Term: 1 July 2022 - 30 September 2022

This Treasury Proposal is an extension of our current maintenance & support contract with the Polkadot Ecosystem. The extension of the maintenance & support contract covers term: 1 July 2022 until 30 September 2022.

* [Current report that account for maintenance & support contract activities](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q3.md)

[Polkascan Foundation](https://polkascan.org) is a not-for-profit infrastructure service provider and maintainer of Polkadot Ecosystem Python Libraries. The Python libraries were initially funded by Web3 Foundation grants, they have a generalized nature, suitable for adoption by any Python-based project in the broader Polkadot ecosystem.  Here is [an overview of projects](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/network/dependents?package_id=UGFja2FnZS04OTc2NTczNTM%3D) depending on our libraries.


Previous activity reports can be found here:

* [October 2020](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202010.md)
* [November 2020](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202011.md)
* [December 2020](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202012.md)
* [January 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202101.md)
* [February 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202102.md)
* [March 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202103.md)
* [April 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202104.md)
* [May 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202105.md)
* [June 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202106.md)
* [July 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202107.md)
* [August 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202108.md)
* [September 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-202109.md)
* [Quarter 4 2021](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2021Q4.md)
* [Quarter 1 2022](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q1.md)
* [Quarter 2 2022](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q2.md)
* [Quarter 3 2022](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/treasury-proposal-008-report-2022Q3.md)

Links and further details:

* [The Social Contract Mechanism](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/README.md)
* [The Social Contract for Maintenance & Support of Python Libraries](https://github.com/polkascan/social-contract/blob/master/polkadot/social-contract-002.md)
* [Business Plan](https://polkascan.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Business-Plan-Polkascan-Foundation-v20220218.1030.pdf)

We will be available to answer the Polkadot Council's questions.

Approve a proposal. At a later time, the proposal will be allocated to the beneficiary
and the original deposit will be returned.

May only be called from `T::ApproveOrigin`.

# <weight>
- Complexity: O(1).
- DbReads: `Proposals`, `Approvals`
- DbWrite: `Approvals`
# </weight>

- The Treasury Proposal is an extension of a contract for maintenance and support of the Polkadot Ecosystem.
- The contract will be in effect from July 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022.
- The Polkascan Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that provides infrastructure services and maintains Python libraries for the Polkadot Ecosystem.
- The Python libraries were initially funded by Web3 Foundation grants and can be used by any Python-based project in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- Previous activity reports and additional information can be found in the provided links.

#281 Continuation of Maintenance & Support for Python Libraries