Comments about ‘State meetings Web site has snags’

I think the website it great. It used to be a hassle to track down this information in the past. Now I get it delivered directly to me in a timely manner. No more driving to the county building to check the agenda. Now I just wish local government would stream the audio of their meetings like the legislature.

Couldn't Johnson and others use both the website AND the email notices? Does the statute prohibit using both methods?

Yes, Johnson can post and email too. It's slightly slow to post, but it's never taken longer than 5-10 minutes for me. Is she creating the notice on the website, or copying and pasting from the agenda that must be posted on site anyway? She should educate the public as to how well the site works, and help them get set up. Maybe it would be helpful to send them an email with a link to her notices, and instructions on how to subscribe. If they were getting her notices by email, it means they are already on the internet. After they are set up, they WILL get an email each time an agenda is posted or amended. This does keep the public TRULY informed without them needing to disclose to the clerk that they are watching! (Information as to who is currently subscribed is not given to those who post.) I think the site is great, and has improved over time.

This is the great myth about saving money by putting things on a govt website. People won't go there. they need to be in media where audience building is already part of the business, and people are likely to see the notices when they are reading other interesting things. govt websites are never going to make ratings history

Hasn't anyone heard of RSS? Problem solved.

I listened to Ms. Johnson testify this last session, and am not impressed by her lack of insight. This service is a great one, I get email notifications every time a meeting occurs that I am interested in....was simple to subscribe to them.

Silly comments, and I am surprised by the lack of "investigative reporting" done to substantiate these silly comments.

If I wanted to find information about government meetings I would go to the state website before I would look anywhere else. That might be because I'm 25 and I use the internet for most information I need. Also, the public meeting notice website does use RSS. I'm a little confused about what this article is even about. I took a state politics class not too long ago and I had to do research on alot of other state websites, and I couldn't believe how much better ours was than almost everyother state. We're pretty lucky.