Community Center Committee Meeting Minutes 12/14/2023

Monterey Community Center
Minutes: December 14, 2023
Present: Laurie Shaw, Roz Halberstadter, Mike Zerbel, Mark Andrews, JoAnn Bell,
Dennis and Elaine Lynch, Kyle Pierce, Catherine Hurst, Mary Makuc, RJ Supa, Director
Meeting commenced at 10:09 AM.
Minutes from November 9, 2023 meeting approved.
Next meeting: January 4, 2024
Dennis Lynch explained that he was resigning from the MCC to avoid any conflict of
interest. The Committee thanked him for his service.
Past and On-Going Programs:
-Fourth Annual Chestnut Program: 62 people showed up. RJ had to turn some away.
Next year we will need to require pre-registration. Many people showed interest in
growing the chestnuts after an informative presentation. Then many went to Kevin
West’s house and enjoyed roasted chestnuts.
-Monterey Lights the Holidays was successful. Approximately 70-75 people attended.
Allan Dean’s musical presentation was a very good addition to the program.
-Pie Crust with Hanna Jensen was a success. 8 people attended in the Church
basement. A second workshop is postponed until January.
-Wreath Making had 12 people.
-Grief Support had 6 people. There was a movie and discussion led by Rachel from
the Lenox group. RJ will reach out to Rachel to have discussion group in January
during National Grief Awareness Week.
-Monday Meditation Group met with 6 people in attendance.
Upcoming Programs:
-Coin seller: Kyle will get back to the speaker.
-Molly Goodchild’s knitting: Molly will be contacted.
-Winterfest: Sunday, February 18, 2024; snow date is Monday the 19th. Andrew Shaw
will DJ again for us. Kyle and Mark will make chili. JoAnn will ask Gould Farm about
cookies. Dennis will contact Tim at Hume about supplying and cooking the hot dogs.
Catherine’s kids will make crepes again. Need to plan some arts and crafts (lanterns,
candles, mandarin orange wreaths). Mark will contact Parks Dept. about a donation
toward this program. Dennis will call Tom Ryan about the bonfire. RJ will order a porta-
potty. We can get the barbecue from Kyle again. Suggestion was made that we tell
people to bring their own chairs.
-RJ called Fire Dept. They did not have someone to train us in CPR. Ambulance
Company will get back to us.
-Quilting: Linda Neilson and Mary Kate Jordan will start in January once a month and
do a show in the Knox Gallery next year.
-Musician Bruce Mandel will pick a day in May for his program. He will do his own
advertising and give us a percentage. He also pays $50 to use the MCC building.
Further details to be worked out. He has a website.
Other Business:
-Wendy J. had passed on information about chair rack pricing to RJ. We tabled this
discussion until our next meeting.
-Budget: We discussed each budget request item for fiscal year 2025. We voted and
approved our budget. RJ and Laurie will meet with the Finance Committee and
Melissa on January 20.
-Pavilion: Dennis and Mark gave an update. Dennis indicated that the Mass Cultural
Facilities Fund Grant Application for the design of a new pavilion and bathroom will be
submitted by December 14, 2023.
Meeting adjourned at 12:20 PM.