Town Meeting Time

I’ve been spending a good chunk of my non-work time this month preparing for moderating the Special Town Meeting coming up in Charlton on Tuesday. There are several million dollars worth of spending up for voting, as well as different town boards that may want to amend each other’s motions, plus the possibility of a secret ballot vote. All sorts of excitement, and I’m very much looking forward to it.

On the minus side, I think that tonight is the only weeknight this week that I’ll get to spend some nontrivial time with my family. But, town meetings don’t happen that often, so they’re pretty understanding.

Quote of the Day: Strange ping results

(Server name/IP redacted due to being from work)


Pinging XXXXXX.XXXXXXXXXX.XXX [192.168.X.XX] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.X.XX: bytes=32 time=-14ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.X.XX: bytes=32 time=-14ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.X.XX: bytes=32 time=-14ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.X.XX: bytes=32 time=-18ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 192.168.X.XX:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = -18ms, Maximum = -14ms, Average = 1073741809ms

And yes, the responses did, in fact, show up very fast.

Busy October

  • 10/4: Helped out at the Charlton Historical Society‘s Charlton History Day on the Militia Lot by the Rider Tavern.
  • 10/6: Attending tonight’s Board of Selectmen Meeting to ensure I know what’s coming up at the Special Town Meeting.
  • 10/7: Attending a Charlton Finance Committee meeting to ensure I know what’s coming up at the Special Town Meeting. (Plus, if I’m elected Moderator in May, I’d be responsible for more appointments to the Finance Committee, so it’d be nice to attend some meetings to ensure I know what’s going on.)
  • There will likely be additional Selectmen and Finance Committee meetings throughout the month as well.
  • 10/10: Judging at a Magic PTQ at TJ Collectibles.
  • 10/12 (tentative): Creating a video introducing the articles at the Special Town Meeting, to be played on local cable access television.
  • 10/16–10/18: Jessi’s going on the church Women’s Retreat, so I get to take care of Hannah all by myself all weekend.
  • 10/27: Moderating the Charlton Special Town Meeting.
  • 10/29 (tentative): Attending a class on using new studio equipment for making local cable access videos, or something like that.
  • 10/30: Attending the Massachusetts Moderators Association annual meeting.