Abstract
Since the treasury does no longer have the funds to sustain expenditures of a large team. I believe that it is time to reduce budget for our support expenses while trying to also focus on covering support in different timezones. The budget cap for support would be set to $1,500 monthly in total, giving the LG CM the authority to distribute this amount based on the merit program they have set. Since the game will be coming down for an unknown time, the work required by Keepers/Guardians will also be less. This proposal is to take effect immediately after the month the snapshot is completed. This would mean, if the snapshot is taken on Sept 5th, Keepers/Guardians will still get paid for the whole month of Sept and will remain the same in numbers. Then it would take into effect On Oct. 1st, 2024. This would be ethical since they would have already done some work in September, even though it would be a week worth of work.
Motivation
The motivation to write this proposal is to reduce CU treasury expenditures to the bare minimum since the treasury does not have much more funds left. For the good of all the CU community, we need to reduce our treasury burn rate as much as possible to survive this next period. If we are able to survive this period and flourish again, then another proposal may be submitted to justify the changes of increasing the team. Right now we need to put the survival of the community first.
Details
- Since we currently have a large number of Keepers and Guardians, Laguna Games CM will select from these existing candidates first. If there is no interest, then they may select from members of the community that are interested in these positions.
- Existing mods may choose to keep their roles as volunteers if they choose so without pay.
While also providing the timezone each individual selected will cover. - Support Salary Expenditure cap:
- The salaries spent on discord support roles shall be capped at $1,500.
- In an instance where the members of the support team would like to propose an addition of an extra support member, the Support Expenditure cap shall remain at $1,500 and the individual monthly salaries will be diluted/reduced instead.
- In the event where CU sees a large revival and requires much more support, a new proposal may be submitted to increase this cap.
Conclusion
This proposal would reduce our monthly Keeper/Guardian expenditure from $5,500 - $7,150 monthly + bonuses to $1,500 monthly. Which is much more sustainable given the current conditions of the treasury. Additionally, with the downtime of the game, I believe that this would provide CU with more than enough support needed at this time.