Cost vs Contribution Proposal

I love this.

I found the 1st table text a little hard to understand, not the numbers, I had to read it many times. It would be good to read without someone having to walk me through it. Perhaps an example sentence would suffice, e.g. If there are 24 members, working 28hrs, there is potential for 112.5hrs of organisational work to be completed. If I understood it right...

Case Study - it reads a little disjointed for me - perhaps it goes above the table so the numbers in the case study match what was just read in the Contribution Requirements table (between headers 'contribution requirements' & 'recommendations').

Case Study - I would appreciate expanding on the positives of member contribution, to match the 3 'paragraphs' of 'negative' (risks). Examples; greater shared knowledge and information; member mental health and wellbeing; turnaround and completion of tasks and decisions; team and member cohesion and engagement.

Personal opinion - I would move 'what does contribution look like' closer to the top, after 'Purpose'.

15% contribution - love the breakdown, super helpful! I think this could be a great standalone doc, maybe to share after induction (or earlier, this allows members/coaches to answer this question for new members). Does the accrued contribution $'s cover the cost noted here, or does the org cover an excess?

Mindful, that 'actual' costs will change annually, has this been talked about when considering adding it in a ratified document? Or the numbers will be changed at an annual review?

BIG piece of work = THANKYOU

Agree with Cherish this takes a few reads and a bit of fwd/back scrolling to put the pieces together however even having it one flow is epic....... and I feel like there is more than what is captured here - my appreciation to those who delivered.

My experience is receiving the gift of engaging in supporting our org is connection, growth, learning and process, laughter & exploring - the processes built within Jeder are epic and a hats off for the hard yards put in and those who do it - personally I enjoy the process, have a large case load and would say I still manage to fit well beyond the contribution I signed up for - its giving back to an org that gives me so much.

Jeder may not be perfect and perfection may not be the goal - function needs energy and my experience is Jeder is definitely s not getting the balance of energy put back in that it puts out.

This made me wonder how we can measure what we all receive from Jeder - its not just a wage that sustains our families - its a way of life on our terms, in our time = well mostly lol.

I signed up to work in an organisation that will push the envelope knowing its us who do the pushing.

This conversation reminds me the opportunity we have here in the changing face of our playing field for example - COS may need to pivot from/within the NDIS space - we work in a dynamic responsive org that can/does embrace change - are we working toward that growth/change?

Am I willing to put my time and energy into being a part of Jeders ongoing evolution? - 100%

Oh the patterns this conjured up in my head!!! This is would be a great article to adapt and publish in the world of change makers. For the living organism that Jeder is, constantly existing, creating and exploring the ecosystem this brings clarity. I think it should be part of pre on boarding in some way - there is so much unlearning to happen when you come on board.

Lots of words and no pictures made my head ache, but that's me and I did read it a couple of times.

I did get confused by the member contribution number of hours cos it adds up to 9.5 hours.

I placed myself in the table in the information in different ways. I thought about my world of "earning, learning and contributing balance" and how that looks inside Jeder and outside. I do feel judged sometimes by what and where people may see me contributing or not.

This piece of work provides me with a way to place myself in the system, where I float in and out and realizing how I do other things that are contributions.

I have always found it hard to pick a jedi, it's in my nature to be a bumble bee and we teach Open Space and feel this could be a bit pointy to some. It was on first read for me.

What is next for this outside the norm?

Thank you for putting this together- as a newish member this has been helpful in clarifying contribution. I also appreciated the break down of members hours worked. I will need to reread it a few times to get my head fully around it.

I loved reading this and the clarity I got from it regarding a few unanswered questions I had. I loved the examples and thought it really highlighted the impact of not contributing but also how much a little each week can add up to soooo much.

Thanks all who have responded! The Jedlet will meet again soon and incorporate your responses.

Thanks everyone that has worked on this- a BIG piece of work to get through and lots of information to digest. A few questions come up for me:

1. Why are team meetings not included as part of the contributions? I thought they were an essential element of membership?

2. I am confused as to what the proposal is actually asking me to do? Is it the recommendation section?

3. Are we able to also shift some language we have used previously- for example time worked (is billable/revenue generating work + contribution).

Maybe I need to talk through some of the info to gain some more understanding :-)

This is great...I , like most here, need to read it a few times, but most of it makes sense!! 🙂

That looks great. I guess one question that came up for me is around working hours and whether that relates to billable hours? From a financial perspective it would make sense to talk in terms of billable hours as these are easier tracked.

Thank you everyone for your comments and queries - everything has been integrated now and the document has been sent to the Docs Jedi to register.

Great to have this piece of work done; thanks to @Lee Griffiths @Dimitra Donopoulos @Sandy Quigley & @Cathy Erbacher for helping form and sustain this Jedlet - amazing work!