Candidates night this Thursday at 7PM

This email today –

Subject: Annual Medfield Town Election – CANDIDATES EVENING – March 12, 7pm, Medfield Town Hall.

Dear Medfield Community Leaders,

The Medfield Voters Organization (MVO) Candidates evening will be held in the selectmen’s meeting room, 2^nd floor in the Medfield Town Hall  this coming Thursday,  March 12, starting at 7pm.   All candidates running for Medfield town offices in the March 30^th election were invited to attend the annual candidates evening.  We are reaching out to you to please forward the information about candidates evening  to your  team, group or organization. 

 Attached please find the ballot for the town election.  In addition to a Proposition 2 ½ Debt exclusion question  for a new public safety building, there  is one contested race for school committee (one position for a three year term) between Maryanne Sullivan-candidate for re-election,  and Jermiah Potts.  There are nine  unopposed candidates running for the offices of moderator, town clerk, selectmen, assessors, library trustee , planning board, park commissioner, and housing authority.

Here’s the agenda for Candidates’ Evening:

Bonnie Wren Burgess, former Medfield League of Women Voters Moderator will serve as the moderator for candidates evening:

• Welcome to audience and Medfield TV.

• We wish to inform the voters of:

-the responsibilities of each office,

-how many members are on each committee

-how long a term they server

-what is happening of interest on each committee

-introduce the candidates for that office this year

Format for the evening:

• Round One (Each candidate will have 3 minutes to describe what their committee or position does in Medfield, to share his/her qualifications to be on the committee and to tell us about his/her role on the committee).

• Round Two (Each candidate will have 3 minutes total to tell us about the major projects happening in their area).

• Round Three- Question from the audience:

(Each question from the audience to the candidates will be written on an index card.  MVO members will collect the question and give them to the Moderator.  The Moderator will ask the candidates the question, and candidates will have 2 minutes to respond).

Thank you very much for your consideration, time and attention to promote candidates evening with your organization, and help to get out the vote in the annual town election,  on Monday March 30^th.  The polls are open from 6am to 8pm at The Center, One Ice House Road.

If you have any questions  about candidates evening please feel free to contact MVO co-chairs, Cheryl Dunlea (508-359-2496) mrsdunlea@yahool.com or Gail Currier at gecurrier@verizon.net.

Best Regards,

-Eileen

Eileen DeSorgher

Member, MVO

23 Summer St.

Medfield, MA