tonight 4 april, ledenberaad

Ledenberaad

Another meeting of Groenlinks, this time Utrecht afdeling. Starting at 21:00 tonight, our Fractie in the Gemeenteraad calls interested members to discuss actuality issues.

Interesting meeting point, a ledenberaad allows you to see who the fractie is, and how they argue. Even more interestingly, it is supposedly build to allow you to feed the fractie discussions. The question is if that happens.

In most of the ledenberaden that I have assisted the issues are specific ones. A meaningful contribution requires expertise in the matter at hand. On the other hand, the political discussions behind the issues are hardly opened. Perhaps active members of Groenlinks are not expected to be politicians, but experts.

Sooner or later, somebody will ask what’s the use of these meetings. An evaluation might compare the minutes of the meeting, and the minutes of the meetings of the city council. Did the final position assumed by Groenlinks parliamentarians change by the discussion in a ledenberaad? For me, that is an open question. But as in any other political party, one can always hope. Tonight we will talk about green in the city, green recreation and the referendum that comes for the city (should shops be open the Sundays?). As I said, one can always hope.