Six months of the Bemmy Forum
From:
John Purkiss
Date:
2007 Sep 25 16:44 UTC
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Hi Ben
In brief, I find the forum useful for information and I agree with George
that it could be a very useful community tool. I find however, that I
simply don't have the time to read every entry let alone respond. Not that
I'd want to respond to many of the entries - it's a bit like reading the
Evening Post and I gave up that several years ago.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Barker" <benbarker@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <bemmy-forum@forums.e-democracy.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:24 AM
Subject: [GB-Forum] Six months of the Bemmy Forum
> Hi,
>
> It's about six months since we launched this forum as part of the Greater
> Bedminster Community Partnership (GBCP). Time to take stock on this
> experiment?
>
> For me the forum was to serve two main purposes:
>
> 1. Promote greater co-operation between agencies (police, council,
> health etc) and voluntary, community and business groups by providing a
> place to swap information and ideas, mainly related to local issues, that
> is neighbourhoods such as Southville, Bedminster, Ashton and Ashton Vale.
> I guess that's worked fairly well with issues relating to traffic, parks
> and rivers and local shopping popping amongst others over the months. We
> know that some of the agencies are keeping in touch because we've heard,
> for example, from local councillors and the police. We don't know if
> other agencies are lurking out there, listening, but not responding.
> Hallo?
>
> 2. Give opportunities to local people to influence events and policies
> at a local level. I think there may have been some influencing, for
> example, a Bristol City Council commission is looking at the '106 issue'
> this Thursday. They probably would not have done that if the allocation
> of this money had not been debated on the forum and local councillors had
> not picked it up. Can anyone give other examples? On the other hand,
> forum debates and membership are still restricted to a very small number
> of people, compared to the population of the area.
>
> Of course, other forum members might see the forum very differently. How
> do you feel the first six months have gone? What would you hope for from
> the next six months?
>
> Cheers, Ben.
>
> Ben barker
>
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