Village Seal Committee — Skokie, IL
Date: 2024-12-18

Agenda
 Village Seal Committee
 December 18, 2024 – 8:30 a.m.
 Village Hall, Conference Room A (1st floor)


 1. Review minutes from November 8 meeting
 2. Review community input
 3. Discuss design updates
 4. Discuss opportunities for public engagement and education
 5. Discuss dates for presentation and next meeting
 6. Adjourn




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Village Seal Committee
December 18, 2024 Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Maria Monastero Bueno, Sheila Crumrine, Thom DaMario, Emily England, Joe Hibdon,
Dick Witry, Patrick Deignan, Alex Franz, Amanda Sabri

Not in attendance: Jasmine Gurneau, Trustee Khem Khoeun

Review Minutes from November 8, 2024 meeting

 • Minutes approved.

Review Community Input

 • The group continued discussion of feedback received through the community survey. Sheila and
 Emily shared data and insights from their line-by-line review of survey results, and Patrick
 summarized survey response themes, including concerns regarding the use of “Wabskoki,” as
 well as input on the flame element, colors, and text/font.
 • Dick and Sheila emphasized the importance of considering all constructive feedback received
 from the community to arrive at the best possible final design
 • Joe commented that even in instances where input or ideas can’t be incorporated into the final
 design, the input could present important opportunities for public education
 • Maria shared comments from additional discussions related to the seal on social media


Discuss Design Updates

 • The group agreed to remove “Wabskoki” from the design due to its potential for causing
 confusion with non-English speakers, while agreeing that there may be other
 opportunities/avenues to educate the community on Native history and language.
 • “1888” was also removed from the design. Its previous placement caused “Village of Skokie” to
 not be centered at the top, and the group felt it was not essential to include in the seal.
 • A red/orange color scheme for the flame was selected. The group also expressed interest in
 widening the base of the flame to make it more clearly identifiable as fire.
 • The border and font color were discussed. Thom expressed a slight preference for the blue
 primary color border, while Amanda suggested that a softer color palette might elevate the
 design. A greenish/blue border with black typeface was selected.
 • The group expressed interest in adding a Native applique border – potentially an Oak Leaf
 pattern – to the design, so long as it was not problematic when used at small scale.
 • Minion and Antique Olive were selected as preferred fonts, with the group asking to see designs
 with both fonts at the next meeting.
 • The words “Community,” “Diversity” and “Vision” were selected to display in the bottom
 portion of the border, as these were among the most frequently used words used by community
 members when responding to the 2023 Village Seal community survey. Alex suggested that the
 group consider whether these words would continue to represent Skokie 100 years in the
 future, while expressing optimism that they would.




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Next Meeting Date

 • The group set Friday, January 24, at 8:30 a.m. as the next meeting date.



Meeting Adjourned




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