Scholarship & Education Committee
Regular MeetingSalem, MA · May 9, 2022
Minutes
Scholarship & Education Committee Meeting – Draft Minutes
Monday, May 9, 2022, 6:30 P.M., meeting held remotely
Members Present: Cynthia Nina-Soto, Lynne Mullen, Liz McGovern, Andrew Boucher, Gabriel Yeager
Staff Present: Dominick Pangallo
1. Call to Order: 6:31 p.m., Cynthia chaired the meeting
2. Approval of April 11, 2022 minutes: Approved unanimously
3. Financial Updates:
Education Fund Scholarship Fund
March receipts: $142.00 March receipts: $150.41
Current balance: $7,635.79 Current balance: $8,875.31
4. Old Business
a. Fundraising Updates: The committee voted unanimously to register for a table at the
Pride Festival and the Arts Festival, using Scholarship Fund dollars for the $165 fee for the
Pride Festival and Education Fund dollars for any fee for the Arts Festival so long as the
fee was no more than $150. Gabriel offered to try to get some artwork that could be raffled
for the Arts Festival table and the Committee suggested Tyler might be able to busk for
both, as well. Cynthia said she had a table, chairs, and tent that she could provide for the
two dates. Dominick will create a flier that can be distributed for both events. The
Committee suggested that Tyler set up a Google Doc that could be used by the members to
sign up for shifts at both events.
b. Thank you letters process/policy: The Committee asked Dominick to find out if an
automatic “thank you” email could be generated to people who donate online. No final
decision was made on at what threshold a mailed thank you letter would be sent; however,
the Committee expressed approval of the idea of doing the mailings just once per year, at
the end of the fiscal year after the scholarships for that year had been awarded and could be
highlighted in the letter content.
5. New Business
a. Logo: Lynne offered to reach out to the Salem Public Schools art teachers about running a
logo design contest among art students in the district.
b. 2022 scholarship applications: No hard copy applications have been received; the
number of online applications was unknown at the meeting time. Lynne said she will help
send a reminder to Salem High School students and Cynthia will do the same for Salem
Academy Charter School students.
6. Adjourned: 7:03 p.m.
Next Regular Meeting: Monday, June 13, 2022, 6:30 p.m., online
Agenda
CITY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
Kimberley Driscoll
Mayor
Scholarship & Education Committee
Monday, May 9, 2022
6:30 p.m.
Pursuant to Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021 and Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2022, this meeting of
the Salem Scholarship & Education Committee will be conducted via remote participation to the
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Meeting Agenda
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of April 11, 2022 meeting minutes
III. Financial update
IV. Old business
a. Fundraising updates
b. Thank you letters process/policy
V. New business
VI. Adjournment
Next meeting Monday, June 13, 2022 6:30 p.m.
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