Using the Internet to access local government meetings (live

["Ashley Schannauer" <schannauer@info-ren.org>]

and archived)
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 17:06:07 -0400
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Here's an example of an application that can require high bandwidth --
streaming video of government meetings.  Meetings can be viewed live or
taped and archived for a resident to watch at his/her convenience.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Ernst <drernst@BLOOMINGTON.IN.US>
To: COMMUNET@LIST.UVM.EDU <COMMUNET@LIST.UVM.EDU>
Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 5:10 PM
Subject: streaming local meetings


>Hello gang.  HoosierNet, the Community Network in Bloomington Indiana,
>is quite excited about our new service of streaming local public
>meetings via RealVideo(tm).  Check out:
>
>http://www.bloomington.in.us
>
>We are working in cooperation with our local Community Access
>Television Station (CATS), the Monroe County Public Library, and the
>City of Bloomington.  We're planning on having meetings archived for
>at least one month after the fact (hopefully more like three), which
>is one of the most exciting parts of the project for me.  Meetings
>being archived including City Council, County Commissioners, School
>Board, Library Board, Solid Waste Management, Public Works, and many
>many more.  Very soon we should have the first of some local candidate
>forums for our November elections.  Video on demand for concerned
>citizens.  :)
>
>Interested in hearing comments, especially from any communities who
>are involved in or are thinking about similar projects.  Let us know.
>
>David Ernst
>Executive Director
>HoosierNet, Inc.
>