March 2024
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1 Fri, 1st
MMA Legislative Breakfast Meetings – North Andover & Greenfield
8:00am
2
3
4
5 Tue, 5th
Perfecting Your Procurement Process: Best Practices and Lessons Learned webinar
12:00pm
6
7 Thu, 7th
Women Leading Government conference
8:30am
8 Fri, 8th
MMA Legislative Breakfast Meetings – Holyoke & Rockland
8:30am
8 Fri, 8th
Massachusetts Select Board Association webinar
12:00pm
9
10
11
12
13 Wed, 13th
Lessons Learned From EOHLC and AGO Preliminary Review of Proposed MBTA Communities Zoning webinar
12:00pm
13 Wed, 13th
MMA-Suffolk Certificate & Finance Seminars Information Session
10:00am
14
15 Fri, 15th
MMA Legislative Breakfast Meetings – Wareham & Westborough
8:30am
16
17
18
19 Tue, 19th
Digitizing Municipal Records webinar
12:00pm
20 Wed, 20th
Chapter 70: Understanding the Funding Formula for Education webinar
12:00pm
21 Thu, 21st
Municipal Management Association and Municipal Human Resources joint meeting
9:00am
22
23
24
25
26 Tue, 26th
Inspiring Climate Action: A Fireside Chat with Chief Hoffer (webinar)
12:00pm
27 Wed, 27th
Massachusetts Mayors’ Association monthly meeting
10:00am
28 Thu, 28th
Virtual Legislative Briefing
12:00pm
29
30
31
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Conflict Conversations (Part 2): Productive Dialogue in Volatile Times webinar

A free MMA webinar on April 2 will review, step-by-step, how to have productive conversations amidst tension and volatility. Sharon Select Board Chair Kiana Pierre-Louis, who’s also assistant dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Northeastern University, will discuss the art of communication in challenging times, including how to stay clear-headed, unbiased, and empathetic when…

Saturday, April 6, 2024 – 9:00am to 1:00pm

Association of Town Finance Committees spring conference

Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed Municipal Empowerment Act will be the focus of the Association of Town Finance Committees’ spring conference on April 6 at Pine Ridge Country Club in Oxford. Sean Cronin, senior deputy commissioner at the Division of Local Services, will provide an overview of the legislation and its potential impact on municipal budgets.…

Location: Pine Ridge Country Club, Oxford
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 – 10:00am to 11:15am

MMA Board of Directors

Location: MMA office and Zoom
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 – 8:00am to Friday, April 12, 2024 – 5:00pm

ICMA Local Government Reimagined Conference

Contact: https://lgr.icma.org/boston

Location: Sheraton Boston Hotel
Thursday, April 18, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Inspiring Climate Action: From Planning to Practice webinar

The second session in the MMA’s “Climate Action” webinar series, “From Planning to Practice,” will be held on April 18. The webinar will showcase various approaches to climate action planning and discuss how to respond to the effects of climate change through meaningful, data-based initiatives. Panelists will discuss methods used in their communities and share…

Monday, April 22, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Digital Equity Planning webinar

The MMA will host a free webinar with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute on April 22 to discuss the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Challenge Process and other timely MBI programming to help bridge the digital divide. This spring, the BEAD program will allocate $147 million to expand broadband access across the state. As a part…

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 – 10:00am to 1:00pm

Massachusetts Mayors’ Association monthly meeting

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association webinar

The Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association will hold a webinar on parliamentary procedure on April 24. The free webinar will focus on the rules and procedures that govern how a city council meeting operates, including the role of “Robert’s Rules of Order” and individual city council rules. Marlborough City Council President Michael Ossing will be joined…

Thursday, April 25, 2024 – 10:30am to 12:30pm

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources webinar

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will hold its free spring program webinar on April 25. Former City Manager Patrick Ibarra, co-founder and partner with the Mejorando Group, will present his workshop “A Healthy Workplace Culture Is the ‘Secret Sauce’ to Success.” The session will identify how workplace culture affects organizational performance, and present practical steps that…

Saturday, April 27, 2024 – 8:00am to 1:00pm

Select Board Association Western and Rural Massachusetts Conference

Rural Affairs Director Anne Gobi will be the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Select Board Association’s annual Rural and Western Massachusetts Conference on Saturday, April 27, in Northampton. A former state senator representing communities in Worcester and Hampden counties, Gobi has a deep understanding of the challenges facing rural communities, as well as their unique…

Location: Hotel Northampton, Northampton
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Inspiring Climate Action: Effective Community Engagement Strategies webinar

The third session of the MMA’s “Climate Action” webinar series, on April 30, will explore how to design effective community engagement efforts. Julie Gagen, sustainability coordinator in Weston, and Michele Paul, director of resilience and environmental stewardship in New Bedford, will share best practices for engaging different populations in climate planning and adapting to community…

Thursday, May 2, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Promoting Civil Discourse at Town Meeting webinar

The Massachusetts Moderators Association and the MMA will co-sponsor a webinar on May 2 reviewing how to publicize, plan and conduct meetings that promote civil public discourse. A panel of seasoned town moderators will offer insights from their experience in both open and representative town meetings. They will review how to develop meeting rules, anticipate…

Friday, May 3, 2024 – 9:00am to 11:00am

Women Elected Municipal Officials spring symposium webinar

Women Elected Municipal Officials will hold its annual virtual spring symposium on May 3. The free symposium will feature a civil discourse workshop led by Kathy Eckles, an associate and project manager with Essential Partners. An experienced trainer and facilitator, Eckles will share dialogue facilitation techniques that attendees can implement in their work with municipal…

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Municipal Law 101 webinar

Only MMA members may register for this webinar. Members include appointed or elected officials from member communities across the state. Media members are not permitted to attend.

Thursday, May 9, 2024 – 8:30am to 3:30pm

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources boot camp

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will hold its annual “HR 101” boot camp on May 9 in Northampton. The boot camp is geared toward newer municipal human resources professionals and those with a background in the private sector. Veterans in the field are also welcome to attend for a refresher. Speakers will include Paul Scott, vice…

Location: The Hotel Northampton, Northampton
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 – 10:00am to 11:15am

MMA Board of Directors

Location: Forbes Municipal Building, Westborough
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 – 9:00am to Friday, May 17, 2024 – 1:00pm

Massachusetts Mayors’ Association spring conference

Thursday, May 23, 2024 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Women Elected Municipal Officials Women’s Equality Day webinar

Women Elected Municipal Officials, a member group of the MMA, will host a webinar on May 23 to discuss opportunities for municipalities to celebrate National Women’s Equality Day, which marks the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Gloucester Councillor Valerie Gilman, the chair of WEMO, will discuss lessons learned from…

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 – 9:00am to Friday, May 31, 2024 – 1:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Management Association spring conference

Friday, June 7, 2024 – 8:30am to 3:30pm

Massachusetts Select Board Association newly elected training

Location: Devens Common Center, Devens
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 – 10:00am to 11:15am

MMA Board of Directors

Location: Remote
Thursday, June 13, 2024 – 8:30am to 1:00pm

Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources annual meeting

Location: Hawthorne Hotel, Salem
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 – 9:00am to 1:00pm

Women Leading Government meeting

Location: Cyprian Keyes Golf Course, Boylston
+
+