Kathy Harlo. Um I am new to the community and wanted to get involved. So
three years ago I joined the council and I just reuped the other day through town hall for another three years. >> Yay. And then let's see. Um, Juliana, I think I see you [clears throat] next.
>> Awesome. Hi everybody. I am Juliana. I moved to Littleton almost two years ago. We came from Houston, but I'm originally from Mexico. I have two kids in Littleton schools and happy to be here.
>> Hey, great. And then, uh, Jen. >> Hi everyone. I'm Jen Monroe Nathans. Um, I am finishing my time on the council, so July will be my or June will be my final meeting. Um, but it's a great
group and welcome. >> Great. Um, and then Kiki, I see you next. >> Hi, Kiki Donahghue. Um, I am on my second term in the council. I'm currently serving as the secretary. That's why you'll see me over here
typing away. Um, and I, uh, moved to Littleton in I guess I don't even know, in 2018, however many years ago that was. Um, [clears throat] I have two kids. My son's about to graduate from high school on the 30th of May, which is
very exciting. And I have a daughter in the Littleton, uh, public school system in the middle school. Come see her in the music in the play this weekend. And, um, my husband and I both, uh, like I said, live in Littleton. We're musicians, uh, church musicians. My husband teaches private piano lessons.
Um, you may, if you ever go to St. An's, I sing over there, run the children's choir, um, and do all of their website and all that sort of stuff. Uh, communications person. So, welcome. >> Thank you, Kiki. Uh, Rey, I think have
you next? >> Yeah, sure. Uh, Ray Nash, I've been in town um, 10 [snorts] 12 years, actually. 11 or 12 years. I've been on the committee
uh five years. So, and I think technically it's my third renewal on the committee. So, this will kind of be my last time, but I've got a couple more years to go while I'm on the council here. Um me and my [clears throat] family are all involved in some of the school and other arts
programs in town. Uh I serve as the treasurer on the council right now. >> Awesome. Thank you. And then Jane, do you mind if I uh you introduce yourself? >> No, not at all. Happy to. I'm just writing down everyone and all of the things to make me remember them. Um my name is Jane, also known as Judy's
neighbor. Um I uh [laughter] I'm actually from Actton. Um I uh went to high school here. Um and moved to LA. Uh spent 20 years in the entertainment business working in music and television and artist management and then moved
back [clears throat] um here to Littleton. um last year um currently in the process of getting my real estate license um and working for my partner's small business in Westford. Um, and I thought that uh the invitation to come and hear more about what you all
are doing on the cultural council here from Judy and um from Sarah who I met with about two weeks ago um sounded like a great way to um sort of explore what's going on around here and see if you know what you all are doing, the important work you're doing maybe aligns with
anything that I have experience uh doing in the past. So um happy to meet all of you virtually. >> Thank you so much. That's great. Um, and I'm not sure if anybody told you, but Kim, who is not here, but is roll is rolling off soon, is also a realtor. So,
uh, you'll just be we'll be swapping realtors. You know, it'll be fine, [laughter] right? Um, Tom, I think I have you next in my little Brady Bunch window. >> Um, well, I moved here in uh 1998, so we've been in town for a while.
[clears throat] Uh, I just retired after 39 years as um in music education. Uh my last position was director of performing arts in Shrewsbury for about 11 years and uh life has kind of slowed down. Both of my
kids are are graduating college this weekend. Uh >> congratulations. >> Yeah. >> Yes. The tuition bills are done. Yes. [laughter] >> But um as [clears throat] I said, life has kind of slowed down since I retired. So I thought maybe it would be
interesting to get involved in one of our local committees. And this one kind of seemed like it might [clears throat and cough] >> Awesome. That's great. Well, congratulations to both of your kids and congratulations on your retirement. That sounds lovely. Um I'm jealous to be
honest. Um and then last, um MJ, would you would you mind introducing yourselves to everybody? >> Sure. My name is MJ and I actually met Juliana. We both have kids in the same grade together. I um we moved here in 2022 this summer
and um I just thought uh oh it's the arts council and um I I I do have an MFA and you know art was always really much very much a part of my life and I did do some grant work when I was in New York City but that is a long time ago. So, I
wanted to get involved and somehow just do something that kind of feeds feeds that that that my soul, I guess you could say. >> Love that. That's wonderful. Oh, well, I'm so happy. It sounds like everybody's coming from um so many different
backgrounds, but [clears throat] we all sort of support the same the same kind of mission. Um >> you got one more if you don't. >> Oh, did I miss? Did I Who did I miss? Who did I miss? [clears throat] Oh, no. I'm so sorry. [laughter] >> I'm going to go cry. No, you're good. You're good. >> Um,
>> I'm sorry, Heather. I skipped you. >> No, you're so good. Um, I'll do the rundown. I thought Tom had me might have given me a run for my money, but I'm a towny. I born and raised. I grew up here. Class of 2005. Please don't do the math. Um, [laughter]
I I I like to consider myself an international towny. I'm a I'm an executive for Universe Corporation. and I run their sourcing um departments and um I got to travel the world on someone else's dime which was lovely. Um but
yeah, I'm I'm in town. I uh I went to my first town meeting last week. I was just enamored with the process and the politics and it was just fascinating and um I actually was driving through town. and I saw the the installation on the common and I've just really I I'm not
sure how many years you guys have been doing that but I'm just I really love it and uh it just seemed kind of kismmet when I saw the Facebook post and then I noticed this was the group that was affiliated with the flowers on the common and it just it just kind of clicked for me. So just looking for a
way to give back um kind of get in touch with you know more people in town. and I've really dived deep on my career and now I'm ready to kind of start expanding back into the I like to call it the real world, right? Corporate corporate world is not the real world. This this right
here is [laughter] the real world, >> right? Thank you. >> Exactly. That's awesome. I I think um town meeting is just like the best possible way to get to know this town. Like sitting through a town meeting is the most wild experience.
>> I loved it. I I have a sickness. I loved it. [laughter] >> No, no, I did. I I get it. I I did, too. It's It's like an episode of like Gilmore Girls or something like [laughter] Anyway, um Okay, so I think Did I leave anybody out? >> We got everybody. >> I think we got everybody.
>> Before we move on, I just wanted to say Jane, so you were the only one who wasn't on my email list. If you don't mind when the meeting's over, um if you want to just email our email address, which is just info@ littleculturalconsil.org, or so I have your contact info so I can just send you the blurb everybody else got that has
all the links and all the fun >> fantastic >> info >> I will do thanks >> yeah or you can pop it in the chat actually do I even know how to I just didn't want you'd have to say your email address on the recorded line if you didn't want to >> okay no [laughter] problem >> good good point yeah good point there
um so I'm literally just going to go to our website really quick and read our little blurb about the cultural council I think in the years past we've made it a little bit less generic, but correct me if I'm wrong. I think it it got reposted in a more generic format
somehow, but I'm going to read it anyway. Um, essentially, the Littleton Cultural Council, whose members are appointed by the board of selectmen, supports community cultural projects through its grant program. Funds are received from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, whose mission is to promote excellence, access, education, and
diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of our communities. Very formal. Um I think in the past we've made a more tailored
one that's kind of fits our um our goals for the year which we'll probably start working on at some point maybe over the summer again. Um but essentially that's what we do is um you know the the biggest um work of our council comes
with the grant cycle season. Um so essentially the Massachusetts Cultural Council um you know is assigning us um this work uh to dole out the grant money that we're getting. Uh the grant um the
grantees will send us in uh their proposals. We are reviewing every one of them. I cannot remember how many we got this year but it was probably the most I've seen since I've been on the council. It was a lot. And then we uh do the work of reviewing that information
and figuring out uh who is going to get the funding, kind of comparing it to what we want to see um in the town. Um and uh yeah, that's that's really the the crux of our work. And then as you did see uh did mention um I think
Heather mentioned it that we did have um a public art project that we've uh done in the past uh re recent past. So, what's been two two seasons of Little Town in Bloom um where we had community groups painting flowers and butterflies
um to kind of celebrate. >> We got a um just another attendee popped in there. >> Thank you so much, Kiki. Um yeah. Oh, good. Sarah's here. Um so, yes, so the Little Town in Bloom project is basically um our outdoor public art project and it has grown
certainly each year, which is fabulous. Um, and yeah, so that's I mean in in a very short summary what what we do. Kiki, do you want to add anything? Or now Sarah, hi, how are you? Uh, if you want to we were just explaining to [clears throat] some of the new members that are on um that came to the meeting
kind of uh what it is that we that we do. So if anybody wants to add anything, feel free to jump in real quick. >> Yes. Um, [clears throat] so we uh >> I did like apologies for being late. I had technical difficulties and
apparently I still have Oh, there I am. >> Hey Sarah. >> Uh yeah. So, uh I like what join us [laughter] like
let's make our town better. >> Yeah. So, I'll just add in um yeah, it's not a heavy lift. You know, we do meet once a month as you see here uh on Zoom currently. Uh it's it's currently the second Tuesday of the month. There's no rule that says it has to be, but that's what it has been for like millennia. Um
and uh yeah, so like uh everybody was saying, you and I think those of you who got my email will see that there um is, you know, a formal application process with the town. Uh there's like once that happens, there's a couple little things with the state that you have to do and then you kind of get into
[clears throat] the um M the MCC which is the Mass Cultural Council has like a website that we all will get a log into and that's how you can sort of see all of those uh all of those pieces when the grant cycle comes up. Um and so that's the only time we meet outside of the
once a month is around that grant cycle time. We will have usually two extra meetings, but in the last couple years, we've gotten ourselves down to a science and we have been able to do it without a lot of extras. Um, and so we go through
>> go and like pound the flowers into the dirt. >> Yes. For a little town in bloom. Yep. >> Yeah. So, uh, we also have Yeah, I was going to get to that. So, we also have a history of doing um some public art projects. So, we have have supported the
Little Town in Bloom the last couple of years. Um, several years ago, we had an installation with a local artist out um on Great Road. So, we definitely although Little Town in Bloom has been sort of what we've been doing the last couple years, we're not necessarily pigeonhold to that. So, we're welcoming other ideas. The way that our funding
works, we keep a portion of it out for something like that. Um, and so we get grant money from the state and then typically the town matches that whatever it was. So, we have that kind of amount to to to give out and it's it's a lot of fun to be able to see what people are putting together and really make a
commitment, you know, to the culture in this town. >> Yeah. Can anybody um maybe come up with one or two examples of some of the programs that we've funded? My brain is just Swiss cheese, but I know I know there's a couple of them. So, for instance, like the acting community
chorus does a concert every year. >> Yeah. We do a lot of um like belly dancing for seniors. One of the upcoming ones um that you'll probably start hearing about soon is there's going to be a big Fourth of July town picnic like an old-fashioned town picnic like they used to do back in the 1800s where you
bring your own picnic. Um they're the historical commission is going to have I guess it's some kind of a cannon from a British ship they dug up over in Grten. Uh that's going to be on display and um you're going to be able to see like artifacts and then they're going to have the picnic. So, one of the grants that
we have supported is the music for that, the uh the music that's going to be played at the town picnic. Um, [clears throat] we've done things for the town, uh, for the schools, and you know, anybody can jump in if I'm just looking at the list here because I have it all all open. What happened?
>> They do like a Diwali celebration in the school where they created um like candle holders and artwork and and things like that, too. So, we gave funding for that. A lot of times the PTAs will um submit grants and uh and then last year we
funded the um cultural fair at the middle school where the the sixth graders were each assigned a um a country and um and then we were able to help with uh the cookbook that they did where they all had a recipe and so we were able to help with some of the
printing of the cookbook which then we had a copy you know donated to the town. [gasps] >> So it's a lot of fun. through a lot of interesting, you know, ways to get to know what's going on and other people in town. But like I said, it's not a heavy lift, just sort of that one time frame, we have a couple of extra meetings, but outside of that,
>> a lot of fun. >> And like it's really interesting to talk about the different projects, but the vast majority of the time the projects are not like it's not like this is a good project and that is a bad project.
It's more like is this something that is really good for Littleton? >> So true, Sarah. But yeah, I think that um if if any of you do end up joining when you go through the grant cycle, the discussion piece during the grant cycle, going through each of the grantes
proposals is so enlightening and just sharing each other's different ideas because there might be such a beautiful wonderful project, but it might not align with our particular, you know, year cycles um you know, ideas that that we that we're putting forth to the mass
cultural council or maybe it's been done guidelines. Thank you. Um or maybe something similar has been done before or it's just interesting to hear everybody's perspective and we're all very respectful. Um [clears throat] yeah, so and then um I think Sarah this year even um was able to let the people
who were not able to get um awarded some of the funds because we did have a few um kind of you know we gave feedback um through the through the system just saying hey like actually if you'd included this this and this maybe this would have been more helpful. So, we're kind of working back on that for maybe
more success in the future for other uh grantees that might not have gotten proposals. So, it's it's not um it's an interesting process. Um before I move on to like our Oh, sorry, Sarah. Go ahead. >> It's just a work in progress. >> Exactly. Yep. And so, I think um before
we move on to like our agenda items, um I think it makes sense for probably us to answer any questions that some of the people that did attend tonight. Um, we're all very happy that you're so interested. Um, so feel free to, you
know, ask ask away. >> I I I have a question and this might be a little broad strokes here, but how is um how is success defined for the council? Is it are you looking at, you know, say engagement numbers? Are you
looking at um is it measured from a financial or a giveback standpoint in terms of year-over-year? we're able to, you know, um, grant more money or, uh, h how is in and what does success look like year-over-year for for you all?
>> Yeah, that's a great question. So, um, every year we put forward a community survey which we use to gather that information. I think for me, um, and I wouldn't say we have a formal, it's kind of, we're kind of an informal group. Um I don't think we have a formal statute
on that, but we like to see um a lot of it we ask will be like how did you hear about us? You know, did you know there even was a cultural council? Did you know that we give out this? Did you know we give out that? Um I also think success is in um how many submissions we get, you know, cuz I think part of it is
also making people aware that this exists, that these grants are um out there for them to apply for. So year over year, we've had more and more. It's a double-edged sword, though, right? because um we've [clears throat] been we've been level funded for the last 3 years, right? So we don't have more money to give out, but we get more
applications every year. Um so I think just for some perspective, I think last year we >> But but honestly, wait, I I just want to chime in on that one. Like >> not having less money is pretty damn
good, >> right? like with like everyone else's being cut and we had more money. Sorry, Kiki. >> Oh, yeah. No, it's good that we're not getting less money. Um, so I would say successes based on, you know, getting
the engagement and then I also think the little town in bloom has been a huge piece of our success. So, every year, the first year, you know, we had this many organizations and then this many have joined us and this many more flowers and that kind of piece. Um,
>> I would like to add that all of the people who have attended this meeting that are new tonight feels like it's a success for me. >> Yeah. I was also going to say this has been our most [clears throat] successful recruitment. Just for some [laughter] perspective, um, you know, we received $35,000 in grant requests and we had
12,000 to give out, you know, and so I also think success was based on the fact that we were able to give out 19 grants to be able to really uh, spread that wealth out to more and more people. we aren't always able to give everybody their entire request. I mean, some
people are requesting like $40,000, right, which we don't even have. Um, and so, yeah, I think all those little pieces, but I also think just having something like this existing and people in town knowing about it is is a huge piece of >> I was going to add another piece for success is how many people from
Littleton attend the events that we are sponsoring. And so when they apply mo many of the organizations or the the artists say like we estimate that this amount of people in Littleton will come based on what has happened in the past. So that's also, you know, how we could
measure success in my opinion because we want this to be for Littleton, right? Not all of the events happen in Littleton, but we want people from Littleton to benefit from them. >> Yeah, that's a great point. Yeah. >> And I think we're also open to, you know, redefining success each year also.
So, if we have new members and there's new ideas, we're we're a very open group. We would love to hear what that might look like for you. >> Absolutely. I think we have another attendee down in there that needs to >> Oh, thank you. >> Sorry. >> Yes, it's Kim. >> Oh, yay.
Yeah. Thank you. That's a great question, Jane. Thank you. >> Oh, yeah. Thank you all for chiming in. Really, really insightful. Thank you. >> Anybody else questions? about the time commitment or anything. Like like Kiki said, it's really just the second Tuesday of every month and
then we have a few extra meetings sprinkled in um typically in the fall uh for that uh for those uh panel discussions on um just as an FYI, the grant cycle is usually uh September 1st is typically
when it opens. This is obviously controlled by the state. Um it's typically around September 1st and then it closes midocctober. they have that time for the application and then we technically have until um January, usually mid January to make a decision. Our board has always historically tried
to do it like before Christmas because everything just gets crazy. So we usually try to do ours sometime in November to be kind of done by Thanksgiving. Um just so just as an FYI for our our timeline. And Kiki, I think you already mentioned this, but if you know after this meeting you do decide to
like formally apply, um I believe there's just an application possibly available online and then that would need to get sent over to the um town clerk and then there'll be like a a swearing in process, but it's you don't have to be present for it, I don't think.
>> Right. I actually was going to just speak to that because we have you might see it [clears throat] lower down on the agenda that we are um sort of re-evaluating the process right now because it's so >> um the only one that had trouble can you
send Judy the link >> or if there was anyone else that's not there. Oh, so M can MJ mute her mic and then Sarah, can you repeat what you said? >> So mic is muted. Yes.
>> Okay. I was just cutting you off because there was noise from her mic too. So we were you were coming across disjointed. We didn't hear what you said. No worries. I'm just not the only person that having trouble logging in. Can you like send the link to Judy? Oh, sure.
Judy can't um log in. >> Judy's um her email is bouncing back, so we can't send her. I She it said she got the initial um email, but every time I've tried all the emails we've been has been bouncing back from her email address, so I don't know how we
>> could get it to >> Can you verify her email address? Maybe. Can you >> send me the link and I will send it to her and then we'll just like run around in circles for a little bit. >> Yeah. Want me to just send like a copy
paste in the chat? Is there a chat? >> Yeah. I just I I had trouble with link too, so I didn't want to send the wrong link. >> Totally. Totally. Uh let me see. >> Thank you. >> Do we have a chat? >> No, there's no chats in webinars.
>> Do that one. Bummer. All right, let me let me uh let me email you, [clears throat] Sarah. I'm going to email this link. I copied it from the agenda. Okay, >> thank you. >> Yeah, no problem. >> So, all I was going to say, >> I apologize. I will stop sidetracking.
>> No, no, that's fine. Um yeah, so I was just going to say about the application is um we're just waiting to hear back from the town clerk about a potential new process. Um, so I would just wait to actually fill out that application and we'll send you an email. Um, because you won't be able to do anything until July
anyways. >> Okay. I literally like an hour ago. So I'm happy to redo it if the process changes. Yeah. >> Okay. Yeah, it's it will be that application. It's just right now um just what we do with it is maybe going to change, but that's totally fine if you already filled it out. I'll just email
uh uh Diane and just ask her to hold them. So feel free if you want because it's just out there publicly. But we just are trying to like kind of figure out our our system. To be honest with you, it's just uh we only have two openings and we've never had this many people interested. So, we are just re-evaluating what happens if 10 people
fill out the application and we only have two openings because there's kind of no uh process for that right now. So, we just want to sort of see uh what we're going to do with that. [laughter] >> It's a good problem to have. >> It is a good problem to have. Yeah. Not mad at it. Not bad at all. It's just like just it's just coming up right now
and we're like uh oh we got to figure this out, >> right? And we were sort of talking about it like you know offline. I'm sure like I if we aren't able to technically have everybody be on a council member there's always opportunity for volunteering can still attend meetings. There can be you
know you know uh a way that we can make everybody be able to be involved who wants to be. I think that we are we should be good. So we'll figure but we'll figure it out. Um okay. So, I unless anybody else has any other questions, I am going to go back to the formal agenda that um Kiki made for us.
>> Yeah, I just was going to say if anybody who's uh joining us wants to leave now if you got your questions answered, you're totally welcome to stay, but you're also totally welcome to log off and we can connect offline with the the info. So, whatever you want to do. Don't feel like you have to stay if you if you
weren't planning on keeping the whole time. >> So, I love that puppy. I I just would like to stop for a second and there was a dog present that I said that's a requirement that you introduce us to the dog, please. >> Yes, thank you. I was also gonna bring up the dog and wanted to see him again.
Thank you. >> This is Boo. >> Am 12 in a few months. She's uh she's she's I don't have children of my own. I'm a I am a dogma. Um and then I've got another little guy who's curled up right behind me. A and this is mouse.
>> A they're so beautiful. I love them. >> Thank you. Yes, I'm a I'm a fan. They like to join in on Zoom meetings as emotional support. Emotional [laughter] support. >> That is totally acceptable. That's welcome here. >> You're welcome. [laughter] >> Thank you, Jen, for bringing that up as well. Yes. Very important.
>> Also, I Yeah, also like Reverend Jen, can we do a check-in? Are you okay? >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Thank you everybody for your support. U my mom passed away sort of unexpectedly at the beginning of March and so I've been a little absent
from this group but thank you everybody and thank you for your support. Yeah, >> if there's anything you need please. >> Okay, so we have our mascots. Got it. >> All right, back to the agenda. To the minutes. To the minutes, Batman.
[laughter] Okay. Um yes. Okay. So our fir our second agenda item apart from welcoming everybody. Um we are to did everybody get a chance to read the April minutes and um can we vote to approve the
minutes? Has anybody not approved the minutes? Like been like no I don't approve of these. Imagine like that would be >> imagine. Well I wouldn't take offense if there was something incorrect in there. I'll make a motion to approve the minutes. >> I can second it. I can then. Yeah.
>> Okay. All in favor, raise your hand or say I. >> Okay. The April minute. >> I muted myself. Sorry about that. Okay. [laughter] >> Um Okay. Item number three, treasurer update. I am going to turn it over to
Rey. You already sent us a lovely report, but I'll just have you go over it if you don't mind. Yes. Um, let me uh get it up. Always find it's easier to just share the screen. So, I'm going to do that. While you're doing that, Ray, can I just
make a note to add the pickup for the flowers on the agenda before we sign off tonight? >> Thank you so much, Kim. I was going to talk to Yeah, I think Ray and I had talked about coordinating. Yes. All right, we will >> We do have Little Town in Bloom on the
agenda down there for the pickup. >> I missed it. Thank you so much. I can't read apparently. >> Yes, you can, Kim. I believe in you. >> Not tonight. Kim, you weren't you weren't here, but um one of the newer people is also um getting their real
license. Jane, is it is it is Jane? Yes, >> it was Jane. Yes. >> Yes. >> Me. Hi, Kim. >> Let's Kim, when who did? >> No, it's Tuesday. >> Yeah. Jane, are you available tomorrow morning for coffee?
>> I'll be I'll be at 8:30. We'll let Ray take it from here and then you and I can go offline. You like 100% should take this woman up on this. [laughter] >> She terrifies me. [clears throat] >> You want to be a realator?
>> So I I don't know why I can't share the screen. So for those of you who didn't receive the attachment, I apologize. But for those who have it, you can open it up on your own screens. I'll just be brief and talk it through. Um, all of our 2025 grants got paid out several months ago, actually the end of last
year, so it's been a while. We are most of the way through the 2026 grants. There's one that was submitted, but the check hasn't been cut yet, but all the paperwork's done. There's three more that haven't submitted at all yet. Just so everybody knows who those are. It's Actton Community Chorus, the Littleton
STEM Education Foundation, and Russell Street Elementary School. Um, they they just have not submitted yet. They have till the end of this year, uh, end of the calendar year, the fiscal year ends at the end of June, but really they have till the end of the calendar year before we would start to
worry about that. So, they've got plenty of time. So, the fact that we're this far along is actually um better than most years, so we're in good shape. The only other two buckets in the budget, um, by the way, for everyone's sake, it's about a, uh, we started the year with about $17,000.
The goal is to spend nearly all of it every year. So, >> sorry. Can you guys see this now? >> Yes. Thank you for sharing. >> Oh, thank you. >> Something went wrong with my Zoom settings. So, thank you. Um, so that's
the $14,000 bucket there. That's all grant money getting paid out. We allocated a small amount for administration costs. When we did the budget planning at the end of last year, we actually didn't even think we would spend much. And surprise, we have not. There may be a few random things that
flow through there, but nothing has yet. >> Oh, yeah. I gotta submit something for that. >> Great. Bring it. Uh, send it over. Then the other big area is the public art. Now that Little Town of Bloom is over, we're just finalizing that. We do need to take a vote right now. There are
three people who spent their own money for the project knowing that they would get reimbursed. That's uh myself, Juliana, and Kiki. Um, for Kiki it's $150. For myself it was like
$144 and then the rest is Juliana. Um, this is just buying the the supplies for the project. Um, so before I can submit that for reimbursement to the town to cut a check to pay us back out of the out of the council budget, we just need a vote to
approve that. So, I would motion for a vote now to um [clears throat] >> agree to because then I submit a copy of the minutes to the town to get them to pay. So, >> second. >> Can you wait just before can you say the amounts again for the minutes?
>> Can you come on? >> Sorry. >> You're you're making me work here. >> Sorry. Um 150 for Kiki, 144 approximately for Rey, and the rest for Juliana. I'm not doing that.
>> All right, I'll do the math after. I'll do the math after. [laughter] >> It's It's buried in my spreadsheet. Um and I did a PDF instead of a spreadsheet here. So, you're only the grand total. >> I have the spreadsheet open. >> Sure. Adds up to the 97450.
So, we ended up not spending the whole amount that we allocated for this year. That's okay. That is not use it or lose it money. That'll go into the pot for either anything else we would choose to do this fiscal year or what I would say is more likely is it goes into the pot for both grant money and public art
projects for next fiscal year. So, that that and anything left over in the admin budget just goes back into the pot for reallocation in the next fiscal per fiscal year. for anybody who wasn't familiar with how the process goes. [gasps] Um,
that's it. Um, the next time I'll have a major update will probably be after year end. I'll do another report and then that also becomes the time frame when I have to do the annual filings with the town. That's a pretty smooth process. Um, but the simple message is all the
grantees are on track for this year and we have what we need. Um, and then did we just take the vote? No. Do we still need to do that official vote here to reimburse? >> Yes. >> Yeah, we do. We had somebody um I think Juliana, you
>> want my money back, please? [laughter] >> Same. >> I say, >> all right. So, just for the vote, it's uh 150 for me, 14472 for Ray, and 67978 for Juliana.
Okay, everybody who's in agreement, please say I. I. Your hand up. Yeah. One, two, three, four, five, six. We All right. Officially, we have approved that money to be uh reimbursed to um Juliana, Kiki, and Ray.
>> Great. >> Thank you. >> I'm going to stop sharing. >> Thank you everybody. And thank you, Ray, for doing that. >> Yes. Thank you all for spending your money [laughter] >> up front. So, um, I'm my with my piece of the agenda.
>> Perfect. Thank you so much, Ray. >> Also agreed. And I am still having issues with joining. I am honestly not sure because I swear to God I am capable of uh using
computers. >> Sorry. Well, you're still in here. We see you. I mean, we don't see you, but I don't think we don't need video. >> No, I turned I turned the computer off or I turned the video off, but would would somebody please God send Judy the link? She is trying so hard.
>> Sarah, I don't know how the email. >> You could send it to her cuz her email is bouncing back. >> I just texted her me a text and asked for it. So, I just texted her the link that I used. >> Oh, thank you, Jane. >> Poor Judy.
We miss you. >> Okay. If we don't get her, >> let's try again shortly. >> All right. >> She's on the waiting room. >> Uh, let me look in the participants. Oh,
she is. Okay. Allow to talk. >> Promote panelist. >> Hi, Judy. out there. >> Oh, I think Judy declined to be promoted to panelist. Um, which will she'll be
allowed to talk, but we won't be able to see her unless she's able to accept. >> This is so funny. We do not have these problems. [clears throat and laughter] >> I know. We've never had this many problems with the accepting of the promotion. That's so rand. >> It might It might be exactly what um MJ
was saying that saying that maybe because if you're on an iPad or like >> I don't know. I'm on an iPad though and I didn't Right. Yeah, I just pressed accept. I think if you accidentally press decline, it you it might not let you >> press accept. You know, you might have
to log out and log back in. Oh, we hear you. >> Hi, Judy. >> My husband um I can >> Can anybody hear me? >> We can hear you. Awesome. I'm on my phone. I've never done it on my phone before. >> We cannot see you though.
>> Oh, okay. >> How cute you are. So you can just keep listening. >> I don't know what to do. We'll do our best. I've never done it on my phone before. >> Well, we can hear you loud and clear. Totally fine. So, I'm sorry that you're experiencing an issue um with that. We
can hopefully get that rectified. I don't know what's happened cuz you weren't the only one who had trouble. So, you're not alone. [laughter] >> My computer decided to restart and >> which is why I was off for a while. Oh, no. Sorry, Captain.
>> It's all right. I'm back. >> Okay. So, I um >> in Bloom. >> Yes. Um we are on to Oh, wait. We skipped the granty events. >> Okay. So, on the agenda, item number
four is just the upcoming grantee events. So, we do have the belly dancing for seniors on May 15th. Um, and then we have the story of Chinese Zodiac Child's Play at Theater 3 in Actton June 13th, 14th. Um, and then June 20th through
21st. We also have the acting community chorus spring pops concert. I'm I'm going to be attending that. Um, I was singing with them, but then I ended up dropping out because I was really busy with other stuff going on. So, I'm just going to attend as like a a person. So,
I'll try and take pictures. Um, >> as a person [laughter] as a community, not a singer. A regular A regular person. >> A normie. A normie. >> I mean, it's not like an attendee. Just a person. >> Right. [clears throat] Exactly. Just a person. >> Um,
>> is And then June a muggle. I like that. And then, uh, June 11th, um, Creek Alley, a tribute to American folk music and 1960s folk rock, which I don't remember where that is, frankly. Is that at the senior center?
>> I could not get that info, so I'm not sure. >> I'll look it up later and we can find out. Is anybody planning on going to any of the uh other two that was were mentioned or even the fourth? >> And it's okay if not. I just curious if you are, take pictures, send them to us.
Um see if you can get a sense of how many people are attending. >> Kiki, you said you're putting together a calendar. Yes. >> No, I am not. Oh, that's a great idea if somebody wants to take that on. That would be awesome. >> Yeah, I think that was an idea people had, but I I don't have the I don't have
the time to do that. But anybody would who would like to >> Sarah, you want to make that? >> No. >> No. >> So, I just list them out on here. Um >> Well, if anybody in the future is interested in making a calendar, I actually really love that idea. Can be
something we can work on over the summer. Um, maybe if we can find a like a nice um easy uh format. >> Let's give it a new >> I'm going to I'm going to go with if anyone wants to do this, they should make it big and bold on their
application. >> Oh, yeah. I like that. >> So, uh there are only two events left. Um there's just the the one that um they do for the end of summer reading, you know, at the library. Um and then there
is the Fourth of July picnic, which I think we already talked about. Um and actually there's three. And then the Sarang uh colors of South Asian music is in July. And then the there's one in the fall of 2026 that's for the Shaker Lane um Russell Street. So those are the only
ones that are that are even left. Just >> I think I think that fall the the the song sounds like the most amazing thing. >> Yeah, for sure. >> Yeah. July 11th. I'll have it on the next agenda on the June agenda. I'll
have it because it's in July. >> Perfect. So, yeah. So, maybe if we end up doing the calendar, maybe uh we would start it um like it would kind of coincide with the grant. Yeah, exactly. >> That's what I was thinking. I was like, there's really only like not worth it.
Yeah. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Okay. And now number five, Little Town in Bloom. [laughter] >> Take down. >> Um, take down. >> Take down. >> So, Ray, you and I had discussed and I'm going to say that I already forgot the date. Um, I'm going to say that right
out. >> I had um this Saturday in my phone, but no, definitely. >> Yeah, that's what I put on the agenda. >> It says Saturday. I was planning on it. Seriously, this Saturday? >> Yeah. Is that what I wrote on the agenda? I thought I did.
>> Um the other No, I guess I didn't. >> The um the gals from the town hall actually checked in, Lisa Montgomery, and said that they're requesting that we pull it out and do they have the dates? And I thought, haven't we already
covered all of this? There's so many people. So, >> so annoying. but she was pleased that we were scheduled for this weekend because the seniors are getting ready to put theirs out. So, that helps them a lot and that's why we chose these dates. >> Uh I have a box of a few stakes left and
um there's one flower that I'm embarrassed to say got dropped into the bottom of the bucket. So, some poor child who created something lovely >> was missing. So, I'll bring that >> next year. And I can't do the We have we
have a different conversation we have to have here too because Kim can't keep all of these things anymore. >> At the last meeting we agreed that I'm keeping them all at my place this year. >> Yeah. Yeah. We made a plan last meeting.
>> I I missed that one. And awesome. And >> so, um, >> I'm happy to take the signs down if that helps with storage, like the lawn signs, cuz I I have room for at least that, um, and those metal stakes. So, I'm happy. >> Yeah, that would be nice. Just so I
don't have everything. Everything. >> What time do you want to meet, by the way, on the common to take down? Do you want to do it early or >> Oh, I don't know. Let me see. Um, >> I'll be early. >> I had marked down 9. Yeah, we had said 9 a.m. That's what I
>> Perfect. All right, I'm just going to write it officially in my calendar. >> I um I will take the signs down the night before because I uh I'm singing at the cathedral in Boston at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. So, >> that's awesome. >> I'll be on Catholic TV at 11 if you want to watch.
>> Will you really on like or whatever it is? [laughter] >> I was I was I was literally just thinking I wanted to hear you sing. Yes, that's cool. >> You can also hear me every Saturday on YouTube at Blessed Trinity Parish. >> That's right.
>> All right. So, I'll take the signs and >> I'm not >> It's going to be crazy fast. Just >> Yeah. >> Pluck pluck pluck van in my back of my van. Done. >> Two sides of the street. >> Just like putting them up here compared
to other ears. Uh, so like do you do you think we're going to be able to fit everything in the [clears throat] back of your van? >> I I have my Highlander, too, so I can just put the seats down in case we need more room. >> Can you guys hear me? >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> I think I actually joined. >> Yay. >> Oh, great. I guess >> it still has you as an attendee, so we won't be able to see you, but we can >> join as a panelist. Oh, hit accept and then you'll be in.
>> Yes, Judy will be rejoining the webinar as a panelist. Very official. >> Very official. >> Ray, is there anything you need from >> I think where Judy was going with this is her husband has a truck.
>> Okay. I don't think it's needed, but I I if anybody wants to show up with extra stuff, I don't mind. I'm quite confident in what I'm able to fit into the back of my van because I've done many different
>> jam sessions, a different type of jam, jamming stuff into the back of my van uh many times over the years. So, I'm pretty confident I'll fit it all back in the back. >> Minivans are the very best. Capacious >> for They're the very They're the very best for some things, >> right? [laughter]
I sometimes miss mine, but not all the time. All right. So, Ray's story or >> told you Judy one on your phone, I think. Maybe >> that's okay. Yeah. As long as she doesn't unmute the other one, we'll be good, [laughter] >> right? So, if I don't know, I I don't
know what to do. >> You can just leave it. >> We can see you now, Judy. >> If you just leave that other one alone, we'll be fine. >> Yeah. Yeah, you'll be good. >> So, if anybody is around on 9 at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, you can come help. If not, I'm sure we'll probably get to it pretty quickly. Is are there
any um I am willing to show up and pull things out of the dirt. >> Awesome. >> But are there any we need? >> Can you repeat that there? Any what do you we need? >> Tools. >> Just two hands. >> Yeah, I think just two hands. I think
it's a good question though. Yeah, >> work gloves probably makes sense. >> Oh, yeah. You don't get a splinter. >> Yes. >> But just bring one for yourself. You don't need to bring from for other people. >> Oh, I still have somebody's hammer.
Apologies. I meant to >> I think Kim Kim was missing hers. No, I think >> Yeah, but it wasn't Kim's. >> Oh, really? Okay. >> No, Kim said hers was much much bigger.
>> It could mean I have no idea. So, who knows? Yeah. >> Also, you didn't think that was funny. >> No, [laughter] size matters with sledgehammers. >> This is what I'm saying. >> Yeah.
>> I will take a photo and send it out to everybody. Um I do based on what Kim was saying, I don't believe it's Kim's. >> If not, it's yours. You can keep it. It's a free hammer. >> [laughter] >> I mean
>> forest property of agriculture council. >> That's right. >> Right. Okay. So, we have the take down in process. We have the storage all set for now. I think we can move on to the next item on the agenda. Um, which is
really just the membership updates. We've already kind of talked about that. So, we have some term expirations. Kim is on her second term and she must cycle off. Jen is um not returning. Um returning for a second term is me, Kathy, and Sarah. Um I actually do have
to let the town hall know about that. So I haven't done that yet. Do I just email Diane? >> Yeah, you can just do town clerk at Littleton. >> Perfect. >> If you look at the minutes, I put the email address in there, too. >> I'm so I'm so sorry. I thought just
letting you know, Kiki, was enough. >> No. So, if you just check the minutes attached to this, the email address is on there and you can let her know and um I think she'll let you know what you have to do. >> Have you I understand Jane is Jane is on here.
>> She was I think she Oh, she's still here. >> There she is. >> I'm here, Judy. >> Hi. Hi. How are you? >> And her two dogs. >> She told you she's interested in joining >> family. >> Yes. Yep. >> Yes. we have all these people who are
joining us here um uh are all interested in joining the council. We've got we actually have uh eight people who have reached out with interest. So that's part of what this conversation is going to be about. um how we would handle applications since we've never um faced
this great problem of having um and so I don't know if everybody saw my email with um from Greg and so um I guess that's what the conversation I mean my thinking is cuz right now they the town just sort of sometimes we've had people join and we don't even know that they
>> have joined because they fill out the application everything happens without any communication. So, my thoughts are we should reach out to Diane and just say, you know, please send us the applications. Like, don't just automatically approve them. That way, we have a sense of who's applying and we
can actually look at um the applications and we know how many cuz that's what happened with the uh Maria, which we still have to resolve her who already filled out an application back in September. Um because, you know, we sort of she filled out the application, but there wasn't an
opening. So, I think we just need to tighten up our language and what our process is going to be. >> Yeah. And before we do discuss that, I don't know if we want to just have some of the new members um drop out and off of the meeting. I don't know if that makes sense. I mean, it doesn't matter.
They could actually see what we're talking about anyway cuz we're recording it. It's public information. Um but I wondered if like our our group existing group would have just a a conversation [clears throat] about what we feel like the if we have too many you know what we want to do with this process going
forward. Does anybody object to that or >> in my perspective I think it's even [clears throat] better if people listen because that way they know what the expectations are from the group right like I I think we we can be super open and say like what are we looking for
right and it's basically people who want to do this and people who are willing to commit to a one meeting per month and then two in or I don't even know how many we have in November you know like I think it's important for people to know and and then how we're going to base
this election basically. No, but but I'm open to whatever. >> So I I would 100% agree with all of that. That being said, I think that like the the experiences I've had on
other boards has been like executive committee where there is a group. I don't I don't like in my opinion I don't really care if it's all
of the people on the board or just a select pe select group of people but like it's a private discussion about why you would ask for people to come and why would you
why you would choose one person over another which in my opinion This should be a private conversation unless we're going with, you know, first come, first served.
>> Yeah. Um, yeah. And I hear both. I hear both. I think for me just because I'm I haven't had that conversation with myself even about um you know what what we're looking for if we have to choose between two people that it might be a little bit easier to have it just among
um the current members um you know and and maybe sharing what we come up with afterwards with all the applicants in like a quick concise um email. That would be my preference as long as everybody on the call was okay with that. Let me know if anybody objects that me. Yeah, I agree with that.
>> And and I'm also gonna go with not on a like public record video. >> Oh, you like to go into executive session? >> Executive session. Yeah, we could do that. >> You can make a motion for that. Yep. >> I mean, >> I'm sorry guys, my alarm sounded and I lost audio all this time. Can you just
tell me what happened really quickly? I'm so so sorry. >> Oh, yeah. We Go ahead. >> Go ahead, Kiki. you can say. >> Oh, I was going to say we were just discussing if we should be going into executive session to have this conversation, which we can a motion can be entertained to do so. Um the only we
could also delay it to the next meeting because our nobody's term is actually up until um June 30th. But I would just say that we still will need to communicate with the town ASAP cuz right now if someone fills out an application like yesterday, they're automatically just going to get approved and then we're
going to lose the ability to even do that. >> Okay, perfect. Gotcha. >> Yeah. So >> that's how it currently works is >> Yeah. And and I was saying Juliana, like I I think that um it would make sense for the current Littleton Cultural Council members to kind of um come up
with some language surrounding what will happen if we do get more applicants than openings and then maybe email all of the applicants a summary of kind of what we're looking for um and what the commitment is and the basis on which we would decide on the members after the
meeting. >> Sounds great, too. Good. >> All right. So then at this time I think I'm going to say good evening to all of our amazing volunteers that decided to attend this meeting. We were so h fortunate to have you and to have you
part of our town and this will not be the last time uh that we meet. We will definitely keep you included in all of the um Littleton Cultural Council happenings. as long as you wish to be included. Um, we will find space for for, you know, everybody in different capacities, whether that be volunteer or
on the actual council. We'll have to hopefully figure that out, but this is a great problem to have. We have a lot of people interested in our cultural council, and we're so grateful for your support. Um, so if uh again you'll be able to um uh we'll we'll send a summary
uh at the end of our discussion of kind of what we talked about and um and then uh if you have any questions just feel free to shoot any of us an email after after the meeting. If everybody on the cons council currently could stay on and everybody else drop off I will say good
evening to you >> and just Jane if you just shoot your email to uh our info at it's info@ittletonculturalconsil.org or all one word. That way I have your information. >> Fantastic. And if someone could pass that along to Kim with regard to potential coffee date.
>> Yes, absolutely. Yeah. If you want to include your phone number on there, I'll shoot it to Kim, too. >> Fantastic. >> No problem. Good to see you all and meet you. >> Thanks all. >> Appreciate it. >> Bye. >> Bye. >> You all right, Tom? Thanks for being >> Tom. Bye. Bye, Tom.
>> Good to see you, Tom. >> Okay, let's see. >> Tom's wife plays the flute with me. She's amazing. >> Oh, that's awesome. >> Yeah, she directs the flute ensemble over at uh Grten Hill, too, if you ever see that. Really cool. >> Oh, wow. >> To see like all flutes you've probably never even seen in your life.
Incredible. >> We to We took We actually took my granddaughter to see that over at Graten Hill. >> Oh, yeah. Wasn't it beautiful evening? It was >> My friend Nicole was the singer, too. Yeah, it was so so cool. >> My one of my teachers had this
freaking amazing wood flute. Oh, like a Renaissance one or something. Yeah. >> Oh my god. So beautiful and deep. Are we um Exactly. >> We're alone now. I think we're alone now. >> Yeah. Well, we're not executive session.
We're still on the public. >> I was asking like are we being recorded still? >> Let me uh do you want to make a motion to go to executive session? >> Well, can we >> Okay, Terry. Well, I was just going to say we can also do the executive session
plan in the June meeting if people want to just have a conversation about general like do we want it what you know I mean like what is the process going to be and then we can talk about specifics. My personal opinion and I'm open to everybody else's but my personal opinion
is like let's take 10 seconds and exe or 10 minutes an executive second >> I know it's like a tongue twister >> is anybody opposed to doing it tonight to like having an executive session just a quick um pre- discussion maybe to be
continued and then if we have to in June >> so here's the thing should I excuse myself because it doesn't matter what I think. >> No, cuz you'll be you would still be voting on it when we do it in June. >> I was [laughter] going to say >> Oh, well, yeah, that's what I was going to say. It always matters, but darn
>> it, Kim. I was going to follow you right out. [clears throat] >> Sorry. >> No excuses. >> Well, because truthfully, if the if the June meeting, we might need you for quorum to actually make the vote if not everybody comes to the meeting. So, I feel like it's the best idea for everyone to be involved. But I think
it's also not >> and and like bottom line, let's hear her opinion too. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. >> I was just going to say um I also think it's good to to because it'll be a policy not just for the next year, but
like this will be a council policy going forward, you know, just in general. So I think it would be good to hear everybody's opinion. >> Okay. All right. So let me um officially I actually don't know. Do we just declare executive session and then I just stop recording or we need to vote
on it? >> We have Yeah, make a motion. >> I make a motion to go into executive session and stop recording and then we will come back from executive session and restart recording for the end of the agenda. >> Sounds like a plan. I I second whatever.
Yes, >> we do. We have to come back. >> Yeah, we have the rest of the agenda. >> We have more stuff to finish. >> Okay. Um, everybody in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Okay. Officially, we are going to break into executive session. I'm going
to pause the recording and we will come back after we're done. Okay, we are back from executive session at 8:29 p.m. Um, and I have started the recording again. Just letting all of our members know that we are currently back in session, uh, regular session of the
Littleton Cultural Council meeting, and we are recording. I have a motion to maintain the numbers for the council at 10 members. Second that. Yeah. >> Okay. Everybody in favor um say I raise your hand. I
>> I pass unanimously. >> Yes. Passes unanimously. Um that we will keep our council to 10 members. Okay. And then we just have a few more items left on the agenda. Thanks to everybody for being patient. I know it's
a long one tonight. Um, let me see. Got to bring that up cuz I lost the agenda. Where are you? Got it. >> Um, just for the um minutes, I will since we're back in public session, I will just put in there that we went into
executive session and had conversation about drafting a policy for um selection process >> to and it will move to the agenda for June. >> Perfect. Thank you, Kiki.
Okay. Um, so we are on to item number seven, the Massachusetts Cultural Council Local Fundraising Check-in, Monday, June 15th at 6:00 p.m. Um, is this um is this the same guy who is it
Greg? >> Yeah. Who came? He's our new liaison who came to the meeting. >> Yeah. So, yeah, this was a carryover from I didn't know the name of it. So in the last agenda I put something like MCC webinar tips and tricks or something because that's what he had sort of
called it and it looked like from his email his intention is to host multiple things >> just different you know things for LCC's. So this was the first one. Um in that email he did call out specific ones he wanted to make sure had representation that he was looking for
financial information. we were not one of them, which I guess I'm taking as a good sign, probably meaning that our treasurer did a great job and he doesn't feel like uh he needs you to come explain yourself. But so I just wanted to put it on the agenda in case people didn't get Greg's email that that was something that all the LCC's in his
region, which is like the Marramac area region, um are invited to go to that Zoom. So he had a link on his email that we all got and if you want to go then there it is. >> I'm going to apologize. I think I missed that one. You said the 15th of June.
>> 10th, I think. >> 15th. >> 15th. >> It's It's a Zoom. >> 15th. 15. >> All right. Um, yeah. >> I will say I think Greg is uh like I'm really impressed with how communicative
he is. I have never found that to be true with funders ever. Yeah, definitely. It feels nice that he seems very involved. Um, do we feel like
it's important to have somebody attend that or do we just kind of want to uh if you want to go go cuz I can be try and make myself available if you guys feel like it's important to for someone from us. >> I was going to I was just going to say
that um his last name is spelled T O R R A L E S if somebody's looking for their email. >> Oh, yes. Okay. on the agenda. I think it says T O R R E S No worries. Fine. But the good news is
is now we can find it. So if somebody does want to go, that's that's it. >> Okay. Um I'm I'm willing if we feel like someone should go. >> Okay. Yeah. But what I'll do is after
this meeting, maybe I'll just ree it um to everybody and that way we can make a decision if you know somebody wants to we can kind of leave it open-ended. If people want to attend, then it's there. >> Okay. >> The uh the email was on April 29th if
you are searching your inboxes. >> Thank you. That's very helpful. >> Okay. Finally, item number eight. Any other business? Anybody have anything they want to uh to uh come up with
>> or mention? See any cool public art lately apart from our flowers? I don't know. [laughter] I also feel like we should have a send off for Jen and Kim. I don't want to put more items on their agenda because I
know they're busy ladies. But >> you can just hug me on Saturday morning. I'd love it. >> Perfect. We can have we can just all open a glass of champagne for the June meeting, right? [laughter] >> But thank you both for all of your service to the cultural council.
>> Awesome. >> For sure. >> You are more than welcome to. >> Yeah, exactly. All right. So, the final um
>> Oh, you know what I was going to mention just in case uh which you already know, Melissa. So, unfortunately, despite all of our hard work of gathering the photos and writing up our report for the town, the annual town report, uh Lisa did not include it in the printed report. So,
when I picked it up, I was like, "Where is it?" So, I emailed her back with my email that I had sent her and had her response saying, "Thanks. I got it all set." questioning where it was and if I was missing it. Um, which I knew I wasn't, but um, so she did apologize.
She did add it into the um, PDF version that's online. So, if you do want to pop online and look at it, it's updated there. But, unfortunately, it's not in the printed one. I did send her back a note that said that it was really disappointing and we had put a lot of work into it and our grantees had
submitted these photos with the thought that it was going to be in the town report and that we were disappointed that uh that didn't happen. She was very apologetic but still it's kind of like >> wow disappointing >> that was that is disappointing. We're we're in the book like you know as a
council and all our names are in there but we our page never appeared but um she did say that she was putting it in the um oh yeah there you go in the digital one. I actually didn't check so I'm I'm assuming she did as she said but >> I guess I could look at the >> Yeah, I think it's like somewhere it's
in councils and whatever. I just wanted to bring that up in case anybody else picked one up and was kind of like what the heck. >> I I I have to say Kiki like props Yeah, for catching that >> you you stood you stood up for our
council and our grantees and >> what a shame. What a shame. >> I know. I was I was really I mean I was truthful when I said I was really disappointed in it because I kind of felt like come on. You know, >> you think hard is that if it got submitted properly and she said I've got it
>> right. Yeah. I think it was just an oversight on her part. So I don't know. Um yeah, I don't even see it. It should have been right there. >> You'd think they'd have like a a the beginning like in a >> Oh, here we go. It should be in here. Keep going. It should be right after cemetery because it's in alphabetical
order. >> Clean lakes. >> Oh, great. It's not in there. All right. Well, I'm going to follow back up with her and say, "Hey, how come you didn't put it?" >> It's not in here. >> Well, look at the back and see if she put it absolutely at the front.
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> Going. >> Keep trucking. Thanks for pulling that up. I've been meaning to do that, but I haven't. I also didn't want to get triggered. [laughter] >> No, it's not in here. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Just see if it's way like if she put it in the last page. Is that the last thing?
>> Oh, I did. Sorry. I scroll down to 231 and it was just the end of the report there. Select board. >> Okay. Well, I will reply again to her email. I CCed you on it, Melissa. And uh and just sort of say, "Hey, we're still looking for it. We wanted to show it at our meeting and it wasn't." >> That's a really sad
>> Yeah, it's kind of frustrating. I'm I think it's a little bit upsetting, but anyway, >> at least it's out here publicly. >> Yeah, I was checking to see if maybe she dropped it in like a rando area and I missed it. Oh, there's the table of contents. I literally was looking for that for the whole time and I'm like, why is there a table of contents on this?
>> Yeah, actually, if you do CtrlF, you can type in cultural council and see what pops up. >> I will do that. >> You do you can copy me on it, too. If you don't >> go to the It says five. So, see those down arrows? There says
>> there's five council >> two. >> All right. Okay. I will follow back up with that annoying. >> Wow. >> All your hard work. >> Wait. >> Oh, wow. >> So, that is just the numbers. That is
not like >> all of the awesome things. >> Yeah. So, the page So, it looks like the page did not get dropped in. So, she didn't say when she was going to do it, but I guess I assume she was going to do it right away. But we'll I'll I'll reply back to that and see what she says. >> I don't know. That's the most important
part about the culture council to me was the numbers. So, I mean, I'm I'm pretty satisfied with that. >> I mean, I'm glad we're at least represented in there because I believe last year we didn't even have our name in the book at all. So, baby steps. Baby steps. Also, I think if the uh numbers
are the most important part, you should argue for them to be on like page one. [laughter] >> Hey guys, I don't know if we discussed this. I feel like we did, but when you were reading Melissa, the whatever it is that we do, our mission, it still says
select men and that makes so much noise to me because it's select board. There's Karen Morrison is like she >> it cannot be select men in 2020. >> I know. I know. I think we did bring that up and I don't know why they still haven't changed it.
>> Yeah. >> Thank you for bringing that up again. Um >> I was going to say something but it was not the moment but now that I remember it's like I I just don't it feels so like >> tonedeaf. Yeah. >> Yes. >> Well, it should also match whatever the language that the town is using, right?
>> No, I think the town changed it because I I have talked about it with she's a friend of mine. So, >> yeah. No, I think the town did change it >> and it has changed. It's select board. >> Yeah. Yeah. I can um Yeah, we can see if the IT people can change it on our
website there. >> Just as an addition to that, I think we probably should at some point um change that generic um mission statement, right? Um because I think >> so that's the that's this is our like
town mission statement. The thing you're referring to is the thing we use for the grant portal. So it's two different things. How are you? >> Oh my goodness. The thing >> my seating is here. [laughter] >> I do appreciate it.
>> Oh, that's happened to me before where it pops into your Zoom. >> I know it's it's I'm in his office, but there's a speaker there and I don't know if they heard me. Anyway, >> so I think wasn't that the thing that we we had updated, but then the
Massachusetts Council didn't >> Yes. >> Listen to you, Kiki. >> Yeah. So, it's two different things. It's two different things. Yeah. So, this this is our sort of like blurb from the town. And that's not to say we couldn't change it, but we would have to, you know, just ask them to, which I think we could put that on the June
agenda if we want to say let's rework our >> our our town blurb, I guess, for lack of a better >> term analogy, but we still have hours. >> When I heard that's all I heard, so I don't know, [laughter]
but definitely that I will ch I would change. Yeah, >> let's modernize it. >> Yeah. Oh, I agree. Especially if that's the language the town is using for the select board, then it should all match for sure. >> Yeah. Do you mind adding that to the agenda item? We can just maybe see if we want to put our the blurb that's in the
MCC like portal like on there too or if we just want to, you know, >> do a hybrid of both. >> Yeah. And at least change >> things we want to make a motion for. Well, we're going to add it to the agenda for June to um re talk about reworking the mission statement.
>> Joking, sort of not. >> I'm sorry. Say say it again. [laughter] >> She said sort of joking, sort of not. >> Oh, I got it. >> So, rework rework. I'm sorry. I've been up for like 25 hours. Uh rework mission statement. >> Been up for 25 hours.
>> I know. I had a colonoscopy yesterday. I won't get into it, but I was like all stuff. So, >> I have to go. How are you doing on this meeting? >> You know, >> good. >> This is here we are. Okay. So, rework the mission statement uh to include uh
the policies from the grant portal. Is that good? >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> The policies from the grant portal and update modern language. >> Right. >> Yeah. I was going to say like I'm so sorry but like I I don't mean to nitpick but can we be can we do something like
>> reconsider the policies? >> Yeah. Yeah. Reconsider the policies for the June meeting. Yeah. >> It just doesn't Yeah. This is just our tenative agenda that um I put at the bottom of it. >> Yeah. >> Awesome. >> Okay.
>> All right guys. Does anybody else have any other like comments or are we ready to almost >> I just have one question for Ray. Do you think for June you're going to need a space for treasures report for the agenda? >> No. >> Okay, great. Thank you. I just copy
paste from the last one. So, I'm just trying to take away what we don't need. >> Can I take this time that I have that you awesome people, some of you have middle schoolers or you just want to support the middle school. We are preparing this awesome parents night out
event to raise funds for the school. So, if you would be so kind as to party with me and buy your tickets, it would be great. The email went out today and it's yeah, I mean, we're going to post about it for a long time, but it would really, really, really help to sell tickets now
to create momentum and it's a lot of effort. A lot of time has gone into it already. So, if you are willing to support the middle school and can buy your tickets now, it would be awesome. >> I saw that. >> This is for the October Fest. >> That is for October 2nd. Yes.
>> Great. Awesome. >> Yes, it's going to be awesome. And we all need to just relax and leave the kids in the house and have fun. >> Can I still come even though I'll have a high schooler at that time? >> Oh my goodness. [laughter] Anyway, think about it. If you can and you can buy your tickets today, that
would make me very very very happy. >> And then this weekend, come out and see uh the middle school play. >> Yes. >> Yes. Tickets are on sale now. Written by a Littleton high schooler, my friend Maril son. >> I did not know that. Actually, it's actually Ray's uh future son-in-law.
[laughter] >> Sorry, Ray. >> Look at he's the Carly hair guy. [laughter] >> Yes. Yep. Lucas. >> Oh, I love him. He's so good at the I mean I don't know him but and the plays he's fantastic. >> Yeah. So he wrote the play. So I think
that's so cool that they're they're you know putting on a play written by a Littleton High School theater >> kid and the middle schoolers are putting it on. I know. Um >> Okay. Let's go support our schools. You guys >> Friday, Saturday, Sunday. >> Cor is gonna Cor is in the play, right?
>> Yes. Cor I'm so glad she's being in it. >> Tiny glitter sparkle is her character. >> Yes. I love that. Abby is a Abby is a queen which I told everybody it was a mistake to give her a crown. >> Call her a queen. So hopefully >> and Ray, your daughter's in the play also, right? >> Yes.
>> All All helping out. Yeah. So you'll see me. I'm selling all the I'm selling merch and uh cast notes. If you are coming to Mlay, you'll see me there. >> I'll be doing tickets. >> Yeah, you'll see us. >> Well, thank you for all you do, guys. Very much appreciated. >> You will notice that the Find Your Village team all of these. So, we're
busy hard work. Amazing on Facebook. >> Yeah, it's a good going to be a great weekend for Littleton. >> Well, thank you for letting me sell the event to you. >> Of course. [laughter] Yeah, they should have you guys should
get like a flyer or something at the middle school play and make sure it's posted. I know it's a big sign at the door, but maybe put up like something. >> You know what? That is actually a great idea to put So, there's a sandwich board. >> Yeah, I saw that today when I was picking up. >> Maybe we should move it to the to the
main entrance. doorway. Yeah, >> that's what I would do. >> That's great. Thank you. Thank you so much. That's actually a great idea. I'm going to I'm going to do that. >> I'll just move it. >> It's Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, so before Friday. Okay. Excellent. >> Thank you, Kiki.
>> You're welcome. >> All right. Um I'm going to officially end the meeting at 8:46 p.m. I hope all of you have a great week and I will see you in June. try and think about um some of the things we talked about and we will talk about it in June.
>> Awesome. Thank you guys. Have a great >> Thank you everyone. >> Bye. >> Good night.