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2021-05-12 Leadership Cadence

Date

12 May 2021

12 May 2021 Participants

@Stephanie Kord Miller

Josh Lintag

Josh Chamberlain

Alec Akin

@eddie brown

Will Beaumont

Richard Ji

Discussion topics

Item	Person	Notes
Stephanie Kord Miller	@skm	Small/med product “try before you buy” Strategic planning Needs Org structure Roadmap - get the shared vision to paper for next 12 mo Tasks Go to market Where do we want to target Drive volunteer-ship Who do we hire? Where to go? Organization Revenue Strategy Fundraising is a piece Budget Eddie - this is what kills us/drives back First steps/project ideas How do we get money? Use Kristin’s agency What do you do when you aren’t a 501c3? How much is needed? Initial thought 20k/mo for 2x ppl 10k/mo for data bounties
Challenges w/ waiting on IRS	Alec Akin	There is a space to cross when waiting for non-profit status to get…what can we do in the interim Holding up progress get tech licenses (need official status) @skm: have we checked partnering with other 501(c)3 to provide resources? We were concerned about signing up for something we didn’t understand @skm Who would be the right partners?
Cliff notes on past work	Josh Chamberlain	Formalizing how we interface with the community 2-sided market: data miners (scrapers), data users (researchers) Decentralized nature of work is part of the work People show up for a few weeks and then drop off--how do we harness? Petrean or lots of small dollar donations @skm Identify the audiences you are serving Engineers/technologists = volunteer workforce How do we grow, engage, entertain Grow our volunteer to speed product roadmap velocity Journalists/research/foundation = Consumers What does partnership look like? How do we monetize (we need to make money--people are doing it)? Corporate sponsorship? PR benefits, data access How much do you get for free? Allow people to pay for a build/state of data? University relationships w/CS departments Build amplification, awareness, audience Fundraising is the fastest revenue - understanding this is important for our audience and our brand
Challenges	Richard Ji	Concern is over making a strong foundation to build on We need to be ready for people to show up MVP Want to move fast to get toward foundation
Next steps	@skm	Spend 2 days Want’s to consider fundraising questions vs larger revenue model Does the investment look/feel right?
Ben Email Address	Richard Ji	Official email for legitimacy when applying for grants Granted by Josh Lintag

Action items

• @skm submit proposal 17 May 2021 to consider fundraising questions vs larger revenue model; discuss 19 May 2021