The Westford League is holding its Annual Meeting at the Westford Museum, 2 Boston Road, on Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. The League welcomes all to the meeting, when we’ll have time to socialize before formally starting the meeting to review our accomplishments over the past year, choose the League leadership team, and decide on activities and priorities for the coming year. The meeting is a great opportunity for our members to influence what community issues the League will focus on. 

Our bylaws require that the Steering Committee’s recommended program and the Nominating Committee’s slate of Steering Committee nominees be sent to our members prior to the Annual Meeting. The slate of Steering Committee nominees are Avery Adam, Lynn Cohen, Vicky Geary, Marilyn Katler, Erika Kohl, Joanna, Myers, Gloria Miller, and Mary Anne Seraphin.

The proposed program for next year is:

Local Positions:

• Readopt all current positions.

Recommended Local Action Priorities:

1. Advocate that all in-person public meetings of town boards and committees allow members of the public to participate remotely.
2. Advocate that all town boards and committees post meeting summaries as soon as possible after their meetings similar to the Select Board’s Actions Taken agendas. 
3. Advocate that the webpages for every town board/committee on the town’s website include an email address that forwards to every member of the board/committee or provides another way for residents to contact the board members without having to use their individual addresses, although individual emails should still be available. This includes publicizing the process for how to contact town boards and committees and what happens to those emails. Include education about emails becoming part of the public record and encourage committees to acknowledge all written communication.
4. Work with the yet-to-be-created town committee that will study town governance.
5. Work with the Town Clerk to promote recruitment of poll workers.
6. Follow up on our survey of polling place accessibility with the Commission on Disability.
7. Investigate ways to register voters at Westford Academy and Nashoba Tech. Run registration drives before the November presidential election and/or explore ways to promote youth involvement in the local League.
8. Continue scholarship award to one graduating senior at Westford Academy and one at Nashoba Tech to reward active civic engagement.
9. Work with Derek Parker at Blanchard Middle School about working with his students on their civics projects and/or explore ways to promote youth involvement in the local League.
10. Work with the Westford Museum to begin planning for the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution in 2025 and the 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026.
11. Revise and reprint “A Guide to Town Meeting in Westford.”
12. Continue to advocate for a robust voting rights bill at the State level that includes same-day voter registration.

Non-Recommended Action Priorities

• None.

Click Here for the 2024 Annual Meeting Guide.