THE PURPOSE OF THIS LIST IS TO SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE AND INFORM DISCUSSION AMONG THE TOWN MEETING MEMBERS OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

APPROPRIATE TOPICS:
- Topics regarding Lexington government and the work of Town Meeting.
- Public policy concerns and ideas that are under municipal-level control.
- Announcements of Town-affiliated programs and non-partisan public meetings with list- appropriate subject matter.

MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY:
- All Town Meeting Members, town management and designated employees, elected officials and officially appointed members of town committees and boards.

ACCESS TO LIST BY NON-MEMBERS:
- Non-members may freely view all postings and archives by visiting this website.
- As a courtesy, any list member may post messages on behalf of non- members, if such messages otherwise meet these guidelines.

POSTING RULES
- Be polite and respectful in tone. As in Town Meeting, list members should address the issue, not the personality, and should not impute motive.
- Sign all messages and identify your committee or position if you are writing in an official capacity.
- Change your subject line if the topic has evolved.
- Don't respond to off-topic postings.
- Write announcements of programs and meetings in a factual/informational tone.
- During Town Meeting Season our Appropriate Topics list still applies, but any continued discussion of topics not specifically relevant to the current Town Meeting should take place elsewhere. Please flag such postings to remind readers to respond off-list. Emergent town issues of obvious urgency are excepted.

Topics that fall wide of the Appropriate Topics list and continued discussion of issues not specific to the current Town Meeting during Town Meeting Season may take place in the Overflow Room. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OverflowRoom

The TMMA will respond to postings in violation of these guidelines with an escalating set of actions beginning with reminders of the policy, and ending with suspension.