Minutes:

29 November 2004 ­ Steering Committee

Present: Whit Humphreys, David Cunningham, Anne Munger, Cecilia McGuire, Holly Boyce, Dawn Pedro, Jean Butman, Heather Potter, John Fedor, PHil Huffman, Brian Shupe, Gil (VLT).

at 5:00 Whit called the meeting to order.

Amend agenda: Claire was absent.

Approved the minutes of 11/15/04 meeting.

VLT discussion re: future oriented products.

Gil “Future behavior should be governed by what they learn from the Town of Benson”

Shift away from bilateral behavior - what areas need to be left for municipal growth?

Questions for the community-

What existing assets do they value?

What assets do they wish they had?

Are there any land based needs not currently provided by the community?

Key question from Gil - Is the expression of the community values coming from a report of what we have heard or are we digesting the information, analyzing and editing?

Identify which topics, issues and/or themes are important to the critical masses.

*****Prepare conclusions NOT policies.

Brian/Phil: What can they do for us as planners? They can design questionnaires and surveys.

Committee will establish a timeline for the purpose of keeping momentum (and the prevention of “dragging things along”).

Summary of potential PLACE products prepared by Claire Dacey 11/29.

PLACE focuses on past and present.

Define vision focusing on present’s future.

Visioning process includes:

-PLACE Program

-Carillon boat trips (seniors and school age)

Key areas to focus on:

-need to make up a list of questions for interviews and questionnaires

-after each event have participants fill out a questionnaire

-need to establish a means of recording interviews and processing the information.

Consistence is key to process data collected.

Agenda for next meeting will include establishing a list of questions and choosing projects of interest for the committee members.

Dawn Pedro

Secretary