To encourage inbound requests for funding, the ESD will provide compensation to author/s of funded proposals as of 15 March 2022. Compensation can be retroactively funded at ESD discretion or shall be requested in future proposals.

ESD Funding Requests: Create proposal as per funding allocation process 5
Main DAO Proposals: More information will be developed and linked here for MainDAO proposals
Fee Request: people are encouraged to request a payment that they believe they have earned.
Fee Limits: In all cases the maximum fee request must be the lesser of either 5% of value funded or $3000.The final allocation will be open to negotiation with the ESD. Funding will not be dispersed until ESD is formally notified as per the fee notification process.
Fee Notification: requires that authors add a comment to this post with the following information.

Link to Authored Forum Post once funding approved

Statement of the fee request

Advise allocation of reward payable to tagged authors

Link to this post in the #governance-general 1 discord channel

Tag @Executive Sub-DAO members in discord

Fee Approval: Once formally notified, ESD will engage on this forum post to seek further clarification if required. Funding approval will be agreed at the next scheduled ESD meeting, provided the required notice.
Nominations ESD members also reserve the right to nominate authors for this reward snd to make asynch decision on funding in advance of the next ESD general meeting in order to meet contributor reward deadlines
Required Notice: Seven days notification on both this forum post by tagging @lee0007 @fartunov @daniel-ospina and @Executive SubDao Members in the Discord Governance 1 channel. If notification has not been on the forum and advised via discord for a minimum of seven days, decisions may roll over to the next meeting agenda. Decisions will be posted fortnightly in this forum post. Once approved, rewards are payable in the next scheduled monthly payments.
Budget: 20k per season approximately across all Main DAO & ESD proposals (subject to funding approval)
Performance: Strictly performance-based this compensation is available to author/s (not otherwise compensated) of funded proposals.
Limitations: This funding is only available to authors who are NOT rewarded contributors within the authored proposal.
Agreement: ESD will allocate funding but NOT mediate on the division of the reward. Where multiple authors contribute the funds shall be allocated as determined by honourable agreement between authors or if required through a formal mediation process
Payment: Scout rewards are eligible for payment upon successful funding of the project. Once approved, rewards are payable in the next scheduled monthly payments. Please note, you will need to advise a member of payroll 1 of your wallet address

This programs is subject to edits and updates as we [ESD] intend to adapt the funding based on what we learn from the scout rewards requested in S1. We welcome your feedback, questions and enquiry. Please tag @lee0007 @daniel-ospina @fartunov in this forum post or @ExecutiveSub-DAOmembers in the channel

ESD Statement: Aragon Scout Program