Hi ZF BoD,
I’m happy to hear from you and appreciate the desire for collaboration with us, and with the broader community.
I’d like to provide some clarity on ECC’s position. I don’t know if it changes your statement, but important nonetheless.
Establishing a model is different than working toward the establishment of such a model. It’s during the one year extension that we put forth as an option (up to November of 2025) that all these details and risks would be worked through.
The ECC ZIP mandates working toward the establishment of such a model but does not propose any specific model. That is work to be done.
We are against any new and ongoing direct dev funding that does not mandate that exploration for reasons explained in our blogs.
If the community cannot reach consensus on a non-direct model during the extended time, no model would be established and the dev fund extension would expire at that time. That certainly doesn’t preclude the community from coming to a different decision during the extension period.
Additionally, the community could decide not to support this additional year of direct funding (our ZIP proposal), or choose an alternative pooling option as expressed in another ZIP. If that were to occur, we would continue to work toward a non-direct model as there seems to be strong community support for that exploration.