[HSU-CoordBoardInternal] Town Meeting

[Samantha Kramer]

Hey Accountability Board,

Please remember that this is a pilot year and the rule for how town meeting is planned is adaptable. We also are trying to do the best we can,  Jonathan Lash's office never sent their proposal to us, so we were not able to put it on the town meeting agenda. That is not out fault. We also are working within a broken system and the moment, with several absent members, so the people who are working on this are doing the best that they can. Many scope group members have their scope groups to run along with various other commitments so please also keep that in mind along with the fact that the planning of this town meeting coincided with the burning down of several of our at large members' mod. Before yelling at CoordBoard and the members on it, y'all should look at all the factors instead of just yelling at Coordinating Board because that will only breed hatred between the two groups. I am only speaking for myself and not all of Coordinating Board by the way. 

-Sam

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> On Nov 17, 2013, at 2:06 PM, committee10 at hampshire.edu wrote:
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> Coordinating Board -
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> It has come to our attention that you are planning a Town Meeting for this coming Tuesday, November 19, 2013. According to the Coordinating Board internal list serve, you were not planning on advertising for Town Meeting until Monday afternoon.  This is in violation of the guide for how to organize a Town Meeting (see attached).
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> A date, time and location should be announced three weeks prior to the meeting, the agenda should be made public by implementing advertising two weeks prior to the meeting, and there should at least be some type of advertising on social media at least one week prior to the proposed Meeting date.
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> We have not seen any of the above.  Please make sure that in addition to flyering for this week's Town Meeting that you also make it a public event on Facebook that is inclusive to the Hampshire Community.  In the same way, make sure that you have a clear agenda announced in your advertisements. For instance, "food, Diana Fernandez, Tavern Proposal by Wesley Evans, Jlash Mystery Time" is not a clear agenda. Please elaborate and provide more details about what will be discussed during each of these times.
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> Please also send us a copy of this.
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> If this lack of significant planning happens again in the future, we will put a hold on Town Meeting until these guidelines are followed.
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> Thank you,
> <o> Accountability Board
> <Town Meeting .pdf>
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