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Get 'er Done! Summer of Action 2024
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Goal 1: Over the years NUICC has operated with a set of Strategic Priorities as a roadmap for staff and coalitions to do the work. New and updated priorities for 2024-2025 need to be agreed upon. Take a look at the Strategic Priorities for this and past years: 2024-2025 Strategic Priorities (draft).
Goal 2: In the past, NUICC budget has been developed by a working group, previously led by former NUICC co-chairs, Jean-François Coté. Since his departure, NUICC staff and co-chairs Damon Johston and Becky Sasakamoose have been drafting and advising on NUICC’s budget. As we move towards a new decision-making model where all coalitions sit at the decision-making table, coalitions will support this year’s budget design. NUICC staff will support bringing everyone up to speed on this topic at this Wednesday July 24th workshop.
Goal 3: In mid-September 2024, NUICC will have the opportunity to submit a “Pre Budget submission” to the Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples (UPIP) team, advocating for and ambitious and just funding of NUICC. By sending our Pre-Budget submission we advocate to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) the need for our voices to be heard, our needs and rights to be met and their commitment to urban Indigenous organisations to be sustained through adequate funding.
Goal 4: for the past year NUICC leadership team (previously composed of 10 regional representatives) have received a mandate from coalitions to open the decision-making process in the organisations. An important piece of a decentralized, consensus-based decision-making process is the technology or platform to be used. After many discussions, NUICC has been able to secure a partnership with Ethelo, a digital democracy platform, to walk with us as we move towards a new decision-making model with coalitions. This summer, we will show you what the platform offers, and put it to use to vote on NUICC’s budget and pre-budget submission. See NUICC’s presentation of Ethelo by clicking here.
Commitment and Participation
In 2023, about 20 coalitions participated in decision-making during our Summer of Action. For 2024, we welcome the same level of engagement from coalition representatives, their alternates and their member organisation representatives to participate. Each coalition has up to one vote on our online voting platform, but can be divided between your team. Please share this invitation with your staff and board as we look to make decisions and pass motions.
The purpose of this workshop is to review and confirm the proposed motions on NUICC Budget, as shown below. We hope to introduce, review and have discussions on:
We are building this year’s budget scenarios with or without ISC funding
Schedule workshops in July to September to design NUICC’s services and priorities that will comprise the Pre-Budget Submission and shape our future.
Plan a policy and advocacy strategy to shape the future for urban Indigenous coalitions and organisations.