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7	7	Initial Incubator Project Sponsor (2015): Allison Randal
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9		-Current (2020) Sponsor: Elana Hashman
	9	+Later (2020) Sponsor: Elana Hashman
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11	11	Project contact: Aaron Wolf
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36	36	From 2017 through 2019, progress was inconsistent and no OSI sponsor was assigned to the project. The project moved through several different project-management tools and struggled to organize work among the distributed volunteer team. Nevertheless, the design and governance got refined and simplified and initial alpha testing began.
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38		-== Current status ==
	38	+By March 2021, the platform itself had 137 patrons as the first listed project at https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift
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40		-Last updated March 2021
	40	+With crowdmatching set to $1 per thousand patrons, 137 patrons makes a monthly donation total of $18.76.
	41	+To avoid excessive fees, charges have been delayed until multiple months add up to a few dollars per patron. Also, the full legal and technical process for running the actual charges has not been finalized, though much of it is in place.
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42		-=== Alpha testing ===
	43	+== Graduation from incubation ==
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44		-The platform itself is live as the first listed project: https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift
	45	+Given the live prototype functioning and receiving real-money pledges, the main incubation goals have been accomplished!
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46		-Although the ability to pledge has still not been widely announced, the project has 137 patrons. With crowdmatching set to $1 per thousand patrons, the monthly donations now total $18.76.
	47	+we are considering Snowdrift.coop as having graduated as of mid-2021. The core goals of incubation are done. But we want to delay broader announcements until we have the site in a somewhat better state to make the most of potential attention.
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48		-To avoid excessive fees, charges are delayed until multiple months add up to a few dollars per patron. At the time of this update, no actual charges have been processed.
	49	+To see project status and ongoing work, see https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/planning
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50		-=== Next steps ===
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52		-Incubation goals have been accomplished, as live prototype exists! However, cleaning up the presentation and front-end is necessary before announcing the operations. Once that has been done, we can announce the graduation and more broadly announce the live prototype.
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54		-For reference, see https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/planning for overview of project status.
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