I’m breathing life into this old thread to pitch a proposal…
I would like us to explore an alternate funding model for this feature 
What if…
- We take a loan to fund this feature.
- We get buy in from our users in this. We agree collectively we’ll fund repayments by directing checkout donations toward the repayment of the loan until it is paid.
- Once it is paid users can use it to raise money for their own social impact work.
- Once a year we’ll take over the feature for an OFN fundraising drive for one month - kinda like what wikipedia do - to contribute to our annual fundraising efforts.
- When enterprises want new features (that we have collectively agreed to work on) we could also use this feature to fundraise for specific pieces of work. Of course this will require a strong roadmap because we won’t be changing priorities for enterprise needs.
That is my proposal.
I think it is genius and that we should do it.
What do y’all think…?