Berkeley City Council
Standing City Council Committees
and How to Save Zoom Transcripts
Check What's Ahead for the weekly summary of upcoming meetings and agendas
On December 11, 2018 The Berkeley City Council established six standing committees with the stated goal to create a standardized structure for public policy development and consideration and to provide the community and the City Council with adequate opportunity for detailed policy discussions outside of a full City Council meeting. Each Committee has defined areas of responsibility and consists of three City Council members. The Board and Commission process is not affected by this change.
The City Council Committee meeting agendas and members can be accessed on the City website at: https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/council-committees
To email the entire Berkeley City Council use [email protected]. To find individual contact information use https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council
The City Council Committee meeting agendas and members can be accessed on the City website at: https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/council-committees
To email the entire Berkeley City Council use [email protected]. To find individual contact information use https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council
|
Meetings of the full Berkeley City Council are now normally hybrid meaning you can show up in person at 1231 Addison St in the Berkeley Unified School District Board Room or join via zoom.
|
City Council Committee meetings are now in the hybrid format. Committee meetings are usually held at City Hall at 2180 Milvia during the daytime. These meetings are audio recorded.
|
For Online Public Meetings
CLOSED CAPTIONING, SAVE TRANSCRIPT OVERVIEW, DIRECTIONS and ZOOM SUPPORT LINKS
CLOSED CAPTIONING, SAVE TRANSCRIPT OVERVIEW, DIRECTIONS and ZOOM SUPPORT LINKS
ZOOM has as part of the program -(for no extra cost)- Closed Captioning (CC). It turns computer voice recognition into a text transcript. Accuracy of the Closed Captioning is affected by background noise and other factors, The CC transcript will not be perfect, but most of the time reading through it the few odd words, can be deciphered--for example "Shattuck" was transcribed as Shadow in one recent transcript.
The closed captioning voice recognition is available on zoom on tablets, iPads, phones and computers.
The show full transcript and saving the full transcript can only be done on a computer. If the CC is active click on the arrow (carrot) and hold for the pulldown menu. Show transcript will appear. The full transcript will only be available from the time you activate it. This means if you activate the show full transcript 30 minutes after the zoom meeting started, you cannot recover the first 30 minutes you missed.
When you click on Show Full Transcript it will allow you to scroll up and down, so if want to go back and see what was said earlier (from the time you turned on show transcript) you can do that during the meeting while the transcript is running.
At the bottom of the transcript when we as attendees are allowed to save there will be a button for, "Save Transcript," you can click on the button repeatedly throughout the meeting and it will just overwrite and update the full transcript. Clicking on the Save Transcript repeatedly as the meeting is coming to an end is important because once the host ends the meeting, the transcript is gone if you didn't save it.
Near the end of the meeting, after you click on "Save Transcript," click on "Save to Folder." The meeting transcript will show up (as a download to your desktop) in a separate box as a text file. (These text files are not large.) After you have done your last Save Transcript and Save to Folder (after the meeting is over) you can rename the new transcript folder on your computer, and save it (re-read or send or share it).
Remember, allowing us attendees to save the meeting transcript does not require the public meeting host to save the transcript (for public record.) When you save the transcript it is saved to your computer.
Here is the link to ZOOM Support for how to set up Closed Captioning for a meeting or webinar:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/8158738379917#h_01GHWATNVPW5FR304S2SVGXN2X
Here is the link to ZOOM Support for attendees in how to save Closed Captions:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360060958752-Using-save-captions#h_01F5XW3BGWJAKJFWCHPPZGBD70
The closed captioning voice recognition is available on zoom on tablets, iPads, phones and computers.
The show full transcript and saving the full transcript can only be done on a computer. If the CC is active click on the arrow (carrot) and hold for the pulldown menu. Show transcript will appear. The full transcript will only be available from the time you activate it. This means if you activate the show full transcript 30 minutes after the zoom meeting started, you cannot recover the first 30 minutes you missed.
When you click on Show Full Transcript it will allow you to scroll up and down, so if want to go back and see what was said earlier (from the time you turned on show transcript) you can do that during the meeting while the transcript is running.
At the bottom of the transcript when we as attendees are allowed to save there will be a button for, "Save Transcript," you can click on the button repeatedly throughout the meeting and it will just overwrite and update the full transcript. Clicking on the Save Transcript repeatedly as the meeting is coming to an end is important because once the host ends the meeting, the transcript is gone if you didn't save it.
Near the end of the meeting, after you click on "Save Transcript," click on "Save to Folder." The meeting transcript will show up (as a download to your desktop) in a separate box as a text file. (These text files are not large.) After you have done your last Save Transcript and Save to Folder (after the meeting is over) you can rename the new transcript folder on your computer, and save it (re-read or send or share it).
Remember, allowing us attendees to save the meeting transcript does not require the public meeting host to save the transcript (for public record.) When you save the transcript it is saved to your computer.
Here is the link to ZOOM Support for how to set up Closed Captioning for a meeting or webinar:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/8158738379917#h_01GHWATNVPW5FR304S2SVGXN2X
Here is the link to ZOOM Support for attendees in how to save Closed Captions:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360060958752-Using-save-captions#h_01F5XW3BGWJAKJFWCHPPZGBD70