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<div>[From Mike Alexander]</div><div><br></div><div>I was able to cut & paste this:</div><div><br></div><div class="gnt_ar_b" style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 6px 0px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 24px; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif;"><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_anc" id="gnt_atomsnc" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadAnc" aria-label="Newsletter signup form" style="clear: both; min-height: 181px;"><h1 class="gnt_ar_hl" elementtiming="ar-headline" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: 23px; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">New technology helps Select Board move towards hybrid meetings</h1><div class="gnt_ar_by" style="display: inline-flex; margin: 6px 6px 0px 0px; flex-flow: wrap;"><a href="https://www.wickedlocal.com/staff/5969254002/ross-cristantiello/" class="gnt_ar_by_a gnt_ar_by_a__fi" style="margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-weight: 700; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;">Ross Cristantiello</a><div class="gnt_ar_pb" style="display: inline; order: 4; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Wicked Local</div></div><div class="gnt_ar_dt" aria-label="Published 3:40 p.m. ET Jul. 1, 2021" style="margin: 4px 0px 20px; color: rgb(98, 98, 98); font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></div><div class="gnt_ar_b" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 24px;"><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 14px;">Slowly but surely, life is returning to normal for Lexington and those that lead it. Town staff are back working fully in-person, and town buildings will be open to the public once again in mid-July. The next decision that must be made revolves around the Select Board, and when the five-member group will convene for an in-person meeting for the first time since spring 2020. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__mbl gnt_x__mb" style="margin: 18px -20px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); padding-bottom: 13px;"><div data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="lazyLoadX" id="ad-slot-7103-ma-wickedlocal-C6478-mobileweb-banner_top-news_lexington-minuteman-1" class="gnt_x_sl gnt_x_mb" data-google-query-id="CKbR4PLd1PECFQ-4nwod4p8JWA" style="transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); width: 414px; min-height: 250px; margin: auto; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_top/news_lexington-minuteman_0__container__" class="gnt_x_sl_gpt" style="border: 0pt none; min-width: 250px; min-height: 50px; display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px; position: absolute;"><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://6c0cfa71e9a1ba51e222816487a5ffe9.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html" id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_top/news_lexington-minuteman_0" title="3rd party ad content" name="" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="300" height="250" data-is-safeframe="true" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" data-google-container-id="1" data-load-complete="true" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"></iframe></div></div></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">The specifics have yet to be ironed out. But headway was made during the Select Board’s last meeting on a plan to slowly make the meetings hybrid. This would mean that some board members and town staff would be in-person, and other board members would call in remotely. Members of the public would still only be able to participate remotely at first.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__mbl gnt_x__mb" style="margin: 18px -20px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); padding-bottom: 13px;"><div data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="lazyLoadX" id="ad-slot-7103-ma-wickedlocal-C6478-mobileweb-banner_bottom-news_lexington-minuteman-2" class="gnt_x_sl gnt_x_mb" data-google-query-id="CKfR4PLd1PECFQ-4nwod4p8JWA" style="transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); width: 414px; min-height: 250px; margin: auto; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_0__container__" class="gnt_x_sl_gpt" style="border: 0pt none; min-width: 250px; min-height: 50px; display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px; position: absolute;"><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://6c0cfa71e9a1ba51e222816487a5ffe9.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html" id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_0" title="3rd party ad content" name="" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="300" height="250" data-is-safeframe="true" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" data-google-container-id="2" data-load-complete="true" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"></iframe></div></div></aside><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 19px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">How would it work?</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">Lexington recently purchased a device known as a <a href="https://owllabs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;">Meeting Owl</a>. This machine features a 360-degree camera, a microphone, and a speaker to mimic normal meetings in a hybrid scenario. It has been tested in the Select Board meeting already, Town Manager Jim Malloy said. But more practice is needed, Director of Information Technology Tim Goncalves said during the last Select Board meeting, which was held remotely. The town is purchasing two more Meeting Owls, he added. </p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_anc" id="gnt_atomsnc" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadAnc" aria-label="Newsletter signup form" style="clear: both; min-height: 181px;"><gannett-atoms-component-registration-cta-mobile link-register="https://login.wickedlocal.com/NWKL-GUP/authenticate?requested-state=create-account&return-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickedlocal.com%2Fstory%2Flexington-minuteman%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fnew-technology-helps-lexington-hold-hybrid-meetings%2F7831185002%2F&cancel-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickedlocal.com%2Fstory%2Flexington-minuteman%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fnew-technology-helps-lexington-hold-hybrid-meetings%2F7831185002%2F&success-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickedlocal.com%2Fstory%2Flexington-minuteman%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fnew-technology-helps-lexington-hold-hybrid-meetings%2F7831185002%2F®_medium=REGINLINE®_source=onsite&gps-source=CPINLINE&itm_medium=onsite&itm_campaign=2020inlinebau&itm_source=digital&itm_term=anonymous-register" ssts="lexington-minuteman" class="hydrated" style="justify-content: center; display: flex; visibility: inherit;"><div class="container" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; height: 285px; width: 285px; border: 5px solid rgb(22, 101, 207); border-top-left-radius: 50%; border-top-right-radius: 50%; border-bottom-right-radius: 50%; border-bottom-left-radius: 50%; text-align: center; padding: 53px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="notification lexington-minuteman" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Gannett Atoms Components Unify Sans", "Unify Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: 900; width: 220px; line-height: 1.08; padding: 0px 20px; font-size: 24px !important;">Your stories live here.</div><div class="tag" style="font-family: "Gannett Atoms Components Unify Sans", "Unify Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; width: 240px; line-height: 1.14; font-size: 14px !important;">Fuel your hometown passion and plug into the stories that define it.</div><gannett-atoms-component-ui-button class="button hydrated" style="display: inline-block; width: 140px; margin-top: 7px; --ui-button-font-weight: 900; --ui-button-padding: 10px 15px; --ui-button-color: #1665cf; --ui-button-font-size: 14px !important;"><div class="button" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;"><a href="https://login.wickedlocal.com/NWKL-GUP/authenticate?requested-state=create-account&return-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickedlocal.com%2Fstory%2Flexington-minuteman%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fnew-technology-helps-lexington-hold-hybrid-meetings%2F7831185002%2F&cancel-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickedlocal.com%2Fstory%2Flexington-minuteman%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fnew-technology-helps-lexington-hold-hybrid-meetings%2F7831185002%2F&success-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickedlocal.com%2Fstory%2Flexington-minuteman%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fnew-technology-helps-lexington-hold-hybrid-meetings%2F7831185002%2F®_medium=REGINLINE®_source=onsite&gps-source=CPINLINE&itm_medium=onsite&itm_campaign=2020inlinebau&itm_source=digital&itm_term=anonymous-register" target="_top" style="font-family: "Gannett Atoms Components Unify Sans", "Unify Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: flex; justify-content: center; line-height: 1.15; padding: var(--ui-button-padding,12px 15px 13px 15px); font-size: var(--ui-button-font-size,14px) !important;"><span style="display: contents;">Create Account</span></a></div></gannett-atoms-component-ui-button></div></gannett-atoms-component-registration-cta-mobile></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">Select Board member Doug Lucente recommended a “pre-hybrid” meeting, where he and a few colleagues gather in-person while interacting with other Board members and the public remotely. He added that the School Committee has found success doing something similar in recent months. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">“I think we need to push that envelope so that we can take hold of the technology, and then we can take the next step of doing hybrid with the public... hopefully we can back to in-person at some point,” Lucente said. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__mbl gnt_x__mb" style="margin: 18px -20px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); padding-bottom: 13px;"><div data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="lazyLoadX" id="ad-slot-7103-ma-wickedlocal-C6478-mobileweb-banner_bottom-news_lexington-minuteman-3" class="gnt_x_sl gnt_x_mb" data-google-query-id="CKjR4PLd1PECFQ-4nwod4p8JWA" style="transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); width: 414px; min-height: 250px; margin: auto; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_1__container__" class="gnt_x_sl_gpt" style="border: 0pt none; min-width: 250px; min-height: 50px; display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px; position: absolute;"><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://6c0cfa71e9a1ba51e222816487a5ffe9.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html" id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_1" title="3rd party ad content" name="" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="300" height="250" data-is-safeframe="true" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" data-google-container-id="3" data-load-complete="true" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"></iframe></div></div></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">In late July, the Massachusetts Select Board Association is hosting a session with representatives from a number of nearby communities who have moved to hybrid Select Board meetings. Funding from the CARES Act has been used to purchase the necessary equipment in these towns, Select Board Chair Jill Hai said. </p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 19px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Hesitation remains about in-person meetings</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">Not all Lexington Select Board members feel comfortable returning in-person at this time, however. Joe Pato said he hopes to resume normal meetings by the fall, and suggested using the summer to practice these hybrid models. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__mbl gnt_x__mb" style="margin: 18px -20px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); padding-bottom: 13px;"><div data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="lazyLoadX" id="ad-slot-7103-ma-wickedlocal-C6478-mobileweb-banner_bottom-news_lexington-minuteman-4" class="gnt_x_sl gnt_x_mb" data-google-query-id="CKnR4PLd1PECFQ-4nwod4p8JWA" style="transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); width: 414px; min-height: 250px; margin: auto; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_2__container__" class="gnt_x_sl_gpt" style="border: 0pt none; min-width: 250px; min-height: 50px; display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px; position: absolute;"><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://6c0cfa71e9a1ba51e222816487a5ffe9.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html" id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_2" title="3rd party ad content" name="" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="300" height="250" data-is-safeframe="true" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" data-google-container-id="4" data-load-complete="true" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;"></iframe></div></div></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">“I think we should use the summer to be firmly in place,” Pato said. “I’m unlikely to be very comfortable being in the Select Board meeting room before September.” </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">Mark Sandeen expressed a similar sentiment, bringing up the fact the Select Board meeting room and others are relatively small. Sandeen added that he would prefer meeting in a larger room, like Batten Hall. This large space in the Cary Memorial Building would allow the Select Board and staff members to socially distance themselves better than the smaller meeting room. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__mbl gnt_x__mb" style="margin: 18px -20px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); padding-bottom: 13px;"><div data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="lazyLoadX" id="ad-slot-7103-ma-wickedlocal-C6478-mobileweb-banner_bottom-news_lexington-minuteman-5" class="gnt_x_sl gnt_x_mb gnt_x_mb__fl" data-google-query-id="CKrR4PLd1PECFQ-4nwod4p8JWA" style="transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); width: 325px; min-height: unset; margin: auto; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: unset; justify-content: center; max-width: 325px; padding-bottom: min(120%, 390px);"><div id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_3__container__" class="gnt_x_sl_gpt" style="border: 0pt none; min-width: 250px; min-height: 50px; display: inline-block; width: 325px; height: auto; position: absolute;"><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://6c0cfa71e9a1ba51e222816487a5ffe9.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html" id="google_ads_iframe_7103/ma-wickedlocal-mobile-C6478/mobileweb-banner_bottom/news_lexington-minuteman_3" title="3rd party ad content" name="" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="0" height="390" data-is-safeframe="true" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" data-google-container-id="5" data-load-complete="true" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; min-width: 100%;"></iframe></div></div></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">While COVID rates have plummeted in Massachusetts, Sandeen expressed concern about the highly contagious Delta variant. This mutation of COVID-19 has prompted the World Health Organization to recently recommend that everyone, including vaccinated people, to wear masks indoors where the varie. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 14px 0px;">“I’m not comfortable,” Sandeen said. “I’m not doing this based on scientific data but... The parker room and the Select Board room are some of the rooms that at least feel to me to have more ventilation challenges. They also have space challenges, as both are small rooms.” </p></div></aside></div><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS"><br></a><div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Thursday, July 8, 2021, 5:28 PM, palbin24@yahoo.com <palbin24@yahoo.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv5288107284"><div>I sent a link earlier today <br><br><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 8, 2021, at 4:37 PM, jjrudy1 <jjrudy1@comcast.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Can you send a pdf to those who do not subscribe </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="yiv5288107284composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757;">Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: George Gamota <ggamota@stma-llc.com> </div><div>Date: 7/8/21 12:44 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: 'jjrudy1' <jjrudy1@comcast.net>, 'Michael Alexander' <mna.ma@yahoo.com>, 'Harry Forsdick' <harry@forsdick.com> </div><div>Cc: 'Lex Computer Group' <lctg@lists.toku.us> </div><div>Subject: RE: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Special Meeting Computer and Technology Group </div><div><br></div></div><div class="yiv5288107284WordSection1"><p class="yiv5288107284MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D;">This week's Lexington Minuteman has a good article about what the Town is doing to evaluate Hybrid meetings. Worth reading.</span></p><p class="yiv5288107284MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D;">“We Are Not Alone”</span></p><p class="yiv5288107284MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D;">George</span></p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div id="yiv5288107284yqt16410"><p class="yiv5288107284MsoNormal"> </p></div></blockquote></div></div><span>===============================================</span><br><span>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::</span><br><span>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.</span><br><span>Send to the list: LCTG@lists.toku.us Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</span><br><span>To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe@toku.us To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</span><br><span>Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us</span><br><span>List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</span><br><span>This message was sent to palbin24@yahoo.com.</span><br><span>Set your list options: http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/palbin24@yahoo.com</span></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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