There will be a Zoom option for tonight. Please note the audio traditionally is not great, but someone will be monitoring the chat to transcribe questions. Questions can still be submitted in advance using the Google Forms link below.
Cable Access will be recording the Forum with much better sound quality, and the recording will be posted on the Town website. The link will be circulated. Thanks. Topic: 2025 PTO Candidate Forum Time: Mar 24, 2025 06:45 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86413904454 Meeting ID: 864 1390 4454 --- One tap mobile +13017158592,,86413904454# US (Washington DC) +13052241968,,86413904454# US > If you cannot attend the Candidate Forum, or maybe just have illegible >> handwriting, please use this form to anonymously submit your questions for >> the candidates in advance. Questions may be edited, and there is no >> guarantee that your questions will be asked. >> >> https://forms.gle/tfDds4RsrQx5w6eEA >> >> >> Please note that the Forum was moved from the original date on Tuesday, >> March 25, to Monday. >> >> >> LINCOLN PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (LPTO) >> >> Lincoln Town Election Candidate Forum >> March 24, 2025 >> 7:00-9:00pm / Learning Commons, Lincoln Public Schools >> >> [Lincoln Town Election: Monday, March 31, 2025] >> * 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 recording of this forum for subsequent posting >> on www.lincolntown.org. >> >> *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 questions >> 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 for honoring these guidelines! * >> >> Rob Stringer >> urbanviney...@gmail.com >> >> Sarah Cannon Holden >> sarahcannonhol...@gmail.com >> >> *Moderators, 2025 Lincoln Town Election Candidate Forum* >> >> >>
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