Thanks again for all the feedback throughout the reflection cycle. A final version of this proposal will be posted shortly, which will reflect the following updates:
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Added: If a proposal does not proceed to Council review, a brief reasoning for this decision should be included in a public response to the grant applicant and proposers should work with non-Council delegates to refine their proposal for re-submission in the next grant cycle.
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Added (to list of non-Council delegate responsibilities): Working with proposers to refine proposals deemed unfit for review by the Council
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Clarified: Grant cycles should include a deadline for proposal submission before a review period begins
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Clarified: Grant decisions must be published for all reviewed proposals (both approvals and rejections)
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Added: Term limits may be added in the future, should the Council continue for multiple Seasons.
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Changed: While sub-committee budgets will remained fixed, individual grant size limits are now suggested versus mandated
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Changed: Council Lead will “process and filter applications” to Council Lead will “ensure applications that are submitted to the Council database are also published to the Forum”
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Changed: “The Foundation recommends 3 week cycles” to “previous Seasons followed 3 week cycles”
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Added: It is suggested that meeting minutes or summaries be made available to the community. Open meetings are encouraged.
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Added: While the Council should abide by the above guidelines, specific operational and administrative details are left to the Council Lead to determine with input from Reviewers. The Council, if/once formed, will be expected to publish an operating framework outlining Council operations in detail. The Season will run nine weeks from the publication of the operating framework. In future Seasons, this framework may be included in Council proposals, which would make it subject to approval by the Token House.
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Added: Links to self-nomination template for Reviewers