Should Councils stream stuff?
I went to full Council last night in Solihull, mainly because we have started promoting meetings via our Twitter feed, and as this was something I have said they should be doing for some time now, I felt I should at least attend one to see what I wanted promoting.
There’s no reason why we can’t stream meetings, but for the costs involved, who would watch it, and what would they get out of it?
I was one of 8 or 9 people in the spectator’s gallery, most of those were students, so for the general public.
In a time when Councils are being told to cut costs, and in some cases services, where does the funding come from to do this, and how would it be justified? I am all for citizen engagement, democracy, and due process, but I am really struggling with justifying the expense of making things like this available online to the directors, and members of the Council.
Any ideas?
