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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Village Hall — 9:00 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Tom Zander called the meeting to order at 9:03 a.m.
Present: Dawn Collins, Sandy DiCaro, Janice Farley, Eileen Gattas, Martha Helm, Linda Hoefert,
Kathy Janonis, Mike Janonis, Paul Seils, Jim Uszler, Teresa VanOpdorp, Tom Zander
Absent: Dale Draznin, Jill Friedrichs, Christina Greco, Laury Youngquist
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Sandy DiCaro, seconded by Dale Draznin, moved to approve the minutes of
the August 2, 2008 meeting. Motion approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT: Eileen Gattas moved and Mike Janonis seconded to approve the Treasurer's
Report of August 31, 2008. Motion approved.
CURRENT BUSINESS:
Do- It- Yourself Sousa: Members had received Martha Helm's written report prior to this month's
meeting. We again touched on the success of the Sousa. Christina Greco's rearranging football
practice at Lions Park was a tremendous help with the parking situation. Once again, the
difficulties for the audience, in respect to getting to bathroom facilities and leaving in the dark
were discussed and will need to be addressed before next year's event.
2. Family Bike Ride: Teresa reported that 200 participants had pre- registered, 100 people
registered online, there were 67 walk ups, District 26 had 46 participants and 17 families did not
show up. Online registration worked very well. Dave and Jim's Auto paid for the shirts for the
event. 200 shirts were ordered, but there were approximately 300 participants. District 26 was to
bring food and water for the ride and did not. Mike Janonis took it upon himself and went out to
get bottled water and food for the bike ride. The cost to the Special Events Commission for this
event was $114. Will discuss providing water and granola bars to all participants at next year's
event. Either through a sponsor or through the SEC.
3. Celestial Celebration: The first meeting of the Celestial committee was held August 22n The
theme will be Paris but the actual theme name has not been chosen yet. The color scheme will
be black, silver and purple. It was suggested to keep all the award categories but have fewer
winners. There is a possibility of going down to 8 award winners. The next meeting of the
Celestial committee will be September 22
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Holiday House Decorating: Paul stated that the judging by Commission members will
take place the week of 12/3 — 12/10. Winners will be announced at the 12/16 Village Board
Meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: The September 13, 2008 meeting of the Mount Prospect Special Events
Commission adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
NEXT MEETING:
Saturday, October 4, 9:00 am in the Village Hall Community Room
Respectfully submitted,
Eileen Gattas