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Mount ProspectCENTENNIAL COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time:
rd
Village Hall – 3 floor Executive Conference Room March 5, 2014
50 South Emerson Street 3:00 p.m.
Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
I. CALL TO ORDER
3:00 pm
Members present: Sharon Anderson, Alexander Bertolucci, Gerald “Skip”
II. ROLL CALL
Farley, Janice Farley, Leo Floros, Jean Murphy, Michaele Skowron, Jessica Thunberg, and Christy
Watychowicz.
Members absent: Lisa Blaszinski and Linda Hoefert.
Ex-officio members present: Arlene Juracek and Mike Janonis.
Ex-officio members absent: Marianthi Thanopoulos
Public present: Richard Mayer, Journal reporter
III.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
January 8, 2014 Meeting Minutes. Skip Floros moved and Anderson seconded approval. Motion passed.
IV.
CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
NONE
V.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Report: Communications subcommittee – John Zulaski, Jessica Thunberg
Thunberg presented Website Recommendations w/ hardcopy handout. Website handout suggested look
of pull down menus and topics.
-Landing Page: Must identify individual to maintain page.
-History of Mt. Prospect: Zulaski volunteered to own.
-Celebration Events: Anderson volunteered to own. Suggestion made to add photos after events.
-Skip Farley and Floros will obtain sponsors. They will send names to Thanopoulos. Recognition of
sponsors.
-“How can I help?” Must develop criteria for calling an event CENTENNIAL. Organizations should use
Logo for branding event as CENTENNIAL
-Celebration Resources: no volunteer
-Commission Members: Each commission member should start thinking about answering the question
“What is being a Commission member mean to you?”
-Timeline: March and April for review, comment, and sub-committee to develop content. May meeting
commission vote to discuss and approve navigation.
B. Report: Harper College help with logo – Alex Bertolucci, Jessica Thunberg, Jean Murphy
Special mtg for Logo w/Harper Students. Bertolucci is the contact for tech side.
Committee offered Tues, May 13 at 4:00 Village Hall to Harper Students.
Harper students aren’t available. Harper students offered Tuesday, June 3 at 4:00 pm at Village Hall. Via
email the Committee accepted.
VI.
NEW BUSINESS
A. Finish working through white board ideas from November meeting
See attached document.
1. Is the idea one we would like to use?
2. Would it fit well into our yearly themes of Diversity (2015), History (2016) and Celebration
(2016) and when would we do it?
3. Would it raise funds to help pay for the entire celebration?
4. Would it further communication about the anniversary (ie. public art, logo on water tower,
white lights, banners etc.)
5. Would it further strengthen our knowledge of and appreciation for the Village’s past? (ie.
collection of photos, video reminiscences of residents, re-enactment of the signing of the
papers of incorporation etc.)
6. Is anyone interested enough in the activity to spearhead it?
7. Is it affordable?
8. Any other criteria we should use?
VII.
OTHER BUSINESS
None
VIII.
NEXT MEETING
May 7, 2014 – 3:00 p.m.
Village Hall
IX. ADJOURN
Floros moved. Skip Farley seconded. Motion passed. Adjourned at 5:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Michaele Skowron,
Secretary