The value of your insight/experience is evident in this post Will. I’m still trying not to determine if I should accept the affiliate status I’ve been offered, but it’s a fairly big commitment. I’d be more inclined to do so if there was a clear networking, advocacy and development plan in place along with people committed to it. I like that my participation in the project is so open. I likely wouldn’t have gotten involved if it was more formal. But the lack of formality is also a challenge as you’re indicating here. I wonder if at some point SolarCoin needs to do some overt fundraising to hire some full time staff to drive the project.
On overt fundraising: yes, absolutely. I've been talking to teams that have tens of millions in their back pocket, they have the ability to get lots people around the globe - if they can't open doors in one country then they just try the next. It's gonna take lots of hard work and dedicated people.
BTW - what does an affiliate do?
An affiliate runs the API on their own website to onboard new members, collecting a reward on the first year of rewards. You have to have a business liscense and know the anti laundering laws in your region, etc. And then he willing to create and maintain a marketing plan to attract producers. There are a handful operating now and should all be linked on then solarcoin website.
Got it. So all onboarding, then. It could be worthwhile, but medium term problem of usage still remains.
I would imagine that anyone going to the trouble of being an affiliate would ne motivated to work in committee to do some of the work you describe. But I just don’t know how much time and energy anyone really can give. I have a very flexible schedule and I’m not sure how much more I can contribute, and I know most people work longer days than I do at their day job.