Comments on: Summit on Wellington traffic, safety issues Wednesday

By: Tony Schinella

Tony Schinella — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:22:14 +0000

If I recall correctly, and I might be wrong on this, the notices are handled by a bunch of different departments. Legally, like other legal notices, the Clerk's employees get them and put them up on the wall,
time-stamped. They also keep track of the minutes of meetings too.

The part-time BOS secretaries used to update the site. I think they had a cut in that department so I don't know if they still do them all or not. But even they only updated what notices were sent to them.

I don't know who does it on the school end of things, I think it depends on what the notice is, right? The school systems updates its site but I don't know how the communication goes from SD to BOS to get the school notices up on the town site. Might be worth investigating.

It would seem that with all the secretaries, the clerk's employees, and IT employees - there are now three IT departments when there were once two and probably could be even one - that someone could be the point person to make sure all of this stuff gets online.

By: bloggingbelmont

bloggingbelmont — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:06:05 +0000

Thanks Christina and Tony — yeah: the bottleneck to get information online has become a major issue, as far as I'm concerned. I'm not sure what the issue is, exactly, but this seems to affect both Town and School operations. Meeting notifications then, after the fact, meeting minutes, etc. should all be easily accessible via the Town's snazzy new Web site in a timely manner. In addition, there should be a much larger library of documents and information online than is available now, IMHO. Maybe the Town needs to look at having a designated position responsible for moving info online and responding to citizens' requests for data/information. A digital ombudsman, if you will.

By: christinanicolson

christinanicolson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:24:31 +0000

Known as Mrs. Nic, a teacher of three courses in the Wellington Enrichment Program, I have become sensitive to neighbors' concerns already —before ground breaking. Since I bring electronics, books, and live animals to my classes, I confess that I have broken a rule or two in order to protect their safety and that of my student “sherpas.”
Regarding the meeting tonight about Wellington traffic issues, I only found out about the date from the second page of the Belmont Citizen, reinforced today by ” Blogging Belmont.” This seems to be a vital opportunity for becoming a well-informed citizen and worker at Wellington. I look forward to hearing from town officials and other involved parties. The old saying still rings true: “A stitch in time saves nine.”

By: christinanicolson

christinanicolson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:24:31 +0000

By: christinanicolson

christinanicolson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:24:31 +0000

By: Tony Schinella

Tony Schinella — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:04:06 +0000

Interestingly, or maybe not so, this meeting is not listed on either town town or school Web sites, as of 9:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15. While it has been posted on the notice board at the Town Hall yesterday around lunch time, not everyone goes in there to find out about meetings.
In fact, I would bet that more people find out about meetings visiting the town and school Web sites, reading Page 2 of the Citizen-Herald, and reading BloggingBelmont.com, than see them on that posting board.
Paul, I bet you would agree with me that it is EXTREMELY important for these types of meeting notices to be placed on both the town and school Web sites, as quickly as possible, so that members of the public and the press know about these meetings in a timely manner.
I don't know why this continues to be a problem but it is.

By: Tony Schinella

Tony Schinella — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:04:06 +0000