Videocasting of BOC Meetings]

Lee Becker, Charlie Baugh and Russ Page for Oconee County Board of Commissioners 2010!


Dear Friends,
 
On May 6, four citizens, including me, used the citizen comments section of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners meeting to ask the Board to begin exploring ways to make a videocast of its meetings available to citizens.

I observed that citizens often are too busy to attend meetings, and the Board should do what neighboring counties are doing already by telecasting its meetings and making them available on the web. I also said that a video of meetings would provide everyone with a complete record of BOC activities.

Russ Page, Charlie Baugh and  Tony Glenn also spoke, making the same point.  We said we were prepared to start making videocasts on our own if the BOC does not act.

As is usually the case when citizens speak at BOC meetings, not a single commissioner responded. Chairman Melvin Davis immediately entertained and obtained a motion to adjourn, and the group ended its meeting.

I did not claim to be representing Friends of Barber Creek when I spoke at the May 6 meeting. The issue is important for all of the county. Please take a look at my blog (http://www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/)  for more details. Follow the links to the two exchanges mentioned in the blog. Both involve Barber Creek.

If you are interested in joining with other citizens to make video recording of BOC meeting, please let me know. We need a group of volunteers to make this work.

Our goal is to do what the BOC is so far unwilling to do: provide citizen access to BOC meetings and a permanent record of what transpires there.

Lee

 
 
Lee Becker
 
 

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