your federal mp
as part of our support for Open Government (or Gov 2.0, whichever trendy name you prefer), here is a link provided by the excellent website, openparliament.ca: MP for Vaudreuil-Soulanges (Québec) http://openparliament.ca/politicians/meili-faille/ This link is not meant to endorse a political party or view – it is here to spread the word that citizens are watching and actively engaging in what our MPs, and by extension OUR VOTES, are up to. Here is a screenshot of what you will...
Read Morecity council on your phone?
Further to my earlier blog posts about streaming city council meetings, I have another question to ask: Do you want city council meetings, live or on-demand, on your phone? The reason I ask is that the webteam has signed up to participate in a webinar held by a US-based company, Granicus, that touts streaming of city council to mobile devices. I personally am not sold on the idea, but am allowing myself to be won over. They are a potential supplier for the island video project – we’ll hear out what they are selling, compared to the other options on the market, then...
Read MoreStreaming city council meetings: your thoughts?
As head of the web-team here at Pincourt.org / IlePerrot.org, I have frequently been asked about video streaming for city council meetings for the various municipalities on Ile Perrot and possibilities to unite them under 1 common portal. We are a relatively small island, it is a given that major urban planning and zoning decisions that are made by each municipality affect others. As part of the evaluation phase for setting up such a system to cover all meetings on the island for each of its municipalities, I ask readers of the blog for your thoughts, comments, opinions, suggestions,...
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