Reposted from the Voice.
GUSA Senator Nick Troiano (Village A, F-H), he of the storied SAC sit-in, cemented his place in Vox’s heart (we have one, blackened and withered as it may be…) last night with the launch of his openGUSA project, which aims to “[integrate] social media with the Georgetown University Student Association for a more effective, responsive and transparent Student Government.”
Troiano live-broadcasted last night’s GUSA meeting in all its glory on UStream (not just for Shiba Inu puppies after all!), sent out frequent tweets about the Senate’s progress and voting results and live-blogged the whole shebang along with fellow Senator Irina Varela (VCE 1-5) and the Voice’s own Lillian Kaiser. It was a veritable smorgasboard of social media.
At the end of the meeting Troiano brought up the project with the other Senators, most of whom seemed supportive, if a bit flabbergasted by the news that they were being filmed (”We’re being watched!? I didn’t comb my hair today!” someone yelped offscreen; “Instead of C-SPAN it’s G-SPAN!” another quipped).
Hopefully they’ll allow the live streaming, though. After all, GUSA meetings are (at least nominally) open to the public anyway and having a video means whoever’s live-blogging doesn’t have to be constantly updating the audience and can focus on fielding questions and providing commentary.
Lots of people talk the talk about making student government more transparent and open. Well, kids, this is what walking the walk looks like in the 21st century.
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