6,666 BAL for 6 months doesn’t strike me as an unreasonable ask. It was never disclosed how much BAL you guys got for your previous engagement stint but Fernando mentioned he was happy with the value fire eyes brought to the table.
I’m not totally sold on paying for governance participation. I think it works a lot better when it happens organically. We also have this partnership mining agreement, so there’s already a compensation mechanism in place for onboarding projects. Not sure if it ever went to a vote tho 
Anyway, more ideas & discussion is a good thing, and maybe it is worth paying for at this early stage.