Session Topic: 150k+ facebooki protest vs. graduated drivers licensing
Convenor: Eric Squair
Recorder: Alex Sirota
Participants: Kezia Payne, Michael Jones, Peter Smith, Andrae Griffith, Ryan McKegney, Alex Sirota
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Notes:

They were successful because the issue came out  on Facebook, on a rumor from the media, before the campaign came out -- this is a reaction to something is happening, tapping into something that people want to see happen 

Youth had their expectations as their first political campaign - "we will win every time"  -- and they did, in 2 weeks the legislation did not pass

Did everyone have their say? Not really only the 15-16 year olds that participated in the group.

Only the most passionate voices won out, it would be good for all participation to occur

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What Happens Next?

If these are the expectations are raised so high, how do we change governance so that these expectation will not be changed -- we don't have a discussion culture -- and we need that desperately between citizens and government...

Participatory democracy that works -- democracy by jury -- a random jury decides what legislation works and gets passed -- people that are not self interested decide the options.. The government "ignored the recommendations" -- but not ignored this time.