Here is a look at the data with the Governance category separated from Research.
1) Please revote.
Apologies for making everyone vote again. The first poll suffers from research and governance not being segmented.
Which category(s) of funding do you think the GMC should prioritize?
- Development
- Governance
- Research
- Marketing
- Support
- Public Goods
2) Leave feedback on how to handle allocation process / planning.
Based on the results of the first poll, here’s a suggestion for GMC funding targets (I’ll update this once we get results from the new poll):
Sample Target Allocations (during a 12 month period)
- Development - 27%
- Governance - 18%
- Research - 18%
- Marketing - 14%
- Support - 10%
- Public Goods - 3%
We still don’t have enough applications incoming to be able to perfectly hit any allocations we set. However, we can toggle maximum ranges to ensure we’re not aggressively overspending in any one category.
Sample Maximum Allocations (during a 12 month period)
- Development - 32%
- Governance - 23%
- Research - 23%
- Marketing - 19%
- Support - 15%
- Public Goods - 8%
The major risk of setting a cap on a category is we could potentially be making less use of the treasury if the amount of incoming applications is low.
After we receive a fresh round of the updated poll results I’ll adjust these numbers and repost.
Feedback Requested:
- What are your thoughts on implementing a system like this?
- Do you find the estimated figures provided above reasonable? (After they’re updated with the latest poll)
- Are there alternative funding planning methods you would suggest exploring?