Great post @nate. Thanks for sharing.
"I intend to offer my time to the project for free because I believe in this cause."
You might like to consider @matrix-8's upcoming Multi-Level Governance system to be built on Steem to help with this, and the CauseFunding platforms which will come with it. Check out my posts to find out more.
Namaste
Atma
I'll look into it, thanks! I'm about ready to be proposing this at our church. Blockchain governance would be neat.