Amend ZIP1014 to provide a Discretionary Budget for MGRC (#668)

In 2021 Jason McGee proposed that ZIP 1014 be amended to provide the Major Grants Review Committee (aka the Zcash Community Grants Committee) with a Discretionary Budget. The proposal was approved by the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) in December 2021  - https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/2d0787fc-61de-11ec-8619-8ee85a8a1b8a/view

The pull request amends ZIP 1014 to reflect the Zcash community's decision to provide the Major Grants Review Committee with a Discretionary Budget, funded out of the MG Slice of the Dev Fund. 

The initial denomination (ZEC), annual budget (3% of the MG slice), cap ($1,000,000 USD) and floor ($250,000) were established in the same ZCAP poll that approved the proposal. Zcash Foundation will run a similar poll to allow ZCAP to change these parameters if requested to do so by the Major Grants Review Committee.

Co-authored-by: teor <teor@riseup.net>
Co-authored-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>
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@ -209,13 +209,16 @@ Zcash ecosystem, to perform major ongoing development (or other work) for the
public good of the Zcash ecosystem, to the extent that such teams are available
and effective.
The funds SHALL be received and administered by ZF. ZF MUST disburse them as
"Major Grants", but subject to the following additional constraints:
The funds SHALL be received and administered by ZF. ZF MUST disburse them for
"Major Grants" and expenses reasonably related to the administration of Major
Grants, but subject to the following additional constraints:
1. These funds MUST only be used to issue Major Grants to external parties
that are independent of ZF. They MUST NOT be used by ZF for its internal
operations and direct expenses. Additionally, BP, ECC, and ZF are ineligible
to receive Major Grants.
that are independent of ZF, and to pay for expenses reasonably related to
the administration of Major Grants. They MUST NOT be used by ZF for its
internal operations and direct expenses not related to administration of
Major Grants. Additionally, BP, ECC, and ZF are ineligible to receive
Major Grants.
2. Major Grants SHOULD support well-specified work proposed by the grantee,
at reasonable market-rate costs. They can be of any duration or ongoing
@ -256,6 +259,33 @@ The funds SHALL be received and administered by ZF. ZF MUST disburse them as
to operate the Community Advisory Panel and SHOULD work toward making it more
representative and independent (more on that below).
8. From 1st January 2022, a portion of the MG Slice shall be allocated to a
Discretionary Budget, which may be disbursed for expenses reasonably related
to the administration of Major Grants. The amount of funds allocated to the
Discretionary Budget SHALL be decided by the ZF's Community Advisory Panel or
successor process. Any disbursement of funds from the Discretionary Budget
MUST be approved by the Major Grant Review Committee. Expenses related to the
administration of Major Grants include, without limitation the following:
* Paying third party vendors for services related to domain name registration, or
the design, website hosting and administration of websites for the Major Grant
Review Committee.
* Paying independent consultants to develop requests for proposals that align
with the Major Grants program.
* Paying independent consultants for expert review of grant applications.
* Paying for sales and marketing services to promote the Major Grants
program.
* Paying third party consultants to undertake activities that support the
purpose of the Major Grants program.
* Reimbursement to members of the Major Grant Review Committee for reasonable
travel expenses, including transportation, hotel and meals allowance.
The Major Grant Review Committee's decisions relating to the allocation and
disbursement of funds from the Discretionary Budget will be final, requiring
no approval from the ZF Board, but are subject to veto if the Foundation
judges them to violate U.S. law or the ZF's reporting requirements and other
(current or future) obligations under U.S. IRS 501(c)(3).
ZF SHALL recognize the MG slice of the Dev Fund as a Restricted Fund
donation under the above constraints (suitably formalized), and keep separate
accounting of its balance and usage under its `Transparency and Accountability`_