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Minutes-n-Motion is
a comprehensive political accountability/eDemocracy application that provides
unprecedented access to public records. The product name reflects the
concept of reviewing the "minutes," or the written record,
of local government meetings and evaluating the "motions,"
or actions, that take place in those meetings. It is designed to demystify
government activities and empower citizens. This application was the genesis
eNeuralNet's
artificial intelligence technology - it was originally designed to be
an effective tool to go after a corrupt city council. Consider a city with a population of 200,000. During the
last ten years, the city has recorded more than twenty million words in
its official records. It would take a trained speed-reader 42,000 working
days (168 years) to read them let alone digest them. Going back to find
a particular item in this paper tower, standing three stories high, is
like looking for the proverbial "needle in a haystack." Web and database search technologies have improved the situation
greatly. Web based access to the minutes is a great advancement. However,
you are still looking at a single meeting. Databases have gone even further
allowing searches to span years of meetings looking for specific words. In a world of paper documents, you could not adequately
research a topic of interest. Using traditional web search technology,
you could adequately research a topic in 6-12 months. Online databases
will allow you to adequately research a topic in 1-3 months. Ultimately,
your ability to associate researched items depends on your organizational
skills, your intelligence, your research abilities and your late-night
stamina. Minutes-n-Motion would
complete your research in 8 seconds. At your fingertips would be all of the relevant information in context – not just search words. In a span of fifteen to twenty minutes you could research a topic, review specific ordinances, see how each council member voted on those ordinances (including multiple readings), who recused themselves from a vote and who abstained, along with many other “views” of the information. At all times it takes you to the source document and the place within the document. It is designed to search using multiple “threads” including:
The greatest challenge for Government entities isn't collecting information, but rather making that information available in a simple, straightforward manner. Minutes-n-Motion allows you to collect information however you choose, we then make it available in a simple, straightforward manner. With the same effectiveness, Minutes-n-Motion can access county records, state records, federal records, combination city/county records and even campaign records. We will be adding many more cities over the next few months. Your subscription will give you access to all of the cities in a particular region - for example - the Bay Area. Other regions will be available soon. Who will benefit from Minutes-n-Motion?
Who are the customers for Minutes-n-Motion? A city, county, state or other entity would license the service from eNeuralNet who would also process the data. Updates would occur at an interval chosen by the customer with all services covered by a monthly fee. A one-time startup fee may also apply. This service would place the entity in an elite position of providing true open access to government records to its citizens. Citizens can also access numerous cities at www.Minutes-n-Motion.com.
This is a subscription website containing the minutes of numerous
cities. If your city is not listed, come back often as we are adding
additional cities as fast as we can! Feel free to send us an email to
add your city.
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