05-19-99DRAFT
,F MINUTES OF
FIRST NIGHT COMMITTEE
May 19, 1999
A regular meeting of the First Night Committee was held Wednesday, May 19, 1999, in the City Hall
Commission Chambers. Present were Chairperson Cindy Grossberg, Suzette Abrass, Nancy Bodge, Lynn
Charest, Nancy DeCandis, Mary Jenkins, Eloise Koerber, Chinta Perera, Elise Sloan and Staff Member
Susan Dunham.
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Cindy Grossberg at 7:40 p.m.
Budget
Cindy Grossberg presented the budget figures to the Committee.
Fund-Raiser
Profit for the fund-raiser was $6,270. The following are recommendations for next year's fund-raiser:
• to supply liquor through a restaurant (at cost) instead of through a distributor;
• to not put return postage on return envelopes in invitations;
• to develop a policy regarding free tickets;
• to take into consideration that some participants of fund-raiser consume too much alcohol.
Nancy DeCandis thanked Cindy Grossberg for the wonderful job that she did on the fund-raiser.
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Sponsorship
The Committee has not yet approached the City of Atlantic Beach regarding sponsorship of First Night.
Nancy Bodge is to meet with City Bank regarding sponsorship. Nancy will meet with Suzette Abrass to
get pictures of the fund-raiser to take with her to the meeting..
Convention Report
Nancy DeCandis, Suzette Abrass and Eloise Koerber thanked the Committee again for sending them to
the convention.
First Night Activities
Slides were presented from First Night International showing examples of activities from other First
Night cities. It was suggested to utilize more community help, i.e., MOPS, summer or after school
programs, Habijax, Beaches Art Center, restaurants, scout troops, etc. Eloise Koerber challenged each
and every Committee member to create magical moments for all that attend First Night. Nancy DeCandis
asked the Committee members to find people to help with these ideas.
Button Design
Nancy DeCandis suggested Mary Jenkins contact Bob Kirk, Kay Kaufrnann and Jim Dupree as resources
for a possible art contest for abutton/poster design.
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New Volunteers
Mary Jenkins indicated that a letter from the Chairperson inviting interested people to attend the next
meeting might be more effective in attracting new volunteers than just a verbal invitation. Nancy
DeCandis asked the Committee members to give her names and addresses of any interested people. Also,
the Committee members were asked to give Nancy DeCandis names of organizations that might be
interested in volunteering so that Christine Lester or Margaret Sherrill could give a presentation to solicit
their help. Nancy asked each Committee member to bring someone with them to the next meeting.
Approval of the Minutes
Mary Jenkins motioned to approve the minutes of the meeting of April 28, 1999, Elise Sloan seconded
and the motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
Nancy DeCandis, Chairperson