@Seviramar , we have voted against this proposal in its current form, not due to the intent of this proposal, which we believe is a good pilot initiative, but due our confusion of the total amount of the grant amount requested (and specifically the operational vs. marketing allocations), milestone deliverables for each, as well as the actual long term impact for Rootstock, as also noted by Chrono Trigger.
We appreciate your summary post of milestone grant amounts in your response to Tane’s request, however, we are unsure of the total allocations for operations vs. marketing, as you noted in your comment above you will use a portion of the operation expenses ($1K per the original grant request version) for marketing, however, your original marketing budget was already $1,500, and is the total grant amount still $8,500? In addition, what is the breakdown amount for each expense allocation, such as operations and marketing?
Secondly, as we noted in our last comment to you above about understanding your greater vision for this project, currently with the information that we have per your comments posted and the original proposal, we are unsure that this pilot will provide enough of an impact for Rootstock.
If the M1 grant proposal does pass, we will possibly again vote “against” further milestones proposals, unless there is more clarification on long term goals of project, measurement of how much of an impact for Rootstock this project will deliver, and a clarification of budget and milestone deliverables.
We also welcome more conversations with the proposal author to obtain a better understanding of this proposal and future goals.