tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241537031997879999.post6043412183101129813..comments2024-03-02T14:58:32.370+00:00Comments on mike downes - we make videos to help people learn: Warwickshire Police Authority Meeting - Public Welcomed but None AttendedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241537031997879999.post-87765862437503588322011-05-30T13:44:04.164+01:002011-05-30T13:44:04.164+01:00Mike I think they did it via Ustream.
I may be w...Mike I think they did it via Ustream. <br /><br />I may be wrong but I think that's how I found the eagles but I think your right the students did it. <br /><br />It was very good. SDC did tweet it that it was happening. <br /><br />I just don't understand why it appeared to stop with one meeting. I think sometimes the problem with Local Parish Councils and Parishioners <br /><br />1. Very often people don't understand they can attend and make a difference <br />2. Parish Councils have problems attracting interest, because many people are at work all day.<br />3. Parish Councils can also become stuck in their ways (I don't blame them when so little support is shown)<br />4. It is the older residents with time that on the whole keep our Parish ticking and I admire them for it, however I get increasingly concerned when they don't do something simple like keep their website up to date (They let them selves down) and see it as an after thought. Which of course will have a knock on effect to those that are watching keeping an eye on things from the internet because they are at work and shattered when they get home. Busy professionals won't bother with something that is out of date.<br />5. Local Parish often gets mixed up with Politics many people I speak to think Parish is Political.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17531425205384609992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241537031997879999.post-7618935856986701112011-05-30T11:24:01.209+01:002011-05-30T11:24:01.209+01:00I believe the meetings from Stratford DC were run ...I believe the meetings from Stratford DC were run and organised by Students. Coventry City Council use use <a href="http://www.coventry.public-i.tv/core/" rel="nofollow">public-i.tv</a> for their webcasts of meetings. This is a multi camera operation.<br /><br />As for Warwickshire, I was asked to think about asking WCC if I can record their meetings. This is an enormous task. Main issue will be having excellent sound. <br /><br />As for Dan's points (from <a href="http://shiltonparishcouncil.blogspot.com/2011/05/annual-parish-meeting-18-may.html" rel="nofollow">shiltonparishcouncil.blogspot.com</a> ), there are many reasons why people do not attend meetings. I have a lot on conversations in Kenilworth about this. Reasons vary from: I have no time, I'm busy, That's got nothing to do with me, I didn't know it was on? etc. <br /><br />Maybe, attending meetings is not the issue, it's access to the information and what influence you have in the meeting room. For example, in Shire Hall, I have been told, 'The public are not allowed to speak.' I agree with that, but in theory this new world is a conversation. <br /><br />In my view, what is needed is sharp news gathers (Dan, I count you as one of these), Councillors who are on-the-money with Social Media Tools and a public who take their rights and responsibilities as citizens seriously. And the last groups are the established print journalists - difficult times for them, cuts everywhere, no one buys their papers, advertisers who are cutting back and therefore titles disappearing.<br /><br />No secret, where I sit - come on the hyperlocals and Citizen Journalists.Mike Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951504706990260946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241537031997879999.post-20965021929855269852011-05-30T07:33:06.897+01:002011-05-30T07:33:06.897+01:00Warwickshire or I should say Stratford have alrea...Warwickshire or I should say Stratford have already done a live stream of one of their planning meetings I am surprised they haven't done more. I found it very interesting and thought we were on the move forward but its all gone quiet again.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17531425205384609992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241537031997879999.post-59082339496214973202011-05-29T23:04:18.892+01:002011-05-29T23:04:18.892+01:00I am forever disappointed that more people do not ...I am forever disappointed that more people do not attend local authority meetings. I suppose a worthwhile question to ask is why this is the case?<br /><br />I suspect that people do not *think* that they would be interested in the meetings. My experience though is actually that people are interested in what their public authorities get up to. I have most experience at the parish council level, but have numerous examples of when I engage with people they actually confess to being quite interested in what you're talking about (often to their own surprise!).<br /><br />I think the local media need to do more to report directly from these meetings, but I suppose that it has long since passed when a jurno from the Telegraph will sit in Shire Hall meetings and report back on the business discussed - more's the shame.<br /><br />Perhaps this is where sites like this come in. Perhaps it now falls to hyperlocal sites to hold public officials to account now that the mainstream media aren't prepared to do this.<br /><br />The other point (and you touch on this) is for the streaming of meetings on the internet, either with video or just audio. There'll be a cost (there's a cost to everything), but I also consider there to be a responsibility within the public authority to embrace the opportunities the internet now provides.<br /><br />In light of the comments from Eric Pickles, it'd be interesting to see what the reaction would be if 'wiK TV' turned up to the next full Council meeting at Shire Hall and announced it was to stream the meeting live over the internet!<br /><br />And as a postscript, here's my small contribution to the debate about the availability of local authority meetings online - http://shiltonparishcouncil.blogspot.com/2011/05/annual-parish-meeting-18-may.htmlDan Essexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187095644493464497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241537031997879999.post-38699646505902176302011-04-24T08:40:48.097+01:002011-04-24T08:40:48.097+01:00Good point - the community forums are always in th...Good point - the community forums are always in the evening. A live video of the meeting is another possibility. Cost and resources will be cited - will investigate.Mike Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951504706990260946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241537031997879999.post-63066325298274319362011-04-24T08:21:49.189+01:002011-04-24T08:21:49.189+01:00Would attend If I wasn't at workWould attend If I wasn't at workCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17531425205384609992noreply@blogger.com