Participatory budgeting process

The intention is great, and we should be both supporting the developer's of the tools that we currently use, but also, we should be funding the work on developing new tools that would be used for future co-ops.

• Granted i have this viewpoint, as i'm an engineer and enjoy making tools, but it's also that there are plenty of business opportunities for sustainably generating energy within our environments using co-operatively-owned/-built/-managed/-maintained infrastructures.

I like the proposal but agree with Aaron maybe should first be a discussion of what proposals to come up with.

Generally supportive of trialling this, with the understanding that it may take a few iterations to find a process and scope that most people are happy with.

I agree with some of the critiques people have stated so far, but I also think this is a reasonable process to try out. Let's be sure to gather feedback after 6 months.

Let's practice and learn from this pattern of collectivity.

I agree, but not without some anxiety that the working groups' decisions would end up being made through a very opaque process.

I agree with Aaron's objection to formal proposals that feel more like suggestions.

I don't know how much of my struggle is based in being relatively new, but it currently feels like proposals come out of nowhere, and that there aren't obvious ways of plugging myself into the process earlier on.

Seems fine

The structure and principles seem reasonable to me. I share some of the concerns about picking outside of a wider budget review. But a six month horizon helps alleviate that for me.

I think this is a reasonable pilot. I do not understand people's objections to the wording of the proposal. Let's be kind to people who are willing to step up and take the lead on something like this!

Sounds good!