<p> Tricentennial Committee Minutes March 9, 2016 Present: Karen MacGillivary, Kate MacKay, Sarah Mancini, Angie Mead, Mary McDonald, Amy Lang, Sarah Kulis and Bill Plummer. Minutes from February 24th were approved with minor amendments. Financial Report: Currently have $35K in bank. All bills paid. Mary will talk to Don Cowing about changing the fundraising thermometer to reflect current balance. Dr. Budd & Rosalind Gorin have offered their Chalet as a venue for an event. Tricentennial Committee felt at this time they cannot host an event but suggest maybe it could be a possible site for GHS docent tour. Trivia Night: need thank-you notes to: Barb and Tom Andreotta, Bonnie Malsch, Carlos and Ali for helping with set up and clean up. Barb Andreotta, Ruth Fiske, Sheila O’Grady and Cathy Collins for bringing food. Kate will send these thank you notes. Updates: Lobster Trap: GCC will take this on. People Cut-out photo op: Ethan Russell tentatively agreed to will produce these. Committee proposed one should be child height and one should be adult height. Angie will confirm this at next meeting. The Recreation Committee has agreed to host 2 games. Face- painting: Sonya Reed has agreed to run this booth. Mary will check with her about supplies as we will order them for her. Girl Scouts: Michelle Winn has agreed that the Girl Scouts will have a beverage selling station. Food Trucks: only have 1 confirmation from the pizza truck. Portable Toilets: Amy reported that she had two quotes and so far Blow Brothers was the cheapest. She will also check with Ideal Portable Toilets. Banners: Sarah M will do a few mock ups of some possible banners. Committee decided that we will need at least 3 banners to hang. One when coming into Georgetown (near Robinhood Road) one at the end of Bay Pt Road and one at Campbell’s Square in Five Islands. Flyers/posters: Karen’s son will design flyers and posters and she will ask about where to get them printed. The Governor: Committee discussed inviting the Governor to speak at event. Some are opposed due to his history of inappropriate comments, concerns about parking, security, his lack of connection to Georgetown and his general controversy. Others were in favor because they felt the office of Governor deserves to be recognized, no matter who holds it. A motion was made to have the Governor come and read the Sentiment that was to be read in Augusta. This motion was seconded. The committee voted 6-2 in favor of the Governor being invited to read the Sentiment. The Committee agreed to postpone the next meeting from the 23rd of March to the 30th to allow those who wanted to attend the Tick Talk at GHS to do so. Kate will send an email so those who weren’t at this meeting will know.</p>