Use of Personal Facebook accounts for making Council Annoucements
Andrew Frazer made this Official Information request to Porirua City Council
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From: Andrew Frazer
Dear Porirua City Council,
On 25 November, the mayor said " David Christensen noted it is not normally how PCC post I will discuss with Wendy." This was made in the context of Kris Dando, posting PCC messages using his personal facebook accounts. For your reference the comments that where immediately prior to this where;
*Andrew Frazer* Kris Dando, could PCC start posting as PCC, and not have its staff post using their personal facebook accounts.
As a information consumer it becomes very difficult for people to tell if the post is bonafide. You can subscribe a page to other groups and post that way. You'd get much higher brand recognition and much less confusion."
* David Christensen* Agreed Andrew Frazer. Kris Dando please pass this on to whoever your boss is and I'll talk about it to Anita Baker when I see her. This is very poor PCC message protocol"
(1) Is the mayor aware that for several years, personal accounts have been used by PCC staff for distributing council messages to community pages?
(2) A formal complaint about this was made, but the response was that this was how PCC had decided to do things, because people preferred it. Why does the Mayor think that Kris Dandos message is 'not normal' ? When this is the normal behaviour for PCC.
(3) Andrew Strugnel claimed people had communicated to PCC that they perfered to communicate with him, rather than PCC. Please provide copies of these communications.
(4) Does PCC consider that using personal accounts for distributing council messaging to be acceptable? Does PCC agree that using personal accounts may lead to confusion of who is providing the message, and the validity of those messages? Does using a personal facebook account for the delivery of a council message breech the councils Acceptable Use Policys, or any other Staff policy?
(5) Does PCC consider there might be a better way to use Facebook
(6) Is PCC aware that a facebook page ( such as PCC's page ) can join other groups and share/post as that pages profile?
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From: Andrew Frazer
Dear Enquiries,
I have not received a reply to my Official Information Act Request about use of Personal Facebook Accounts for making public annoucments It should be been replied to by 23 December 2019, and PCC has not advised of any reason for its delay.
Please respond to this matter urgently (by 7th January), so an escalation to the office of the ombudsman is not required.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Frazer
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Thanks for emailing us.
Please call us on 04 237 5089 if your request is urgent, a matter of
public safety, or you need an answer straight away. We have a 24/7 Contact
Centre but can’t always reply to emails immediately – we’ll get back to
you as soon as we can.
There are other ways to get in touch:
- download the free Antenno app to report something to us quickly and
easily using your mobile phone. We’ll also send you notifications and
alerts about places and topics you care about – recycling collection days,
road closures, water outages, events and more. Just search for Antenno at
the App Store or get Antenno on Google Play. For more about Antenno, check
our website: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/antenno.
- visit our friendly Customer Services team during business hours you will
find us at 16 Cobham Court, Porirua City– poriruacity.govt.nz/contact-us.
You can also visit our website www.poriruacity.govt.nz or our Facebook
page.
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Customers Services
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From: Diane Koha
Porirua City Council
Dear Andrew
I have checked the OIA you refer to below and due to the holiday period
where the clock stops from 20^th December until 10^th January the response
to your OIA is due on 14 January. However, we will endeavor to get a
reply to you this week.
Kind Regards
Diane Koha
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive
Kaiāwhina Matua a Te Tumuaki
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From: Diane Koha
Porirua City Council
Dear Andrew
Please find attached a reply to your recent Official Information Act
request re personal facebopok accounts for making Council announcements.
Kind Regards
Diane Koha
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive
Kaiāwhina Matua a Te Tumuaki
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