EFNZ political party (was Re: [nzlug] Helen goes to Redmond ....)

[Jasper Bryant-Greene]

Some time ago I threw together http://efnz.org.nz/ as an attempt to make
a difference in this area of NZ government.

If I am able to get 500 financial members then this party can contest
the 2008 General Elections and we can try to make a difference, however
small.

Our policies are listed on that site, however they are really just ideas
as we have no members yet. I am happy to throw together a wiki and/or
mailing list for policy development if anyone is interested in joining
the party.

Feel free to reply on or off list if you have questions, ideas, comments
etc.

Jasper


On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 13:10 +1200, Dirk Pilat wrote:
> While I agree with Raimund about the cynicism that we Germans feel 
> towards our elected members, Germany's parliament has made some 
> enlightened choices recently (maybe they are just listening to the right 
> lobbyists, who knows):
> 
> Conversion of Windows NT backend to Linux in the federal parliament 
> (Bundestag) after a successful initiative to introduce Linux into the 
> federal government (more info at bundestux.de)
> 
> Placement of 100.000 photovoltaic systems on German roofs.
> 
> Continuous development of an advanced public transport system and 
> introduction of road toll for trucks on highways.
> 
> I don't particularly like Germany and would never live there again, but 
> their federal enviromental/OSS policies seem more enlightened then 
> anything that an NZ government has come up with recently. I had high 
> hopes in the appointment of David Parker to the Energy portfolio and had 
> hoped that the Greens would be able to exert more pressure onto the 
> government to improve NZ's atrocious energy policies, but alas, nothing 
> has changed.
> 
> Sorry, I'll stop ranting now.
> 
> Dirk
> 
> 
> 
> Raimund Eimann wrote:
> > I am originally from Germany. In Germany, politicians strictly do what they're 
> > paid for (by "lobbyists"). As no one has the power to do anything about this 
> > (a former chancellor pointed it out quite nicely: "I'm never going to give in 
> > to the pressure of the street", although the people on the streets are those 
> > he was supposed to represent), many Germans (including myself) have developed 
> > a thick layer of sarcasm.
> 
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-- 
Jasper Bryant-Greene <jasper at albumltd.co.nz>
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