Thank you @bordumb @vanton @lftherios @ange for the comments! I really appreciate everyone’s thoughtful feedback and participation.
Here are some key takeaways I’m gathering from all the responses:
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We need a better way to differentiate grants based on their duration and amount requested. Larger, longer-term grants should have different requirements and processes than short-term, smaller scope “fast track” grants. Specifically, we need to introduce a more lightweight process for funding “fast track” grants that reduces liability for recipients while enabling speedy delivery of funds to ensure an active and productive flow of new ideas within the Radworks ecosystem.
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Instead of defining what should be an Org and what shouldn’t, we should establish clear requirements for what’s required to receive larger, longer-term grants such as:
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We need to revisit Radworks’ strategy and how it defines our overall organizational model so that we can focus in on a direction that is emergent and driven by active contributors. This strategy needs to be more narrow in scope than Radworks’ current purpose. It also needs to focus decision-making on active contributors, who have the context and expertise required to prioritize larger, longer-term funding within the ecosystem.
My proposal is that we zoom in on how we can restructure Radworks’ governance process and the Grants Org to be the most effective and “lightweight” vehicle for distributing “fast track” grants. I really like Ange’s line of questioning and would propose we use the questions as a starting point for a synchronous discussion. In parallel, the Governance team will sync with the Operations team and come up with a restructured list of Org requirements for larger, long-term funding that we will include in our governance documents.
To tackle the third takeaway, there is currently an active discussion about Defining a Strategy for Radworks. I suggest we continue the discussion on the forum and work to surface more defined action items that will incorporate this feedback into Radworks’ overall organizational model.
To kickstart this work, I will schedule an open one hour session next week to deep dive into the Grants Org and discuss what we believe is required for short-term smaller scope “fast track” grants. If you’d like to participate, please submit your availability below:
- Wednesday, March 13th @ 6pm CET
- Thursday, March 14th @ 4pm CET
- Thursday, March 14th @ 5pm CET
- Thursday, March 14th @ 6pm CET
- Friday, March 15th @ 3pm CET
- Friday, March 15th @ 4pm CET
Thank you all again for your contributions! Looking forward to moving this discussion forward.