November 18, 2024
Attendees:
Role
Name
Voting Member
Chair
Steven Lupien
Yes
Member
Jeffrey Siler
Yes
Member
Kriss Baird
Yes
Member
Shunsuke Murasaki
Yes
Member
Rita Mistry
Yes
Member
Mercy Fordwoo
Yes
Member
Jose Velazquez
Yes
Member
Kristijan Kowalsky
Yes
Member
Pepe Otegui
Yes
Secretary
Lawrence Clark
No
SME
Lloyd Duhon
No
Observer
Rafael Fraga
No
Observer
Dave Dionsio
No
Observer
Thiago Nunes
No
Observer
Jack Briggs
No
Observer
Nicholas Cerney
No
Absents:
Steven Lupien, Jeffrey Siler, Kriss Baird, Pepe Otegui
Agenda:
Access to Budget Google Drive
November Socialization Plan
Align on workshop scope and attendance.
Agree on how Committees present their scope.
Confirm the approach to managing items not coming from a committee.
Access to Budget Google Drive
Lawrence asked all to confirm they had access to the Budget Committee Google Drive. The drive has all our working documents, and the committee members are encouraged to review and comment on any of our key documents. Including budget process and Net change limit
All participants confirmed that they had access to the Google Drive.
November Workshops
Lloyd provided an update following the first committee presentation to the community.
Product Committee: The session went well, with many constructive questions from the audience. The second product committee is due within the next two days.
More committee sessions are planned, with all of them doing two sessions to cover multiple time zones.
Lloyd confirmed that more activity is required on X (socials), and he is happy to work with any members of the committee should they wish to host or post anything.
Lloyd confirmed that he is working on a number of short videos that will help people understand the key part of the process as we lead into the constitutional event in December.
Call to action: The Budget Committee members are asked to support the Zoom sessions and socials by attending the sessions and introducing themselves as Budget Committee Members.
Budget Proposal
Lawrence Updated the attendees that the Net Change Limite estimate was still in the region of 300-500m ada. With changes to the constitution likely during the December event, the final proposal will be ready by late December/early January.
Budget Committee Working Groups
2025 Budget Process
A person from the committee was asked to volunteer to set up a working group to review and evolve the budget process for 2026.
Motion taken: Kriss Briad volenterred to set up a working group to review and evolve the budget process.
Audit Working Group
A person from the committee was asked to volunteer to set up a working group to define the audit process.
Motion taken: Jose Velazquez volenterred to set up a working group to define the audit process.
Treasury Working Group
Lawrence Clark confirmed that this group was in progress and would continue leading this into 2025.
Any other Business
Lawrence noted that a Tax working group would be required
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