[Massplanners] Friday Question

Tue Apr 11 07:40:16 EDT 2023

Also, check your Charter if you have one.

Ours provides that a meeting of a board or committee can be called by the
chair, by one-third of the members of a board, or 50 voters.

-Kathy Sferra
Stow Conservation Director

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 5:43 PM Richard McCarthy via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Leeann,
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> The Planning Board doesn’t have any adopted regulations on how to conduct
> their business?  Sounds like the answer is no. The Planning Board doesn’t
> vote a monthly schedule of meeting in December for the upcoming year? If
> not, I guess you have to wait it out until the Board needs to meet.
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> Good luck.
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> *From:* CJ Lammers [mailto:lammers at csld.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 10, 2023 4:50 PM
> *To:* Leeann Bradley
> *Cc:* Richard McCarthy; Mass Planners
> *Subject:* Re: [Massplanners] Friday Question
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> If there are enough votes, a new Chair could be elected I suppose.
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> CJ
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> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 9:40 AM Leeann Bradley via MassPlanners <
> massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:
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> Thank you for the responses.  However, what if there’s a situation where
> the Chair refuses to call a meeting and the Vice Chair/Clerk has resigned
> and the remaining members are newly elected?  Friday question morphed into
> a Monday quandary.  J
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> Leeann
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> *From:* Richard McCarthy <rmccarthy at norfolk.ma.us>
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> Leeann,
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> I’ve always operated under presumption it was the Chair. Curious to hear
> others responses.
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> *From:* MassPlanners [mailto:massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Leeann Bradley via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Friday, April 7, 2023 12:34 PM
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> *Subject:* [Massplanners] Friday Question
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> Who can call/schedule a meeting of an elected board, commission,
> committee?  Is it only the Chair?  Or can a member or certain percentage of
> the board call/schedule and post a meeting?  Thank you!
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> Leeann
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