I didn't receive any questions from site readers, so I've put together a few of my own.  I hope they make it into the process.

1. We hear a lot about "openness and transparency" in the media today, especially in regard to business and government.   In your recent past experience, have you either led or participated in such initiatives, and could you briefly share what your role was in the initiative, and what difference the initiative made?
   
2. In this age of over-committed schedules and just "not enough time in the day", finding people to take time out their busy lives to participate in local government on committees and boards is quite a challenge.  One often sees the same names, over and over, of those willing to step forward.   Have you dealt with this in other towns, and do you have any particular views on how best to ensure a diverse and robust participation by citizens in our town government?
   
3. Do you have examples you can share, please, on how you overcame resistance to change in your past position?  You will, after all, have pretty big shoes to fill here in Westborough, and no doubt there will be a good chunk of time needed to get to know the boards, department heads, and staff.   There's certainly the risk that you'll be thought of as either "the new gal or guy", "an outsider", or both; followed with that familiar refrain, "we've always done it this way".  How have you successfully dealt with resistance to change?
   
4. One of our long-held policies regarding use of town facilities by the public, such as using rooms to hold meetings or to reserve an auditorium to conduct an event, is to _only_ accept such requests from recognized civic groups.  This locks out any ad-hoc citizens group or even a private concern who may wish to create something of benefit to town residents.  In what ways as Town Manager are you open to engaging with citizens to revisit and potentially change such administration policies?

These were e-mailed to Maryanne Bilodeau at 4:52 PM Monday, Mar 30th.

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