Minutes - Simsbury SPIRIT Council
SIMSBURY SPIRIT COUNCIL
Minutes
November 2, 2020
6-8 pm
Via Zoom Live Feed
ROLL CALL:
In attendance were; Annalise Febus-Barlow, Carl Clark-Flanagan, Chris Kelly, Diana Yeisley, Lisa Grant, Lloyd Huie, Mary Margaret Girgenti, Meg Evans, Nicole Kodak, Cheryl Cook, Nkosi Lee, Sarah Batchelder, and Tenesha Grant
Absent were: Dana Albrycht, Gene Ott, and Rebekah Hatch
Staff Liaisons in attendance: Kristen Formanek, Rachael Loveland, Nicholas Boulter, Lyndsay Neffinger, and Sue Homrok-Lemke
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CALL TO ORDER: 6:05
PUBLIC AUDIENCE/PUBLIC COMMENTS: None
UPDATE FROM THE CHAIRS: Budget requests should be submitted to Kristen Formanek by December 7, 2020.
ACTION ITEMS
- Review and approval of minutes from September24, 2020. Were adopted and approved.
- Tenesha Grant will fill in temporarily as the Council clerk until someone volunteers.
SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS
- A meeting was held on 11/2/20. The next “Let’s Talk” event will be about Indigenous People. It will be hosted via Zoom with the Simsbury Public Library on 11/5/2020 at 6:30 pm. Carol Clark-Flanagan is the clerk for the Events subcommittee.
- The Data sub-committee is in the process of scheduling a meeting.
- The Outreach sub-committee will continue to provide outreach to local businesses.
NEW BUSINESS
- Subcommittee assignments were reviewed. Annalise Febus-Barlow volunteered to be on the Events Subcommittee.
- Committee members volunteered to liaise on various commissions and boards.
- A goal setting discussion was had by all members led by Chris Kelly. He will take update the notes from the session and provide tasks for each of the subcommittees.
- A discussion was had regarding the protocol for appointing new members and volunteers. There are two vacancies with one slot held for a student. Three potential members have expressed interest and a meeting with each of them will be scheduled.
- A discussion was had regarding the marketing of SPIRIT Council.
- The upcoming Unity Mile luminary event on December 6, 2020 was briefly discussed.
LIAISON REPORTS
- The Equity Council is looking to form two subcommittees; one for planning and one for communications
- The Library continues to host our “Let’s Talk” events. Our next two events are scheduled for 11/5/2020 and 11/16/2020. A resource list will be created and available for both events.
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEXT MEETING: Monday, December 7, 2020
Diana Yeisley made a motion to adjourn. Motion was seconded by Sara Batchelder. All present voted in favor and the vote was unanimous. The motion passed.
ADJOURNMENT at 7:48 pm