# \[ZIP 1007\] Dev Fund Supplemental Proposal: enforce devfund commitments with legal charter **URL:** \ **Category:** protocol\ **Created:** [August 24, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zip-1007-dev-fund-supplemental-proposal-enforce-devfund-commitments-with-legal-charter/34709 "2019-08-24T23:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![sonya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/sonya/32/9518_2.png) [@sonya](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/sonya)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zip-1007-dev-fund-supplemental-proposal-enforce-devfund-commitments-with-legal-charter/34709/19 "2019-08-26T23:37:49Z")
It requires a bit of reading, but I bet you’re up to it 🙂 Here are the links you need: > [@Future of Zcash dev funding — megathread / everything in one place](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/future-of-zcash-dev-funding-megathread-everything-in-one-place/34063/1): > > ## ZIP Process > > After forum discussion, the next step is creating and submitting a formal Zcash Improvement Proposal. **The ZIP process is defined in [ZIP 0](https://github.com/zcash/zips/blob/master/zip-0000.rst).** > > - [GitHub repo](https://github.com/zcash/zips) > - [issues](https://github.com/zcash/zips/issues) > - [pull requests](https://github.com/zcash/zips/pulls) > > ### Help > > - [Guide to writing your first ZIP](https://github.com/zcash/zips/blob/master/zip-guide.rst) > - [ZIP-writing suggestions and examples](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zip-proposal-8-15-opt-in-or-4-7-5-mandatory-dev-free-75-zcash-foundation-25-ecc/33883/20) by @mistfpga > - [Proposal authors, please read: Help making ZIPs](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/proposal-authors-please-read-help-making-zips/34198) by @nathan-at-least > > ### [NU4 deadlines](https://github.com/zcash/zips#deadlines-for-nu4): > > | Event | Date | > | --- | --- | > | ZIP draft submission deadline | Aug 31, 2019 | > | Feature selection done | October 31, 2019 | > | Testnet beta code release | March 31, 2020 | > | Testnet activation | May 31, 2020 | > | Mainnet activation | October 2020 | > > **Proposals for NU4 must be submitted as draft ZIPs by August 31.** > > The active ZIP editors are @daira, representing the Electric Coin Company, and [George Tankersley](https://github.com/gtank), representing the Zcash Foundation. Two relevant posts by @nathan-at-least: > [@Proposal authors, please read: Help making ZIPs](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/proposal-authors-please-read-help-making-zips/34198): > > Hello everyone, I’ve noticed a substantial number of dev fund proposals which mentioned the author being wary or uninterested in participating in the ZIP process. My goal is to help with that and make it as painless as possible. I’ll be refining this as I go. If you are a proposal author, here are the steps you can take to help your proposal become a ZIP: Edit the post to add Advocate: \ to the top of your post. It doesn’t need to be the original author! If they don’t have time, they c… > [@ECC Dev Fund Proposal Assessments](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/ecc-dev-fund-proposal-assessments/34405): > > Hi all, It’s amazing to see the diverse Zcash community participating in the conversation about a potential Dev Fund with such zeal. drum Thank you all for participating! Within ECC we’ve been hard at work to clarify our general position with regard to development funding, and to that end we recently posted the [Electric Coin Company Statement on Sustainability](https://electriccoin.co/blog/electric-coin-company-statement-on-sustainability/). My goal with this post is to highlight the timeline and next steps for how ECC plans to engage with the proposal advocates, which i… Please let me know if you have any further questions! I am happy to help. I will add your proposal to the list of pre-ZIPs. @mistfpga did you ever publish your C[ommunity]ZIP? I lost the thread on what happened with it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zip-1007-dev-fund-supplemental-proposal-enforce-devfund-commitments-with-legal-charter/34709)._