Social Media and Local Gov'ts

Yesterday - I noted a story that CBC Daybreak North did where the City of Prince George confirmed that they had disabled their social media accounts (Facebook/Twitter) while the City undergoes an 'evaluation' for their effectiveness for the City's communications needs - read that blog post here

I brought this story  to the attention of PG City Councillor Garth Frizzell who said he was unaware of this and would look into the matter.  Meanwhile, Councillor Frizzell has made me aware this morning  of a paper that the Local Gov't Management Association or LGMA wrote on the subject of Social Media a few years ago, prior to the advent of Google+.  Read that here

For the record - the LGMA is made of professional civic servants in our local governments (municipal/regional district) like CAO's (Chief Administrative Officers), CFO's (Chief Financial Officers), Corporate Officers, etc

Finally - I'd like to see, as I noted yesterday, the City of Quesnel and the Districts of Wells/100 Mile House get onto the social media bandwagon, like their colleagues in the City of Williams Lake and the Cariboo Regional District as it would expand upon the transparency that these local governments in Quesnel, 100 Mile House and Wells already demonstrate

-- SBF