At the cutting edge?
Just come in from an interesting meeting. Kirklees council is a pilot authority for the follow up to the report of the Councillors Commission. In particular it is setting up a project to look at the ways that recommendations can be implemented in innovative ways. I have been asked to join the Pilot Board to oversea the project together with a representative from each of the other three groups on the council. The first meeting was today and involved a fairly free flowing discussion of what Kirklees provides to help councillors carry out their various roles, what else can and should be done, and what, if anything, was beyond the responsibility or capacity of the council. Much discussion of the technology involved - blogging, social media sites, on line petitions, GIS - and how they can be used by councillors - and the public. There was some scepticism and I’m sure there will be more when some of the ideas are rolled out in front of our fellow councillors. But as was pointed out ten years ago Kirklees councillors did not have their own computers and no emails!
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