Technology Should Support Community Understanding of Council Actions

Posted on January 18, 2017January 18, 2017 by Lucas Ames

Many in our community felt strongly about last night’s Charlottesville city council agenda. Those who could not attend the meeting or watch it (the video live stream was down), looked to professional journalists on Twitter to follow along. Thankfully, local media had at least three members present Chris Suarez (Daily Progress), Henry Graff (NBC 29),[…]

Council Takes Up Speaker Minutes, Open Data

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Lucas Ames

The city council meets tonight with two big things on its agenda. 1) Toward the end of the meeting, an open data resolution will be put before the council. This resolution, sparse in detail, explicitly calls on the city manager to create an open data policy for the city. It’s a big first step for[…]