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6:34:43 PM: And off we go at the 4iP event
6:35:51 PM: Tonight is about Politics, what different does the internet make
6:38:36 PM: Good mix of people tonight
6:39:00 PM: First up Tony from Pits N Pots
6:39:48 PM: All you need to setup a blog is red wine and time 
#recasting
6:41:04 PM: Pits n Pots content was news from Stoke City Council
6:42:17 PM: Big surge in traffic came from BNP membership list first published
6:43:32 PM: Building credibility was the next step, moving it to a self hosted format first step, then competing with papers
6:46:22 PM: If there was a breaking story it would be BBC-Newspaper-everyone else. We post up everything up no editing of interviews
6:48:09 PM: A lot of high profile visitors to Pits N Pots blog
6:48:57 PM: RT @mediatalentbank: #recasting pitsnpots; natonal media source material from their local blog
6:51:31 PM: If there’s a positive news story we get it out, but we also scrutinise the council as you take our money. #recasting
6:55:33 PM: Pits N Pots were approached to break story about the expenses scandal in Stoke because they don’t edit #recasting
6:56:20 PM: RT @stef: Politicians do ego-surf apparently. #recasting — So its not just me, thank goddness 
6:59:36 PM: Cllr Tisley uses Google Alerts, a first step but not the best way of checking information. Why does no one mention RSS feeds! #recasting
7:03:50 PM: Charlie Elphicke likes the engagement aspect of social media and its transparency #recasting
7:05:08 PM: Now its @podnosh go
7:06:37 PM: Big City Plan Talk: frustrated with BCC’s attempt of engagement a bunch of people decided to turn plan into plain english
7:07:51 PM: People now have the passion, power and tools to improve on government #recasting
7:09:20 PM: Next thing Paradise Circus Social Media Surgeries : setup a network of birmingham bloggers to help charities
7:10:10 PM: Good circle, beginners become experts easily through social media surgeries
7:10:22 PM: Help Me Investigate…..
7:11:05 PM: A citizen asks a civic question and people collaborate to find an answer #recasting
7:12:12 PM: Example question…what is the tracking process for handing in a petition to birmingham city council
7:12:30 PM: Someone from city council responded, result!
7:15:13 PM: RT @rasga: #recasting http://helpmeinvestigate.com is one of things @Podnosh talked about
7:16:00 PM: Cllr Tisley We have a creative mind set and a digital agenda #recasting
7:16:43 PM: There was an massive audible disgust noise at #recasting following Cllr Tisley 88,000 pages don’t happen overnight!
7:17:27 PM: Cllr Tisley: We should have done with Big City Plan and collaborate #recasting
7:19:56 PM: Emily Bean: Worse feeling is powerless, helpmeinvestigate.com solves this
7:22:13 PM: @rhubarbradio want to stream council meetings! Cllr Tisley sucked teeth and said ohh that’ll cost ya #recasting
7:22:49 PM: Why can’t BCC just record the meeting and the publish it online? #recasting
7:23:58 PM: @rasga says its really difficult to get information from councils and organisations #recasting
7:27:44 PM: so Cllr Tisley said it will be 87,000 when finished at the moment its 17,00 didn’t give that impression earlier on this evening #recasting
7:32:23 PM: Emily Benn: saying online is the best way of getting information.
7:34:11 PM: Why don’t council have remit about responses to emails we respond to them in 36 hours? #recasting
7:36:57 PM: anyone think that Charlie is just saying what we want to hear? #recasting
7:40:36 PM: Audrey talking about how she got involved to be a pracitioners
7:41:55 PM: Audrey greatest value of the internet is help and access to solve difficult problems
7:43:10 PM: RT @adamsrob: #recasting audrey miller talking about jubilee debt campaign and social media enablers in brum
7:44:13 PM: Audrey Miller: talking about how social media has enabled her to teach people about growing their own foods #recasting
7:48:24 PM: Audrey Miller asking everyone to join the jubilee debt campaign
7:51:02 PM: AM: With the help of social media we can use it raise awareness and help of important issues, locally and globally
7:53:01 PM: RT @gabysslave: To really get things done- you still need to get dirty> days @willperrin #recasting