Final vote is open #CoPowerBudget2023

Voting is now open in our second and final vote for the #CoPowerBudget2023. On 10 June all customer members will receive an email from ElectionBuddy including a unique link to access your ballot paper so you can complete your vote. This vote gives our customer members the opportunity to determine how $103,000 is spent through the impact and service budgets over the next 12 months. The vote is open 8.00am 10 June till 11.45pm on 25 June.

View all the 2023 CoPower Budget proposals by clicking here. 

In this final vote you are being asked to vote on 2 sets of proposals:

$51,500 has been allocated to our impact budget

Our impact budget is what we use to fund good works in our communities. We invest this money into projects run by organisations our members are active in or to support causes that are left out by other major funders like strikes and climate resistance.

There are 16 inspiring impact project proposal to vote on and you can read all about them by clicking here. 

You will be asked to vote on what proportion of our impact budget should be allocated to each of these projects. You will be given 20 points to allocate across the 16 proposals. You can put all 20 on one project you really like, or spread them out across a few.

This is the final vote for the 2023 impact budget. Once all the votes are tallied a minimum of 5 projects will be funded.

$51,500 has been allocated to our service budget.

Our service budget is what we use on helping out our customer members. We allocate this money to the following 4 priority areas which then invests in services over the course of the year.

1. Digital Experience
2. Energy Efficiency
3. Hardship
4. Renewable Energy

We had over 36 customer member’s share ideas for improving our service, these have been allocated across the 4 priority areas which are summarized by clicking here.

You will be asked to vote on what proportion of our service budget should be allocated to each of these buckets. You will be given 10 points to allocate across the 4 buckets. You can put all 10 on one bucket you really like, or spread them out across a few. Once the vote is tallied the budgets of the 4 priority areas will be determined. You will then be given an opportunity to join one of the 4 working groups to explore the options and determine which activities get funded.

CoPower voting guide for ElectionBuddy

We are using ElectionBuddy as our voting platform for this final vote. On 10 June all customer members will receive an email from ElectionBuddy including a unique link to access your ballot paper so you can complete your vote. The vote is open on 10th June and closes on 25 June.

Click here to access the guide that we have developed to step you through the voting process.

If you have any questions on the process, please contact Peter Reid at [email protected]

Recording of CoPower Budget workshop 2

On Thursday we held our final workshop for the CoPower Budget for 2023. We heard from the impact project applicants on their ideas to drive change in communities, got an update on the amazing ideas customer member submitted for our service budget and walked through the process for casting our vote. Participants were excited to launch our 2nd and final vote for this year’s budget.

View a video recording of the workshop by clicking here