Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I have just returned home from my first ever “Massachusetts Town
Clerk’s Association” conference and thought you might appreciate a
brief report! If not, just hit “delete”!
The Annual Summer Conference is held in Falmouth over two nights and
three days. Wednesday’s General Session was titled “National
Election Trends and Massachusetts Elections”. A professor from MIT
and the Massachusetts Director of Elections discussed issues such as
voter ID, in-person early voting, no-excuse absentee voting and lots
more. With 18 days as I write this until my first election as your
Town Clerk, that session could not have been timelier.
For my Thursday morning breakout session, I chose to continue my
education about elections by attending a session called “Hearings
before the Board of Registrars and General Election Potpourri”. My
Thursday afternoon breakout session was aptly titled “Where do I
Begin: Resources and Tools for New and Inquiring Clerks”, and
Friday’s General Session included updates from state agency
officials regarding local mandates, municipal laws, ethics, campaign
and political finance, and vital records.
Meals and evenings afforded me the opportunity to meet my neighboring
colleagues from Norwell, Rockland, Cohasset, Whitman, Duxbury and the
like, and also far-flung colleagues from places like Barre, Sudbury,
Falmouth and Lexington. I am grateful to all of you, the taxpayers of
Hanover, for supporting my endeavors and my education about my role as
your Town Clerk. It was time, energy and money very well spent and I
am particularly grateful to Town Manager Troy Clarkson and Municipal
Finance Director Janine Smith for their encouragement and budgetary
juggling so soon after my election. Extra special thanks and a shout
out to Assistant Town Clerk JoAnne O’Connor and Registrars Nancy
Goldthwait, Pam Ferguson and Kathy DiSabito for “holding down the
fort” in Town Hall in my absence, too!
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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