# Season 6 Grants Council Operating Budget Proposal **URL:** \ **Category:** Elections 💼\ **Created:** [May 19, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-grants-council-operating-budget-proposal/8171 "2024-05-19T11:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![SEEDGov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/seedgov/32/5202_2.png) [@SEEDGov](https://gov.optimism.io/u/SEEDGov)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-grants-council-operating-budget-proposal/8171/11 "2024-05-28T12:33:35Z")
The SEED Latam delegation, as we have communicated [here](https://gov.optimism.io/t/seed-latam-delegate-communication-thread/2950/46), with [@Joxes](https://gov.optimism.io/u/joxes) being an [Optimism delegate](https://vote.optimism.io/delegates/0x94db037207f6fb697dbd33524aadffd108819dc8) we **VOTE FOR** this proposal. We believe that the changes in the Council structure, with a total of 18 members, represent a significant step in the right direction. We think that the addition of new roles, such as audit reviewers, can help lighten the workload of the current reviewers. The proposed 610k OP for operational expenses is higher than what was approved in the previous season, but considering that there will be at least 3 rounds during season 6 (each lasting between 3 and 4 weeks), unlike the 2 rounds in season 5, we understand that this increase may be necessary since more applications are expected throughout the 3 rounds. To illustrate with data regarding the volume of proposals we can estimate for season 6: during season 4, there were 3 rounds\*, and the number of applications increased from 152 in season 3 to 307 in season 4, doubling from one season to the next (_see chart below_). However, given the nature of season 6, with scopes focused on more specific metrics, we consider it appropriate to estimate a projection of between 500 and 700 applications. _You can check this in [Big Picture: The Grants Council.](https://gov.optimism.io/t/big-picture-the-grants-council/8154)_ ![Imagen 15-5-24 a las 16.55](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/b/baadd21352dcb48309f185de16246e3ae68aecc9.jpeg) \*_During season 4 initially 2 rounds were planned, but in practice, there were 3._ --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-grants-council-operating-budget-proposal/8171)._