HPP Board 2014

[csgray]

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Originally posted by mermaid53

[quote]Originally posted by csgray

If the board is not doing anything wrong they have nothing to fear from being recorded. Having to ask for their permission means they can pick and choose who get to record their actions, the only reason they would want to control who does and doesn't have that permission would be to make sure that the only recordings are done by people who are friendly to them.

Any member of HPP should be able to record or videotape meetings of a board who are supposed to represent them, if the board is afraid of possible legal action because of recordings or videos they are admitting they are doing something they are so ashamed of they don't want a public record of it.

Carol
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Why has this recording item become such a big issue all of a sudden? This rule used to be in place with previous boards except it was prohibited period. Nowadays people can plaster the meetings on the web and I think we need to rethink all of this and what is considered fair. This opens it up to discussion.

I personally wouldn't want my face plastered everywhere without my permission. Carol, how would you feel if one of your students videoed you teaching your class one day without your knowledge? Then put on YouTube with a slanted caption or a selected scene focused on, out of context, giving a negative view of yourself? Maybe you did absolutely nothing wrong but with editing who knows what one can do. You find out later after someone tells you they saw you on YouTube. Has anyone out there found themselves in a similar scenario, and how did you feel about it?

We're not only talking about a transparency issue, or wrong doing while being videoed. It's about your face, your work, or the board's "volunteer" work being plastered on the web without permission. People doing what they will with what they recorded for their own harmful agenda. No pun intended, but this is a gray area with the recent technological advances.

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If, as you say, people were recording without the boards' knowledge this rule isn't going to stop that. The best defense from slanted editing would be for the board to tape the whole meeting and post it themselves.

Sunlight is the best disinfected.

Carol

Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb