LINCOLN PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (LPTO)
Lincoln Town Election Candidate Forum
March 21, 2023
7:00-9:00pm / Learning Commons, Lincoln Public Schools
[Lincoln Town Election: Monday March 27, 2021]
* Mask-wearing at this indoor in-person event is not mandated, though optional for all attendees who wish to continue to mask.
* Current planning entails live-streaming of this forum via Zoom (see below for log in information), as well as recording for subsequent posting on www.lincolntown.org, to encourage community participation.
Logistical Guidelines
* If arriving via car, feel free to park in the Smith lot or in any of the available spaces close to the Main Entrance. Please enter via the set of doors closest to the parking lot adjacent to the Smith lot, or the set of doors at the Main Entrance.
* Upon arrival, please stop at the LPTO table in the Lobby of the Learning Commons to get questions sheets and a pencil.
Campaigning Guidelines
* Candidates will have the option to place campaign materials for public distribution on a LPTO-designated table in the back of the Learning Commons during this event.
* During the Candidate Forum itself, Candidates are asked to please refrain from campaign speeches or speechifying, as the event is intended as an information session and meet-and-greet whereby Voters can get acquainted with Candidates and their views, not be persuaded or pressured to vote for one Candidate over another.
Forum Guidelines
* The purpose of this Candidate Forum is to create an opportunity for Candidates to introduce themselves, and for Voters to get acquainted with Candidates' views and stances via the Introductions round as well as a subsequent Question & Answer portion. This event is intended to foster greater overall collective understanding as a community, not result in increased competition among Candidates.
* This Candidate Forum is not intended as a debate, and Candidates are asked to please refrain from laterally addressing or referring to fellow Candidates on the panel.
* During the Introductions round, Candidates will be invited to Introduce themselves within 2 minutes or less. All Candidates are strongly requested to honor equitable and balanced airtime during this portion of the forum by please honoring this 2-minutes-or-less guideline. We will have a clock available to check timing.
* Audience members will be invited to join in a collective round of applause for all the Candidates at the beginning of the Introductions round, as well as at the conclusion of the Introductions round. Accordingly, audience members will be asked to please refrain from cheering for (an) individual Candidate(s) during the Introductions round of the forum.
* Following the Introductions round, the Moderators will pose questions to Candidates from cards originated from the Audience members. Candidates are asked to please address the Audience in providing responses, not fellow Candidates on the panel.
* Audience members will be asked to pose questions that apply to all Candidates in a race, not questions that are addressed to an individual Candidate.
* During the Question & Answer portion, Candidates are asked to provide responses to Audience members that do not exceed 2 minutes. The honoring of this guideline will encourage greater opportunity to hear more questioning from more Voters, more questions for more Candidates, greater potential air-time for all Candidates, and greater engagement for all attendees by the conclusion of the evening.
Many Thanks to All in the honoring of these guidelines!
Rob Stringer
[email protected]
Sarah Cannon Holden
[email protected]
Moderators, 2023 Lincoln Town Election Candidate Forum
2023 Lincoln Town Contested Election Slate (courtesy of Lincoln Town Clerk’s Office)
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