Ascension Parish took another step into the virtual age when the Parish Council meeting in Donaldsonville was live-streamed through YouTube on Thursday night. <\/p>\n
Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa said the council going forward will live-stream all council and committee meetings. That will come in addition to existing cable-access broadcasts and video replays already posted on YouTube. <\/p>\n
Matassa said the mark of open and transparent government is keeping pace with technological advancements. <\/p>\n
As more people cut the cable cord and turn to video streaming services, we want to ensure the public continues to have access to council meetings, Matassa said in a statement. <\/p>\n
Martin McConnell, parish government spokesman, said Friday that parish workers live-streamed the councils previous meeting in Gonzales in July as a test run, and it worked well. Thursdays meeting was no different, he said. <\/p>\n
They did live stream, and it was successful, McConnell said. <\/p>\n
Parish government began operating the Ascension 21 cable access channel in 2006. The channel appears on Eatel and Cox Cable. <\/p>\n
Live-streaming can be reached at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ascensionparish<\/a> Viewers should press subscribe and will be notified when meetings are live-streaming or have been archived on YouTube. <\/p>\n Follow David J. Mitchell on Twitter, @NewsieDave. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more from the original source:<\/p>\n Ascension Parish Council begins to live stream meetings on YouTube - The Advocate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ascension Parish took another step into the virtual age when the Parish Council meeting in Donaldsonville was live-streamed through YouTube on Thursday night. Continue reading