Big Spender Referenda 500

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Number	507
Title	Polkadot Community Workspace NYC by Transistor
Proponent	Transistor
Amount	310’930 DOT
Vote	🔴 Nay @ 6.01M DOT
Comments	Hello Transistor, Thanks for the proposal. I’m rejecting it for a single reason: the duration of the funding. Funding should be initially for single-year only. I understand that you have to make a 3-year lease, and the 3-year lease you found is an advantageous one in the area, but I reject the idea that the treasury should take the risk of all these 3 years on behalf of you guys. What I would support? Treasury funds you for a year (plus the security deposit, possibly), you present your work to the community at the end of the year, and the community funds you for an additional year if your work so far justifies the investment. If you’re too successful, why not fund you for an additional 2 years? This way, should you fail to deliver at the end of the first year, the treasury has lost the investment for the first year, and you’re left with 2 more years of the lease on your lap. This is the right way to incentivize this funding. Otherwise your stakes is next to zero. Complete risk shouldn’t be on the shoulders of the treasury, ie the community, share it if you have so much confidence in your project. Best regards, kukabi \| Helikon link


Number	514
Title	Conor Daly - 2024 Indianapolis 500 Sponsorship
Proponent	ConorDaly22
Amount	290’000 DOT
Vote	⚪ Abstain
Comments	Thanks for the proposal. First, I find this type of advertisement old-fashioned and vain (reminds me of Larry Ellison style for some reason). Second, I believe in grassroots and crypto-native acts, and honestly I find it awkward that there’s absolutely zero mention of Polkadot on your social media, and even your proposal lacks any reference to it, which is actually enough reason for me to reject the proposal. However I can see the excitement of many valuable peers, so I abstain. Good luck, kukabi \| Helikon link


Number	529
Title	Refill for marketing bounty number #33 [250k]
Proponent	giottodf
Amount	250’000 DOT
Vote	⚪ Abstain
Comments	Hi @giotto, I tried to go through the delivery reports so far in different formats from different parties, but I don’t know how to evaluate this output. I cannot find structure or strategy that would guide me in evaluation, but I think the method here is to not have structure. So, I don’t have the tools to evaluate the outcome here. One thing I can suggest is to finance a team of specialized auditors. The material is too scattered and too much for any single community member to deal with, and it’s going to be increasingly so later. I can’t make a rational decision here. I abstain. Best regards, kukabi \| Helikon link