[Dev] Propposal for donations infrastructure

[Miguel Trujillo]

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 dev at lists.parabola.nu.
> 
> * 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
> 
> 
> 
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Miguel Trujillo
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