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There may still be a purpose for the Dash Foundation regardless of what other entities the Core Team establishes and operates through. For example, it could continue with a mission around advocacy or education. The Dash Foundation leadership and members will need to decide on a path forward...

Are you referring to the membership dues the Foundation collected?

Dash Community, Over the course of the last year, the Dash Core Team has placed a great deal of emphasis on professionalizing our operations to serve the Dash DAO as best as we can. Today, I am pleased to announce a number of initiatives we are undertaking to continue that process of growth and...

I simply meant that it was a misperception that Evan paid the December core team payments out of his own pocket. The payment made in December was actually a delayed November payment. It was not out of his own pocket. No one is disputing that the December 2015 budgets never finalized / paid.

Generally, benefits can be acquired for less money as a group than many individual purchases. This is particularly true for worker's compensation and health insurance. It is simply a more efficient means of providing benefits vs. paying people more and expecting them to buy their own.

This is also a common misperception. Evan was simply not disciplined about distributing the core team payments in a timely fashion. In this case, he'd simply neglected to distribute the November budget. The distributions were as follows: September 2015 budget - distributed September 21st October...

I wanted to share this picture for a while, but I keep forgetting...

Great question... it could be used in one of two ways. Either for marketing directly to consumers, or as a "vision" video at conferences (before or after a presentation)... For the consumer angle, we can start with a trial run in a small city for cheap and measure the impact on website and...

We are happy to report that core team submissions to the budget system are complete for the April budget cycle. There is one additional proposal that we were hoping to incorporate, but it is dependent on figures from an external party. If we receive sufficient details today, I may attempt to...

This is cross-posted at www.dashcentral.org/p/hr-recruiting-201704 This proposal funds a budget for professional recruiting services to assist the core team in quickly filling the positions that appear likely to fund in the April budget. The expansion of the core team in the proposal is large...

I'm not sure how much I can reveal about the commercial without compromising the strategy. I would need to clear anything specific with the branding team, and I don't think we want details leaking publicly until it is publicly shown for the first time. But I can tell you this much... I showed an...

This is cross-posted at www.dashcentral.org/p/conf-mayevents-201704 This proposal funds the remaining expenses associated with Dash's participation and sponsorships for Blockchain 360 in Santa Clara and Consensus 2017 in New York City during the month of May. Initial funding was approved for...

This is cross-posted at www.dashcentral.org/p/mrktg-general-201704 This proposal funds our ongoing marketing efforts. In a typical month, we fund our international outreach program. However, this month we plan to fund a number of additional one-time efforts to promote Dash. We will continue...

Perhaps he did... all I have is an old spreadsheet from back in the day. Point remains, though, that he hasn't been taking a salary.

This is cross-posted at https://www.dashcentral.org/p/core-expansion-201704 This proposal authorizes the expansion of the core team to include recently posted C++ Developer positions and a large number of full-time and part-time roles. It represents the largest expansion of the core team to...

& @solo7861 @fernando was mostly accurate in that Evan has not taken salary in a very long time. However, I wanted to make one minor correction. Based on records that pre-date my involvement in the financials, they show that Evan actually took a salary for the first four budget cycles. He...

This is cross-posted at https://www.dashcentral.org/p/core-salaries-201704 This proposal funds the Dash Core Team - including all developers, administrative, and support staff - at market rates excluding benefits. There will be a separate proposal for a proposed expansion of the team, and I'll...

John came into the offices to meet with me this week and share his proposal. Here are some of the main points I expressed: 1) While the product may exist, the process for producing it at scale does not. This introduces significant risks that cannot be mitigated. There are no guarantees that an...

I would be remiss in my duties to not focus this month's budget report on the dramatic price increases of the past days and weeks. To say that it represents a dramatic change in the outlook for our project would be an understatement. We are seeing this manifest itself in a number of ways besides...

Correct. I had to wait for the proposal to go up over there... always a few minutes delay.