Budget Meeting Coverage
16 February 2011 by Paul Rhoades
Next Wednesday sees the council unveiling their new budget proposals for next year, in what promises to be one of the most interesting and long awaited sessions in council for a long time.
It was very interesting to note that following discussions on Visit Scunthorpe over the last few days, (inspired by the contributor Hamst) Mick Grant has today announced on his blog that he is looking to tweet directly from the council meeting on what's happening there at the time it happens.
Now you all know by now my penchant for technology, and my views on open and accessible government, so on a personal note I think its a great idea. I'm almost tempted to rock up there my self with mu iPhone and get twittering away on Visit Scunthorpe.
As a result, something that I've raised as a possibility on Mick's blog is using CoverItLive to provide a rolling feed of news as the meeting goes on.
Now I know for a fact that the ET have this service as it was used by Tim Sculthorpe at the elections last May, so perhaps they'll pick up on our discussions and cash in on what will be a very popular meeting by providing a live feed.
If this is something reader's are interested in then leave a comment either here on on Mick's blog where you can also find out about another councillor who has started blogging.
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