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SEMI-ANNUAL TOWN MEETING SURVEY
Please share your opinions and ideas about your experience for the 2026 Semi-Annual Town Meeting. Your responses to these questions will be valuable to future Town Meeting planning. Thank you.
1.
How many meetings have you attended in the past five (5) years?
Select one.
(Required.)
1
2-5
5 or more
I have never attended Town Meeting
2.
If you attended Town Meeting this May, what motivated you to go?
Select one.
(Required.)
I always try to attend Town Meeting.
I had the time this year.
There were specific articles this year that I wanted to vote on.
Other (please specify)
3.
What typically works against your attending Town Meeting?
Select all that apply
(Required.)
Town Meeting is scheduled at an awkward time for me.
Town Meeting is too long.
It is difficult for me to attend in person.
It takes time away from family time.
I am too busy or have conflicts.
I do not enjoy attending.
I do not usually have a strong opinion about any of the Articles.
I tend to agree with how the majority tends to decide.
None of the above. I am typically able to prioritize and attend Town Meeting.
Other (please specify)
4.
How did the presentations and discussions at Town Meeting affect decisions you made about articles?
Select One
(Required.)
For the most part, I know how I would vote before Town Meeting.
For the most part, I had not really thought about how I would vote until I was at Town Meeting.
On some Articles, I was undecided and I wanted to hear the different arguments.
On some Articles, I thought I was going to vote one way and I changed my mind after listening to the different arguments.
5.
Prior to Town Meeting, which information sources did you use to get educated on issues on the Warrant? How valuable were they to you?
Mark one response for each information source.
(Required.)
Essential
Useful
Not Helpful
Did Not Use
Annual Town Meeting Warrant
Essential
Useful
Not Helpful
Did Not Use
Attending or watching recordings of public information sessions or other board/committee meetings
Essential
Useful
Not Helpful
Did Not Use
Town website
Essential
Useful
Not Helpful
Did Not Use
Town Facebook
Essential
Useful
Not Helpful
Did Not Use
Community/non-Town Facebook pages
Essential
Useful
Not Helpful
Did Not Use
6.
Do you have a preference for what day of the week Town Meeting should be held?
Select all that you prefer.
(Required.)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
7.
Town Meeting typically lasts six (6) hours. Do you have a preference for what time Town Meeting should begin?
Select all that you prefer.
(Required.)
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
Saturday morning
Saturday afternoon
8.
Should the Town consider holding one Town Meeting each year instead of two?
*West Boylston currently holds two (2) Town Meetings each year:
Annual Town Meeting in the spring and a Semi-Annual Town Meeting
in the fall. Moving to one Town Meeting could reduce meeting related
costs and time commitment, but it may also limit the Town's ability to
address matters that arise later in the year.
Select one.
(Required.)
Yes, the Town should hold one Town Meeting each year.
No, the Town should continue holding two Town Meetings each year.
I would support one regularly scheduled Town Meeting with a Special Town Meeting held only when necessary.
Other (please specify)
9.
Do you have any comments or suggestions for making Town Meeting more effective and engaging?
