Clarifying questions about the crowd-resourcing proposal draft
Ben Roberts
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Ben Roberts, lead convener of Co-opathon2015, is proposing to launch a "crowd-resourcing campaign" on Monday, September 14, as the next phase of the Co-opathon gathering. Prior to that date, he requests that those who wish to weigh in on his proposal do so using this Loomio group, via the following process (adapted from sociocracy/holacracy):
- _ Ask clarifying questions using this thread (ideally by end of day Thursday)_
- Offer responses, including suggestions for improvements and concerns you have about whether or not this is "safe enough to try" via the other open discussion thread in this Loomio group (ideally by midday Friday)
- Discuss and vote on a modified version of this proposal that Ben will offer in response to 1 and 2 above, to be posted by end of day Friday, with voting closing by end of day Sunday)
You can review the proposal draft here: www.bit.ly/cthon2015crowdprop
Ben Roberts Wed 9 Sep 2015 5:56PM
I believe dana.io only supports financial contributions, so we will need other methods for gathering non-monetary commitments. Another element TBD. #messiness
david pinto Wed 9 Sep 2015 7:07PM
Our app can track that. But we haven't got projects implemented, gonna cost £1.2k and I am waiting for event next week to give it the go ahead; old prototype does but it is a bugger to register users. So, we're not ready for 14th.
Bret A Warshawsky Wed 9 Sep 2015 8:36PM
Awesome David, our tech will also help people map, find and synergize time/skills/etc and also not ready!!! Can be frustrating when what you envision and know is waiting for funding/coders to realize it!
Ben, my question was also, is the crowdfunding campaign speaking to the larger world in inviting time donations or is that aspect being just prototyped among co-opathon participants?
Ben Roberts Thu 10 Sep 2015 3:04AM
The proposal is to invite Co-opathon participants to reach out to their networks for both monetary and non-monetary resources, Bret.
Lucas Cioffi Wed 9 Sep 2015 9:09PM
Is the proposed 7% in addition to credit card processing fees? The Dana website mentions that there's a direct payment option, but I expect that most people will choose to pay with a credit card and that usually has an additional ~3% fee on crowdfunding platforms.
Ben Roberts Wed 9 Sep 2015 9:53PM
Yes, it's in addition to processing fees. You can also set up a direct contribution option to avoid PayPal fees etc. They also take bitcoin.
Mark Spain Wed 9 Sep 2015 11:27PM
The link www.bit.ly/cthon2015crowdprop doesn't work for me. It says the page doesn't exist.
Mark Spain Wed 9 Sep 2015 11:29PM
I get the google doc when I open it outside of the loomio platform
Ben Roberts Thu 10 Sep 2015 3:04AM
Thanks, Mark. I think I fixed that now.
Bret A Warshawsky · Wed 9 Sep 2015 4:59PM
Is the crowdfunding campaign on dana going to be mentioning/asking the public if they'd like to offer some time commitment and/or is the platform for just the monetary component?