She drew Council’s attention to the fact that Email is non-confidential, open to misinterpretation and liable to distribution errors. It has great merit for short messages, calling attention to events but is not designed for serious Council debate when all views need to be received and explored by a defined group of people (ie Councillors) face to face. The communications she had received from a number of Councillors suggests that they are rather about the comments and tone of recent emails and they feel this is being divisive to the Council. She requested that any Councillor that does not have an exclusive create one ...and if there are issues can Council please not discuss them over email as they are open to misinterpretation, there is a time lag with replies and this has created an unfortunate atmosphere. The Chairman apologised for the lateness of the meeting and closed the Meeting at 10.25pm SIGNED:............................... (Chairman) Dated: ..................................
She drew Council’s attention to the fact that Email is non-confidential, open to misinterpretation and liable to distribution errors. It has great merit for short messages, calling attention to events but is not designed for serious Council debate when all views need to be received and explored by a defined group of people (ie Councillors) face to face. The communications she had received from a number of Councillors suggests that they are rather about the comments and tone of recent emails and they feel this is being divisive to the Council. She requested that any Councillor that does not have an exclusive create one ...and if there are issues can Council please not discuss them over email as they are open to misinterpretation, there is a time lag with replies and this has created an unfortunate atmosphere. The Chairman apologised for the lateness of the meeting and closed the Meeting at 10.25pm SIGNED:............................... (Chairman) Dated: ..................................
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