Announcing Second Tuesday Winter broadband workshops sponsored by WBS.
Beginning on Jan 13, 2015 at 7 pm come and learn about Ubunto Linux
which is an open source operating system that can turn a grindingly slow
XP computer into a racehorse. That is my experience. In February we will
explore "the cloud" including Google and Microsoft hosted applications
and storage. In March the meeting topic will be "Smartphones" and we
will look at Android and Windows Phone options. All these workshops will
take place at the town hall beginning at 7 pm and are offered at no cost
to you, our residents, taxpayers and customers.

The town was awarded Green Communities designation in December by the
Commonwealth. Many thanks to everybody who helped make this happen. The
designation came with an initial award in the amount of $138k to assist
us to reduce our energy uses. While I for my part did passable work
submitting documentation on four of the five criteria, the Building and
Grounds Committee work, led by Steve and Janice, did such exemplary work
on establishing our energy baseline and reduction plan that the state
chose to post Warwick's plan on their website as an example of "how to"
for other communities. We got word that the Attorney General has
approved our by-law adoption of the "Stretch Code" and our zoning by-law
creating the by-right development district. Thank you Planning Board.

I reached out to five residents asking would somebody please join the
Board of Health. Two said yes and one maybe. The Selectboard appointed
the first to say yes, Lucinda Seago, who is an RN. We are also are down
to one vacancy on the Recreation Committee. Think it over.

Interest and participation continue to build in Friday's Gathering Place
lunch at town hall. I hope you can join in and perhaps become a regular.
Finally I want to say thanks as a resident and not town coordinator to
those who wrote me in as a regional school committee member candidate. I
have two meetings under my belt and have been assigned to the budget and
building and grounds committees. Town and school budget process gets in
full swing in January.

David Young