# Representatives Council

## Goals

* Meet twice a month and evaluate costs, expenses, and revenue.
* Evaluate new initiatives and projects in the respective departments/teams.
* Agree on how to distribute budgets in order to invest in the projects that support the overall progression of the organization the most.
* At the end of the month confirm the financial distribution with the [Finance Director](https://docs.deepwork.studio/teams-departments/operations/roles/financial-controller).
* Write an executive summary per department in the following format:
  * Intro
  * Goals
  * Tenets
  * Current state
  * Lessons learned
  * Strategy

## Hazards

* Financial decisions may be made out of self-interest rather than mission-driven.

## Functions

[representative](https://docs.deepwork.studio/teams-departments/operations/roles/representative "mention")

[financial-controller](https://docs.deepwork.studio/teams-departments/operations/roles/financial-controller "mention")

[operations-director](https://docs.deepwork.studio/teams-departments/operations/roles/operations-director "mention")

## Requirements

* Ensure that any requests for funding are well justified in the context of the overall vision of the organization.
* An open place for negotiation needs to be provided and constructive critique and discourse is of paramount importance.
* If participants exceed the amount of 3 people, facilitate a workshop.