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=== General Information === | === General Information === | ||
* Official Town Meeting [ | * Official Town Meeting [https://www.lexingtonma.gov/565/Town-Meeting web page] | ||
* Town Meeting [http://www.lexingtonma.gov/towngovernment/abouttm.cfm Warrants and Reports]. Historic Warrants, Minutes and Reports can be found on the [http://records.lexingtonma.gov/weblink8/Browse.aspx?dbid=0 Town Records] web site. | * Town Meeting [http://www.lexingtonma.gov/towngovernment/abouttm.cfm Warrants and Reports]. Historic Warrants, Minutes and Reports can be found on the [http://records.lexingtonma.gov/weblink8/Browse.aspx?dbid=0 Town Records] web site. | ||
* List of [http://www.lexingtontmma.org/index.php?n=Main.Members Town Meeting members] | * List of [http://www.lexingtontmma.org/index.php?n=Main.Members Town Meeting members] | ||
* Self-reported Town Meeting member [http://www.lexingtontmma.org/index.php?n=Main.VotingReports Voting Records], for years starting with 2009. | * Self-reported Town Meeting member [http://www.lexingtontmma.org/index.php?n=Main.VotingReports Voting Records], for years starting with 2009. | ||
* Lexington [http://ecode360.com/LE1818 bylaws] | * Lexington [http://ecode360.com/LE1818 bylaws] | ||
* The [mailto:LexTMMA@googlegroups.com LexTMMA@googlegroups.com] mailing list. This mailing list allows posts from Town Meeting members and other town officials only, but its [ | * The [mailto:LexTMMA@googlegroups.com LexTMMA@googlegroups.com] mailing list. This mailing list allows posts from Town Meeting members and other town officials only, but its [https://groups.google.com/g/lextmma archives] are viewable by anyone. | ||
**[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lex-tmma Archive] of old Town Meeting mailing list. | **[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lex-tmma Archive] of old Town Meeting mailing list is not available anymore. | ||
* How does Town Meeting function? | * How does Town Meeting function? | ||
** An introduction is found in [[Media:TMinLex2015v2.pdf|Town Meeting In Lexington]] (2015 version), a pamphlet of the TMMA and the League of Women Voters. Here is also a [[Town_Meeting:Town_Meeting_in_Lexington|wiki version of Town Meeting In Lexington]]. | ** An introduction is found in [[Media:TMinLex2015v2.pdf|Town Meeting In Lexington]] (2015 version), a pamphlet of the TMMA and the League of Women Voters. Here is also a [[Town_Meeting:Town_Meeting_in_Lexington|wiki version of Town Meeting In Lexington]]. | ||
** The authority on Town Meeting function is found in [http://ecode360.com/10535267 Chap. 118, Town Meetings], in the Lexington Bylaws. The bylaw specifies rules of debate, and provides [http://www.bartleby.com/176 Roberts Rules of Order] as a resource for further rules not otherwise covered in the bylaw. | ** The authority on Town Meeting function is found in [http://ecode360.com/10535267 Chap. 118, Town Meetings], in the Lexington Bylaws. The bylaw specifies rules of debate, and provides [http://www.bartleby.com/176 Roberts Rules of Order] as a resource for further rules not otherwise covered in the bylaw. | ||
** The MA Secretary of State [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cistwn/twnidx.htm Citizen’s Guide to Town Meetings]. | ** The MA Secretary of State [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cistwn/twnidx.htm Citizen’s Guide to Town Meetings]. | ||
** The Mass. Moderators Association volume [ | ** The Mass. Moderators Association volume [https://www.amazon.com/Town-meeting-time-handbook-parliamentary/dp/0971167907 Town Meeting Time: A Handbook of Parliamentary Law], ISBN 978-0971167902 | ||
** [[Media:HowtoRunforTownMeetingFinal.pdf|How to run for Town Meeting]], TMMA pamphlet (Dec 2013) | ** [[Media:HowtoRunforTownMeetingFinal.pdf|How to run for Town Meeting]], TMMA pamphlet (Dec 2013) | ||
=== Documents and General Reports === | === Documents and General Reports === | ||
* [[Media:2016_TM_Survey_Results.pdf|2016 Town Meeting Survey]]. | |||
* [[Media:2015_TM_Survey_Results.pdf|2015 Town Meeting Survey]], and [[Media:2015_TM_Survey_Comments.pdf|Survey Comments]]. | |||
* [[Media:2014TownMeetingSurvey.pdf|2014 Town Meeting Survey]], with a [[Media:2014TownMeetingSurvey_Appendices_redacted.pdf|comments Appendix]]. | * [[Media:2014TownMeetingSurvey.pdf|2014 Town Meeting Survey]], with a [[Media:2014TownMeetingSurvey_Appendices_redacted.pdf|comments Appendix]]. | ||
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General Information
- Official Town Meeting web page
- Town Meeting Warrants and Reports. Historic Warrants, Minutes and Reports can be found on the Town Records web site.
- List of Town Meeting members
- Self-reported Town Meeting member Voting Records, for years starting with 2009.
- Lexington bylaws
- The LexTMMA@googlegroups.com mailing list. This mailing list allows posts from Town Meeting members and other town officials only, but its archives are viewable by anyone.
- Archive of old Town Meeting mailing list is not available anymore.
- How does Town Meeting function?
- An introduction is found in Town Meeting In Lexington (2015 version), a pamphlet of the TMMA and the League of Women Voters. Here is also a wiki version of Town Meeting In Lexington.
- The authority on Town Meeting function is found in Chap. 118, Town Meetings, in the Lexington Bylaws. The bylaw specifies rules of debate, and provides Roberts Rules of Order as a resource for further rules not otherwise covered in the bylaw.
- The MA Secretary of State Citizen’s Guide to Town Meetings.
- The Mass. Moderators Association volume Town Meeting Time: A Handbook of Parliamentary Law, ISBN 978-0971167902
- How to run for Town Meeting, TMMA pamphlet (Dec 2013)
Documents and General Reports
- 2016 Town Meeting Survey.
- 2015 Town Meeting Survey, and Survey Comments.
- 2014 Town Meeting Survey, with a comments Appendix.
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