Okay. Three minutes. >> Okay. Here. >> And then Stockton here. >> Oh, Rich goes first. Uh, Rich, I don't know. Strangman or Starford. I don't know which one you're gonna call me, but
no, I'm here. >> No. Now, Janette, we got someone in front of you now. >> What's uh what's Rich's last name? >> Strange. >> Strange. >> Str. >> Str Ma. >> Then I believe I would go first.
>> You're right. You're right. >> Not that it matters. >> Oh, my pleasure. Not a problem. >> I guess I know my ABCs tonight. >> Stockton here. >> All right. So, first we want to welcome Rich Strangeman to uh the Council on
Aging. He was nominated or appointed last week with um the Council on Aging. We're glad that we got that done. Um we're excited to have you here, Rich. >> Thank you.
It's nice to be here. >> So, if if you have any questions or anything, just let us know. >> We can guide you in the right direction. >> Of course, we're always >> kind of a little a little disheveled a lot of times, but
>> hey, it works. As long as it works, it's okay. >> It does work. Um, so we need to approve the minutes for September. Um, I was able to look at them and they all looked good to me. I don't know if
anybody else got to look at them. >> I um I watched the beginning of the recording on YouTube, so I have the minutes when we um came to order, which I did not have initially,
but okay. red patch is now black. And I have to say it was interesting reading the transcript of the first half hour of last meeting. >> I bet.
>> So, we need to make a motion to approve them. >> Yep. >> Anyone? uh make a motion to accept the minutes of uh last month's meeting uh September 10th I think. >> 10th
>> second >> I second third. Yep. >> We need a roll call vote to approve. >> Oh. Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that part. Um vote to approve the the minutes. Um, Mary Joe, you go first.
>> Johnson, I >> make peace. I >> Millinger, I >> Strangman I. >> Thank you folks. >> The financials um are next. Um,
we um Susan wanted me to mention this so she gets it on the minutes. We have not received our fall grant yet, the fall portion. Um, we don't even know what the grant is going to entail this time with the massive budget cuts for every other
program in the state and in the country. We're hoping to get at least a little bit. Um, last time it was um 4,800 and some odd. Um, so we're hoping to get, you know,
hopefully a portion of that. Um, if we do not receive it by next meeting, um, Susan said that she can call and check on the status of that. Uh, but for for right now, um,
we have in our grant $885. In our revolving account, we have $845 and then we have the $200 fiscal year grant. The expenses that we took out this month
were um 180 for July's foot care and 180 for September's foot care. And uh the donations I think came to 165 from the last foot care meeting, foot
care clinic. Um, >> but we were only about $15 short >> this for for um the donations and in the invoice. >> So that's a huge difference from what we were >> we were having to pay before.
>> Good job, Susan. >> So we have Simone in and I know Simone is not Nan, but you know we can really benefit from the in from the decrease. No, we needed to have someone collect the funds at the
end, which is that's what you did. >> Yeah. And actually, um, Donna Kabino is doing that, too, because we're splitting the session and she tends to be taking the second half. >> Okay. >> Yeah.
So, we have altogether we have $1,930 um in our accounts. Um, I did, um, somewhere down the line I ended up going and, um, getting the reports from the accountants and I'm $3 off somewhere. So, I don't know where in
the last year I I misplaced that $3, but we just made um I upped the I fixed my numbers on this this month's financials. Glad it was only $5 $33. So
those are in good standing. Um we were asked to um donate to the decades wide birthday. Um I think for the last two years we donated um $100 for their activities and um supplies
that they've used for that. Um we were again asked this year if we could um make the donation. Um, Susan, did they ask for $100 again? >> They did. >> Okay. So, it's $100 again.
>> Um, I think they didn't they have that last weekend? They've already had it, right? >> Yep. They had it Sunday. Yep. It was just a fun day. It was really a success. Lots and lots of people, lots of babies. >> Very nice. >> Yeah, it was.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Now, Jess and I um we knew we couldn't officially commit you without a meeting, but um they really needed sponsorship and we've always done it before. So, we hoped you wouldn't mind that we told them we expected that
the COA would provide the money. So, Susie came up to me at community lunch and apologized for including us in the publicity, referring to our sponsorship, even though the committee hadn't voted it yet.
So, I hope you'll forgive that. >> It's nice that they recognized that we we were a sponsor, though, >> even if we hadn't yet. Um, so we have to put in a motion. So, I'll put in a motion to um approve the
donation of $100 to the decade's birthday uh celebration. Captain second that. >> All in favor? Mary Joe. >> Johnson. Make his eye.
>> Stop. >> I'm sorry. Out of place. >> So, did you did you did you go Susan? >> I did. >> Uh, Stockton and I >> String and I. >> All right. Now, the big thing, um, the
October issue of the newsletter. >> Um, >> where are you on that? I have some really good news. Um I reached out to um Dina Plesu who has historically done the Village Neighbors uh newsletter. She is off of that right now. So I thought let
me just see if she would be willing to do it and heard from her today and she is absolutely willing to do it. And the best thing is it's it's really a great price for us. It it's probably below $100. She said like maybe 50 or 75.
um being that we are going to provide the writing and the um editing and um any editing that needs to be done and I guess photos if we want some photos in there. Wondering if we could maybe get a
photo or two from the um decade parade um since we sponsored it. So um I I I'm I'm pretty pretty happy. am pretty pleased that she has agreed to do that if we should so desire her to do it.
>> Thank you for coming up with that idea and pursuing it, Janette. That's really helpful. >> There was an ulterior motive cuz I had said I would do it and I just like, you know, my head's going to explode one of these days. Um, and that's not going to
be pretty. Um, yeah. So, do we see this as my question I guess to the group, do we see this as a temporary fix that we're going to be looking for somebody who would do it as a volunteer or do we see this as permanent fix for this at
least for the coming year when we won't be putting out more than probably two or maybe three if we can afford it and organize it issues. But, thank you. >> I think it's so unbelievably
inexpensive. Um, it's practically volunteer work for her. Um, I don't know if you realize what graphic designers cost, but they're at least $50, $7,500 an hour. Um, so I I was pretty pleased with this and to to get a volunteer to
we know that Dena is conscientious and responsible and has has um, you know, been doing this for village neighbors for years. Um, that to try to find a volunteer for it. I I don't understand why we would do that. It seems like a lot of work on a lot of effort.
>> Well, it knows what gain. So, that's my point. >> Some people like laying out a paper. >> Okay. If they have a $2,000 layout program because that's how it's done now.
>> What What did Janice use? I'm just curious if anybody knows. >> We don't know anything about what Janice did. >> Okay. Janice did it all herself. Right. Have no idea what she did. Um Dena works on a professional program um in design um
industry standard. >> Well, Janice was a professional basically. She was a professionalist >> and we don't know what she did and we don't have her files. I asked >> she had a she had a program. Yeah. We don't have access to her files unless we
could figure out. Well, you know, I suppose Patrick knows the passwords to get into her um computer if we wanted to pursue that. So we should probably take this um young lady
um to do that and lever it for the first maybe for the first two till we figure out what programs we can get what we can do at least we won't miss any issues. Yeah, I I think Rich has a point. I think being on a time crunch,
>> I think that if this is an option, I think that like until we can find something different >> and we see what she does, >> a way to do it. >> Yeah. >> Mary Lou has a question. >> Hi. Hi.
Um there's a gentleman in town, Greg Coloulton, and he is like, you know, a wonder with the keyboard. Um he's also a senior person. And I wonder if he
could be asked, you know, to to get the Are you talking about the town newsletter and >> No, we're talking about our our um COA newsletter called the Gazette. >> Yeah, the Gizette only. You're talking about Yeah. So, um I'm wondering, you
know, I could approach him and ask him if he would be interested in I don't know if he would give like a fullfledged forever kind of commitment, but he's a whiz. He he he's what they call a graphic artist,
>> a graphic designer, a >> doubt. Yeah. He made the poster um of the Doors of Shootsbury for me, which was really cool. So, if you know, if you all think that's okay, I I'll just I'll ask them and then
um email Susan or copy Susan on the on the request. Maru, I think that's an interesting that's a good suggestion, but probably we should well somebody from the committee should
should um contact Greg if we decide that we want to go further than taking up Dana's willingness. >> Oh, okay. I didn't >> for the suggestion. >> Yeah, I wasn't quite clear that Dana said yay.
Okay. Mary Joe, did you think about did you get a chance to ask Jen? >> I I have not yet approached Jen, but she's she would be another possibility. Um, and I
I'd be willing to talk to her over, you know, between now and our next meeting. Um, and see if she has that that software and how much um how much it would be for her to put a printed newsletter
together. Um, I I can find out from her. Um, I know Dena also and I'm I'm familiar. I actually um had her do my business cards recently, so I saw her set up and her and her um in design,
which does cost a couple thousand dollars and may make newsletters a heck of a lot faster and easier. Um, so I I guess before finding a volunteer or you know saying I would volunteer Jen
necessarily, I would want to be able to tell her exactly what we want and need and see if she felt like that was something that she could do. I know that she has quite a facility because when we were talking about her, we were also talking about web stuff. Um, and I know
she has a good facility with um, you know, internet kinds of like web pages and and that sort of thing. Um, I'm not as sure about her ability to do print design and so I
could find that out though. By the way, these women live diagonally from each other and are good friends, just FYI. Yeah, my sense my sense is that um Okay. Well,
what is everybody else's sense at this point? >> I agreed with Rich that we need to to to do something now because we're in a time crunch and then we can look at other options if we have to. I I I'm just so confused what the what
the push back is. It's like that's the only thing I want to say. It's it's so little money. She's practically doing it for volunteer and she already does the newsletter um for Village Neighbors um or has done it. It's what she does.
She's willing to do it. Um and she's done writing and editing and everything else. I I'm not sure what the what the holdup is. That's that's my sense and I'm not going to say anything more about it. It's almost like I I I'm I'm a ghast. >> I I guess my push back is we don't even
know how much money we're going to be getting. >> 5. We're not going to have 75. >> I'm just saying I'm I'm saying with with the next grant, we don't know how much money we're going to be getting. Um yes, I realize it is a a fairly cheap, you
know, service. Um I >> printing is a couple hundred dollars. The printing and the and the postage. >> Right. Right. When you add all all up it it's going to be really expensive when you add keep you know the the Adams
direct and the postage and all that. You know I don't know. >> I don't think we I don't think that that the money really matters right now. What we need to do is get it done, get it on the ground so we can figure out what our next step is so that we get one issue or
two issues from this woman. And who whatever we decide to do as a group, if it's to do it to someone else, at least we have the groundwork and we see it. The money has nothing to do. I don't think >> if this woman is willing to do it and love it and she's been doing it, we just
give her the the outlines and go from there. That's my opinion. That sounds fine to me. I think we could in the long term we could explore other solutions, possible solutions, but certainly for this year it would be
great for if we could have to do it. >> Do we need a motion on that? I'll move that we ask Dina to do the next two issues of the newsletter. >> Second. >> All in favor?
>> Johnson I. >> Mickey I. >> Millinger I. >> Stockton. I >> Shinman I. Do we have um all the articles written that we we can
we can look at edit and give to her? >> Well, um we talked initially about asking Sarah, the public health nurse, if she wanted to write something and she written and I did not follow up on that and I can do that. And we also talked
about asking Sally Fairfield if she wanted to write something, but this is probably not enough lead time for Sally, whereas Sarah might have something ready to go. >> And the other pieces, I think, Jessica, are pretty much ready to go.
>> Mine are done. >> I have the um the NDS grant one done and the Village Neighbors I can do really quickly cuz it's like my spiel. I I sent in for Jessica to take a look
at the um the library classes and foot clinic. >> Did I ever respond to you? I'm sorry. >> You did. Okay. You made for an addition. >> So, they probably ought to be sent
around to everybody, which I did not do. Has everybody else done that? I I thought I think I sent mine to everybody. I may not have, but I thought I did. >> I don't remember seeing anything.
>> Okay, then maybe I didn't. >> I'll look again when we finish. >> Is it Is it possible to um maybe load all of these various uh pieces of writing into one document? Uh I'm going to suggest something like Google Docs. Does everyone utilize that? And then we
can even give each other editing uh so that you know we're kind of it's happening without n 90 emails. Just a thought >> or is that a >> I can load everything into one document but I don't use goo Google docs with any
facility. In fact I usually screw up when I try to use it. So, if you would like to somebody would like to do uh to load into Google Docs um something all all of the articles that would be fine. I'm not going to volunteer.
>> If you send the Google Docs, I'll have my IT son just make sure I have it. >> So, you want us to send them all to you, Rich? >> Well, we'll send them all to everybody. >> Everybody. Everybody to look. But if you're going to send it in one format,
that's, you know, figure out the format and I will adjust to that >> to get them. >> Wait, so everyone should send their articles to you and then you will ask your son to put it on a Google doc. >> No, someone's going to put it on put
them on the Google dot. >> Oh, and then you'll >> send them out to and if you all have a Google dot, I will make sure that I'm >> catch up on that. So I use it now. >> Okay. >> Right. >> So
um you can you can send this stuff to me. I can put it on Google Doc. But I need to you know you need to be able to I need to be able to share it with everybody. Does does everyone have
some access to Google Docs? >> Yes. >> Okay. So let let's try this this >> rather than bunch of different documents. >> I have access but under a different email than what I'm I'm using for us. So
I'll send you the email you need to >> and do do we want to set a deadline? Um I'm away this weekend but I might have a little time to do it if you if you sent me everything that's available. I probably would have some time. >> All right. Let's set let's let's make
sure that um we get Susan all the ones that are sent in so she can look at if she's not going to access a Google doc so she can at least access it in her email. >> Well, I can access Google Doc. It's just I have troubles working with it.
>> Okay. Um, just just for clarity, I've been on recently a couple of other committees that where I suggested Google Docs um and that we could together edit something and there was a question about whether or not that would be
deliberating. >> Yes. And so what um I think if we do use Google Docs, the understanding would need to be like what we did in this one committee where we decided to just stay
with email, which would be that nobody talks to each other or or comments on anybody's comments on Google Docs. Um because that communication just has to be one way.
>> Yes. I think I was going to ask Grace um if it was against um regulations for open meeting and I'm not sure who to ask now but that's what you're talking about Mary Joe how you got around the problem
of open meeting. >> Yeah although I'll I'll I will tell you that right now that the the committee well I've seen I've seen multiple things. Um, so it's I I'm only bringing it up because it appears to be a gray area or different committees are doing
different things. >> Uhhuh. >> I think I probably need to talk to the town administrator about this and see what her position is. She's the one that posted on Google Docs
with a bunch of um with a bunch of like things saying don't share this and it she's pretty technically adept with the Google Docs, I will say. >> Mhm. >> Okay. >> Yeah.
The the positive thing about Google Docs is that we can all work on one document rather than like seven documents going to seven different people with, you know, in each one making seven comments. Just multiply that and you lose things
and you lose edits and such. So, the the thought that if we're not commenting necessarily on what each of us is saying, but rather just on the text, which hopefully will be in pretty good shape, um that it wouldn't need a whole lot of
work anyway. I mean, that's the idea. Let's try to put things up there that are pretty close to uh print ready. Um it may not be such a big deal. It's really just kind of a holding place. >> Yes. But I am concerned about the open
meeting issue since it got raised. >> Yeah, I I said it when I was saying this about Google Docs in the beginning. So, um >> I remember that you >> question legitimate question and we'll find out hopefully in soon um because
all of these things take time and production takes time and printing takes time and posting takes time and suddenly it's it might be a November issue and that's okay too. Mhm. >> It definitely is
>> cuz when I asked Ken Adams if he still had Janice's files, it had already been way over a year. They don't keep things. So, you know, some time has passed already. One more month is not going to uh it's going to be okay. It's all going
to be okay. >> You know that the issue is the um addresses bringing them up to date. I mean that's separate issue from open meeting. Linda used to get together with Joanne
and I don't know what Janice had to do about bringing them up to date because people move to town, people move away from town, people die. And the address list is complicated. We
really need to get access to we really need to be able to send out our our newsletter via email. >> Um, you know, it's interesting. Um, Susan, I don't know if this is necessarily the same issue, but we when
we asked about sending out that a the ABC's flyer because it's associated with the COA, we were able to put it out electronically, >> right? >> So, >> right, you understand only about a third of the people in town subscribe to town
announce. So, it's it's not enough for us to send out our email, our newsletter. So, what would be the perfect answer? Is there is does the town actually have
like a a to be able to send it out by email? Do they have everybody's emails and we just can't be it can't be shared with us? >> Well, I think towns goes to people who say they want to receive it. town announced,
>> right? >> When the new internet came into town, they wanted to do electronically for everything. And then there were a lot of people that wanted print, so they had to do both. So, and I think we're still in that gray area where we have to do both.
>> Yeah. I mean, I I I have to do that as well. Village neighbors. Mhm. >> Um, and there is something nice about being in. We should be happy that people want to put it up on their, you know, their board and >> right >> that we're out. >> It's just more expensive. A lot more
expensive when >> I looked for your flyer when I got home and it was like, I know it's here, but could I find it? Yeah, I found it like after 8 o'clock. It was like, oh no. But I found it. So, it's not like there's something that
we're being blocked from. >> No, >> we're just Okay, that's that's what I'm trying to understand here. Um, and and there's not any answer for this at this time in history. You know, some people want to be on it and some people don't, >> right? And we have very few
>> we have few emails addresses for our constituents. And and in terms of those village neighbors emails that you had asked about for shoots for Shootsbury, I think we found that we needed to get in touch with all of those people
and um trying to get in touch with people and get an answer back. Um I would rather walk to people's houses and deliver the printed version right to them. I will your doorbell than to try to get it that way.
We can't just give it to you. Okay. So, where are we with regard to the gazette? We know we're going to ask Dena. We're going to take Dean up on her willingness to do it. That's sure. Yes. >> Yes. We know that right now tentatively we're
going to put all our pieces on a Google doc and we will try to find out that if no one else wants to do it I will ask Haley what the deal is with Google doc and open meeting
and um you know we we can ignore the issue of addresses but we'll miss some people and we'll waste money for people who aren't in town. So, I don't know what you want to do
about cleaning up the address list. >> So, Susan, just one or two questions about how many people are on that list. Is it every single household in town? >> No, we send to the people you this is an age related thing. I believe we've been sending to the
people over 55, although everybody else in the COA world sends to people over deals with people over 60, >> right? >> And you and I dealt with the issue in sending out the Oh, no. We didn't worry
about Did we worry about age in sending out the NDS postcard? I don't think so. We were that out to everybody, right? >> Yeah, we sent that out to every household in the four towns. >> Okay. >> So, like 2,000 of them.
>> Okay. Maybe ask Haley when you're asking her about the the Google Docs question >> if she has some ideas for administration of that address list. >> That's a good idea. >> She's pretty invested in in
working with older people in Shootsberry and I'm sure she'd be helpful. Mhm. >> And I know that they've got an an admin there that's working for the um select board that's a whiz with computers and stuff. I think they've got some good
employee resources there. They could probably do this pretty easy or at least have some ideas for us. >> You're talking about our administrative assistant or is somebody else? >> Yeah, Brandon. >> Brandon. Okay. Yeah.
Yeah. >> So, as it stands right now to get the newsletter out, we're going to get the Dina from Leit. >> Shootsberry. >> Okay. Shoots. >> Um, everybody's going to send everything to Susan so she can look at it all. Then
everything's going to go to Janette and then she's going to send it out to all of us. >> Okay. I didn't think it was all coming to me. I think it's just going to Janette. >> Okay. I I thought earlier in the conversation because you didn't have the Google Docs, you were going to
look at everything. >> No. >> Okay, that's all right. I just trying to wrap my head around because >> we go in like two or three different directions at the same time. >> Absolutely. >> Want to get that out of the way.
>> So, it it should go to me. >> And theoretically, we've got Sarah the Nurses article. We'll have a Village Neighbors article. We'll have the NDS article. We'll have classes. We'll have the foot clinic. Um Jessica, that's yours, right? The foot clinic. >> No, Susan did the foot clinic.
>> Oh, which ones did you do, Jessica? >> I did the sand for seniors. >> Oh, great. Uhhuh. >> And um >> you did community lunch, too, didn't you? >> Yes, community lunch. Thank you. >> Great. So, that's good moment where I
forgot it's been so long. Yes. and and and things do not need to be long. >> No, need to get across. People do not read. >> Mine are very short. >> Good. Good. >> And I was also thinking about um if
there's any additional room to um add um a few like resources like life path number. Um will you stop? um life path number um maybe um triad with the the
medical equipment um you know of resources that would be helpful if someone was someone was um looking for like that information if we have any room >> we may have that on our website if we
could direct people to the website >> okay >> yeah but to have those two or three lines on the piece of paper I >> should be Yeah, sure. >> I think we should also have um in case we run out of room or something
to just as we go through these articles um to make sure that there's things that could could be used in the next issue or something. I don't think that's going to happen, but I just wanted to throw that out there because sometimes it does. Sometimes there's just
>> Sure. Ask Haley if she'd like to write anything for the new >> sort of an introduction to of from her to our senior process. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I mean, she was at lunch yesterday. She
was incredibly pleased to um so yeah, a short let her know. It should be a short little piece, >> I think. Mary Lou has her hand up again. >> I can't see it. Wait, it's like under
her uh It's under this meeting is being recorded here. Let me say Okay, now I can see it. >> Hi. Um I I was just going to say the newsletter having listed you know the the different
services available um in print is a good idea cuz you know there are a couple of few people who do not have computers and so yeah that would be good. >> Okay.
When we do talk to Haley, is there any way Susan you can find out if she they can clean up the website because it has a whole bunch of >> nongenda. Yeah, we're we're getting to that. >> Okay. Okay. Sorry. >> We're getting to that.
>> Is it on my list? I don't know. I just heard it, wrote it down, and figured I'd ask when I got a chance. >> You're right. We We've been We had it on the agenda for last month, but we never got to it because >> Okay. >> couldn't hear us. Okay. >> So, are we all set with the with the
newsletter now? >> I think so. >> As said we can be until stuff starts coming in and people start um you know just looking everything over. All good. >> Um so the next is um the program
check-ins. I had a look the lunch and go >> yesterday. Really nice. >> Mhm. Yeah, there were um something Rich said Rich said there were 18 people there. >> Oh, good. And foot care clinic. Um I have that I
know that it says increased number of clients. Didn't we talk about that last last month? >> I guess we did. I guess just agreed that we'll try to I don't know whether we want to set a limit to how many we can
take care of each time. Um this next October meeting we're going to have sessions halfhour sessions from 9:00 till 3:30. >> Oh, okay. That'll be good. >> Long. But there were people because I had to change the September ones. Mhm.
>> There were people who couldn't fit into the September schedule for one reason or another. So, I felt I had to include them in October, but um it's a lot easier to do it with sharing it with Donna. >> Mhm.
We also had um Susan had had mentioned that we had requests to make um appointment cards um to so that that we can write down their next appointment and their time. Um
so to to save the cost on that um we're using the um the copier at the town hall. I'm donating the the um the paper for it um the stock card paper
and um it doesn't really say much. just says Shootsbury foot clinic sponsored by the Shootsbury COA and then on the back just says your next appointment is at this time and this >> um and then and then the phone number
for um for to if you need to cancel or reschedu or whatever. Um so that's in the works to give out hopefully the start of this foot care clinic. Um,
is that it for for foot care? Um, Susan, >> I think so. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Mary Lou has her hand up again. >> Yeah. I'm not Hi. I'm not quite sure how this works, if you want the public speaking or not, but to the foot clinic.
I have been going there for ever and have had many different um nurses care for me and the current nurse I I very much appreciate her. It's very humble work to take care of people's feet and
this newest nurse I she's doing a wonderful job. Yeah. And if you ever needed an article, I'd be happy to write four or five sentences about her. Thank you.
>> Thanks, Baroo. >> Right. Um, neighborhood dementia report. >> Should I do that? >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um so we have um been continuing
to meet regularly. Um and last night was the we're we're running the same event twice. Um last night's was on Zoom from 6:30 to 8. It was very well attended. There were almost 30 people there. Lots of
discussion, lots of sharing, lots of information. Um, the same presentation will happen again next Wednesday at the Leverit Library from Oh, I think it's 1:30 to 2. I would have to check that.
>> I think it's maybe 1 to 2:30. >> 1 to 2:30. I just put it on the I just put it on a on an email today. I can't believe it's out of my head. So, 1 to 2:30. Um, >> that's good. >> And other than that, we have a I I I
personally went to a memory cafe. um on Monday just to kind of get a sense of of what could occur at one and we will be having our first memory uh cafe I think run by in Wendell. It'll be in Wendell.
Um and that'll be a you know really great thing to be starting. So we have people in our town who uh go to a variety of different places um respit care places where they're also um you
know I think engaged very nicely from what I can tell. >> Did you go to a memory cafe? Who's did you go to? >> Aththel has a new uh their senior center is now running. It's it's once a month.
um from 10 to 12 and then uh 2 weeks later they have um like a caregiver support group where they also have um uh you know activities for the the
patient I'll call it even though that's not the right word I'm blanking. Um yeah, but Lifeep Path has a program uh you know a day program. >> I think Hadley has a memory cafe.
>> Hadley does. >> I thought so. >> That that could be I I I don't know. >> I guess I ended that one. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. That's NDS business. We're transacting here. Is there another any other events coming
up for for the dementia? >> Well, on Wednesday there's same uh presentation happening Wednesday from March 2:30 and then after that I think we're just going to try to run start to move a little bit into the idea with
this most recent training is that we activate volunteers who might be interested. We have many volunteers with village neighbors that are already walking with people with dementia doing uh odd jobs and and and and things like wood stacking fun things and um you know
just trying to trying to do personal contact with them. Um, giving caregivers respit, but also, you know, being a being a friend
and a support. Um, updating the web page is next. Um, like Rich said, there is a lot of outdated I mean, we're talking very outdated stuff um on the web page. Um,
what I'm wondering is once we do the um get the the the newsletter articles done, we can kind of take those articles because like the lunchon, the San for seniors um you know those programs can
be updated easily with the articles that we just write for the newsletter. Um, and then we just we have to take off. There's CO things on there still. Um, I don't know who to who
who will do that though cuz we had Janice that would would do that for us and I don't know where to start with that. I have I know nothing about it. >> Yeah, I don't either. >> I don't either, but I don't think it can
be that difficult. It's a question of getting access to the >> And once you have access, I would think you can just go in and move stuff, you know, add and delete, wouldn't you all? >> I would assume >> edit. Yes, you should be able to. That
would be a good question for Haley to see if she has a way in or how she wants to proceed since she is the town manager. Yeah, there's also um our web committee >> which is headed by um Gail Fleshacker.
>> Okay. >> And she might also be a person to to provide access to that. >> Okay. >> I guess that's basically all we need is someone to have access to where what Janice had
>> to remove Janice from the access to have one of us have it and then we can update it as we go. So, do we have anybody who's interested in doing that? >> I guess I'll volunteer to do that. >> Yay. >> It doesn't seem like it would that much
time and probably some people at town hall that could provide a little support. I think it's just the first time is going to be going to be take the longest of of deleting what's what what is non
excuse me non-relevant and then adding the new stuff and then once you get that done it's just adding as you go adding like you know if we change something um or whatever or
if there's something new we want to put up Yeah, sounds good. So, it sounds like we've got a plan there. >> Thanks a lot for volunteering. >> Sure. >> So, Susan and I will um email either
Gail or or ask at the town hall. >> You want me to I'm talking with Haley about things. You want me to include that on a list that I would ask? >> Yeah, you might as well. If we have to email Gail, >> we can bother her again. >> Gale,
>> we we seem to bother her a lot. >> Um, so the senior lounge, um, we were in there u before, um, Susan went on vacation. Um, we were picking out chairs
that were going to go to the dumpster. Um, and we were looking at everything and we would like to clean up the back portion of the room. Um, get rid of what we can and make it more of a little um
like a casual place with there there's a couch in there, you know, make it look a little bit better in there. Um, get rid of what we can. Um there was stuff that really just needed to be thrown out. Um
and then just make it look like more of a >> cozy lounge. >> Yes. >> A nice place for for people to to come together and and to be. Um there's a
card table, there's a file cabinet. Um that's in the back. Like I said, there's a couch. Um, we picked out a few chairs that we didn't need in there to be thrown in the dumpster. Um, we even talked about um
um the artwork to put on the walls. I don't remember what else we talked about, Susan. >> Well, I think we talked a little bit about we need to clean out our We've got a couple file cabinets with old stuff in it. >> Yeah. and we need to sort of clean out
that and sort it out so that we have more space and so does uh Sarah the public health nurse who's also sharing our space now and she's willing to buy her own storage cabinet which would mean that we would just have
the existing one which is probably ours anyway and um put up more stuff in it to clean up the room some to organize tighten and organize record. Re records records. >> Yeah.
>> So, Jessica, are you advocating that maybe we have like a little work party and and go in there? >> Absolutely. >> Absolutely. That's what we were we were talking about all getting together and and whoever can make it can can come and
that there's stuff to clean. And I mean the the the the maintenance guy does clean around what he can, but in the back corner I looked up and there was all by the duck work was all cobwebs and stuff. Um maybe even wash the windows. I
thought they were pretty dirty, you know, and then everything. And um yeah, if we could all anybody that could make it could come and do that all at the same time. Well, you probably have the tightest day schedule. So, um would you
want this to happen soon or maybe in a couple weeks? Maybe we should get the newsletter uh going and >> Yeah, probably. Yeah, we don't have lunch in for another month. >> So, I mean, I don't know what what what people's schedule is. Um I can I can
rearrange my schedule to fit in. Um, and I was also thinking um after um sorry about my dog. Um, I was thinking after I met with Susan, it would be nice if we could um maybe have a wall with the the honorary members of
the COA like um Marilyn Tibbitz and my grandmother and um Janice, if we could get pictures, David Dan, people that have made large contributions, you know, have like a little memory wall. I thought that that would be nice.
>> That's a good idea. Well, what why don't we clean first and see what space we have and then we can be on the on the hunt for frames and photos or if we want to do a big workboard. A lot of this stuff can be
sourced rather than spending money. Um >> yeah, I'm I'm sure it's coming in >> stuff to use within the community. I think that, you know, and actually the walls, every other wall is almost we can
tack stuff on. We found that out when we were there. >> So that's like just a big corkboard. >> Oh, nice. Nice. >> Mary Luc has a her hand up. Hi. So, I was on the committee with Mike Vinsky
and his wife Patty way back when we went into the um senior lounge. You would not have recognized it. It was full. It was had become um a storage room. So, I you
know, so I I kind of and my mother also, she lived with us for a while. She used to go to the luncheons there. So, I I feel kind of connected um in a way and um I would like to be on your email list to go down and revamp
it. Um the walls, one of them is a a chalkboard that they kept when the building used to be an elementary school. I thought that was pretty cool. Yeah. >> So, yeah, I don't know how to go about
um becoming part of that work party. Oh, I also have a rocking chair I'd love to bring in. It's a wicker rocking chair. It's really nice. >> Well, hold on bringing anything in right now. We've got an issue with too much stuff that's still there. You know,
we've got all those those chairs that belong to us that we sit at, we use for the um sitting at the tables, and those are not exactly attractive, but we need those there. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And
Haley bought new new chairs for the select board, and we inherited the green chairs that are probably pretty nice, but we don't really know whether we can use them in there. I also I also think it's it's um the
artwork needs to go up. There's some pretty nice pieces there, >> right? So, should we um maybe uh talk about uh maybe in like two weeks uh the week of like the 20th,
20th or even the weekend after that uh would probably be even better. So, we're probably talking about the 27th, 28th and try to plan a date or do we just want to do it by email and try to figure it out? No, that's not a good idea because we can't do that. Never mind. I
don't have a calendar on me. >> 27th is a Monday. >> 27th is a Monday. >> The 20th is a Monday. >> What do you think about the 27th Monday? >> If we can do it now, that's always easier to do it when everybody's
actually there. Okay. Yeah, the weekend is the 25th and 26th. Is the weekend best for people? >> That's best for me. >> Me, too. >> I'm flexible. >> Um, the next two are out for me, but
after that, I should be back. >> You going away on a vacation again? Some travels? >> Me? I haven't been anywhere in a long time. >> Oh gosh. Okay. For me, it's been a a a Yeah. Uh,
>> good for you. >> So, >> 25th, >> a Saturday afternoon or morning or Sunday afternoon, what's best for folks? It >> doesn't matter to me on a weekend. I'm available all all weekend.
>> Me, too. I'm committed on the 25th afternoon. Like I have something else going on. >> Do we want to move it to Halloween weekend like November 1st or November 2nd?
Um >> works for me with a little more uh >> little schedule. The second the second we turn our clocks back. So if we're going to do it, let's do it the the first. >> Yeah. >> Cuz I'm never I'm never very good.
>> Oh, >> the day that we turn the clocks back. >> Okay. So November 1st is 9:00 too early. >> How about 9:30 or 10? >> 10. >> 10. >> 10 o'clock. All right.
>> November 1st work duty. >> Okay, sounds good. Mary on the work party. If you want to come, you you're welcome to come. >> Thank you. I'll be there.
>> All right. What else is on the agenda? >> Is there any un um anticipated business that wasn't on the agenda >> about scheduling um Mary Joe's report on the committee she's sitting in on? >> Oh, yes.
Mary Joe. >> Yeah. Um so the committee to hire the new police chief has met twice. Um the committee to figure out what to do with the um old library building has also met
twice. Um, I think we're making good progress in both fronts. And, um, yeah, if any of you have any I don't know. I I guess I can give you a
little bit more of an update next time. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Mary Joe, how were people selected for that committee? I I hadn't heard anything about either one. There was a
gentleman um at the library who said he was on the committee to um use the library for something else. Otherwise, it would be a tax burden. And that's about the only thing I know about either committee.
>> Yeah. Um they I I received multiple emails over the summer um requesting volunteers and um yeah I personally was appointed as the COA rep to both
committees. Um but there were on the police um hiring committee two people who um who volunteered, you know, members of the public. I'm guessing they just responded
to the email um on the other committee. I'm not sure how people got on exactly. >> Okay. >> I think the library reuse is people from a variet from different committees are represented. >> I think that they as I think it came
through town announce where they said if you were just anybody from the comm community they had like one or two seats open for each committee. I know they did for the police chief. Anyway, >> I don't know about the the reuse one.
I'm assuming they had they had um community members, >> seat or a couple community members. They usually do. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. My my impression from from the library about the library was that they didn't have a lot of volunteers because
the committee was quite small. Is quite small. Are there openings? >> Uh at this point both committees are already filled in operational. So it's the same as with any other though that
you know you can attend the meeting. >> Um the police >> okay >> does a lot in executive session because private you know. Yeah. >> Thank you. Okay. I'm saying good night too. Thank
you all. >> Yeah. Good night, Maru. Thanks for joining us. >> Yep. Byebye now. >> We just need to set a date for the next meeting. I am so sorry about my dog. I do not know why she's sitting here barking at me. >> I have not heard your heard anything.
>> You have animals, Jess? >> You have animals? What? >> Oh my gosh. She's a big bulldog and she won't stop barking. >> I have not heard one bark. No, neither have I. >> You know me. >> Cat gone by once, but other than that,
but you can usually hear my birds. That's funny because she's she's got quite the bark. >> So, >> and I don't know what her issue is. >> Probably just want your attention. >> I'm glad you guys aren't hearing it. >> Um, so for the next meeting, we have to
set the date and approve um the date and time for that. Uh so looking at the calendar that will be Adele stop um November 12th. >> Yeah. >> Will be the next next time we meet at
5:30. >> Terrific. >> So um a motion to adjourn the meeting of October 8th or am I being hasty? >> Nope. You're being good. >> Okay. >> I got work. >> Anyone want to second that?
>> I second that. Third. >> Several people seconded. So I don't name the seconders. I just say it's seconded. >> All in favor? Mary Joe. >> Johnson. I >> make peace. I >> Millinger I. >> Stockton. I
>> Strawman I. >> All right. It's a beautiful night in the neighborhood. Go have fun everybody. >> Bye. >> Time is >> 6:37. That correct? >> Yes. >> Yep. Okay, >> perfect.
>> Byebye. I'll be waiting for your uh your writing, everybody.