# ZF Board Statement Regarding ECC’s Proposed Mandate for a Non-Direct Funding Model **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Created:** [June 28, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zf-board-statement-regarding-ecc-s-proposed-mandate-for-a-non-direct-funding-model/48125 "2024-06-28T20:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![joshs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/joshs/32/13631_2.png) [@joshs](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/joshs)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zf-board-statement-regarding-ecc-s-proposed-mandate-for-a-non-direct-funding-model/48125/7 "2024-07-03T01:26:57Z")
Thank you for the clarifications. > [@Dodger](#): > > If that language were added to the [Dev Fund for ECC, ZF and Zcash Community Grants](https://github.com/zcash/zips/blob/6aca2b8ad3b3cac6fd4e412309d6e23f3ea264e4/draft-zf-community-dev-fund-2-proposal.rst) draft ZIP, would you be willing to accept direct funding under that ZIP? While I appreciate your move toward the community’s sentiment, I am not willing to accept direct funding under your proposed ZIP. I withdrew the one-year extension ZIP, which I maintain was stronger and better aligned than your modified proposal for good reason. The new (softer) language around non-direct exploration, coupled with a 2 year guaranteed dev fund for the Zcash Foundation and ZCG doesn’t provide sufficient incentive alignment, and is [unnecessarily risky](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/dev-fund-consideration/48116), too long, inappropriate for a public good, and perpetuates centralized control (point 7 [here](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/ecc-endorsements-its-zip-withdrawn/48200)). And critically, there does not appear to be significant support for a creating a new direct funding model without a mandate for change. Your proposal risks the perception of theater and rent-seeking that we need to shed. We have the ability to dig in and get it right if we have the will. I believe the Hybrid Deferred Dev Fund model, which seems to be gaining significant [community support and coalescence](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/important-deadline-for-zips-likely-dev-fund-related-that-want-to-be-activated-next-halvening/48004/9), is much better aligned with the will of the community and the health of Zcash. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zf-board-statement-regarding-ecc-s-proposed-mandate-for-a-non-direct-funding-model/48125)._