I'm not sure that an external service is necessarily the answer because such a service would depend foremost on the data delivered by the projects
It would also depend on constant communication between funded projects and the oversight service and data tracking on social media as well as on chain data ( asset transfers). I really do think we need extrernal help on this. Having this task handled by Hivers will most likely end up in a new tension between us, we need an independend and professional service for this in my opinion.
At the beginning a project should establish a roadmap, a budget, an hourly basis for the salaries and show who exactly is getting money from the DHF
100% with you
Then a project should give a report every month with the effectif work done and where they stand on the roadmap
Agree 200% but that's the problem, having good faith in builders is not enough, we got screwed in the past this way and it will happen again. We need to establish a service who will make sure builders do provide updates, you can call it DHF police or whatever haha.
Maybe an external or even hive internal commity could then have a look at the proposals and the reports and give a DHF overview that everybody can see
I disagree with Hive people getting involved with this. We all have out Hive friends, connections etc., we need an independent party able to provide us objective monthly reports (and townhalls).
The present system is definitely not efficient and it creates a lot of tension within the community
Completelly agree. If we wanna attract projects and investors we must have a much more transparent, welcoming and "serious" or professional ecosystem.
You might be right that people from hive would be too vested, or scared to make an assesment of these DHF in an objective way. What matters to most in my eyes that something is done to increase transparency and accountability when it comes to funds from DHF.
That's exactly my point. Besides, having partners outside of Hive is marketing. We need to get out of our Hive bubble and start tackling issues like the DHF one we're talking about in this post with a more serious approach.