RFC: The Ten Rupee FOSS fund

Interesting idea. After I posted the fund I realized it does nothing to get funds for FOSS United itself (one of my GB election TODO items). Thanks for this!

Job board access is certainly something that would be appreciated. Virtual town halls are not well attended right now. You’re of course welcome to contribute to the Educational Initiatives already! (I’m also thinking of some kind of a monthly series, but want to be careful not I don’t spread myself too thin)

One possible thing we can do is offer early (and exclusive) access to members for specific things (e.g. IndiaFOSS tickets). This will require us to figure out thresholds and stuff. There have been some previous attempts at memberships (you may have seen this thread). In general folks having members with “special powers/privileges” (e.g. voting rights/control) is something that has not been seen favourably.

Me wonders if the “Ten Rupee Fund” (TRF) should have like two “boxes” - a projects fund, and a foundation fund. Thoughts ?

This will be useful. @khitab has been quietly cooking up how the TRF might look in terms of flows for the user. Something of a “fake it before you make it” :smiley: We’re certainly looking for technical contributors too.

I’ve been a bit caught up with some other work after IndiaFOSS. I’ll be bringing the TRF up in the next governing board meeting (potentially happening somewhere in the first/second week of next month) to see what the next steps could be. I will keep you posted.

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