How it works
Munify turns public council recordings into one readable daily edition
The process is meant to be transparent without becoming overly technical: where the source material comes from, how it is shaped into a daily edition, and what the product does not claim to replace.
Source material
Munify watches the City of Victoria’s public meeting feed and gathers meetings that were newly published that day. The product is derived from those public civic records, and edition pages keep the source meeting pages visible so readers can compare the briefing with the underlying record.
If more than one relevant meeting is published on the same day, Munify combines them into one daily edition instead of publishing separate posts.
Daily edition flow
Once meetings are discovered, Munify processes the audio, creates transcripts with timestamps, and organizes the day into a small number of reader-facing topic sections. The website and the newsletter use the same underlying edition so the public site, email, and source pages stay in sync.
The goal is not to recreate a minute-by-minute transcript on the homepage. The goal is to help people understand what took up attention, where disagreement surfaced, and where to go next in the public record.
Scoring and summaries
Each edition groups substantive subtopics into broader categories. Those categories carry short summaries, expanded explanations for the web, approximate timestamps, and simple deliberation and contention indicators that help readers scan the shape of the discussion.
Munify aims to stay factual and neutral. The writing is meant to clarify the public process, not to tell readers what position to take.
Limits and affiliation
Munify is derived from public City of Victoria council meeting recordings. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Victoria, and official records remain with the City.
Because it is a summary product, readers should still consult official meeting materials when they need the full public record, exact wording, or broader administrative context.