On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM DJCP <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > [email protected] > > Sarah Cannon Holden > [email protected] > > *Moderators, 2025 Lincoln Town Election Candidate Forum* > > >
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