# \[New Process\] Community Payouts **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Fund\ **Tags:** community, community-fund, funding\ **Created:** [January 22, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/new-process-community-payouts/13651 "2022-01-22T03:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![mecsbecs](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/mecsbecs/32/1820_2.png) [@mecsbecs](https://gov.near.org/u/mecsbecs)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/new-process-community-payouts/13651/21 "2022-01-26T00:01:33Z")
All NEAR Foundation and NEAR Inc employees have been asked to leave DAO councils in their official capacity so that these entities are not under scrutiny as legal ‘extensions’ of NEAR. The same mindset may also extend to Guilds or any other entity requesting funds from NEAR Foundation. The individual working for NEAR would be encouraged not to apply for or receive funding on behalf of a Guild as it can present a conflict of interest. By the above logic, requesting that an individual working for NEAR be a representative for a Guild hoping to receive funds from NF, in order to bypass another representative going through KYC, would be inadvisable and will not be encouraged. --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.near.org/t/new-process-community-payouts/13651)._