<div dir="ltr">Cassandra,<div><br></div><div>I was (on a part-time basis), the Interim Land Use Director for Lunenburg for the past 10-1/2 months. Their Planning Board does meetings on a Hybrid basis - Zoom, in person, and on the access channel. It can be a challenge - participating in the meeting while also keeping track of the Zoom waiting room for raised hands and sharing of materials. They also had some issues with their Zoom link as posted on the agenda not being correct - the Planning Board could have met in those instances but they felt it was unfair to meet when some people may have chosen to stay home and participate via Zoom.</div><div><br></div><div>If you would like to talk about my experience with the hybrid in Lunenburg, I would be happy to talk with you further.</div><div><br></div><div>I think it can work very well but does take some additional administrative work.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Thank you<div><br></div><div>Richard Harris, AICP</div><div>PDR, LLC</div><div>Planning Consultant</div><div>413-335-5012</div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 3:20 PM Cassandra Thayer via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6165442241220227576">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m looking for input from those communities who have implemented a hybrid format for their Planning and/or Zoning Board meetings. Cohasset’s Boards would like to switch from fully virtual to hybrid, but we’ve struggled with how best to
be able to share applicant materials to both those in person and those online. Any pros/cons, tips & tricks, or equipment recommendations would be helpful.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(32,56,100)">Cassandra Thayer<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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