1st Vote for #CoPowerBudget 2324FY

The first round of voting for the democratic #CoPowerBudget for 2324FY is now open until 11:59pm Sunday 30 April 2023. The purpose of this vote is to consult with customer member on the operations budget and ask you all to determine the % of funds allocated to the service versus impact budgets. We are also asking some questions around how involved you are in democratic organisations.

To support your democratic participation and collective member ownership over our processes, we’ve got this handy list of supporting documentation:

• Here’s a recording of our first open member workshop on this year’s budget. Members present authorised going forward with the proposal for this year, and it provides a good summary of the overall process, which you can watch at a time of your convenience.
• Here’s a summary of the overall process that we are following this year with two workshops, and two rounds of voting.
• Here’s the draft operational budget we are seeking endorsement for as part of the first round of voting.
• Here’s a more in-depth guidance note on the difference between the impact and service budgets, and the two voting rounds.

Click here to cast your household’s vote for the 1st round of our democratic budget this year.