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MASHPEE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br /> PROPOSED TIME CAPSULE <br /> I. A means to provide the entire community an opportunity to record items and events of <br /> personal significance,and to share and document these memories during a sealing <br /> ceremony. <br /> H. Tips for building a time capsule: <br /> 1. Select a retrieval date 25 to 50 years <br /> 2. Choose an"archivist' or director TBD <br /> 3. Select a container TBD <br /> 4. Find a secure indoor location,not"buried" PCC specification <br /> 5. Secure items for time storage Public ceremony <br /> 6. Have a solemn "sealing ceremony" Date TBD <br /> 7. Don't forget your time capsule! Install plaque <br /> 8. Inform the International Time Capsule Society of the completed time capsule project <br /> M. Solicit proposals for items to be included in the capsule from groups and individuals. <br /> Involve the schools,Chamber of Commerce, Town, Senior Center,Womens and Mens <br /> Clubs,Boys and Girls Club,Houses of Worship,Wampanoag Tribe,and individuals. <br /> Each group will be asked to propose 2-5 objects to include that reflect the spirit of the <br /> present. Each group will be personally contacted,as well as through an article in the <br /> Mashpee Enterprise. Anything that captures the spirit of the present is a candidate,but <br /> things to consider might include: <br /> • Popular toys or tools. <br /> • Labels or packaging of favorite foods or other products. Include price tags,if you <br /> can. <br /> • Newspapers or magazines showing current events or current trends. <br /> • Photographs. <br /> • Coins. <br /> • Descriptions of what it is like to live right now. Tell your future audience about <br /> daily life. Talk about ordinary day-today activities;current fads,fashions, <br /> attitudes,and trends;how much everyday objects usally cost, and anything else <br /> you would like to say. <br /> • Indicators of high technology. Even if nobody can read the contents of a DVD in <br /> 50 or 100 years,you might still enclose one to demonstrate the state of the arL <br /> IV. The Trustees can sponsor an essay contest for the students in September. Students <br /> can be asked to describe the importance of family, school,city,country in their lives. <br /> rA <br />