Let us all be honest if this was a business plan it would be tossed out so why is this proposal acceptable as it stands? I get the idea that there is no defined budgets per item listed and this will be a make it up as we go a long and it just simply too wishy washy with no information. This is a very bad look and we need to do better.
I was just reading the Value Plan Q1 2025 Proposal and 2025 being a New Year there is no change and it looks like we are going forward with the same old same old systems in place. Where is the value and where is the plan because I do not see any. There is something fundamentally wrong if myself being a HIVER who loves this place cannot vote on the marketing proposal. I have ideas mulling around in my head and why writing these down is a better way of me trying to say things so please read until the end and then please comment. This is an honest opinion and one that is more about trying to be constructive so if anyone gets their backs up they should not as this is about discussing this with the HIVE community and not just moving forward when we all know this is wrong. I wrote this post as I could not say exactly as I thought in the comment and need to do this justice.
Asking for 10 000 HBD per day or realistically 32 258 HIVE per day that will hit the exchanges at the current price of $0.31c each. Personally I would rather see 32K HIVE daily being sent to null and burned than going into projects that have no accountability and transparency.
As a community we can do far better and I kind of find this embarrassing knowing that no one really knows how much abuse is going down. The problem is if there are no key performance indicators required for each budgetary spend with set goals that need to be set to justify the spend. HIVE is not a charity and this has to benefit HIVE and if there is no benefit then it should not even be considered.
I know we do the borehole wells in Ghana which is a great "charity" initiative but where is the real benefit to HIVE. Yes you can promote HIVE is helping out in Africa but seriously if we were getting the whole village signing up to HIVE I see no point. If they do not have water so maybe they have no electricity so maybe the bare minimum internet coverage and this is my point why are we sending HIVE on this?
Thee is a big difference where and how we spend the funds as we are not really getting anywhere with what has been done so far. We must stop kidding ourselves and the only item @valueplan does that I agree with is the stuff @crimsonclad does. At least she is promoting HIVE and getting the message across at targeted events.
Personally we should rip the band aid off and speak up coming together as a community and not keeping quiet as this changes nothing. We need to have constructive ideas and not just negativity when discussing the issues that many of us find so wrong.
What I have seen thus far is there is a take mentality with no accountability and this is why the simple basics like reporting on each event keeping everyone informed and up to date which has basically been non existent. This should be the bare minimum and agreed upon before funding is signed off. receipts for items over a certain cost threshold should also be supplied. Are there others from HIVE attending the event and are they from the place where the event is held because that would be fair. Are there people travelling and requiring accommodation and expenses because this is where I see red flags with certain individuals thinking they are professional promoters for HIVE.
My Two Cents Of Where My Thinking Is
Has anyone looked at marketing HIVE properly using professionals because looking at a budget of $10K per day that is if replicated in the remaining 9 months is a $3.6 Million budget. I say this as that is a big budget that if we dumped 90% of everything else maybe this would give us a chance. Another thought is if we sell the HBD for HIVE/convert/swap at this price and accumulated a massive HIVE nest egg and sold the HIVE for USD later once he price rises we could be talking many more millions as an advertising budget and getting the right professional people to do this on our behalf and no one involved with HIVE so there are no accusations later down the line. This seems more sensible and more logical and why we should rather wait and place a hold on this for now.
Again this is no a dig at @valueplan, but I cannot honestly vote on their proposal as it stands and would suggest everyone reads it and gives their thoughts so at least everyone is thinking about this and not just the people of valueplan.