[Osmf-talk] Operating reserves

[Simon Poole]

Am 15.12.2020 um 22:29 schrieb Edward Bainton:
> ...
> I was the one who asked at the AGM about reserves (as a full member, 
> not as a guest ;-) and I also asked about a donations policy. At the 
> risk of diverting the thread, imo every donation-taking org should 
> have a donations policy, which details
> - who we will and won't accept donations from;
> - what conditions, if any, we're prepared to accept;
> - approval & due diligence processes;
> - how to avoid 'donor capture' by diversifying income streams (this 
> last being relevant to the peverse incentives)
> ...

There's been some discussion of this in the past, mainly around donor 
anonymity (essentially if there are limits to it for larger amounts), 
which if I remember correctly ended without a policy decision. However 
there is one relevant board decision wrt pre-conditions 
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_Minutes_2013-06-20 I 
don't of it ever been formally invoked though.

Simon


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