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January 30th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
by “staff changes and… technical difficulties” do you mean staff with the technical skills necessary were let go? Is this possibly really a managment problem? AFAIC these streaming archives of our government in action may be the most important function of LTC.
January 31st, 2007 at 1:01 pm
The thing I found most fascinating about last night’s meeting… the City of Lowell does not have an “electronic” calendar for scheduling meetings!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Turtledove:
I think the wrong impression was given. Perhaps some of the City Council members are not aware but there is an electronic calendar provided on the City web site. If you click Events Calendar, you will see calendars for a number of agencies; i.e. COOL, the Library, etc… The first one is the one for the City of Lowell, i.e. City Hall.
The real problem is that it is very selectively populated. Not all City Council meetings and sub-committee meetings are posted. Some Boards and Commissions have provided the IT/MIS Department with the information and others have not. The same can be said for the information provided on the web site.
Kudos to the License Commission Clerk, Ryan J. Wynn. He maintains an informative web page for the License Commission; updated agenda and minutes as well as meeting time, date and place on the “electronic calendar.”
Others should learn from him.
February 1st, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I would agree that the License Commission does a “good” job compared to the others. However, it does post its agenda at 10AM on the day of the meeting, which is held at 3PM. This is likely the reason that residents never have an opportunity to voice an opinion on licensing issues.