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How to increase Nonprofit participation? #1

Open davidryal opened 3 years ago

davidryal commented 3 years ago

If Simbi is the "central bank" (creating simbi credits when people sign up, improve their profile, and invite others) then Nonprofits are the ideal "banks" (creating simbi credits when people complete volunteer requests -- currently, credits must be awarded to a Nonprofit to pay volunteers by a Simbi admin)

Carzwell commented 3 years ago

I have had in mind to "pay" volunteers for their work for a service organization built within Simbi.

Do I understand that in this model, their work would not be compensated in simbi, but instead would generate new simbi within the economy?

davidryal commented 3 years ago

@Carzwell when Simbi members fulfill requests for nonprofit/"Worthy Cause" organizations on Simbi, those volunteers are rewarded with simbi credits that were newly-generated solely for the purpose of allowing those organizations to reward volunteers with simbi, on Simbi.

Carzwell commented 3 years ago

Perfect! I manage one: https://simbi.com/a-bridge-for-peace. I don't remember picking up simbi credits when I was granted the org. I'll look into it. So, it would be a one-time thing, then, like a grant? What about ongoing funding? Could Simbi users donate to a worthy cause organization? Can the organization interact like a regular user? Could I offer services as an organization?

davidryal commented 3 years ago

For now, simbi credits for nonprofit organizations are granted by an admin on a one-off (but repeatable) basis, and we want to grant them as much as they think they need to pay their volunteers for tasks at a standard rate of around 25 simbi/hour volunteered.

Simbi users can always send simbi credits to any other account, including an organization.

Organization accounts function similarly to Facebook pages, in that they are an "identity" that can interact like any other user. They can certainly offer services, as well as create requests!

Carzwell commented 3 years ago

Are the org account features working now? I can't see to figure out how to create a service or request "as" either of my two orgs. https://simbi.com/carzwell-xyz is one. https://simbi.com/a-bridge-for-peace is the other.