{"id":30,"date":"2013-03-15T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/valdosta-vimeo.html"},"modified":"2013-03-15T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:20:10","slug":"valdosta-vimeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/valdosta-vimeo.html","title":{"rendered":"Valdosta Vimeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nI've been nagging Valdosta for years about putting some of their
\ncable TV station content on the web.
\nTurns out they are already doing some of that,
\nwhich is a step towards acting like a modern metropolitan area.
\nReceived Wednesday via Tim Carroll;
\nI added the links and the [clarification].\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nFrom: Sementha Mathews
\n
\nSent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:48 AM
\n
\nTo: Tim Carroll
\n
\nSubject: RE: "The rest of the story"<\/p>\n

\nCouncilman Carroll,\n<\/p>\n

\nThank you for the recent phone call. As a result, I will research
\nthe Austin, Tx media practices to see if they can be implemented in
\nany way here at Metro 17. We used to include a council wrap segment
\nin each show, and I'll ask
\n
\nShemeeka [Johnson, Valdosta Channel 17 Media Coordinator]<\/a>
\nwhy we took that out. But we
\ncan easily add that back in.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nCity of Austin posts<\/p>\n


\na video
\nCouncil Update<\/a> and council packets online with the agenda
\nand videos of council meetings online with the minutes.
\nPlus
\n
\nSpeakupaustin<\/a>,
\napparently in conjunction with
\n
\nOpenAustin<\/a>, "a member-driven organizantion that promotes open government, open data, and civic application development in Austin, TX.
\nOpenAustin was originally formed by Austin residents interested in the City of Austin's web strategy and approach."
\nAustin is located in
\n
\nTravis County, Texas<\/a>,
\nwhich also puts its commission packets online with the agendas
\nand adds vidos with the minutes.
\nDitto
\nLeon County, Florida<\/a>
\nand
\n
\nTallahassee<\/a>.
\nAll linked into
\n
\nweb pages per individual agenda items<\/a>, not in one big PDF lump
\nlike Valdosta and Lowndes County currently do.\n<\/p>\n

\nTallahassee already has video up for
\n
\nits Wednesday March 13th meeting (two days ago) and they sing! With sunflowers (about 14 minutes in)!<\/a>
\nTallahassee's video isn't as sophisticated as Austin's
\n(Austin links into individual video items in its video),
\nbut Tallahassee has<\/em> videoof its council meetings.\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nLast year, I began looking at what other Georgia cities do to
\nimprove our ability to reach more viewers-particularly the young
\nbusiness professionals, students and others that may not be engaged
\nin our city. I had a few conversations with media coordinators, one
\nbeing the one in
\n
\nGainesville, Ga<\/a>. He is the one who introduced me
\nto Vimeo, which allows us to host our information on demand for
\nthose who miss the program or who do not have Mediacom. I asked
\nShemeeka to implement this, as it is a free service. We are now
\nutilizing Vimeo at
\n
\nhttp:\/\/vimeo.com\/metro17valdosta<\/a>, and I do
\nbelieve it is increasing our visibility.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nAmong Georgia cities, see also
\n
\nAugusta-Richmond County<\/a>
\nwhich posts board packets with its agendas and videos with its minutes,
\nas does
\n
\nGlynn County<\/a>, which also posts videos of its two planning commissions.
\nEven closer to hand, both the Valdosta and Lowndes County Boards of Education
\noften
\n
\npost board packet items along with agendas<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nGainesville, GA, doesn't do most of those things, but then Gainesville's
\npopulation is about 34,000 and Valdosta's is about 55,000.
\nIt's true
\n
\nthe Gainesville MSA has a population of about
\n173,000 while Valdosta MSA population is about 126,000<\/a>,
\nbut Brunswick MSA (including Glynn County) has population of 100,000
\n(and Augusta-Richmond County MSA more than 3 to 5 times that,
\ndepending on whether you count the South Carolina counties or not).\n<\/p>\n

\nLAKE has a vimeo account, although we mostly stick to YouTube because\n<\/p>\n

\n(a) YouTube no longer enforces a very brief length limit and\n<\/p>\n

\n(b) we prefer to post short clips so it's easy to link to them.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut vimeo works fine as far as I know.\n<\/p>\n

\n

\nWe can and will look for better ways to get the word out. Thanks for
\nbeing a partner in it by providing your feedback and council. I
\nappreciate it greatly! :)\n<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>
\nSementha Mathews
\n
\n
\nPublic Information Officer<\/a>
\n
\nCity of Valdosta
\n
\nP.O. Box 1125
\n
\nValdosta, GA 31603
\n
\n(229) 259-3548
\n
\n[050407 001]<\/p>\n

\nSign up for E-News at
\n
\nwww.valdostacity.com\/publicinformation<\/a>
\nand stay in tune with the news and events happening within our city.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nValdosta's vimeo account says "Metro 17 Valdosta".
\nUsing vimeo is a good start towards acting like a metro city,
\nso that people both inside and outside the city limits and the
\nlocal cable channel can see what's going on.
\nMore can be done.
\nAnd it's a lot easier now than when cities like Austin
\nand counties like Travis pioneered this stuff a decade ago.\n<\/p>\n

\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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