Remember the Web Casts / 'Blogger Ejected'

Highland Council web casts council meetings. THC web page says:

As part of our commitment to making the decision making process as open and transparent as possible, we webcast public meetings that are held in the Council Chamber, Inverness.

You can watch Council meetings conducted in public LIVE or view the archived version which is available within 48 hours of broadcast and remains online for 12 months.

Apparently not all local authorities have got around to doing this yet as the BBC news item below describes:

Ruling members of a council which called police to eject a blogger recording one of its meetings are being urged to allow filming in the future.

Carmarthenshire council's executive will consider a motion calling for the public to be allowed to film meetings.

Carmarthenshire council said it has since launched a review of the use of new technology in the way it provides services to residents.

One of the issues the committee is looking at is the possibility of video streaming council meetings via the council's website.

Perhaps they should have embraced new technology sooner?

[Link to BBC page here ]