I brought this up in the GB meeting today and got some feedback. This does seem feasible.
One question that came up was who can vote. The overall consensus seems to be “anyone in the community can vote”.
However, which projects should get money can be something that can be sourced partly from the donors themselves. (Think of this as donors giving visibility to their favoured projects) If donors don’t specify this could go into a generic pool to be decided in “some way”
The other thing is about contribution to FOSS United itself. I’m of the opinion that the donor directly decide how to much to contribute to FOSS United (so like two donation amounts - a Project fund and a Foundation fund). Another opinion is that how much should go to FOSS United can also be decided by the community.
PS: Related - we also discussed having a UPI donation (QR code) possibility in meetups and more (@Nemo - but also look at this old forum post)
There was also a short discussion about the quantum we could raise this way, and if it’s worth it. At the minimum it would be a good awareness exercise. I’d dare say also a good indicator of community involvement that we’re able to generate.
Also tagging @mrugesh and @khitab for notification as they’ve raised hands to volunteer towards this.