[OpenIndiana-discuss] Funding OI support via a bounty escrow

[Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss]

Till has done the heavy lifting in getting OIDA formed, but much more needs to 
be done.  I am hoping this will prompt someone in a position to help Till with 
fund raising.
Donations at present just barely cover infrastructure costs:
https://opencollective.com/openindiana
Neither of the "supporters" are members of the collective.  Why?  Signing up as 
a supporter should have automatically made us members.  Would someone please 
help out by implementing a policy that donors are automatically made members?  
Atiq has a PR for a donation button for the OI home web page to take the user 
to the donation page.  Could we get that reviewed and installed?
For my concept of using bounties to incentivize work, there needs to be a way 
to ensure the person doing the work receives the bounty.  A logical means is 
for the bounty to be paid to OIDA in advance.  When the requirements, e.g. bug 
fix or feature request, are met and committed to the main repository, the 
person submitting the work gets paid.
Implementing such a scheme is rather more complex with various unknowns.  At a 
minimum we would need a spreadsheet showing bug and feature requests and bounty 
amounts on deposit for each.  Likely the person posting the bounty would want 
to furnish additional details.
Comments?
Have Fun!Reg
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