{"id":359,"date":"2009-04-11T22:21:14","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T18:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=359"},"modified":"2009-04-11T22:21:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T18:21:14","slug":"town-meeting-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"Town Meeting preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3DSection1\">\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">Andy Port, our Assistant Town Administrator\/Town  Planner,<br \/>\nand Audrey Barresi, the Advisory Committee Secretary, have graciously  been<br \/>\nkeeping me abreast of the Advisory Committee&#8217;s progress regarding  the<br \/>\narticles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant.&nbsp; For those who are new  to<br \/>\nthis process, please understand that the Advisory Committee makes  recommendations<br \/>\non all of the various pieces of business that come before us at Town  Meeting in<br \/>\nMay.&nbsp; Then, the AdComm makes the main motion on financial articles  and the<br \/>\nsponsoring committee makes the main motion on non-financial article(s)  that it<br \/>\nhas put forward.&nbsp; It is quite a preparation process that requires  countless<br \/>\nhours of deliberation and debate by many dedicated volunteers here in  town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">Andy just notified me yesterday that &#8220;the  Warrant for<br \/>\nHanover&#8217;s May 2009 Town Meeting (Special &amp; Annual)  <i><u>with<\/u><\/i><br \/>\nthe Advisory Committee Recommendations and Report of the Capital  Improvement<br \/>\nCommittee are now on the Hanover website (www.hanover-ma.gov).<br \/>\n&nbsp;Also available is information on Town Elections and Ballot  Questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">Town Meeting is the purest form of democracy we  have.&nbsp;<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss your chance to actively participate&#8230;start reading  the<br \/>\nAdComm recommendations today!&nbsp; Town Meeting begins Monday, March  4th.&nbsp;<br \/>\nSee you there!<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">For &quot;Around Town on the  Web&quot;,<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">Cathy H-B<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&quot;Around Town on the Web&quot; is a community  service<br \/>\nthat has been provided to self-selected residents of the Town of Hanover  since<br \/>\nthe spring of 2004.&nbsp; If someone forwarded this message to you and  you<br \/>\nwould like to receive these communications directly, please e-mail your  first<br \/>\nand last name and e-mail address to <span>cathyhb@atotw.com<\/span> .&nbsp; If you would  like to be<br \/>\nremoved from this distribution list, please e-mail your request to me at  <span>cathyhb@atotw.com<\/span><br \/>\n.&nbsp; For submission guidelines and answers to frequently asked  questions<br \/>\nabout &quot;ATOTW&quot;, please go to <u><span>www.atotw.com<\/span><\/u><br \/>\n.&nbsp; 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