Voted 2, but am a proponent of a hybrid version: funding committee plans and has its own agenda ánd gives out funds to open bounties.
Otherwise we will keep having problems that marketing efforts will be largely uncoordinated.
Open bounties are a good idea, and need to be there, though, if only as a means to get as many people involved as possible. Some people don't like to work in a team environment, and we shouldn't force them.
yes, there could be a bounty for:
"Planning, coordinating and executing marketing campaigns" (something like
this)
(it actually is written in the table - organising campaigns)
with this in mind
+1 for open bounties.
We have a segmented global marked to embrace. I see no better solution.
"Locals" should have better knowledge of how to reach their countrymen/communities/subculture than a closed committee.
Or maybe not
So they will have to convince the committee of their bright ideas, talent and trustworthiness to (maybe) get funded. Or finance it otherwise.
The funding committee must gather incoming ideas and plans, evaluate them, and see how they fit into their overall plan for NXT marketing. And this "overall marketing plan" I believe is just as important as selecting who the members of the committee will be.
We could select candidates for the committee by their trust, their proof of talent and "personality", and/or members should be obliged to follow a general plan, that the community has agreed to. How do we make sure, that the committee is representing the will of the community? Do we care about that (development is for developers, marketing for marketeers)? I believe in open minds + project management, balls of steel (in need of a better word) when it comes to handling money, and a massive decentralized effort.
