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8 Board of Selectmen Minutes February 4, 2008 COMMUNICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE: People to People Program: The Selectmen were in receipt of correspondence from Ryan Stanley and Meghan Ahearn, Mashpee High School students relative to Meghan's participation in the People to People Ambassador Program to Ireland and the UK this summer and for Ryan's attendance at a People to People Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. in January 2009. The two students are collecting inkjet cartridges to offset the program costs. The Selectmen were requested to grant permission for the MHS students to place collection boxes in the offices of Town buildings. It was the consensus of the Board of Selectmen to support the fundraising request of Ryan Stanley and Meghan Ahearn for the People to People Program by placing collection boxes in the Town Hall, Library and Senior Center. This is a school related project for Mashpee students and considered a non-profit fundraising activity. It was agreed the Board would set standard for future requests. NEW BUSINESS: Request for Signs at Rotary—Barnstable County Fair: Wendy Brown, General Manager of the Barnstable County Fair was in attendance to request the Selectmen approve the placement of signs at the Mashpee Rotary for the 2008 fair. Two signs are requested during the actual dates of the fair from July 18 through July 26, 2008, a period of nine days. It was noted the Board has a temporary sign placement policy in place which allows for sign posting for a term no longer than 7 days. Discussion followed. The Selectmen unanimously agreed to the request of the Barnstable County Fair and to waive the temporary sign placement to a period of nine days, a one-time exception for the Cape Cod tradition. The approval does not set precedent for other temporary sign placement requests.