Information for Meeting of Bicentennial Committee
Monday January 30, 2012 7:00 PM EST

Bicentennial Agenda – January 30, 2012
Approve minutes of December __, 2011
Approve and sign warrants
Treasurer report – review inventory expenses, tentative $ / budget for parade total
Old Business: Bicentennial Party, February 5th
	Decorations – Marsha’s ideas
	Food – cake pickup, Friday, February 3, before 2:30 PM
		Cake stored where? Deliver to Town Hall, Sunday morning, to be located ??
Forks?
Party favors – refrigerator magnets or post card
Bowl of candy from bonfire
Status of raffle?? – send out Winter Newsletter without raffle paperwork??	 Already paid for copying - need to send by Wednesday or Thursday because it refers to birthday.
Cost of mailing _________.
Program: not in order
	Welcome guests, 
	Acknowledge Roger E. Wheeler as 1962 Grand Marshall and 2012 Grand Marshall – 
	Give red shirt to Roger
	Unveil restored 1828 map – Barry
	Sing “Happy Birthday”, acknowledge cake made by Assabet
	Cut cake upstairs or downstairs?
What else?
James - In background: loop 1962 cd	
New Business:	
 Linda - Cookbook near ready for print – how many? #_____, Estimate charge $_______
	Dennis - Chestnut trees - $           , #
	Dennis - Fishing Derby - $
	Chris – Update on donations
	Marsha - Tahanto yearbook ad $
	Leann – offered to be a daytime “go for”
	Eloise - Review band contracts –	Tom Andrew – the play might be for May or in the fall.
	We have received $500 from the Berlin Cultural Council for the play
 Made an application for the antique State Police cruiser
 All - Decision on vendors?
 All - Parade Photographer? Video recording?
 Parade budget allocation between 
1.	public safety, 
2.	portable toilets,
3.	bands, 
4.	food for parade participants,
5.	programs
Rick Cain said the Tahanto Middle School Band will be in the parade. He has nine seniors but they will have graduated by the parade date. I asked him if TEMPO would be willing to cook for the parade marchers, with a cost to us and sell to others?  We need to run that by the Lions also.
Next meeting is on February 13, 2012