Town Meetings

I’ve always said that it would be nice to have video conferencing services  for our town meetings because the town meetings are held at times when we have to open our store or people who have to be at work.   But if we have video conferencing services, anyone can log in and join the town meetings wherever they are even if those who are not in town and on vacation and don’t want to miss out on important issues of the town.  I’ve highlighted this issue to the town councilors and the election for town councilors will be coming up soon – nor this is the time to re-talk about this issue with the council.  Live telecast is not really what we want to see – the people of this town wants to be able to interact directly and live conferencing should be the way to go – if they wanted the people to be involved.  The many times that I’ve attended town meetings – I never see anyone except the councilors and the mayor and the Chief Administrator – so what s the point if the town cannot participate actively in these town meetings that concerns the town.  Town meetings should be interactive and to do it – the most feasible way is a video conferencing service.