Community Governance

I think this is the key. In my own thinking about these issues, I’ve come to the conclusion that something like Kickstarter is probably the best solution, especially given the points @mstenta raises above. Kickstarter has their own fees as well, but you get so much more for it in terms of exposure and the feature set they provide, which is 100% towards funding specific projects, w/ perks etc.

I’m still really inspired by https://webpack.js.org/vote/, which I mentioned in “Feature Bounties”. And with the “Redesign of farmos.org”, I think it might be totally possible to do something similar that potentially leverages the Kickstarter API, instead of OC. Perhaps in the long run this could lead to some kind of more bespoke solution that we develop ourselves, to cut out the middle-man and reduce fees.

Anyways, lots of possibilities, more that I can go into now, but exciting to think about and keep discussing!

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