[Massplanners] Hybrid Meetings

[Kristina Johnson]

MAPC has some best practices and guidance for running a hybrid meeting. Here's the link: https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/hybrid-engagement/


Kristina Johnson, AICP
Director of Planning and Community Development
Town of Hudson, Massachusetts
978-562-2989
kjohnson at townofhudson.org<mailto:kjohnson at townofhudson.org>


From: MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> On Behalf Of Joseph Giniewicz via MassPlanners
Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2023 10:26 AM
To: 'MassPlanners at masscptc.org' <MassPlanners at masscptc.org>
Subject: [Massplanners] Hybrid Meetings

Good Morning,

We're hoping to get feedback from other communities that have implemented a hybrid meeting format for Land Use Boards (i.e. Planning, ZBA and Conservation) and would like to hear how your experience has been (both the positive and the negative) as well as how you have addressed some of the immediate questions that come to mind, such as:


  *   How many staff person(s) do you have facilitating the meeting?
  *   Is the Chair responsible for facilitating any of the virtual portion? Otherwise, who is facilitating the virtual portion and the in-person portion of the meeting?
  *   Have you had technical issues during a public hearing?

o   If you weren't able to address the issue in short order, was the hearing continued?

o   Again if technical issues arose and no immediate solution presented itself, was everything else subsequent on the agenda continued as well?

Any feedback and best practices that you could share would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Joe


Joseph Giniewicz, AICP
Town Planner
Town of Westford
55 Main Street
Westford, MA  01886
978-692-5524



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