Evidently, Nick M. and I have both been questioning the removal of the school board meeting videos. This email was sent to both of us, and the school board members cc'ed.
Good afternoon,
In response to your recent concerns regarding the school board meeting videos removed from the website, here are the facts:
The server is on site at our district office; it is not housed at the AIU;
In an effort to free up space on the server, one of the technicians began removing the largest files; the school board meetings are HD recordings, and as such, are the largest files;
The board neither requested nor oversaw the removal of these files;
We will now keep a trailing 12 months of school board meetings on the website.
For the Board,
Mary D. Birks
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Sure enough, the videos have been uploaded.Here is what I had been sending to the school board. I never did hear from any of the other school board directors.
From: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
To: mbirks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
Cc: schoolboard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; TSteinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 10:49 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
To: mbirks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
Cc: schoolboard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; TSteinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 10:49 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
I guess you realized that July 2017 had been removed, when it shouldn't have, based on your explanation below.
It has been uploaded again. Thank you. Now, how about removing some of those old concerts and upload some more meetings from 2017?
For the Community,
Elaine T. Gillen
www.lebocitizens.com
-----Original Message-----
From: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
To: mbirks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
Cc: schoolboard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; TSteinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 8:27 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
From: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
To: mbirks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
Cc: schoolboard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; TSteinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 8:27 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
I forgot to include the fact that my piddly, insignificant website has both commission and school board meetings dating back to 2010. I would be willing to work with your IT staff to show you how it can be done.
For the Community,
Elaine T. Gillen
www.lebocitizens.com
-----Original Message-----
From: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
To: mbirks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
Cc: schoolboard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; TSteinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 7:45 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
From: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
To: mbirks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
Cc: schoolboard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; TSteinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 7:45 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
I beg to differ, Mary. Why do you have concerts and plays dating back as early as June 10, 2008, if your server has limited storage?
From my blog, "Even though eighteen school board meetings videos have been removed, concerts and plays are still available as early as June 10, 2008."
Why not purge those? You might want to change servers. The one I have for www.lebocitizens.com has unlimited storage.
School board directors, you are entitled to give your personal opinion. How do you feel about the removal of the school board meeting videos as new as July 2017? I would like to publish them on my community blog. Consider this a media inquiry.
For the Community,
Elaine T. Gillen
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Birks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
Cc: SchoolBoard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; Tim Steinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
From: Mary Birks <mbirks@mtlsd.net>
To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
Cc: SchoolBoard <schoolboard@mtlsd.net>; Tim Steinhauer <TSteinhauer@mtlsd.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: Meeting videos
Ms. Gillen,
As our server does not have unlimited storage space, the district will have only the current school year's meetings on the website. Any and all meetings that took place after June 30, 2017 until July 1, 2018 will be available. Then they will be taken down so that the next year's meeting can be stored.
For the Board,
Mary D. Birks
Mary D. Birks
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:06 PM, 'egillen476@aol.com' via SchoolBoard <schoolboardemaillist@mtlsd.net> wrote:
To ALL school board directors,Who made the decision to remove all but six meeting videos from the school board channel? http://multimedia.mtlsd.org/channel/SchoolBoard/ Per Board Policy BBAA, http://www.mtlsd.org/uploaded/District/School_ Board/Policies/B- BoardGovernanceAndOperations/ BBAA_-_Board_Member_Authority_ and_Responsibilities.pdf Direct media inquiries concerning an official District position to the Board President, Superintendent or official designee, provided, however, that this does not preclude Board members from providing their personal opinions so long as they are identified as personal views;For the CommunityElaine Gillen