At the last plenary, @Sarah had the brilliant idea to create an information package that Reeflings can use to explain to our banks what we are all about. I am going to call it a prospect, a term borrowed from banking and finance.
Information we have produced and curated so far is meant for consumption by people considering whether to join The Reef. It’s great, but not suitable for the task: banks won’t care whether we use sociocracy in meetings, or that pets are not allowed in the common areas. On the other hand, they probably want extra clarity on legal structure and financial flows, that are treated in an offhanded way in the presentation’s slide deck (which is also way too long for a bank appointment). For example, a glance at the total budget’s breakdown could look like this:
And a high-level timeline of the project:
The table of content of the prospect would be something like this:
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High-level
- Vision in one sentence (mentioning sustainability and inclusivity)
- The site
- Project timeline
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The building
- Professionals involved (mentioned)
- Oak Tree and inclusivity
- Sustainability aspects
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Group and legal structure
- The group in one sentence
- The Reef ASBL
- Coral Reef SoSim
- (Future) Copropriété
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Financial considerations
- Budget
- List of the units, with prices.
- Financial flows recorded (2022-2024) and predicted (2025-2027)
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Risk analysis
It will need to be tri-lingual, I am afraid. We’ll write it in English, then translate it into French and Dutch.
Thoughts?