Silencing is Violencing - The Ludington Torch2024-03-28T18:55:27Zhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/silencing-is-violencing?commentId=4689834%3AComment%3A1334598&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSeven.tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2021-03-24:4689834:Comment:13347082021-03-24T21:14:05.294ZXLFDhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
<p>Seven.</p>
<p>Seven.</p> The American Community Survey…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2021-03-24:4689834:Comment:13346122021-03-24T02:45:21.281ZXLFDhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
<p>The American Community Survey has the population at 1194 as of 2019.</p>
<p>The American Community Survey has the population at 1194 as of 2019.</p> tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2021-03-23:4689834:Comment:13345982021-03-23T22:34:17.982ZWillyhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/willy
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<p>Truly unfortunate. </p>
<p>Truly unfortunate. </p> This wasn't my first clown…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2021-03-23:4689834:Comment:13346042021-03-23T15:02:48.757ZXLFDhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
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<p>This wasn't my first clown car ride in Scottville, I've attended 3 or 4 other virtual Scottville meetings, spoke up at a couple meetings where differing protocols were followed, used the background 'chat' feature to ask probing questions with officials and talk with other attendees, but at this meeting, the 'chat' was disabled and somebody…</p>
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<p>This wasn't my first clown car ride in Scottville, I've attended 3 or 4 other virtual Scottville meetings, spoke up at a couple meetings where differing protocols were followed, used the background 'chat' feature to ask probing questions with officials and talk with other attendees, but at this meeting, the 'chat' was disabled and somebody actively shut out my video (and apparently, audio) features so I could not participate.</p>
<p>It's extremely unfair, since the screen shot above (taken early at the <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/80etjbz1p9076w9/Regular%20Commission%20Mtg%201493%20Video.mp4?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last meeting's video</a>) shows Scottville citizen Sue Petipren (who was Scottville's best commissioner in the short time she served in that role) with a video feed and active audio on line with the officials, while you wouldn't be able to tell that both Riley Kelly of the LDN and myself were connected via Zoom with audio & video disabled, as were others. </p>
<p>Somebody at Scottville actively disabled the 'chat' feature which had <strong>alway</strong>s been on before, someone continued to block video feeds of citizens (except for Ms. Petipren), and at the end when I unmuted myself and yelled that I had a comment, it didn't come across in their <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/blhl45xcijsymny/Regular%20Commission%20Mtg%201493%20Audio.m4a?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">audio of the meeting</a> nor did I hear myself when it was live. </p>
<p>Epictetus, this was a series of intentional acts designed to not let me (and possibly others) comment, and if you know me by now, the official(s) who allowed this to happen have committed an act of war against the public, and I will solemnly prepare myself towards being a worthy opponent of their tyranny.</p> Whilst in-person meetings are…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2021-03-23:4689834:Comment:13346012021-03-23T13:28:06.751ZEpictetushttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/Epictetus
<p>Whilst in-person meetings are seemingly much easier to manage from a protocol standpoint, these Zoom calls do seem quite easy. You ask folks whether they wish to speak, unmute them (or ask them to unmute), allow them to speak, and then mute again. I don't believe any wizardry is required beyond basic computing skills for those administering the meetings; however, from an attendee standpoint, I can see how if you do not have those skills it would be difficult to get heard in the proper…</p>
<p>Whilst in-person meetings are seemingly much easier to manage from a protocol standpoint, these Zoom calls do seem quite easy. You ask folks whether they wish to speak, unmute them (or ask them to unmute), allow them to speak, and then mute again. I don't believe any wizardry is required beyond basic computing skills for those administering the meetings; however, from an attendee standpoint, I can see how if you do not have those skills it would be difficult to get heard in the proper venue.</p>