In reviewing this evening’s notes on increasing the Town’s election contribution limits ($200 to $250) and lowering the standards of disclosure ($25 instead of $20), I noticed that Internet video is now available.
The Town’s proprietary Windows Media-based solution from Granicus was opposed by a number of members of the since dissolved Town Technology Advisory Board.
Here’s an overview of their system.
Sure, the Macromedia (now Adobe) Flash player used with the content I’ve posted on youTube and Google Video is proprietary, but, unlike the Granicus system, both give you a download option.
UPDATE:
The media player was not honoring the “no autoplay” directive. For the sanity of my readers, I’ve put in this direct link.
DIRECT LINK
I hope this issue is resolved before final deployment.
BTW, I think the current $200/$20 thresholds should stand until contested. Further, rather than fiddling with the limits we should be pushing for public financing – which, luckily, is on tonight’s agenda [#13]. The Council is asking the State permission to trial public financing.
Of course, asking is a lot easier than doing. Hopefully this won’t die on the vine after election 2007.
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