I have been curious about something regarding the Town Meeting process itself:
Is it possible for Town Meeting to occur over two weekends? *First Weekend: *Reserved for presentation of materials, debate, amendments, discussion, listening to your neighbors and peers and then adjourned (without vote, except for those related to amendments), *In-Between Week:* Meeting posted online for town citizens who could not attend to view recording *Second Weekend: *Gather to vote only, no further amendments allowed. I believe that NH has specific laws that allow this, but I didn't see anything in MA General Laws that would preclude it (though, admittingly, it's a dense read). MAGL does allow the moderator to adjourn a meeting without completion to be concluded at a future date. I know we try to do some of this with the committees doing all of the pre-meetings in the hopes that questions get addressed prior to Town Meeting, but it seems, especially for discussion, that a lot of folks still want to make comments for the wider audience to consider. I was just thinking of ways to be able to include more people, with busy schedules, to hear disccussion/debate on their own time, and vote for issues that impact them. I was just curious if the moderator or anyone else has dug deeper than I have to see if this type of organization is permitted. - Andy On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 8:48 AM Sarah Cannon Holden < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Lincoln Voters and other Interested Parties. > > Our ANNUAL TOWN MEETING is SATURDAY. Please arrive early to check in > anytime after 8:30. > > I want to start ON TIME at 9:30 AM. As is said — To be early is to be on > time!! > > I look forward to seeing you at this annual gathering of Lincoln > residents. > > Sarah Cannon Holden > Town Meeting Moderator > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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