---
layout: wip
title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (3 months)
author: escapethe3RA
date: November 25, 2021
amount: 21
milestones:
  - name: December
    funds: 7
    done: 31 December 2021
    status: finished
  - name: January
    funds: 7
    done: 31 January 2022
    status: finished
  - name: February
    funds: 7
    done:
    status: unfinished
payouts:
  - date: 16 January 2022
    amount: 7
  - date: 16 February 2022
    amount: 7
  - date:
    amount:
---

# What

I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (winter 21/2022): December, January and February.

Tasks:

- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
- Weekly: publish the *MO XMR TA Report* (technical analysis Monero price report)
- Monthly: publish the *MO Blitz Report* (includes everything that happened the previous month)
- As Needed: housekeeping (revise stories to make sure links and content is still relevant)
- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, Reddit, XMPP, emails)
- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (no 404's, domain is paid, etc)
- Optional: add new features, improvements and website sections

# Who

escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:

- published 356 MO stories (https://www.monero.observer/stories)
- published 11 MO XMR TA reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/blitz)
- published 3 MO Blitz reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/analysis)
- created several guides on GPG encryption, RSS feeds and Monero contributors (https://www.monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://www.monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://www.monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/)
- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
- started MO *Community Messages* initiative (https://www.monero.observer/tag/community)
- other project improvements (https://www.monero.observer/changelog)
 
# Proposal

I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.07 XMR / hour. At $220 / XMR (10% buffer) this makes 21 XMR (0.07*100*3).