A couple of months ago, the Greene County Board of Supervisors changed its process of how members of the public could access their meetings virtually.

Supervisor Chair John Muir says changes needed to be made following a hacking incident, where a bot gained access to one of their meetings and profanity was being used. Previously, if someone wanted to listen to a County Supervisor meeting, they could click on a Zoom link that was published with every meeting agenda. 

The new process for anyone wanting to listen to their meeting remotely would need to click on a different Zoom link that is also part of the meeting agenda, which takes you to a registration page to verify your name and once admitted, it automatically locks you out from making comments or using your webcam to show your face. Muir shares his thoughts if the new adjustments have been troublesome as far as interfering with their meetings.

“Yeah, I think it was a very, really not a huge initial step so we could make sure that we had a little bit better control of what was coming in and going out.”

Muir adds that Supervisor Pete Bardole is also handling the Zoom call for those attending remotely and he feels that the added responsibility has not been an issue moving forward.