Creating a collective on Open Collective

Open Source Collective collects a 10% fee on incoming funds, correct. https://docs.oscollective.org/how-it-works/fees

I am working for MapLibre as maintainer. We are also a "meta" project and use OSC. I think we've been quite happy with them overall.

I think we can go ahead with Open Source Collective as a fiscal host and if we find other fiscal hosts that don't charge a fee later, we can consider hosting future campaigns there.

I found another fiscal host with 0% fees. https://superbloom.design/community/our-support/#fiscal-sponsorship so I'm going to apply with them.

Created opencollective.com/debphoshfund/ and applied with superbloom, in case they don't accept, we can try Open Source Collective.

Looks like we will need to apply with another fiscal host, will try Open Source Collective next.

> Hi FPDM team

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> We very much appreciate your interest in becoming a Fiscally Sponsored Project at Superbloom. We have reviewed your application and on this occasion, we have decided not to proceed further. We wish you all success in your future endeavours.

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> Best regards

> Nicola

Applied to Open Source Collective.

Thank you for your interest in fiscal hosting with Open Source Collective! This sounds like an interesting project! I have a few questions before we can move forward with your application. 

To better understand your initiative. could you share what group or organization is overseeing this funding initiative and your role in it? Is this managed by a formal team or is it a community-driven effort?

Additionally, how will you ensure that funds are properly allocated and that development work is completed as expected? How do you plan to coordinate feature prioritization and development across the different Debian-based mobile distros? 

I’m asking because, from a fiscal host perspective, we need to ensure that applicants have an appropriate level of access and standing in the community, that contributions are properly tracked and documented, that user-identified priority features will be delivered, and that all funds we hold directly benefit open source for your particular project. I appreciate your insights on these points.

@Pirate Praveen I have reviewed the writeup and added my changes in this pad https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/vo6U8Fg1iMGl-tn9qVSV0vL+/.

I think the question "How do you plan to coordinate feature prioritization and development across the different Debian-based mobile distros?" isn't answered (or I overlooked). Maybe you can write one sentence about your experience of fundraising similar projects on Open Collective.

Maybe we can organize our write-up in question-answer format.

Thanks to Ravi, Akhil and Contrapunctus for the review. I have replied in opencollective.