If we can come up with 10 charities that are known to Payu and the Office of Economic Development for the Tribe, I will donate a minimum of 2500maza each.
I would very much like to see each of these charities provide MZC donation addresses on their sites. Further, I'd like to see each of these sites implement PGP signing of all donation addresses (and unique addresses for each donation). - while we're at it, we could encourage m of n signature addresses so that no one person could run with funds
It would be good to talk to Payu & Chase Iron Horse (chief legal counsel) about setting up funds for the various charities so that these donations might be put to use in a way that they might grow, before they are depleted.
I'd like to ensure that any funds that I donate are not converted to USD too soon (if at all), as I would like these funds to have maximum impact.
It's my opinion that regardless of the "official" political stance of the Lakota, or any other tribe, there is no reason these currency cannot be used to enhance the lives of people who've had most everything taken from them. IMO, it's the bitcoin way, and it's the right way, to make money by the people and for the people.
If there is a way to include the tribal government (or governments if further discussions are fruitful) by way of funding them directly with public (donated) funds, then I suggest we find it. The more governing bodies are funded with public funds, the more the public can specify the parameters for the use of those funds. This would be a huge opportunity for the whole of the bitcoin community IMO, and directly benefit the people who need it.
I don't have any real problem with the dev team working on multiple coin, seems pretty poor form to release it right now....especially with Payu apparently unavailable. But I guess Pirates will be Pirates. I understand from the @BitcoinSachs excerpts that AP might just like to build the coin & pass the torch - this is fine as long as he/they are committed to doing so in an orderly fashion (without abandoning the code)
I will likely email both Payu and Chase Iron Horse to see how we can better make this a success.
