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.

• 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

Financial Controller

Operations Director

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.