We're all in agreement then. When's the next Council meeting?
Let's Webcast Council
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We're all in agreement then. When's the next Council meeting?
But we'll switch the camera off when it comes to the vote
But we'll switch the camera off when it comes to the vote
Sod's bloody law.
The only council meeting I was invited to attend by two councillors.
They wouldn't have switched me off, if I'd been well enough to get there, when it came to the vote.
I'd have noted every single name, before lobbing my shoe sat 'em in protest.
They might just have gone into camera Rindi when the vote was being taken, and you would have been asked to leave the chamber
So are yeh saying,if they choose,they can vote on our behalf n we can't witness it? that sounds very democratic.They might just have gone into camera Rindi when the vote was being taken, and you would have been asked to leave the chamber
In some cases yes cashy, whether they could do it on an issue like that I'm not sure, but in the days when I was keen and I attended council meetings there were items on the agenda which excluded the public, usually to do with financial matters, cover by pink sheets in the agendaSo are yeh saying,if they choose,they can vote on our behalf n we can't witness it? that sounds very democratic.
I'm sure the Kashmiri's would have loved to have seen democracy in progress Rindi
Apparently costings were done by Hyndburn Borough Council, regarding live cam streaming, according to this. (Approx 1 minute in, on second part.)
Though it doesn't say what those costs were.
Interview with Councillor Ken Moss
I think the cost answer is a red herring. The cost would be paying a member of staff a few hours overtime, plus the cost of a decent camera, which these days isn't expensive.
We aren't looking for something to be nominated in the category of best documentary at the Academy Awards. Just someone who can point the camera at whoever is speaking.
Fylde BC have been doing it for years. The only negative is that it makes the meetings look so mind-numbingly boring. And as the old saying goes, the camera cannot lie! Take it from one who knows!
Well at least I can agree with Cllr Moss on one thing council meetings are mind numbingly boring, that is for sureI think the cost answer is a red herring. The cost would be paying a member of staff a few hours overtime, plus the cost of a decent camera, which these days isn't expensive.
We aren't looking for something to be nominated in the category of best documentary at the Academy Awards. Just someone who can point the camera at whoever is speaking.
Fylde BC have been doing it for years. The only negative is that it makes the meetings look so mind-numbingly boring. And as the old saying goes, the camera cannot lie! Take it from one who knows!
sitting in front of a computer screen watching a council meeting isn't ever going to hit the heights is it.
I remember one Chief Officer (long since retired) who used to take the Committee through EVERY report word by word, even though they had received the reports days before. He would stop at the end of each sentence with words of explanation. His philosophy (which he never admitted to) was to grind everyone down to such a degree of boredom that they would agree anything at the end of it, just to get away.
The standing order that all meetings had to finish by 10pm was a godsend, otherwise they would have gone on until the wee small hours.
I now see my retirement pension as payback time for all those hours over many years spent in total, utter and complete boredom!
The standing order that all meetings had to finish by 10pm was a godsend, otherwise they would have gone on until the wee small hours.
I now see my retirement pension as payback time for all those hours over many years spent in total, utter and complete boredom!
...and yet you were suprised that there were no members of the public at the recent overview and scrutiny committee meeting regarding budgets.
Things have changed a bit since my day. In all the years I was there, we never had anything like the cuts that the Council has to impose this year, and the only thing to look forward to at budget time was how much George Slynn would find for his latest pet schemes.
Nowadays, there are wholesale redundancies and service cuts which SHOULD be of concern.
I've little doubt that people ARE concerned about the cuts.
However, passively witnessing the overview and scrutiny committee mull over the various proposals put forward by the parties involved, might be seen as a rather passive waste of time.
Seeing as their presence will make not one iota of difference to proceedings.
Perhaps members of the public would prefer to use their time more usefully, whilst still having a keen interest in budget cuts, by gathering any relevant information from other sources.
Besides, I'm not too sure if it was a morning, or evening meeting, but I believe some people in Hyndburn have to actually work for a living, at both those times.
Making it difficult to attend, as well as their attendance having no impact on the discussion.
Making it difficult to attend, as well as their attendance having no impact on the discussion.
Are we all sure that this is such a good idea? Remember what happened to Hyndburn Lite and what that cost. We all know that whatever the council does ends up costing much more than they originally envisaged and more than somebody else can do the same job for.
Plus...don't we run the risk of certain councillors turning into more of a prima-donna than they already are?
The reason that Prime Minister's Questions is such a pantomime now, is purely down to the presence of cameras.
The reason that Prime Minister's Questions is such a pantomime now, is purely down to the presence of cameras.
You mean like when Hyndburn B.C. were given £591,000,00, to set up a community website, to rival Accy Web?
Costly website a ?desperate failure? | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk
I'm sure they could make another half million pounds in cuts, in order to have a stab, and fund this.
To make sure it's a crowd puller they could bring in guest stars.
Who could then keep our own prima-donnas under control
The pixie who was inside R2-D2, Corrie's Martin Plat, that celebrity chef chap, Dildo something or other, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Perhaps even a big Hollywood star!
Well we are now a big player of the world stage.