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Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA) ROLE: To inform Town Meeting Members in advance on all warrant articles, meeting procedures, and mat- ters of town governance; to act as an interface between Town Meeting and the municipal government, the Board of Selectmen, School Committee, and other town committees; to represent the members of Town Meeting when the Meeting is not in session; and to improve Town Meeting procedures and processes. Some Executive Committee members (Those in attendance at meeting on 9/19/07). Rear: D. Kaufman, J. Cole, M. Heitz, E. McDonald, J. Rosenberg, J. Courtemancbe, MEMBERSHIP: All Town Meeting A. Katz, G. Park Members are automatically members of E Stieglitz, M. Ba the Association. At the first information meeting following Town election, precincts meet individual- ly and elect their Precinct Chair, Clerk, and Vice Chair offi- cers. Those precinct officers make up the TMMA Executive Committee, and serve for one year. At the annual meeting of the Association, the members elect TMMA officers, who are limited to terms of no more than two consecutive years, except for the Communications Officer. The Executive Committee usually meets on the second Wednesday of each month, except when Town Meeting is in session and in July and August. The monthly meetings are open to all. Park( HIGHLIGHTS: • Reviewed and discussed: — Financial summit meetings on the 2008 budget — Budget projections for FY09 — Requests coming to the Community Preservation Committee for Community Preservation Act funds —Changes to TMMA procedures potentially required by an earlier schedule for Town Meeting. • Published TMMA Warrant Information Reports on all articles coming before the annual Town Meeting and the Fall Special Town Meeting so Town Meeting members could better understand the issues. • Held the TMMA bus tour to view sites affected by warrant articles for the Annual Town Meeting. • Sponsored three warrant information sessions before the Annual Town Meeting and one session before the fall Special Town Meeting to familiar- ize members with the warrant and to give sponsors feedback on likely ques- tions and additional information needed concerning their articles. • Sponsored an information session before the fall Special Town Meeting D. Adams Front: A. Friedlich, A. Lazarus, E. Sandy, E Sandy, ker on commercial property assessment in Lexington • Sponsored One Lexington Dialogue, two sets of four facilitated conversation sessions among Lexington citi- zens of divergent opinions, in an effort to improve the quality of political dialogue in the Town. • Maintained an email listserver (with message archives accessible to the public to at http: / /groups.yahoo.com/ group /lex- tmma /) that provides a medium for informal discussions among TMMA members about Town matters. • Provided timely information on the TMMA Website, including Executive Committee minutes, various commit- tee reports and access to TMMA e -mail archives (http: / /lexingtontmma. org) . • Recognized the contributions of two Town Meeting Members who have served in Town Meeting for 30 years. 2007 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 17 0 0 0 G Q a 2007 -2008 Executive Committee Officers Chair: Edith Sandy Vice - Chair: Darwin Adams Treasurer: Alessandro Alessandrini Clerk: Jim Osten Communications: David Kaufman Prct. Chair Clerk Associate 1 Ellen Basch Jonathan Cole Barry Sampson 2 Toby Sackton Christina Welch Nancy Nolan 3 Reid Zurlo Arthur Katz Glenn Parker 4 Ellen McDonald Margaret Heitz John Rosenberg 5 Andy Friedlich Eph Weiss Jerold Michelson 6 Alan Lazarus Frank Sandy Brian Kelley 7 James Marsha Baker Sheryl Mahoney Courtemanche 8 Jessica Elizabeth Bryant Nancy Bartlett Steigerwald 9 Francine Stieglitz Jesse Segovia Laura Kole 2007 Annual Report, Town of Lexington Page 17 0 0 0 G Q a