TiddlyWiki's OpenCollective Funds

#1

For around 5 years TiddlyWiki has accepted donations via OpenCollective. Our account currently stands at a very respectable $5,641.96 USD.

Our OC account was set up (along with talk.tiddlywiki.org) by Boris Mann, a huge TiddlyWiki supporter, at a company called Fission. The way that OC works is that projects need a “financial host” in order to accept donations. Fission have performed that role for us but are now shutting down. With the help of @kjharcombe we have now opened a UK bank account for TiddlyWiki, enabling us to be our own financial host, and so have direct access to the funds.

So, the question that now arises is what we should do with the money. The first thing to say is that I don’t think I should have any of it. I’ve long nailed my livelihood to TiddlyWiki consultancy work, which while it remains a struggle I am still already earning money from my work on TiddlyWiki,. I think these donations should go to others in the community.

I’d like to hear people’s ideas about how to proceed. We have a responsibility to the people who have generously given this money, and I think we need to decide things collectively.

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#2

It would be worth checking the different buckets these funds were contributed to on OpenCollective assuming we still have access. Some of it was intended by the contributors to support community infrastructure, or core development, or specific plugins. That may help guide our efforts in fairly disbursing these funds.

I assume we still to support our infrastructure, and in specific the server that runs this forum.

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#3

The current totals are:

  • Main account: $5,294.63
  • Twitter Archivist: $42.57
  • File Upload Plugins for TiddlyWiki: $301.73
#4

I was hoping we could see totals for the tiers within the main account, but I don’t see an easy way to get that information.

#5

How is the current and future server being paid for?

#6

The current talk.tiddlywiki.org server is still paid for by Fission. The running costs of the new server will come from project funds, but should only be $20-$30 per month.

#7

I think the most expensive part of the current setup is the mail delivery service. But I do not know the details.