Babysitting has been offered recently. Respectfully, however, it’s not something that all parents can utilize. Not all kids will be comfortable in a large group babysitting setting where they don’t know the adults/babysitters. It’s not a great setting for babies/toddlers who are napping (if they even take babies — I think it may be school-age only). I also assume there is no medical staff so students requiring a nurse can’t go (I may be wrong on that one).
As a working parent who works in a public school and ends up at lots of night meetings, I don’t want to spend my whole Saturday away from my kids. Although these meetings are not that often, it actually does feel more often than I would have expected. With a military partner, we often can’t even send one of us to these meetings without paying for a private babysitter (if we can find one). I share all this just to point out that this kind of babysitting isn’t necessarily a solution for all and there are many of us who want to participate but can’t given the length and timing of these meetings. Given this, any votes that happen at these meetings likely are not representative of the town as a whole. I realize that town meeting structure is a state issue, not something that we can change on our own, but I think it’s worth noting. Also — I’ve seen many people tout the benefits of hearing the discussion at town meeting before a vote. Given that’s it’s 2023 and we can all share our thoughts in advance online, in videos, and via email, I don’t think that’s a key outcome (for me at least) anymore. Best, Katy Hogue On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 6:58 PM Joan Kimball <selene...@gmail.com> wrote: > It always has been hard for people with young children. They used to have > babsitting. Do they still? > > It is a big chunk of time. But it's not that often in comparison to > the hours and hours that volunteer town officials put in. > > Guess it can be seen as the price of democracy? > > Joan (former LWV president) > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:28 PM Rob Haslinger <rob.haslin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Being new to town I’m not terribly familiar with the town meeting >> process. I will note however that for those of us with time consuming >> responsibilities (in our case small children) it may be challenging to >> attend a lengthy meeting despite caring deeply about the issues and doing >> our best to stay informed. Just a comment, I may be missing something >> about how this works. >> >> Best regards to all >> Rob Haslinger >> S Great Road >> >> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 5:53 PM Margo Fisher-Martin < >> margo.fisher.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I also agree that this should be a ballot item. If we can vote for a new >>> school by ballot, why can’t we use the same process to vote for other >>> extremely important town changes - ones that will impact our everyday >>> living here and our taxes? >>> >>> Respectfully, >>> Margo Fisher-Martin >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 5:22 PM ٍSarah Postlethwait <sa...@bayhas.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A town wide secret ballot would be a great idea to make sure a wider >>>> audience gets their voice represented. >>>> >>>> I also encourage anyone not familiar with the proposed rezoning options >>>> to visit this website to gain a better understanding of the magnitude of >>>> the proposed changes and Lincoln’s uniquely impacted position. >>>> >>>> LincolnHCA.org >>>> >>>> >>>> Sarah Postlethwait >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM Tom Kennedy <t...@kennedygroupboston.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Part of the discussion at last weeks planning board meeting is >>>>> noteworthy, but has not been mentioned here. >>>>> There was substantial discussion, maybe even consensus, on a none of >>>>> the above option. Even a planning board member and some of the “working >>>>> group“ were in favor. >>>>> Yet when the vote came up for a warrant article, that was not >>>>> mentioned. >>>>> Another part of the discussion was the fact that town meeting >>>>> determination is “skewed“ by attendance and timing. I have observed this >>>>> to >>>>> be absolutely true. >>>>> It is my belief that something which will so radically transform our >>>>> community should be voted on in some form by secret ballot. It is also my >>>>> belief that that will never happen. >>>>> Tom Kennedy >>>>> -- >>>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>>> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>>>> Browse the archives at >>>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>>> Browse the archives at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>> >>>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>> Browse the archives at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >>> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > 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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