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Commission refines ‘Good Neighbor’ award survey, plans pilot and fall nomination window
Summary
The Commission reviewed a draft Good Neighbor Award survey form and agreed on a outreach timeline: build and pilot the form in June, publicize it on town channels and social media, take nominations through Oct. 31, and review nominations at the November meeting.
Commissioners reviewed a draft Good Neighbor Award survey on May 20 and discussed logistics for building, piloting and promoting the nomination process.
Karen, who drafted the survey, said the form combines submission fields and qualifying criteria and suggested checkbox items for inclusive features available at businesses. Commissioners discussed platforms for the form: while Google Forms is easy to build, some members noted it requires a Gmail account to submit; alternatives discussed included SurveyMonkey or a town survey tool that would not require a personal Google account. The group agreed to pilot the form internally once it is built.
Commissioners set an outreach and review timeline: publish the nomination form on town channels by the June meeting if possible, accept nominations through Oct. 31, review nominations at the November meeting, and present awards shortly after Thanksgiving. The commission tentatively agreed to allow more than one award in a year (capping nominations informally at two or three winners) and to promote the program through the town website, the commission’s Facebook group, the Observer newspaper, and other community newsletters.
The commission also discussed technical next steps: determine an approved survey platform with town IT, run an internal pilot of the form, finalize language for the nomination criteria and the submission form, and prepare outreach materials for publication.
