On 07/02/15 10:39, Nicolás Reynolds wrote: > > Last wednesday Emulatorman, hellekin and I met at HackLab Barracas[^1] > and we talked about a propposal for receiving donations. > > To make this more dynamic, I proppose you express your concerns as > patches to this document so we don't end up in endless discussions. And > if you agree, just put a +1 :) > > > > TL;DR: The main idea is that we setup the needed infrastructure for > receiving donations through the help of Ceata and aim to cover our > current expenses (domain, server, etc.) for the next years. We can > discuss and decide by consensus what use will the extra money have once > we have it (more servers, buying hardware for porting, hacker > remuneration, etc.). For this, we propose a two bucket approach: fill > the current expenses bucket first, whose money goes to fund operations > only, and then a second bucket for solidarity purposes, that's spent > according to community consensual decisions once we have enough to cover > operations comfortably. > > Since Ceata needs a person to talk to in behalf of Parabola, we propose > that me (fauno) act as Parabola delegate for the first year. Several > people have already agreed to this and even proposed it in the first > place. After this period the delegation will rotate to another person. > If the community is not happy with my work as delegate, we can rotate > the delegation at any time. > > # Operations bucket > > * List on the wiki all the current expenses and donations we have > --domain name, server(s), etc.-- with their respective costs if any. > > * Plan a budget for the next years to cover these costs and anything > we're missing today --build server, arm hardware... > > # Solidarity bucket > > In the case that we receive more money than we need to cover operations, > it'll go to a second bucket, over which we'll discuss and decide by > community consensus in what way we want to spend or share it :) > > # Accountability > > Any money going in and out of Parabola's buckets need to be published on > the wiki, and any transactions from the solidarity bucket discussed and > agreed upon by the community beforehand. > > Also, every discussion about this needs to happen publicly on the > mailing list, and decisions documented on the wiki. > > # Cryptocurrencies > > We can also create wallets in several cryptocurrencies to receive > donations and make transactions directly. Just a thought :) > > # Relationship with Ceata > > If the offer made by Ceata is still up, fauno will act as a delegate of > the Parabola community with them for the first year. The delegation > tasks will be: > > * Drafting a contract with Ceata, describing our mutual relationship, > responsibilities and obligations, and the mechanisms for receiving > donations and making payments in behalf of us. Such draft will have > to be aproved by the Parabola community, and negotiations will be > transparently published on [email protected]. > > * Be in communication with them and make sure decisions are made in a > timely manner. > > After a year, we'll have to decide on another person to act as delegate. > We can also decide before the year ends, so the current delegate can > train the new one without exceeding his mandate (and burning out in the > process!) > > If the community is not happy with the delegate's work, the delegate's > mandate is immediately revoked and a new one must replace her/him. > > The important thing is that the donation infrastructure is setup and > working soon enough! > > > > > > [^1]: http://wiki.hackcoop.com.ar > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev >
+1 -- Miguel Trujillo [email protected]
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