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• NOW IS OUR GROUP STRUCTURED? THE "FETE DES LACS COMMITTEE" 1S A COMMITTEE THAT MEETS 1 TIME PER MONTH AND CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SUS COMMITTEES. THE SU8- COMMITTEES MEET AS NECESSARY ONE TIME PER MONTH MEETINGS WOULD PROBABLY NOT 81 NECESSARY IN UPCOMING YEARS THIS FIRST YEAR WE ARE DOING A LOT OF EXTRA WORK TO START OUT WITH A GOOD RASE. WE HAVE AGREED, AS A COMMITTEE, THAT VOTES WILL SE TAKEN WHEN NECESSARY AND THE MAJORITY RULES. SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE NEED TO BE PRESENT TO MAKE A VOTE AND NO VOTE CAN BE TAKEN THAT AFFECTS A PARTICULAR AREA OF THE EVENT WITHOUT A MAJORITY OF THAT EVENTS SUS- COMMITTEE PRESENT. BEYOND THAT, WE ARE AN INFORMAL GROUP LOOKING TO GET THINGS DONE. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A FORMAL BUDGET, AS THAT IS 8E/NG HANDLED INTERNALLY 81 US WE WOULD ASK THE CITY FOR THE $5,000 DONATION THAT HAS BEEN DONATED IN THE PAST WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE FOLLOWING SU8- COMMITTEES WORKING ON THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS, I WOULD EXPECT NEW SUB-COMMITTEES TO FORM AS NECESSARY. PARADE COMMITTEE- AIMEE FAIRBROTHETL JOHN TRILL, MICHELE WROBLEWSKI, TERRY SWEENEY THIS COMMITTEE HAS SPOKE WITH THE PLANNERS FROM THE FOREST LAKE (4 OF JULY PARADE), THE SHRINERS, SEVERAL MARCHING BANDS AND HAVE SOME MAIN ST PARADE ROUTES THAT THEY ARE SPEAKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT. NEXT YEARS PARADE SHOULD EASILY BE 100+ PARTICIPANTS COMPARED TO ABOUT 40 THIS PAST YEAR. FINANCING, DONATIONS, RAFFLE - JIM MARCH HAS BEEN WORKING ON LETTERS THAT WILL GO OUT TO AREA BUSINESS OWNERS, UTILITY COMPANIES, ETC. TO SOUCIT MORE DONATIONS THAN EVER. WE ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE BUDGET FOR THE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE EVENT AND EXPECT TO COVER OUR EXPENSES THROUGH DONATIONS ADMISSIONS AND IF NECESSARY A LARGE RAFFLE. ADVERTISING /COORDINATING - RAY DEVINE HAS CREATED AN ADVERTISING PLAN, AS WELL AS AN ADVERTISING BUDGET. 405 ARE ALREADY SEEN ON CABLE ACCESS THE CITY WEBSIT E AND THE "LE JOURNAL" RAY HAS ALSO BEEN COORDINATING THE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE GROUP.