{"id":925,"date":"2012-04-12T18:53:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/agendas-with-board-packet-items-lowndes-county-board-of-education.html"},"modified":"2012-04-12T18:53:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T22:53:52","slug":"agendas-with-board-packet-items-lowndes-county-board-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/agendas-with-board-packet-items-lowndes-county-board-of-education.html","title":{"rendered":"Agendas with board packet items: Lowndes County Board of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lowndes County Board of Education (LCBOE) often includes along with its agendas detailed information from its board packets. The Lowndes County Commission could do the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndes.k12.ga.us\/education\/district\/district.php?sectionid=1\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0163040cd61d970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0163040cd61d970d-pi.gif\"    \/><\/a> Here&#8217;s their <a href=\"https:\/\/eboard.eboardsolutions.com\/Meetings\/ViewMeetingOrder.aspx?S=4106&amp;MID=23148\"> November FY2012 Finance Report<\/a> in their 12 December 2012 agenda. Sometimes they even include details of items for their executive sessions, as in <a href=\"https:\/\/eboard.eboardsolutions.com\/Meetings\/ViewMeetingOrder.aspx?S=4106&amp;MID=23148\"> Personnel recommendations attached<\/a> to that same agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE) does the same thing. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/eboard.eboardsolutions.com\/Meetings\/ViewMeetingOrder.aspx?S=4166&amp;MID=23987\">a football ticket proposal and a Coke contract<\/a> from VBOE&#8217;s 27 February 2012 agenda; also <a href=\"https:\/\/eboard.eboardsolutions.com\/Meetings\/ViewMeetingOrder.aspx?S=4166&amp;MID=23987\"> health insurance cost information.<\/a> That particular agenda has several more financial documents attached.<\/p>\n<p>Both LCBOE and VBOE use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eboardsolutions.com\/Home\/tabid\/38\/Default.aspx\"> eboardsolutions.com.<\/a> Other companies sell other products that facilitate posting board agendas and minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Travis County, Texas, which includes packet items with its agendas, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.travis.tx.us\/commissioners_court\/agendas\/default.asp\"> appears to have constructed its own website.<\/a> Travis County adds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.travis.tx.us\/commissioners_court\/agendas\/2012\/04\/vs120403.asp\">videos after the meetings.<\/a>\nI bet they&#8217;d tell other local governments how they do it.<\/p>\n<p>So there&#8217;s part of a spectrum of solutions to posting board packet items online with agendas: use a turnkey cloud solution, or roll your own.<\/p>\n<p>The Lowndes County Commission could pick a solution, and inform the public about what they are doing by putting agenda packets online with their agendas.<\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lowndes County Board of Education (LCBOE) often includes along with its agendas detailed information from its board packets. 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