Allow Adoption Pod to Reimburse Out-of-Pocket Contributor Expenses

Governance Proposals
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Original Proposal Title: Adoption Pod – Allowable Expenses Update
Updated Title: Allow Adoption Pod to Reimburse Out-of-Pocket Contributor Expenses

Discussion Period #1: Aug 15-24, 2023
Voting Period #1: Aug 25-29, 2023
Snapshot #1 (Failed – Did not pass quorum): Link

Discussion Period #2: Aug 30, 2023 to Sep 13, 2023
Voting Period #2: Sep 13, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023
Snapshot #2: Link

Proposal

Update the Adoption Pod’s allowable expenses to include reimbursing contributors for software/operation expenses paid. For example, Notion or domain hosting.

Link to original adoption pod proposal: Link

Edit Sep 13, 2023 – Clarifications:

  • Allowable Expenses refers to the things the Adoption Pod can spend on. Prior to this proposal, these expenses related to increasing Polywrap adoption. This may include:

    • Hosting, sponsoring or attending events (hackathons, conferences)
    • Content creation – articles, videos, graphics, brand assets
    • Marketing campaigns

After the proposal, Adoption Pod could also reimburse out-of-pocket contributor expenses. This is meant for administrative simplicity.

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Why do we want to do this? Expenses aren’t directly tied to adoption, or are they?

3

This is a good question. The reason for this proposal is for administrative simplicity:

  • There’s already a Safe created for the adoption pod with available budget to cover these out-of-pocket expenses

  • The adoption pod could review out-of-pocket expenses and reimburse them without putting up new proposals each time

  • The initial reimbursement would be ~$6.3K total, but this amount reflects reimbursement across many months for multiple contributors. Monthly amounts are expected to be much less.

    • The monthly amounts would be low so it wouldn’t be worth the admin burden to create a separate pod/Safe to handle reimbursements

There’s many potential ways to handle this proposal, so I’m open to whichever process you all think is best.

4

Okay thank you for the response, that makes sense to me!