Brent Fails to Connect

I wonder how long the current Brent Connects regime will be maintained?  Both the area meetings and the subject forums seem to be not particularly effective in terms of engaging the population at large.  Of course, this is a very difficult thing to do since you need to learn quite a lot about the policy of a given policy area before you can intelligently comment on it.  Watching, for example, consultations on the Council Budget, is generally an education in how little the public know about how the Council is funded or works.