Tuesday 29 April 2014

Dear Kaz,
 
Your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 has been edited to include a slide referring to fracking that is on screen for the first minute of the video. This is misleading as no mention of fracking was made at the meeting and it is also contravenes the protocol (attached), under which you are permitted to film these meeting, which states: ‘Video footage of the public meeting should be published unedited and in its entirety’.
 
Would you please remove the slide and confirm that you will be not be editing footage recorded at meetings in future.
 
Yours,
 
David
 
David Allen Partnership Development Officer Wokingham Borough Council Shute End Wokingham Tel: (0118) 974 6066
Mob: 07757 281 836
www.wokingham.gov.uk
 




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Kazek Lokuciewski


 
 
Hi David.

When was in it's entirety added? Editing this down into key points is what will make them accessible. Few of your constituents are able to sit through 3 hours. This is an important part of transparency "Information prepared in a manner suitable for consumption". This is irrelevant at the moment but not in future since people may only film segments (as did the BBC for the Extraordinary meeting) they did not film or provide in its entirety, they were not misleading.

The text from the contract I saw originally was 'Not to Be misleading"

And I accept that the wording I used originally might suggest that Fracking was approved in this meeting so I have changed it.

While this is technical jargon that text is an 'Annotaion' I kind on comment you can displays over the video and can be changed on a whim. I have changed this to make sure that the issues I have 'Advertised on My Channel' over unedited video while the introductions are being made to consumers who are interested in local governance do not suggest anything is being suggested in this video.

If the council can offer a solution to the Fracking issue I am happy to do an interview.

Regards

Kaz


On 28 Jan 2014 10:00, "David Allen (communications)" <> wrote:
Dear Kaz,
 
Your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 has been edited to include a slide referring to fracking that is on screen for the first minute of the video. This is misleading as no mention of fracking was made at the meeting and it is also contravenes the protocol (attached), under which you are permitted to film these meeting, which states: ‘Video footage of the public meeting should be published unedited and in its entirety’.
 
Would you please remove the slide and confirm that you will be not be editing footage recorded at meetings in future.
 
Yours,
 
David
 
 
 


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David Allen (communications)

Jan 28
to me, Andrea
Dear Kaz,
 
Thanks for your reply.
 
The key issue is the text (annotation) added to the broadcast of this forum and, while I appreciate you making the change, we must ask you again to remove all extraneous comment/text from these films. My understanding is that you film and broadcast these meetings in order to increase transparency and improve the public’s understanding of the issues - but adding any comment,  description or advertising of other issues is counterproductive to those aims as it is potentially misleading and confusing. It also contravenes the protocol that requires there be ‘no editing’ - and the fact is that fracking was not discussed at this forum and should, therefore, not form any part of your broadcast of it.
 
We can deal with the issue of ‘entirety’ at a later date as there is a difference between the BBC (or anybody else) using a brief video clip of a meeting without sound to illustrate a news story and you (or anybody else) recording and broadcasting what has actually been said – in which case we do require it to be in entirety.
 
Yours,
 
David
 
 
 
 
From: Kazek Lokuciewski [mailto:]
Sent: 28 January 2014 10:38
To: David Allen (communications)
Subject: Re: Video footage from North Wokingham Community Forum meeting ~[UNCLASSIFIED]~
 
Hi David.
 
When was in it's entirety added? Editing this down into key points is what will make them accessible. Few of your constituents are able to sit through 3 hours. This is an important part of transparency "Information prepared in a manner suitable for consumption". This is irrelevant at the moment but not in future since people may only film segments (as did the BBC for the Extraordinary meeting) they did not film or provide in its entirety, they were not misleading.
 
The text from the contract I saw originally was 'Not to Be misleading"
 
And I accept that the wording I used originally might suggest that Fracking was approved in this meeting so I have changed it.
 
While this is technical jargon that text is an 'Annotaion' I kind on comment you can displays over the video and can be changed on a whim. I have changed this to make sure that the issues I have 'Advertised on My Channel' over unedited video while the introductions are being made to consumers who are interested in local governance do not suggest anything is being suggested in this video.
 
If the council can offer a solution to the Fracking issue I am happy to do an interview.
 
Regards
 
Kaz
 
 
On 28 Jan 2014 10:00, "David Allen (communications)" <> wrote:
Dear Kaz,
 
Your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 has been edited to include a slide referring to fracking that is on screen for the first minute of the video. This is misleading as no mention of fracking was made at the meeting and it is also contravenes the protocol (attached), under which you are permitted to film these meeting, which states: ‘Video footage of the public meeting should be published unedited and in its entirety’.
 
Would you please remove the slide and confirm that you will be not be editing footage recorded at meetings in future.
 
Yours,
 
David
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Kazek Lokuciewski 

Jan 28 (9 days ago)
to David
Ill have to look into this. Eric Pickles was most ckear that bloggers would be able to make short clips and make comments.
I'm happy to remove this text from here and add it to blogg like edits where,  without misleading,  I dicuss issues and include relevent clips as evidence, each clip eith an annotation that links to the full master, but I will beed assurence that you are not attempting to block me publicizing any issue I feel should be discussed. That planning and scruitiny us still being blocked to me should that the full council are in breach if their constitution. It would be unwize if someone unfinaced such as myself to allow a powerfull organisation to decide on things they have no right to decide. The statenent is nit misskeading. I have advertised a transparency probkem and solution.  In this instance you will have to find an elected councillor to take responsibility for the request and explain why it is nit in breach if Eric Pickles guidelines and transparancy constitution.
On 28 Jan 2014 12:00, "David Allen (communications)" <> wrote:
Dear Kaz,
 
Thanks for your reply.
 
The key issue is the text (annotation) added to the broadcast of this forum and, while I appreciate you making the change, we must ask you again to remove all extraneous comment/text from these films. My understanding is that you film and broadcast these meetings in order to increase transparency and improve the public’s understanding of the issues - but adding any comment,  description or advertising of other issues is counterproductive to those aims as it is potentially misleading and confusing. It also contravenes the protocol that requires there be ‘no editing’ - and the fact is that fracking was not discussed at this forum and should, therefore, not form any part of your broadcast of it.
 
We can deal with the issue of ‘entirety’ at a later date as there is a difference between the BBC (or anybody else) using a brief video clip of a meeting without sound to illustrate a news story and you (or anybody else) recording and broadcasting what has actually been said – in which case we do require it to be in entirety.
 
Yours,
 
David
 
 
 
 
From: Kazek Lokuciewski [mailto:]
Sent: 28 January 2014 10:38
To: David Allen (communications)
Subject: Re: Video footage from North Wokingham Community Forum meeting ~[UNCLASSIFIED]~
 
Hi David.
 
When was in it's entirety added? Editing this down into key points is what will make them accessible. Few of your constituents are able to sit through 3 hours. This is an important part of transparency "Information prepared in a manner suitable for consumption". This is irrelevant at the moment but not in future since people may only film segments (as did the BBC for the Extraordinary meeting) they did not film or provide in its entirety, they were not misleading.
 
The text from the contract I saw originally was 'Not to Be misleading"
 
And I accept that the wording I used originally might suggest that Fracking was approved in this meeting so I have changed it.
 
While this is technical jargon that text is an 'Annotaion' I kind on comment you can displays over the video and can be changed on a whim. I have changed this to make sure that the issues I have 'Advertised on My Channel' over unedited video while the introductions are being made to consumers who are interested in local governance do not suggest anything is being suggested in this video.
 
If the council can offer a solution to the Fracking issue I am happy to do an interview.
 
Regards
 
Kaz
 
 
On 28 Jan 2014 10:00, "David Allen (communications)" <> wrote:
Dear Kaz,
 
Your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 has been edited to include a slide referring to fracking that is on screen for the first minute of the video. This is misleading as no mention of fracking was made at the meeting and it is also contravenes the protocol (attached), under which you are permitted to film these meeting, which states: ‘Video footage of the public meeting should be published unedited and in its entirety’.
 
Would you please remove the slide and confirm that you will be not be editing footage recorded at meetings in future.
 
Yours,
 
David
 
 
 
 

Andrea Jenkins

Jan 29 (8 days ago)
to me, David
Dear Kaz
 
Yesterday we asked you to remove a slide on your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 as it was a breach of our protocol.  You had added commentary which could lead to misinterpretation of the proceedings and this is clearly explained in the protocol that this is unacceptable.
 
You have not removed it, and instead have replaced it with further commentary. As a result of this, we are withdrawing the permission granted to you to film at tonight’s South Wokingham Community Forum. 
 
We are currently reviewing the position of filming community forum meetings including whether we undertake filming directly ourselves.
 
Regards
Andrea
 
 
Andrea Jenkins
Strategic Communications Lead
Wokingham Direct
Wokingham Borough Council
Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN
Tel: (0118) 974 6010
Mobile: 07919 395076
Fax: (0118) 978 5053
 
From: David Allen (communications)
Sent: 28 January 2014 10:00
To: Kazek Lokuciewski ()
Cc: Andrea Jenkins
Subject: Video footage from North Wokingham Community Forum meeting ~[UNCLASSIFIED]~
 
Dear Kaz,
 
Your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 has been edited to include a slide referring to fracking that is on screen for the first minute of the video. This is misleading as no mention of fracking was made at the meeting and it is also contravenes the protocol (attached), under which you are permitted to film these meeting, which states: ‘Video footage of the public meeting should be published unedited and in its entirety’.
 
Would you please remove the slide and confirm that you will be not be editing footage recorded at meetings in future.
 
Yours,
 
David
 
 


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Kazek Lokuciewski 

Jan 29
to Andrea
The commentary is in not way misleading. I actually thought the southern one was  Monday and thought I had missed it.



On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Andrea Jenkins <> wrote:
Dear Kaz
 
Yesterday we asked you to remove a slide on your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 as it was a breach of our protocol.  You had added commentary which could lead to misinterpretation of the proceedings and this is clearly explained in the protocol that this is unacceptable.
 
You have not removed it, and instead have replaced it with further commentary. As a result of this, we are withdrawing the permission granted to you to film at tonight’s South Wokingham Community Forum. 
 
We are currently reviewing the position of filming community forum meetings including whether we undertake filming directly ourselves.
 
Regards
Andrea
 
 
Andrea Jenkins
Strategic Communications Lead
Wokingham Direct
Wokingham Borough Council
Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN
Tel: (0118) 974 6010
Mobile: 07919 395076
Fax: (0118) 978 5053
 
From: David Allen (communications)
Sent: 28 January 2014 10:00
To: Kazek Lokuciewski ()
Cc: Andrea Jenkins
Subject: Video footage from North Wokingham Community Forum meeting ~[UNCLASSIFIED]~
 
Dear Kaz,
 
Your Wokingham Voice video footage of the North Wokingham Community Forum on Monday January 20 has been edited to include a slide referring to fracking that is on screen for the first minute of the video. This is misleading as no mention of fracking was made at the meeting and it is also contravenes the protocol (attached), under which you are permitted to film these meeting, which states: ‘Video footage of the public meeting should be published unedited and in its entirety’.
 
Would you please remove the slide and confirm that you will be not be editing footage recorded at meetings in future.
 
Yours,
 
David
 

 
 
 

Kazek Lokuciewski 

Jan 29 (8 days ago)
to Andrea
Regarding filming yourselves I have requested this over a year ago and offered to pay for the equipment. If you do not film yourself and share the material in full then you do not really have a leg to stand on when I have a civil right to film matters of public interest in a public place.

I agreed to your rules since they were and still are sensible. I have using my efforts to promote democracy and in no way have mislead the public and fortunately the law is on my side. Your rules require that for filming to be not allowed it must be by a councillor who explains why it is clearly in the publics best interest that the information is not shared.

Failing that someone may film tonight.