Comments on: Taping of school board meetings http://www.hjblogs.com/ed/taping-of-school-board-meetings/ HJblogs.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.hjblogs.com/ed/taping-of-school-board-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Mike Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:06:24 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/ed/taping-of-school-board-meetings/#comment-196 When the cities of Dassel and Cokato added videod for rebroadcast meetings to their operations thirteen years ago, the same comments were made. But in reality, it was a good step for both. People--at least those who have cable--can see the meetings and hear what people are actually saying. No offense ED, but an article does not always capture the complete essence of a discussion. So in this regard, taping is a good tool. Another aspect is that when elected officials know they are on tape, they will sometimes be more judicious in their commentary. As a preventitive measure, that is also good. Finally, a taped meeting can be used as a tool for determining what previous actions an elected body took, or to verify comment(s) people made in a meeting. These are all positive steps towards more open, responsive goernment. It took a while for people to catch on to the cities being on cable access. It will be the same for the school if they decide to go this route. When the cities of Dassel and Cokato added videod for rebroadcast meetings to their operations thirteen years ago, the same comments were made. But in reality, it was a good step for both. People–at least those who have cable–can see the meetings and hear what people are actually saying. No offense ED, but an article does not always capture the complete essence of a discussion. So in this regard, taping is a good tool.

Another aspect is that when elected officials know they are on tape, they will sometimes be more judicious in their commentary. As a preventitive measure, that is also good.

Finally, a taped meeting can be used as a tool for determining what previous actions an elected body took, or to verify comment(s) people made in a meeting.

These are all positive steps towards more open, responsive goernment.

It took a while for people to catch on to the cities being on cable access. It will be the same for the school if they decide to go this route.

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