B. Organising circles

Context: There are currently 4 organising circles in GM SC. Three new organising circles were introduced ahead of the Winter Members’ Meeting and have been ratified, so they can be added to GM SC’s website.

Those new organising circles are:

• B1. GM Shapers*
• B2. GM SC Youth Champions Circle
• B3. Feeding Your Resilience*

B4 and B5. Regarding redistributing to GM SC organising circles members voted that none of the organising circles should be included in the redistribution, and no money should be allocated to organising circles from the redistribution pot. (Some members might decide to give all or some of their share to one or more circles.)**

C. Coordinating the redistribution

Context: The Transition Team was in place to support members in deciding their decision-making structure, governance and what they wanted to do with the money held by GM SC. Members decided to redistribute that money, and so, once the process of that redistribution is complete, this transition phase will end.

The money allocated to the Transition Team by the membership to cover their wages during the transition phase ran out in January 2026. Some of the tasks for the next few months still include:

• Regularly reminding members to vote via email, text and phone calls (this has now been completed)
• Supporting online and in-person for the members who struggle with the online voting process (this has now been completed)
• Processing the results of the vote and sharing the outcomes with members
• Updating GM SC’s website, newsletter and social media to update the members’ list, add new circles and communicate our story to the rest of GM SC’s ecosystem
• Processing the redistribution of GM SC’s funds with Social Change Nest
• And any other tasks that might emerge as part of this work

C1. Members voted to keep aside £9,600 to pay the Transition Team to finish this phase.*

D. Future of GM SC

Context: Members at the Members’ Meeting expressed wanting to stay connected, to reflect and share learning from GM SC’s overall journey, and to agree on what GM SC becomes once the money is gone.

D1. Members voted that GM SC, as a formal members-led network, will end once the redistribution is complete, to give space for any potential informal network(s) to emerge.*

D2. Members voted in favour of the following GM SC legacy infrastructure after the end of this phase:

• We will keep the WhatsApp community open so members can remain in contact
• The website will be paid for 5 years as a legacy site (worth £5,000), with no further updates being made
• The email address will remain active until the end of the year, monitored on a volunteer basis
• The social media accounts will no longer be updated and will be monitored only on a volunteer basis until the end of the year
• The GM SC’s Social Change Nest (where our money is held) will close once funds are gone
• No further decisions should be made in the name of GM SC

D3. Members voted against setting aside some money from the redistribution pot to cover the costs of potential future self-organised gatherings, including a space to reflect on learning, grief, and what GM SC has meant to them over the years. Instead, members can use each other’s spaces, share food costs or do a potluck to organise more informally.*

D4. Members voted that nobody should speak or bid for funding on behalf of GM SC once the formal network closes. Former members will be able to reference past involvement descriptively (e.g., “former GM SC member”), but any future use of the name would require the agreement of all current members.

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The proposals with an asterisk were not unanimous. We will reach out to those who ‘lost’ the vote to discuss it with them.

In terms of engagement numbers:

• 5 members have been removed from the list since they’ve missed all 3 meetings (members agreed to attend at least 2 out of 4 meetings each year).

Out of the 38 remaining members:

• 26 members attended the Winter Members’ Meeting (ie 68% of members), which is 3 more members than the previous meeting.
• 30 members voted, not everyone voted on everything (ie 78% of members), which is 4 more members than the previous meeting.
• 24 members both attended the meeting AND voted (ie 63% of members), which is 6 more members than the previous meeting.
• 5 members voted but did not attend the meeting (ie 13% of members), which is the same number of members as the previous meeting.
• 2 members attended the meeting but didn’t vote (ie 5% of members), which is 2 fewer members than the previous meeting.