Is there a guide that outlines procedures for town meeting?
A: Town Meeting Time is considered by moderators to be their bible for town meeting. The book, subtitled “A Handbook of Parliamentary Law,” was written specifically to guide town meeting procedures. The book was written by a committee of the Massachusetts Moderators Association, which first published it in 1962. The association published the third edition in 2001.
Copies of Town Meeting Time can be purchased from the Massachusetts Moderators Association at $25 each. To order, download and print the order form available at www.massmoderators.org/tmt.html. Complete the order form with your shipping address. Include a check, payable to the Massachusetts Moderators Association. There is no charge for shipping and handling.
You may also write to the Massachusetts Moderators Association, c/o Harry A. Pape, 70 Merriam Road, Princeton, MA 01541. To make inquiries about your order, contact Harry Pape at (781) 405-7823 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Last Updated on March 04, 2009
Written by John Ouellette
