I think @solymi suggested somewhere, in some comment, that we need something like a "small DHF" for "regular people" where projects would be able to apply for smaller funds of money for startup projects, or something similar...
I agree with @godfish that Value Plan needs a better approach, with more communication and transparency... A broader community isn't involved at all and most decisions about certain promotion activities are done by 3-4 people (or less)... That gives some "bad taste" in our "decentralized image".
I like this "small DHF" idea. This could work well within the Value Plan. Unfortunately, the DHF itself has an unbelievably high entry threshold.
To be honest, I think it is too low a threshold as only 2-3 people can push some proposals through... SO, from that point of view, it should be higher, especially for those crazy numbers that DHF is paying out...
That's why the idea of a "small DHF" would work better
That might be something like a "Tribe DHF". There are many tribes that could fund that "small DHF" while the current DHF remains something that is beyond me, a humble regular Hivean :)