Invoice #60212 to Common Good

We may need to adapt our policies as the movement grows and/or more money comes in but a few principles will remain:

We only collect financial support in order to cover genuine costs and enable the events we run. We may build up a surplus for a particular event if interest is high and costs are low but it is not our intention to allow funds to accumulate. We will look to spend it where needed as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

Events should ideally be free to attend, fun and inclusive. We want to maximise engagement, removing barriers to attendance and contribution wherever possible. 

 

“To change everything, we need everyone”.

Common Good is not looking to raise significant funds or form a membership body. 

 

We welcome one off or ongoing financial contributions (large or small) from both individuals and organisations but this brings no influence or favour. Contributions are all recognised in the same way - we do not offer opportunities for corporate sponsorship.

We work on the basis of mutual respect and the understanding that all of us are volunteering our time to support the Common Good ethos. This feeds through to a high degree of trust around the financial management of events. 

 

If everything we do is transparent, the movement will be able to self-regulate with many eyes helping to keep us accountable. To assist with this all transactions in and out are publicly recorded on (insert link here when available).

 

It is easier to manage smaller amounts of money and to take decisions locally, closer to where the money is needed. That’s why we suggest local Common Good groups should form for particular regions or interest areas, create their own collective to start managing their own fundraising and expenses. 

 

The initial team are here to offer support to help them get their own Working Group up and running. In the meantime, they are free to use the national collective (insert link here when available)

Expenses incurred in the running of an event can be reclaimed. These could include the following:

·      Venue hire

·      Speaker travel (if requested)

·      Speaker fees (although we generally encourage volunteers)

·      AV or broadcast licence charges

Others will occur of course and should be discussed with a financial monitor (currently set up as Vicky, Paul, David and Jaimie but we can keep this under review) before committing to the expenditure.

 

For expense claims you can submit a request via (insert link here when available) and these will be paid via bank transfer or PayPal. Any expense claim will need to be signed off by one of the financial monitors. An expense submitted by a monitor will need to be signed off by another monitor.

 

Their role is to approve expenses and keep an overview on levels of funds to ensure we are making good use of any finance raised. 

The current monitors are:

This team is to be reviewed regularly at our catch up meetings to see if changes or additional monitors are needed.

Feel free to reach out to them if you have questions about an expense that you'd like to make. 

As always, try first to get a room for free but if needed, you can rent a place to meet for your Common Good event. 

 

For general meeting space and catch ups we rely on the support of engaged individuals and their employers. Failing that a café will always work.

In short, no. If you need to spend a full day for Common Good (e.g. as a trainer, facilitator or organizer), this will need to be done at no cost to the group. If you can not arrange with your employer it will need to be in your own time.

Ideally not and please work to avoid this. For some events, venues or speakers this may be unavoidable but the amount should be held as low as possible.

We can use EventBrite to manage tickets through the centralised Common Good account.