Hi Karla, I don't know, I think the suggestion to kick the committee off of Lincoln Talk so we can skirt the quorum is playing games, but that's just my opinion. I'm bringing up considerations to ideas where there might be things they overlooked that may make that difficult. I thought that was part of brainstorming. Did you not like my Comment Tracker idea? That was a suggestion, I thought it was pretty good.
- Andy On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:26 PM Karla Gravis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andy, > > > > I don’t think anyone is suggesting we play games. People are bringing up > different ideas and Peter specifically said: “I’m not a lawyer, but I think > Town Counsel could help the Lincoln School Committee establish rules to > ensure that there's better and more frequent two way communications between > the public and the Committee using Lincoln Talk while avoiding any Open > Meeting violations.” > > > > What we’re all trying to brainstorm here are possible forums to engage as > a community and debate important issues. I am hearing you bring up > opposition to each of the ideas being put forth (memo won’t work, meeting > won’t work - even though it worked for the CCBC, emails won’t work, Lincoln > talk won’t work), but no suggestions. > > > > If I refer to the School Committee's posted "Role and Responsibilities" > document (page 2, here > <https://www.lincnet.org/cms/lib/MA01001239/Centricity/domain/3/public_documents/process/SCSupRoles.pdf>), > it specifically says, under SC Role: "Facilitate two-way communication > between SC and community." I don't think this is happening, at least not in > the same manner as with other committees in town like the CCBC. Another > document on the SC site (here > <https://www.lincnet.org/cms/lib/MA01001239/Centricity/domain/3/public_documents/policies/policies%20posted/b%20section/BE%20SC%20Meetings.pdf>) > states there are 3 different types of meetings the SC can hold to interact > with the public: “special meetings”, “forums” and “public hearings”. So the > precedent exists for the SC to have an open discussion with the public. > > > > You wrote: > > > > “I think it falls back that this is an elected body and the town selects > candidates that they think represent their views or have a platform of > communication to push issues for them.” > > > > I don’t think that’s fair, and does not follow the SC “Role” guidelines > above. Yes, these are elected positions, but there still needs to be a > forum where issues can be brought up and debated. Some candidates serve for > years. New, different issues come up. People move in and out of town. When > I moved to Lincoln, the committee was already in place, so I had not had > the opportunity to vote for someone who I “think represents my views”. Are > we suggesting any concerns I have cannot be debated unless there is an > election AND only if my preferred candidate wins? > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > 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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