Town Meeting Study Committee

Town Meeting Study Committee Findings & Recommendations - Draft

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At the June 4th meeting of the Town Meeting Study Committee (TMSC), a motion was passed, recommending that the Town Moderator allow a single presentation of dissenting views for the Nature Link project, with slides, at the June 25 Special Town Meeting.  I have accepted their recommendation and invite all interested parties to join me for an explanation of the TMSC Motion and to answer your questions.  After conversations on the TMSC, it became clear that with regard to dissenting opinions, we need to develop more procedural guidelines than have been followed in the past. I welcome supporters, dissenters and the undecided to attend.  The hybrid meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 6:30 pm, in the Donaldson Room at Town Offices, and will also be available on-line.  The link to the meeting is on the TMSC web page at lincolntown.org. Following this meeting I will ask the dissenters to identify their representative speaker.

 

Sarah Cannon Holden

Town Moderator


You may join this meeting remotely as follows:
Time: June 11, 2025, 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://zoom.us/j/91832375325?pwd=aXRpdnlJWHJINnZzd0xOQW9ZTjIvdz09

Meeting ID: 918 3237 5325

Passcode: 378902


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TMSC Beta Survey Feedback May 27, 2025

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Evaluation Criteria Draft

Town Meeting Study Committee Schedule, Agendas, Zoom Links

Select Board Update Draft 02112025
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Select Board Update Draft 03062025
TMSC Town Meeting Update Draft 03182025

Agendas:

• 11/07/24
• 11/21/24
• 11/26/24
• 12/03/24
• 12/11/24
• 12/21/24
• 01/03/25
• 01/06/25
• 01/08/25
• 01/21/25
• 02/25/25
• 03/06/25 - Cancelled
• 03/17/25
• 04/16/25
• 05/07/25

Meeting Minutes:

• 11/07/24
• 11/21/24
• 11/26/24
• 12/03/24
• 01/08/25
• 01/21/25
• 02/25/25
• 03/17/25
• 04/16/25
• 05/07/25

Working Groups:

Education Group
Agendas:
• 12/21/24
• 01/31/24
• 02/07/24
• 02/14/24
• 02/21/24
• 02/28/24
• 04/09/24

Minutes:
• 12/21/24
• 01/31/24
• 02/07/24
• 02/14/24
• 02/21/24
• 02/28/24
 
Moderator’s Role and Process Working Group
Town Meeting Explained - Draft 03/05/25
Town Meeting Guidelines

Agendas:
• 01/14/25
• 01/17/25

Minutes:
• 01/14/25
• 01/17/25

Outreach & Engagement Group
Agendas:
Minutes:

Meeting Efficiency & Effectiveness Group
  Meeting Efficiency and Effectiveness Presentation
Agendas:
Minutes:

Split Session Group
  Split-Session Town Meeting Summary 021125
Agendas:
• 01/06/25
• 01/27/25
• 02/03/25
• 02/10/25 
• 02/17/25 
• 02/24/25 
• 03/03/25 
• 03/10/25 - Cancelled
• 03/17/25 
• 03/24/25 
• 03/31/25

Minutes:
• 01/06/25

Opposing Views Group
Agendas:
• 01/03/25 
• 01/29/25 
• 02/05/25 
• 02/12/25 
• 02/19/25 
• 02/26/25 - Cancelled
• 03/05/25 
• 03/12/25 
• 03/19/25 
• 03/26/25 
• 04/02/25

Minutes:
• 01/03/25
• 01/31/25
• 02/05/25

Meeting Accessibility Group
Agendas:
Minutes:
   March 2025 Accessibility Slide

Remote Voting Group
Agendas:
Minutes:

Preliminary Report Group
Agendas:
Minutes:

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State of the Town Meeting Presentation
Final Version
Version 2
Version 3
Version 4

Open Meeting & Public Records Primer

Lincoln Voter Participation Survey

Committee Charge

Kick-off Session Feedback

9/16/2024 "Let's Talk About Town Meeting!" Kick-off Forums:

Town Meeting Study Committee Kick-Off Postcard

Break-out session.

Link to the recording of the 9/16/24 8:00am Forum

Link to the slide deck from the evening session.

  • We want to hear from you! Provide feedback on the Kick-off Sessions Padlet until Friday, September 20, 2024 @ 12:00pm!

  • LINK TO PADLET

How to add feedback about Town Meeting

Break-out session.

Process TimetableMajor milestones for the creation and work of the committee.Library of Materials: