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Friday 24 November 2023
Wellbeing app launched
Wellbeing Protocol App creator Benjamin Alder presents to a highly engaged audience at Senior Citizens' Hall, Tākaka last Sunday. Photo: Rosa Volz. ROSA VOLZ
The rubber hit the road last Sunday, with a highly engaged group of locals meeting to understand how to engage with The Wellbeing Protocol app. At stake, the potential to transparently access and use funds (from an initial funding pool of $4,500) for a project that aligns with the Mohua 2042 vision. The session was organised and facilitated by the trustees of the Mohua 2042 charitable trust, led by Debbie Pearson. “This is a key decisionmaking tool that empowers the community decision-making process,” she says. “This is just a start; we expect the funding pool to grow over time.” App creator Benjamin Alder led the first part of the session with a show-and-tell on the purpose and function of the app. “[It] is a new grant funding model, which shortcuts the more arduous requirements of applying for funding in written format, setting up a legal entity, being audited, and on the funding side ensuring that it is fair, contestable and transparent.” Benjamin explains that the app functions as a key tool for the community to view and vote on where community funds should be spent. “It
is also known as a participatory grant-making process.” The app functions a workflow from ideas, review, proposals, project funding, expenditure, and lightweight reporting to completion. How to submit or vote on an idea: 1. Download the app to your device (via Google Play Store or Apple Store), select the “Mohua 2042 Test” option and sign up. The app is open to all Golden Bay community members (including non-resident homeowners). Once signed up, members are eligible to submit idea(s) and/or vote. 2. Submit an idea that aligns with the Mohua 2042 vision (this is key). The idea must be well considered and viable to execute. This idea could be as simple as a single sentence. 3. Community members will use an allocation of 100 credits, which can be distributed across projects with value of votes depending on combination of votes per idea. 4. Once an idea reaches a certain threshold, a “Wellbeing Protocol Steward” will work with the submitter to refine and form a proposal, including the funding value. 5. Refined ideas are then made available on the app for further community member voting,
with a new allocation of credits. 6. The successful idea receives funding from the funding pool. 7. The funding recipient provides simple evidence to the Steward that they met and spent according to the agreed funding goal(s). The second part of the session saw breakout groups with community members pitching their ideas to a live audience. The ideas had a common theme of community sustainability and enrichment, including a sustainable farm tour, wellbeing tool kits, seed saving exchange, and a “Mohua cosmic observatory”; a total of eight ideas presented, and more in the pipeline. The group then reconvened with a hands-on session to add ideas to the app and get voting underway. By the end of the afternoon, six ideas were logged on the app, and voting was well underway. Mohua 2042 trustee Reggie Luedtke says, “This process has transparency from the beginning [to allocate funds]. What is important now is for it to be used and gain momentum within the community.” Now is the time to put forward or vote on ideas to grow a healthy, sustainable, thriving community.
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TDC reviews bylaws JO RICHARDS
Tasman District Council is encouraging the public to have their say on dog control, cat management, and the way activities in public places are regulated. A review of the three bylaws governing these issues began two weeks ago with an early engagement phase. TDC says this initial round is about gathering feedback via its website to help formulate draft bylaws for consultation in mid-2024. Dog control The public's views concerning dog exercise areas are being collected using two online maps of the Bay. The first map shows the rules that apply in different locations under the current bylaw. The second, interactive, map allows respondents to place a "pin" at a location where they think dogs should be exercised off leash, allowed on leash, allowed at certain times, or prohibited. There is also the facility to vote up or down on other people’s suggestions. Cat management TDC’s proposed bylaw will focus on promoting responsible cat ownership through the mandatory microchipping and registration of pet cats, measures which improve cat welfare by quickly reuniting lost pets with their owners, and so reduces the financial burden on rescue centres. As some councils have introduced mandatory desexing of non-breeding cats, this issue is also included in TDC’s bylaw review, and the online survey asks respondents to choose which options – microchipping, Companion Animal Registration and desexing – they would support. Public places Because the Trading in Public Places Bylaw has now lapsed, TDC proposes proposing replacing it with a new Public Places Bylaw that “will continue to protect public health and safety, avoid nuisance and meet the needs of our community”. Activities covered by the bylaw include outdoor dining, busking, trading, and public assembly and protesting. For some of the above issues, TDC is considering streamlining processes by moving away from permits and licenses, and instead simply stating the regulations that need to be complied with in order to keep public places safe and enjoyable. After next year’s formal consultation on the three draft bylaws, hearings will be held followed by deliberations before the bylaws come into effect. To have your say online, go to TDC’s home page and select “Bylaws feedback”. Submissions close on 14 December.
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