[Adminsysters] [systertown] Re: info on how open collective works

[Gaba]

On 12/1/22 17:01, Gaba wrote:
> Hey!
>
> Here is the information about open collective that I got from their 
> documentation.
>
> To create an account 
> (https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/create-collective) 
> we will need to have individual accounts that manage the collective 
> page in opencollective.com. We need to make  a decision if to have a 
> fiscal host (pay a fee but no need for bank account) or go independent 
> (no fee but need a bank account).
>
> Two options:
>
> 1. Independent collective:
>     1. Unlimited access to all features
>     2. No fees if we hold money in your own bank account
>     3. We would need to see how taxes work here.
> 2. Through a fiscal host:
>     1. Unlimited access to all features
>     2. A fiscal host is an organization that welcomes others to operate
>        through their structure, so projects can use the host’s legal
>        entity and bank account instead of setting up their own. The
>        host provides administrative services, oversight, and support
>     3. Fees depend on who is the fiscal host. It could be 10%, 5% or 0%
>     4. Tax-exempt or charity status
>     5. Options for fiscal hosts:
>        https://opencollective.com/search?isHost=true
>         1. Open Collective Europe hosts 363 collectives (for example
>            host lurk.org and mastodon.world) :
>            https://opencollective.com/europe
>         2. Open Collective US hosts 3384 collectives (mostly open
>            source projects, for example mastodon):
>            https://opencollective.com/opensource
>         3. Fiscal hosts for mastodon projects
>            https://opencollective.com/search?q=mastodon . Some of this
>            projects are on their own and some have other fiscal hosts
>            like Accountable
>            https://opencollective.com/the-social-change-nest
>
> To pay people: Money contributed to a Collective goes to the bank 
> account of the fiscal host. When someone wants to be paid, they submit 
> the expense through the collective page in the open collective 
> website. After one of us approve it, the person is reimbursed via 
> PayPal. "Expenses are visible publicly, so everyone can see how much 
> money was spent and on what (though private details like emails, 
> names, and addresses are only visible to that user and the admins)." 
> https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collectives
>
> About expenses: https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/expenses
>

More resources on running instances 
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/Collectively-owned-instances#resources-on-running-an-instance

>
> cheers,
>
> gaba
>
>
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