# \[Approved\] Near German Community January 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketing DAO\ **Tags:** marketing-dao\ **Created:** [January 1, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/approved-near-german-community-january-2022/11858 "2022-01-01T17:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![David\_NEAR](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/david_near/32/43414_2.png) [@David\_NEAR](https://gov.near.org/u/David_NEAR)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/approved-near-german-community-january-2022/11858/11 "2022-01-17T08:52:20Z")
**Please note:** The payout process is changing. Do not submit a funding request to the DAO. You will be notified when the new process is live. Thanks! Update here: > [@\[Update\] New Community Payout Process - still in progress](http://gov.near.org/t/update-new-community-payout-process-still-in-progress/13033): > > Happy NEAR-Year! January 2022 and its new beginning has us looking to a new legally compliant and more proactive approach to regulation in the ecosystem, as evidenced in our payout process (as referenced in @Grace’s [November](http://gov.near.org/t/november-community-update-pause-reset-and-start-again/9293) and [December](http://gov.near.org/t/follow-up-from-nov-12-post-on-community-reset/10409) update posts). Simply put, we will be installing a new payout process which involves identity verification(s), ideally by the end of January. And until this new process is in effect, all payouts to Guilds, projects, contributors via NF Community Team establish… --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.near.org/t/approved-near-german-community-january-2022/11858)._