Social.Coop Organizing Circle Proposal

https://www.loomio.com/p/OI8kEjVz/social-coop-organizing-circle-proposal

a couple of things from today’s OC meeting.

• an OC understanding of responsibility for budgeting for SC. We looked at the original proposal that created the OC, and it does include budgeting! Most discussion in the OC meetings to date were among scoping and what are we about and how do we make decisions. So, the OC members (in attendance) today are now conceiving of a calendar in which the first annual budget will get wrapped, closed out and, likely in October, we will start putting together a second annual budget. We includes FWG and OC. … Toward that end, OC members are interested in having a joint meeting with FWG.

• New OC members. There is an upcoming proposal in the next OC meeting to have 2 reps from each working group join the OC. I have been asked to invite a second person from the FWG to join OC meetings, starting 2 weeks from today (8-9:30 am NYC time.). … The OC meetings have been regularly attended by 4 OC members. I feel like a tattle-tale: Eduardo M has missed many meetings, with apology. Eduardo/Flancian, whom I also adore, misses many meetings, without notice. John has missed most meetings, also without notice, and has announced his departure. So, from the FWG: I suggest that Andres might join the OC. I can sing his praises.

Thanks for the update, @Caitlin Waddick, @[email protected] ! I think it would be totally fine for the OC to take on budgeting. My understanding from several exchanges with Matt Noyes is that we in FWG would take the lead on modeling the budgeting process this year and that OC might take it on in future years, since it is a space with more widespread input. In any case, FWG would be responsible for tracking the implementation of the budget.

I think it would be fine if OC folks wanted to join our next meeting. Would that work?