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<p>Hey!</p>
<p>Here is the information about open collective that I got from
their documentation.<br>
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<p>To create an account (<a
data-cke-saved-href="https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/create-collective"
href="https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/create-collective"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/create-collective</a>)
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).<br>
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<p>Two options:<br>
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<li>Independent collective:<br>
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<li>Unlimited access to all features<br>
</li>
<li>No fees if we hold money in your own bank account<br>
</li>
<li>We would need to see how taxes work here.<br>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Through a fiscal host:<br>
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<li>Unlimited access to all features<br>
</li>
<li>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<br>
</li>
<li>Fees depend on who is the fiscal host. It could be 10%, 5%
or 0%<br>
</li>
<li>Tax-exempt or charity status<br>
</li>
<li>Options for fiscal hosts: <a
data-cke-saved-href="https://opencollective.com/search?isHost=true"
href="https://opencollective.com/search?isHost=true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://opencollective.com/search?isHost=true</a><br>
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<li>Open Collective Europe hosts 363 collectives (for
example host lurk.org and mastodon.world) : <a
data-cke-saved-href="https://opencollective.com/europe"
href="https://opencollective.com/europe"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://opencollective.com/europe</a><br>
</li>
<li>Open Collective US hosts 3384 collectives (mostly open
source projects, for example mastodon): <a
data-cke-saved-href="https://opencollective.com/opensource"
href="https://opencollective.com/opensource"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://opencollective.com/opensource</a><br>
</li>
<li>Fiscal hosts for mastodon projects <a
data-cke-saved-href="https://opencollective.com/search?q=mastodon"
href="https://opencollective.com/search?q=mastodon"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://opencollective.com/search?q=mastodon</a>
. Some of this projects are on their own and some have
other fiscal hosts like Accountable <a
data-cke-saved-href="https://opencollective.com/the-social-change-nest"
href="https://opencollective.com/the-social-change-nest"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://opencollective.com/the-social-change-nest</a><br>
</li>
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</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<p>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)." <a
data-cke-saved-href="https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collectives"
href="https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collectives"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/collectives</a></p>
<p>About expenses:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/expenses">https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/expenses</a></p>
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<p>cheers,</p>
<p>gaba<br>
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