Monthly Archive for January, 2011

Our Boy Scout troop doesn’t just do camp outs and outdoorsy service projects; we also do some indoor civic service projects. In this case, our town had a special town meeting, and as is typical, the town asked our Boy Scout troop for volunteers to be the microphone runners. Being a microphone runner means you wait and bring the microphone over to people in the audience who want to speak. So, we went to the special town meeting where we meet the moderator, who gave us the microphones we were going to use. Through the meeting the four scouts that were there handed the four microphones to at least ten people. It was cool to not only observe town meeting but also be a part of it. It was also cool to get to stand up by the stage and walk around during the meeting. All in all, mike running was fun and taught a lot about town government. For instance, when people go to our town’s town meeting, first they go to the local high school, register and get a voting card. Then everyone goes into the school auditorium and finds a seat, with non residents sitting in the last two rows. Then the meeting is called to order. People receive warrants showing the issues being presented at the meeting. Then people begin presenting on the issues. After the presentations, people could ask questions on it, which is what the microphone runners were for. Finally, the issues would be voted on.