Final
Lincoln Cultural Council
Minutes of April 27, 2009
Lower Level Conference Room, Lincoln Town Hall
Present: Jay Hersh, Barbara Low, Melinda Abraham, Joannie Schaffner, Amy Goodwin,
Sarah Bishop
Called to Order at 6:30PM
Standing and/or Old Business:
1. Minutes from last meeting were accepted.
2. Jay Hersh opened discussion of the Museum of Our National Heritage’s failure to
comply with grant requirements. Jay summarized the lack of local public notice in
advance of their event “An American Journey”. The LCC members present voted
unanimously to sustain the denial of reimbursement explained in Jay’s letter of April 2nd
to the Museum of Our National Heritage, finding that they failed to comply with specific
MCC guidelines related to publicizing an event. We agreed that Jay should contact John Ott, the director of the National Heritage Museum, to make sure that he is aware of the publicity issues we encountered the past two years.
3. There was a brief discussion around the L-S Choral Group performing for Lincoln
residents the week of May 26-May 31. Barbara will investigate possible venues.
4. Jay initiated discussion of possible changes to the draft LCC Guidelines.
• We discussed whether to include in the LCC Guidelines the necessity for an
application with original signature. Present members agreed that if applications are
received by deadline without original signature, applicant will have 7 days after
deadline to provide a “wet” signature.
• We voted unanimously to adopt an updated draft, have it vetted by MCC and then to
post it for public comment. After the comment period we will hold another meeting to
vote on officially adopting the guidelines.
New Business:
1. We discussed plans to engage Travis Roy to speak to the Lincoln Middle School
children and to the Lincoln Community. We have received tentative agreement
from the PTA ($500-$1000) and Friends of the Lincoln Library ($500-$1000) to
co-sponsor. The Friends of the Council On Aging will discuss at their May
meeting to see if they want to participate as well. We will also investigate the
grant cycle for the Lincoln School Foundation to see if they might provide some
funding. Talk should be kept “cultural” rather than “political.” We voted as
follows:
• Unanimously approved proceeding with scheduling this event.
• Unanimously voted to originate our own grant proposal for FY 2010 (to
take place in the fall of 2009 and fund with money received in February
2010).
• Unanimously voted to spend up to $1000 from LCC’s own unrestricted
funds in the event we ultimately reject the grant proposal or have
inadequate funding from the MCC.
2. We discussed the Gold Star Award Ceremony for Buccaneers of Buzz tentatively
scheduled for Saturday, June 13 at 1:30-3:00 in the Tarbell Room of the library.
Invitations should be sent to the Lincoln Selectmen, State Rep. Tom Conroy,
State Senator Susan Fargo, Lincoln School Committee, Beekeepers Unite,
Codman Beekeeper, and Rob and Gwen Loud. We voted unanimously to approve
spending of up to $50 from the LCC’s unrestricted gift fund towards event
refreshments. Joannie will purchase; Jay will set-up.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Sarah Bishop
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