Sustainability issueshttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues2022-03-16T22:22:45Zhttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/23Proposal: a Payment Pointer for CiviCRM to collect passive Web Monetization i...2022-03-16T22:22:45ZnicolProposal: a Payment Pointer for CiviCRM to collect passive Web Monetization incomeFor over a year I've been exploring [Web Monetization](https://webmonetization.org/docs/getting-started), which is a newish protocol to stream money from user's browsers to the websites they visit. It's a [W3C community draft](https://we...For over a year I've been exploring [Web Monetization](https://webmonetization.org/docs/getting-started), which is a newish protocol to stream money from user's browsers to the websites they visit. It's a [W3C community draft](https://webmonetization.org/specification) and currently is only in use by Coil.com, which has $5/month subscriptions and pays out at $0.36/hour. It works by adding a meta tag into the receiving website with a '[payment pointer](https://paymentpointers.org/)' and a browser plugin on the paying user agent side that streams to payment pointers it finds. (Disclaimer: I've been funded in the past by their grant foundation Grant for the Web for [this project](https://civicrm.org/blog/nicol/using-civicrm-manage-payouts-multiple-parties), but am not being paid to write this - I just like the idea of passive microdonations to fund the open web as your browse).
For this year's Mozilla Festival, which finishes today, Coil has run [an experiment](https://community.webmonetization.org/grantfortheweb/join-in-the-grand-mozfest-web-monetization-experiment-3jm5) where every attendee gets 6 months free subscription plus $10 to give in tips to any site they visit. As a result [I've pulled together and shared all the videos](https://community.webmonetization.org/nicol/open-video-to-help-filmmakers-and-civicrm-at-mozfest-2022-58ha) I've made over the years around CiviCRM, added a Payment Pointer and have started to collect money with 100% of anything raised given to CiviCRM LLC (tho in reality so far it's <$5).
This issue is to check a few things:
- [ ] that there's no community pushback against me doing this with the videos (ie our do-ocracy depends on people knowing what's being done!)
- [ ] to invite anyone else to add `<meta name="monetization" content="$ilp.uphold.com/3FY2pBy6RFxF">` to their website header - anything streamed to this address goes into a CiviCRM specific account which will be given to the LLC as soon as it passes $10.
- [ ] adding this wallet address to the [public list of Social Benefit Payment Pointers](https://community.webmonetization.org/grantfortheweb/non-profit-payment-pointers-2890) to encourage others to start collecting money for CiviCRM on their website. The list at present include orgs like archive.org and Mozilla Foundation.
- [ ] to propose adding this to the header tags of civicrm.org (and docs/lab/chat) so it
- [ ] to propose CiviCRM has it's own payment pointer instead of using one I control. This third point is more about good governance.. as it may only be a few dollars a month in income at most for now, it may not be worth Josh's time to setup for now.
## FAQ: Can Web Monetization breach privacy?
Privacy is [central to the design](https://webmonetization.org/docs/explainer/) of the protocol. Payment streams are anonymous so the identity of who streamed the money isn't available to the recipient. Frustratingly this also means if you add a pointer to your website you won't know which web page the money came from, as this could potentially be traced back to an IP address or user-agent - and as a user you can't see a list of websites you've donated to unless you install an [extra browser plugin](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/paytrackr/pcfbnmieeijeahdbbjefgkcbkfnccpei?hl=en).
## FAQ: Is this a blockchain?
No, not according to Coil.com or WebMonetization.org.
However, there are only two places to get a Payment Pointer at present: Uphold and Gatehub, and both of these are used for currency exchange, including cryptocurrency. So if you visit either site to get your own Payment Pointer it does feel crypto-ish.
In adition Web Monetizaiton is based on [Interledger](https://interledger.org/), which is a new payment processing protocol which aims to lower/remove payment processsing fees especially in countries not covered by Paypal/Stripe. This also isn't a blockchain, but it _was_ funded by [Ripple](https://ripple.com/) which _is_ a digital currency using a blockchain, but is what's known as a permissioned blockchain, which have been around since 1990. With permissioned blockchains, there's no mining and only a small group of trusted people can process transactions, so it's more like a federated database, and the [energy use is relatively small](https://xrpl.org/carbon-calculator.html) (higher than credit cards but lower than cash). _Permissionless_ blockchains arrived with Bitcoin in 2008 and have the huge energy & resource footprint because of mining and vast effort to try and limit a permissionless structure being corrupted/attacked (Cory Doctorow [wrote a good thread](https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1493288014193307656) about the difference). Anyway, the project doesn't use Ripple, or any blockchain, it's just _funded by Ripple_. Wanted to be clear on that because there's quite a lot of concerns and hype around cryptocurrencies.https://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/22Support the removal of Richard Stallman from Free Software Foundation (FSF) l...2021-04-15T17:45:11ZJoe McLaughlinSupport the removal of Richard Stallman from Free Software Foundation (FSF) leadership positions, and support the resignation of FSF board membersCiviCRM as an organization should support the call for Richard Stallman, AKA 'RMS', to be removed from leadership positions at the Free Software Foundation, and should support the resignation of the FSF board members.
There is a large ...CiviCRM as an organization should support the call for Richard Stallman, AKA 'RMS', to be removed from leadership positions at the Free Software Foundation, and should support the resignation of the FSF board members.
There is a large and growing number of former FSF staffers, former FSF board members, individuals involved in free software and free software organizations supporting the call. See https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ .https://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/17Implement community survey 20212021-03-18T13:18:56Zjoshjosh@civicrm.orgImplement community survey 2021Implement a community survey/process
Survey the community to help frame medium term product roadmap.
Focus on end users (maybe, maybe separate questions for others)
Determine if it is possible to do a multilingual one.
Current task li...Implement a community survey/process
Survey the community to help frame medium term product roadmap.
Focus on end users (maybe, maybe separate questions for others)
Determine if it is possible to do a multilingual one.
Current task list (I didn't have perm to edit @aiden's comment)
* [x] @aiden: first draft of focused set of survey Qs
* [x] @JoeMurray: define ask for community input to survey design and share
* [x] @JoeMurray: get Aiden dev access to Wiki project
* [x] @JoeMurray : ask @daniella for help with getting help from Royal Statistical Society
* [x] @JoeMurray : ask RSS for help
* [x] @JoeMurray: invite Phil to join survey design effort
* [x] @JoeMurray : ask for access to old survey results/questions #21
* [x] @JoeMurray : ask @bgm for advice on how we would get access to setup survey on c.o, send mailings, etc. https://lab.civicrm.org/infra/community-messages/-/issues/1
* [x] @JoeMurray : ask Royal Stats Society for help via filling out form and returning
* [x] @Detlev : ask Alejandros to help translate into Spanish
* [ ] @josh: clean Civi.org Members records
Wiki page about this effort: https://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/wikis/User-Survey-2021
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Previous description focussed on member survey:
to determine opportunities to improve program success. Ideas/objectives include:
- understanding why the member joined in the first place, i.e. is it just goodwill or is there value that they would like to get out of it.
- whether they use a provider or manage civicrm in house
- how many organization users use civicrm
- do they have adequate training resources
- whether they would rather restrict their financial support to a specific fund, MIH or purpose
- link to register with sitejoshjosh@civicrm.orgjoshjosh@civicrm.orghttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/16Open technology fund - community protoype fund2019-10-28T12:59:20ZnicolOpen technology fund - community protoype fundCould this be a funding source for work on the new sustainable extensions ecosystem/directory discussed at Summit19? https://www.opentech.fund/funds/community-prototype-fund/Could this be a funding source for work on the new sustainable extensions ecosystem/directory discussed at Summit19? https://www.opentech.fund/funds/community-prototype-fund/https://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/15Open Technology Fund - core infrastrucutre grants2019-10-28T12:57:34ZnicolOpen Technology Fund - core infrastrucutre grantsThese folk came highly recommended by a couple of people at Mozfest. A bunch of awards - [this one](https://www.opentech.fund/funds/core-infrastructure-fund/) closes this Friday but will have other rounds.These folk came highly recommended by a couple of people at Mozfest. A bunch of awards - [this one](https://www.opentech.fund/funds/core-infrastructure-fund/) closes this Friday but will have other rounds.2019-11-01https://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/13Pursue b corp certification2021-04-02T08:53:37Zjoshjosh@civicrm.orgPursue b corp certificationSeveral years ago CiviCRM LLC researched modifying its legal structure and ultimated settled on adopting a b-corp certification. Need to research the requirements to complete this item.Several years ago CiviCRM LLC researched modifying its legal structure and ultimated settled on adopting a b-corp certification. Need to research the requirements to complete this item.joshjosh@civicrm.orgjoshjosh@civicrm.orghttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/12Pursue MOSS track 3 funding2019-11-07T15:07:58Zjoshjosh@civicrm.orgPursue MOSS track 3 fundingFunding description: The Secure Open Source (“SOS”) track supports security audits for widely used open source software projects as well as the remedial work needed to rectify the problems found.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/Funding description: The Secure Open Source (“SOS”) track supports security audits for widely used open source software projects as well as the remedial work needed to rectify the problems found.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/joshjosh@civicrm.orgjoshjosh@civicrm.orghttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/10CiviCRM partner recruitment and renewal2019-11-13T14:56:09Zjoshjosh@civicrm.orgCiviCRM partner recruitment and renewalThis is a placeholder issue for tracking time recruiting new partners, managing current partner info and requests as well as ensuring renewals.This is a placeholder issue for tracking time recruiting new partners, managing current partner info and requests as well as ensuring renewals.joshjosh@civicrm.orgjoshjosh@civicrm.orghttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/9Should we create our own payment processor?2019-12-09T02:10:15ZJoe McLaughlinShould we create our own payment processor?Consider starting our own, non-profit payment processorConsider starting our own, non-profit payment processorhttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/7Sign up for Auth.net partner program2019-10-13T18:19:34Zjoshjosh@civicrm.orgSign up for Auth.net partner programjoshjosh@civicrm.orgjoshjosh@civicrm.orghttps://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/11HR / recruiting more talented tech people into the CiviCRM world2019-10-21T16:21:39ZMichael McAndrewHR / recruiting more talented tech people into the CiviCRM worldI'm keen to talk with people who are interested in / have experience with / have struggled with recruiting talented technical people into the CiviCRM world (as opposed to cannibalising the ones that are already here).
I'd like to explor...I'm keen to talk with people who are interested in / have experience with / have struggled with recruiting talented technical people into the CiviCRM world (as opposed to cannibalising the ones that are already here).
I'd like to explore how we can find more skilled and passionate developers to work with.
My personal interest comes from wanting to grow a CiviCRM consultancy but am happy to broaden the discussion out.https://lab.civicrm.org/community/sustainability/-/issues/6Review/revise partner program2020-02-07T22:26:43Zjoshjosh@civicrm.orgReview/revise partner programSeveral months ago the core team ran an annual partner survey, the [results of which can be found here](https://forms.gle/8e8TjEp1WfKDShpcA). The core team has been interested in revising the partner program and has been reflecting on th...Several months ago the core team ran an annual partner survey, the [results of which can be found here](https://forms.gle/8e8TjEp1WfKDShpcA). The core team has been interested in revising the partner program and has been reflecting on the survey results, on informal discussions with various partners and on [a past post by Parvez](https://lab.civicrm.org/community/partners/issues/7).
A [recent partner call](https://lab.civicrm.org/community/partners/wikis/meetings/2019-06-20) demonstrated interest in "rejuvenating" the [partner program](https://lab.civicrm.org/community/fundraising/wikis/Partner-Program). This issue is intended to provide a thread for discussing and improving the program. Questions that the core team is actively considering (not necessarily in order):
- What is the purpose of the partner program?
- Why do most partners support CiviCRM?
- How do we encourage/enable new partner support?
- Does the "dues" structure discourage additional support?
- What do "partner dues pay for?" (and what don't they pay for?)
- What opportunities exist for partners to self organize?
- How can partner support be leveraged to garner support from other stakeholders?
## Items we're confident should change
- Benefits should focus on promotion (listings, recognition, demos, etc.), not on access or process related items (like RFP support). Benefits that are not consistently applied, or applied at the discretion of others, should be dropped (like discounts on event sponsorships and registration. These should be offered at the event level at the discretion of organizers).
- As we transition civicrm.org to a new platform/design, we should consider how to better recognize and promote those who support CiviCRM. The current partner listing is viewed as very positive, however we interested in determining other opportunities to recognize support.
- The "Founding" label should go away and be replaced with a label that indicates "length of support". Many partners are not founding, but have supported for several years.
- "Dues" should somehow be made more fluid to provide smaller shops a way to support the project at a lower investment, and larger shops a way to commit more (without being locked into a cap).joshjosh@civicrm.orgjoshjosh@civicrm.org