This campaign didnt start with paying IOU notes from start, this was later changed and I dont know by whos initiative and what was the reason for doing this.

I don’t remember if I praised the change, but I did understand the reason for that. More money going around their multisig address = more privacy for everyone else, specially their customers. Assuming they were legit and not premeditating an exit scam, it was a smart move.

Let’s all remember that everyone could withdraw at any time, week after week, meaning that if you were to withdraw the next day after every payout, you would only have lost this week’s (last) payout.

Some members left campaign recently, maybe they had a feeling something is not right.