Ideas Marketplace Night

What could this idea change?

It gives the club a clearer view of people's experiences before decisions are made, including feedback that informal conversations can miss.

It may suit: The people whose experience the club needs to understand, especially voices that are not often heard.

A simple way to start

1. Confirm the challenge with the people affected, publish the evidence and limits and identify matters the club, partner or community authority must decide before any idea can proceed. Who could lead it: Challenge owner and authorised partner
2. Invite short idea canvases and offer written, visual, paired and supported submission and presentation routes, with clear information about how contributions may be used and credited. Who could lead it: Participation and access lead
3. Screen submissions only for scope, safety, authority, obvious conflicts and support needs, help eligible contributors strengthen evidence and publish the assessment process before the event. Who could lead it: Screening team and governance contact
4. Run short pitches or displays followed by clarification and evidence questions, allow participant reactions as one input only and record conflicts and panel observations against the published criteria. Who could lead it: Neutral host and assessment panel
5. Select no more ideas than the club can examine responsibly, document the reason and conditions, assign due diligence and give every contributor a respectful explore, hold, refer or decline response. Who could lead it: Board delegate and panel chair

What should we look for?

• After 90 days, review Ideas Marketplace Night. Look for representative participation, published themes, named actions and a report back on what changed, what did not and why.
• Every idea links to an approved challenge, identifies the people affected and states evidence, authority, assumptions and the smallest safe test.
• Every contributor receives an accessible, reasoned explore, hold, refer or decline response against the published criteria within the promised time.
• Every selected idea has a due-diligence owner, conflict record, partner or community authority check, capacity limit and board decision before a pilot begins.
• Unmanaged conflicts, implied funding promises, unauthorised community claims, inaccessible participation and pilots started by popularity alone remain at zero.

Before we say yes

• Does it fit a real local need?
• Can people take part safely and fairly?
• Are the facts, permissions and Rotary branding right?
• Who will lead it, and when will we review it?