Hi @katie
Congratulations on your twins! As a solo parent of a new school entrant 5-year-old and having contributed to an executive grant funding council, during his formative years - I can begin to appreciate the extent of work that goes on behind the scenes. I recognise S3 Gov Grants Council as a significant undertaking with positive improvement and strong results and I am for the council model.
Thank you for assuming good intentions while also raising my awareness. Please know this is me trying to be extremely civil, - between making breakfast, school lunch and in transit - so somewhat stilted yet direct because tbh, I’m never exactly sure which - questions, concerns, and stated opinions - might offend. I appreciate and am open to all constructive feedback.
Due Diligence
My intent is to clarify my understanding, I believe this to be due diligence when voting on a OP +5MM funding allocation that concurrently
- re-approves council
- confirms the council lead
- expands the S3 Councils remit and remuneration, sans Token House evaluation
So rhetorical question: What would happen if this proposal failed? In considering this option it worries me (in terms of process, not people) that No, does not present as an equally viable option here. I do recognise governance experimentation is a process of continuous improvement, as am I (hopefully)
Token House S3 Review of Council : Questions
I am for governance experiments and the evaluation of those experiments. From what I’ve seen Optimism does this well See S2 Feedback i was actually looking forward to the S3 Council Review process as an opportunity for collective engagement, to build context and surface learning to inform Council S4.
Based on Cycle #9a: Grants Council and the information reiterated in the Council Notion, until this morning my understanding was that a review process was either ongoing somewhere or perhaps had passed. I was confused about where? did I miss the evaluation process? And while @jackanorak clarified the council is not bound by Notion it seems I’ve failed to ask the right questions because I am yet to grasp why the decision to forego the council structure provided for S3
@katie could you clarify please why Token House was not provided with the opportunity to evaluate the council in S3.
@danelund.eth as the author, S3 Council Lead and confirmed S4 Council Lead should this proposal pass I’d appreciate your commitment to undertake the process as proposed for S4…
I recognise no one here has any obligation to answer my questions, and I’m ok with that too - I use this forum as much for transparency, as a record that the questions were asked, as I do in search of understanding.