Webcasting Council Meetings

Carmarthenshire County Councillors in the not too distant future will have to decide whether it webcast its meetings or not.A good place to start it seems to me for those interested in the subject is the Public-i website. http://www.public-i.info/
Let me know what you think.The cost is likely to be around £15,000 p.a.

Public-i describes itself thus:

“Public-i is the leading provider of strategies and technologies for engaging people in local democracy. Public-i Events hosts a varying range of content from AGM's and other key announcements, to client user groups and locally run events such as citycamp.
If you click on clients on the home page you will see a list of in the main public bodies many of them but not all do webcast meeting.
Some of the Councils that do are also listed below. It may be of interest to those of you that are keen on the subject to listen in on the Public-i User Group Meeting of the Dec 11, 2011., particularly perhaps from about 2hr 11min where they discuss – “Member’s Use of Social media”

http://www.events.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/69231

Sample of Council Meetings that webcast

Brighton http://www.brighton-hove.public-i.tv/core/

Bristol – Notice that at Cabinet meeting of the 15^th Dec members of public are allowed to ask questions to the Cabinet members

http://www.bristol.public-i.tv/core

Cardiff City Council http://www.cardiff.public-i.tv/core/

Devon & Cornwall Police Authority http://www.dcpa.public-i.tv/core/

Devon County Council http://www.devoncc.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcasts

Cornwall C C Note allows questions from public

http://connect.cornwall.publici.tv/site/player/pl_v7.php?a=66835&t=&m=flash&l=en_GB