NastyFans: The Bitcoin Enthusiast Fan Club (est. 2012)

[kroneko]

With the vouchers that will be issued, are we planning on purchasing additional units and if so do we need any fundraising to support (should we raise a motion to allocate a percent of donations toward these)?

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[nonnakip]

Distribution 222579 is complete.

We appreciate the donations. Thank you.

[OgNasty]

With the vouchers that will be issued, are we planning on purchasing additional units and if so do we need any fundraising to support (should we raise a motion to allocate a percent of donations toward these)?

I was hoping we'd be able to use funds from our bASIC orders to fund more BFL purchases.  Optimism about bASIC refunds is fading.  Is diverting donations something other NastyFans want to explore?

[ErebusBat]

Not being a miner (that is why I have NASTY ) I don't really know... when are we expected to get our BFL ASICs?

[OgNasty]

when are we expected to get our BFL ASICs?

That is the BTC21,000,000 question.

[kroneko]

With the vouchers that will be issued, are we planning on purchasing additional units and if so do we need any fundraising to support (should we raise a motion to allocate a percent of donations toward these)?

I was hoping we'd be able to use funds from our bASIC orders to fund more BFL purchases.  Optimism about bASIC refunds is fading.  Is diverting donations something other NastyFans want to explore?

As most (if not all) would be for 25% off I think we'd really want to take advantage of that -

My thought on this is that if we started taking a percent off of donations and put toward future miners it'd be a long term value proposition for seat owners. I'd say we can vote on a specific percent if most are interested in doing this in the first place, worst case we overshoot what we need we can always distribute the extra as a larger donation one week.  So that being the case...anyone want to "second" my motion that we do a vote on whether or not to allocate a percentage of our donations toward equipment we could get with the vouchers?

[ErebusBat]

I second.

[nonnakip]

With the vouchers that will be issued...

Maybe wait until we have vouchers. I get tired playing with promises from BFL. When I see vouchers and hardware then I am ready to put donations to fund raising.

My thought on this is that if we started taking a percent off of donations and put toward future miners it'd be a long term value proposition for seat owners. I'd say we can vote on a specific percent if most are interested in doing this in the first place, worst case we overshoot what we need we can always distribute the extra as a larger donation one week.

Please write what you want to see in a membership opinion poll. Because it is just opinion poll maybe we include different percent to vote on. Then we see how many members want what percent. For example:

0%
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%

After we see opinions we can choose the percent for a official fundraiser poll.

[Timbo925]

Maybe wait until we have vouchers. I get tired playing with promises from BFL. When I see vouchers and hardware then I am ready to put donations to fund raising.

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They really blew it. Hope we still be one of the first to get online with this machines when they ship out.

[silverfuture]

50%

[l3sny]

50%

[Akka]

@the two guy before me.

We have a poll function for this. It's not necessary that everyone posts his opinion.

BTW. this has probably been asked before, but why has OgNasty "leet" posts?

Or is this a joke from theymos and he currently has 1337 Post and it will be gone as soon as he posts again?

[Garr255]

@the two guy before me.

We have a poll function for this. It's not necessary that everyone posts his opinion.

BTW. this has probably been asked before, but why has OgNasty "leet" posts?

Or is this a joke from theymos and he currently has 1337 Post and it will be gone as soon as he posts again?

Yes it's a joke. One that that I happen to greatly appreciate

[nonnakip]

1 poll opened

[member opinion] percentage of donations for fundraising

[kroneko]

1 poll opened

[member opinion] percentage of donations for fundraising

And voted!  Thanks Nonnakip!

[laubzega]

1 poll opened

[member opinion] percentage of donations for fundraising

I think there is an error in vote tallying. I have 820 seats, I have just voted for 25% and the 25% shows only 256 seats at this moment, while 50% shows 831.

Update: or there could be some delay involved. Reloaded a few times and now 25% has 1076.

[Newar]

1 poll opened

[member opinion] percentage of donations for fundraising

I think there is an error in vote tallying. I have 820 seats, I have just voted for 25% and the 25% shows only 256 seats at this moment, while 50% shows 831.

Update: or there could be some delay involved. Reloaded a few times and now 25% has 1076.

There is a delay. Thought the exact same thing. I see that my 256 are confirmed now ^_^

[nonnakip]

There is a delay. Thought the exact same thing. I see that my 256 are confirmed now ^_^

Your vote is saved immediately. The standings are updated within 5 minutes in a batch job. This way the website stays fast and is not busy recalculating standings after every vote. Maybe I add a note about this to avoid future confusion.

[kuzetsa]

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Please write what you want to see in a membership opinion poll. Because it is just opinion poll maybe we include different percent to vote on. Then we see how many members want what percent. For example:

0%
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%

After we see opinions we can choose the percent for a official fundraiser poll.

for a poll choice to result in a action there must be at least a three-fourths majority for that poll choice (seats owned by a membership in suspension have no voting rights and are not counted)

ok so ... even though I voted 50% I'd be happy with any non-zero amount of re-investment... Basically, we're not gonna have a stalemate here because it's not technically a policy-changing poll?

... like gonna re-issue a poll so we can enact the policy once the most popular "percentage to reinvest" is determined or what?

[OgNasty]

for a poll choice to result in a action there must be at least a three-fourths majority for that poll choice (seats owned by a membership in suspension have no voting rights and are not counted)

ok so ... even though I voted 50% I'd be happy with any non-zero amount of re-investment... Basically, we're not gonna have a stalemate here because it's not technically a policy-changing poll?

... like gonna re-issue a poll so we can enact the policy once the most popular "percentage to reinvest" is determined or what?

This is just an opinion poll. I imagine it will lead us to determine what amount would be appropriate for a policy change poll to create a savings account for future NASTY MINING purchases. I will have to discuss with nonnakip how the savings will be handled and who will be responsible for safeguarding it.