Great question! I’ve not got very developed thoughts here but here’s my quick take:
As much as I think taking and following through with giving pledges are generally a good norm to have within the community (for many reasons) I’m very sceptical about it being a requirement or anything like that for voting or allocating funds. I think it’s fraught with potential unintended consequences. That being said, I’ve kicked an idea around for a while to have a GWWC community fund where anyone can donate to it (ideally many GWWC members choose to) and there’s a process where active members collectively allocate the funds (likely with recommendations from other members and grantmakers and various ways for people to delegate their votes to others).
Great question! I’ve not got very developed thoughts here but here’s my quick take:
As much as I think taking and following through with giving pledges are generally a good norm to have within the community (for many reasons) I’m very sceptical about it being a requirement or anything like that for voting or allocating funds. I think it’s fraught with potential unintended consequences. That being said, I’ve kicked an idea around for a while to have a GWWC community fund where anyone can donate to it (ideally many GWWC members choose to) and there’s a process where active members collectively allocate the funds (likely with recommendations from other members and grantmakers and various ways for people to delegate their votes to others).