Disbursing this alleged eighty grand sounds like a perfect use for
"The Collaboratron" which is what I call my work in progress
governance and accounting system.
http://davidnicol.diaryland.com/090531_6.htmlWins compared with Nick's proposal:
1: p5p gets a business model, which is, we earn interest on our
endowment, and disburse that to our participants
2: p5p (or the endowment-interest-disbursing committee, or TPF:
whatever existing or new entity takes this role) gets a formal
governance system
3: claims can be entered for work already done, work done before the
beginning of the disbursement program.
4: no crappy is-a-contract/isn't-a-contract mishigas. Since there's
no limit on the pool of "hours you worked on this" it becomes
perfectly possible to do bug-fixes on clear contract terms.
(I think Nick's claim that "it isn't a contract" is specious. Working
on something not intrinsically amusing in exchange for an expectation
of money on completion is exactly a contract; the fact that there
isn't yet an internet court of small claims with any standing to file
a lawsuit for an unpaid $500 in isn't going to make someone who thinks
they should have gotten paid and didn't any happier about their
situation)
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