Re: [Discuss] [Funding Mechanism] How to accommodate lower and higher pledge levels

2015-10-21 Thread Stephen Michel
I may agree with you; I haven't quite decided yet. I'm going to continue to argue until I'm convinced one way or the other. On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:36 AM, mray wrote: On 20.10.2015 19:09, Stephen Michel wrote: !IMPORTANT! First: I propose we set a Design Freeze Deadline

Re: [Discuss] [Funding Mechanism] How to accommodate lower and higher pledge levels

2015-10-20 Thread Stephen Michel
!IMPORTANT! First: I propose we set a Design Freeze Deadline of next MONDAY, OCT 26 for the mechanism. After that date, the design shall be locked in. --- Second: I'm going to re-pitch my proposal: I hold these to be self-evident. If you agree with me, I don't see what your objection might

Re: [Discuss] [Funding Mechanism] How to accommodate lower and higher pledge levels

2015-10-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 10/19/2015 08:20 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > In short, I don't believe we actually need any change to the mechanism; > we just need to lower the minimum and encourage donation at > above-minimum levels. > > We should do this by keeping in mind that *the average user will tend to > stick with

Re: [Discuss] [Funding Mechanism] How to accommodate lower and higher pledge levels

2015-10-19 Thread Stephen Michel
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: On 10/19/2015 08:20 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: In short, I don't believe we actually need any change to the mechanism; we just need to lower the minimum and encourage donation at above-minimum levels. We should

Re: [Discuss] [Funding Mechanism] How to accommodate lower and higher pledge levels

2015-10-19 Thread mray
On 19.10.2015 17:47, Stephen Michel wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >> >> On 10/19/2015 08:20 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: >>> In short, I don't believe we actually need any change to the mechanism; >>> we just need to lower the minimum