*I understand there may be open meeting law constrains on *back-and-forth debate* on a platform like this. However, why are the questions submitted any different from those that are regularly answered in FAQSs from many of the town boards? Why do we now have to wait for the forum?*
>From https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2017/09/25/2017%20Guide%20only.pdf : The Open Meeting Law defines deliberation as “an oral or written > communication through any medium, including electronic mail, between or > among a > quorum of a public body on any public business within its jurisdiction.” Note that the expression of an opinion on matters within the body’s > jurisdiction > to a quorum of a public body is a deliberation, even if no other public > body member > responds. > > Except in cases of emergency, a public body must provide the public with > notice > of its meeting 48 hours in advance, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and > legal holidays. > I think most (all?) of the FAQs are distributed after meetings (that conformed to the Open Meeting Law). Rich (still not a lawyer, but at this point considering applying to law school) On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 12:40 PM Karla Gravis <karlagra...@gmail.com> wrote: > The questions that we have been posted on Lincoln Talk, and directly to > the WG, are technical in nature. Both the HCAWG and the CCBC regularly post > FAQs on the town website and on LT. In the case of the HCAWG, on Friday > they posted the response to only one of the questions on this same forum, > but did not address any of the other questions that had been submitted. > > I understand there may be open meeting law constrains on *back-and-forth > debate* on a platform like this. However, why are the questions submitted > any different from those that are regularly answered in FAQSs from many of > the town boards? Why do we now have to wait for the forum? > > I thought the intent of the forum was to weigh in on the different options > D1-D3. It will be hard to have an informed conversation at the forum if the > technical aspects of those options are not correct and/or clarified. > > > >
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