We are in the final week of the election process for the community to decide which Foundation Structure Idea they prefer. This will help guide the actual building of the foundation to show what the community wants it to look like, what it should do, and how it should be set up.

THIS IS NOT FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE FOUNDATION, only the idea of the structure of the community foundation itself.

You Must Vote on dPoll

Please read the information below before voting.

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Foundation Structure Process Overview

There has been much confusion during this process, which considering how it all came to be, is understandable. So to hopefully help with that, we wanted to take a moment to explain where we are in this process and what will be the possible next steps.

What do we want to build?

We want to build some sort of community "foundation", but we need to decide what kind.

• This process so far as been for the community to bring forward ideas of what kind of foundation they feel should be built (the proposal process), and now the community is showing which of those they prefer (current election).
  
  

What's next?

Once we, as the community, know what we want to build we have to then figure out how to build it.

• After the community has given consensus on the structure idea they prefer, then based on that direction it will actually have to be built.

• This is when many legalities will have to be figured out, and what sort of budget will be needed to implement these things. (Steemit Inc. has offered to help with this process, if wanted).
  
  

What about the Leadership?

Depending on the proposal chosen, and the decisions put forward by those involved, some sort of leadership (unless no leadership is included) will be selected.

• How leadership will be chosen varies depending on the structure proposals at hand, but most include some sort of community election to select this leadership.

• Once a structure proposal idea has been chosen by the community, this part will become a bit more clear.

Please see each proposal before voting though, to get an idea of how they are proposing the leadership (if there is any) should be chosen.

Steemit Inc.'s Involvement

While Steemit Inc. is not needed to build a community foundation, as anyone here is free to build one without their involvement, they are the ones that came forward to suggest this specific foundation and wanted it to be a venture between themselves and the community.

They have committed to possibly help seed fund this foundation, and work hand in hand with the community to establish something that will benefit the whole Steem ecosystem. So far they have left all decisions to the community, as they want this to be the community's foundation. Their future involvement will depend on what proposal idea is chosen and what is needed to make this foundation successful, as well as their financial involvement.

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Proposal Structure Ideas On The Ballot

Summary of Choices

(submitted by the community through the proposal process)

(Presented in alphabetical order)

"Decentralized Steem Incubator" Submitted By @alexvan

Main focus shall be the development of new self sustainable projects, being it business, NGOs or personal individual projects on the Steem blockchain.

https://steemit.com/foundationproposal/@alexvan/steem-foundation-a-decentralized-steem-incubator-for-the-future-proposal-v2-0

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"DeCentraSteem" Submitted By @impactn

DeCentraSteem, a decentralised structure made of a network of ever-changing self-organised working circles. One purpose, strengthening communities, and nine rules make it work without a central board.

https://steemit.com/foundationproposal/@impactn/decentrasteem-final-proposal-for-a-decentralised-structure-in-favour-of-communities-on-stee

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"Foundation Structure Proposal" Submitted By @upheaver

The goal of this proposal is to create and grow a sustainable ecosystem around Steem blockchain and to make Steem the leading blockchain for decentralized apps and communities worldwide.

The proposal features a robust fiat based management structure, fundraising through corporate and individual membership fees, various types of funding activities and on-chain advisory role for Steem community.

https://github.com/pauliusuza/steem-alliance

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"The Merger" Submitted By @shadowspub

The goal of this proposal is to combine some of the best ideas put forward and work alongside Steemit Inc to build the most beneficial Community Foundation possible, through collaboration. The Foundation will be where community members, investors, developers, and influencers come together to advance the Steem ecosystem and underlying technology.

https://steemit.com/foundationproposal/@shadowspub/foundation-proposal-the-merger

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"People Survive By Supporting Each Other" Submitted by @TheHive

Investment of Steem in FIAT industry is what will bring an assurancce of the demand for Steem. Creating industry and a chain owned (not privately owned) company in the FAT world providing local services provides an opportunity to have Steem used in a concentrated environment. As opposed to being used across continents. Growing hubs or localities that later can join and support each other. The growth of the Chain and the benefits of using it get amplified with compound growth over time, Reducing the reliance on and the influence of entities outside of the Chain. Let's Build it together.

https://steemit.com/thealliance/@thehive/i-made-a-proposal

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Election Details

• The deadline for voting is 21:10 (9:10pm) UTC on April 24th.

• Voting Method will be stake weight with a cap at 250k More Details Here.

• NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

• To see results with correct filters, click here

• You must vote using the dpoll interface.

• You can select multiple options to indicate approval for multiple choices.

• Once submitted, you cannot change your vote!

• There was also a contest to write up comparisons for the final structure proposals which you can find here with many excellent analyses.

TO VOTE Go To dPoll

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How To Ensure Fairness

The goal of this group from the beginning has been to be transparent, fair and accountable to the community. ALL transcripts from the inception can be found on chain and/or within The Steem Alliance Discord Server. There are no closed rooms, it all can be seen right there.

Due to feedback we have received we want to ensure this election has another level of transparency and accountability.

The election will have open audit logs (just like the working group election did) and will be released (just like before).

We ask that each Proposal Team form a group to review the election audits, as well as anyone from the community as well. This way there will be multiple eyes on the results, reviewing and ensuring fairness is achieved.

This election will be decided by the community vote, not the working group.

• The community will decide.
• In case of tie, there will be a run off election.

The working group (or anyone involved in the proposals) will vote just like everyone else. Their vote will be weighed based on the method detailed above. This is a community election.

Open audits will be available, we hope many groups step up to review them.

YOU MUST VOTE AT dPoll

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_{What is the Steem Alliance?}

_{The Steem Alliance is an idea of a community coming together to build a foundation with the collective goal of improving Steem as a whole.}

_{The goal of this future foundation is to be the combined “face of the chain”, working alongside additional groups as well as Steemit Inc. to better the Steem platform together. With a main focus on helping to push Steem into the mainstream arena with focus on marketing, upkeep of Steemit.com, development of steemd, outreach and Steem events. Funding would need to be fundraising/profit based but also with large seed from Steemit Inc. itself.}

_{The goal of this Working Group is to oversee the establishment of the future foundation while ensuring transparency, fairness and that the community's voice is heard. Once the foundation is established, Working Group is disbanded.}