The Your Kingston Your Future Community Panel

Earlier this year invites were sent to a random sample of 11,000 residents and businesses in Kingston asking for expressions of interest to be part of the Community Panel that will develop our brand new Community Vision and help influence the guiding plans.

Panel members were randomly selected by an external consultant (Sortition Foundation) to ensure a representative sample of the Kingston community. People who registered their expression of interest were randomly stratified through an online stratification tool, based on age, home suburb and gender, to form a descriptively representative sample of our community. Neither Council, nor our expert facilitators MosaicLab, were involved in the selection of panel representatives.

Community panels that are selected randomly bring together a diverse group of people who reflect the broader community. These panels usually include people who Council don’t usually hear from but who are impacted by Council decisions.

The graphic below provides more information on the makeup of the Your Kingston Your Future Community Panel.