Aaron Makaruk Work Plan

Name of person

Aaron Makaruk

Timing of agreement

July 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012, extensible upon review

Deliverables and responsibilities

1. Aaron Makaruk is responsible for Securing Funds. 'Securing Funds' is defined as the completion of the entire process from research, contacting, grant writing, up to delivery of funds to the bank account - where the 'money raised' is defined as the sum that ends up in the OSE bank account.
2. Aaron shall be paid for fundraising services rendered as an independent contractor. Payment shall be contingent upon Securing Funds.
3. Payment shall be rendered on any grant, donation or fund amount successfully raised by Jerome Knapp, on behalf of Open Source Ecology - to be paid within 90 days of receipt of said grant. Receipt of funds is marked upon the date of receipt of funds at the Terra/OSE account at the SESLOC Federal Credit Union, and the amount of funds is the exact amount that enters the Terra/OSE account.
4. Reward bonus further includes 3% on any funds secured above $1.2M.
5. Aaron produce a fundraising milestone plan published at Aaron Fundraising Milestone Plan on the wiki. See also Rollout Plan.
6. All monies secured logged on Aaron Log on the wiki. Updating of your log on a regular basis (at least once a week, hopefully every day if you are working on it every day)
7. Compliance with OSE transparency procedures to facilitate assessment of progress and allocation of funds in Rollout Plan: logging all funds secured and work done at Aaron Log, filling out the Team Culturing Survey including picture and brief introductory video (placed automatically at wiki page) plus OSE Resource Development Strategy documentation on our wiki. See sample - Log. See Instructions for questions on wiki edits.
8. All documents shall be posted on the OSE Wiki for transparency, both as a file upload and as HTML embedded on the corresponding wiki page. See Kauffman Proposal as an example. Documents include copies of grant applications and paperwork, other submissions to funding organizations, and this contract
9. Aaron agrees to publish this contract agreement on the OSE wiki (minus bank information)
10. Aaron agrees to promote the values of Open Source Ecology, and to not misrepresent its intent and direction.
11. Track grant revenue and expenditures
12. Track grant outputs and outcomes
13. Write grant reports to foundations
14. Recruit Factor e Farm contractors and remote collaborators
15. Develop organizational structure and operations
16. Assist with general start-up development
17. Oversee program evaluations

Fee

Min 40 hrs/week at $2,500/month; (We initially said that reward structure is 10% of the net total raised, unless limited otherwise by specific conditions of a given funding source, up to $80k/year with $800k raised, with bonus of 3% after $800k. After Aaron raises this amount in one year, we will need to start paying him from our own OSE funds. This probably won't happen )

Paid how often

paid monthly

Guidelines

Factor e Farm General Guidelines, Factor e Farm Roles and Responsibilities, Workshop Guidelines, and Ubuntu Code of Conduct

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