Project Champion: jengajojo.eth🏴#5896
Squad: baer.eth, thinkdecade, links, hirokennelly, LiviuC, cisco
Purpose: Public Good
Affiliation: None
Authors; Editors: jengajojo
Funds requested: 886,000 BANK
Project wallet(s): 0x8872fd5F66728Fc7cF01898199e162ee26f47BA8
PROJECT TEASER
Bankless DAOstewards is a meta-governance group from BanklessDAO, in S8 we shepherded the BanklessDAO projects to earn 100,000+ OP (120K+ USD) via Optimism DAO grants.
We aim to encourage good governance in the DAO space by expressing Bankless values and foster a collaborative environment for the space to grow.
SUMMARY
Project Description
- DAOStewards act as formal delegates who help in the day-to-day administration and coordination of DAOs we are active in
- DAOStewards takes on Governance in a DAO if
- BanklessDAO or it’s sub units receive an airdrop or token swap from partner DAOs
- DAOStewards actively markets themselves within BanklessDAO channels to gain delegation
- Each delegation consists of atleast one Protocol Pateron and one Autonomous Advocates. Other members maybe involved in one or multiple DAOs in various ways. Role descriptions can be found here
| DAO | Protocol Pateron | Autonomous Advocate | Tokens delegated | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbitrum | LiviuC | jengajojo | 130k+ | 2000 BANK/lead/week |
| Optimism | thinkDecade | jengajojo | 11k+ | 2000 BANK/lead/week |
| Vita | jengajojo | 0 | 2000 BANK/lead/week | |
| Safe | links | baer | 48k+ | 2000 BANK/lead/week |
| Active contributors | Active DAOs |
|---|---|
| Links | SAFE |
| LiviuC | Arbitrum |
| thinkdecade | Optimism, SAFE |
| hirokennelly | Optimism |
| Baer | SAFE |
| jengajojo | Vita, Optimism, Arbitrum, SAFE |
Other Roles:
Marketing Lead [Cisco]
Responsibilities:
- Brand alignment
- Ensure visual brand consistency and coherence across all mediums
- Communication (internally and externally)
- Improve public brand awareness and perception
- Effectively utilize Twitter as primary external marketing platform
- Establish effective internal communication channels among team members
- Website
- Optimized pitch deck to convey mission/vision/value proposition and generate interest
Goals:
- Improved, consistent Twitter and Discord presence through outreach strategies and campaigns
- Responsive Project website/pitch deck
- Upgradable Generative NFT/PFPs
The long-term sustainability model for the group is to mine governance rewards by
- Making a compelling case for delegators to delegate to us
- Actively involving ourselves in governance and proposing paid delegation programs
Engagement overview
SafeDAO
- Maintained active voting base and actively engaged in forums
- Proposed Shielded voting
- Working on grants proposals from several projects which will be live in the coming weeks
VitaDAO
- Engaging with the community forums
- Proposed BanklessDAO for receiving the delegation
Arbitrum DAO
- Created a delegation campaign
- Proposed gaining consensus on the DAO mission
- Kickstarted a discussion on service providers
- Worked with the foundation on specific onboarding initiatives
Optimism DAO
- Helped BanklessDAO projects receive 100K+ OP in grants
- Actively participated in forums and governance
Collab.land
- Working with the Treasury Department to administer the allocation
Strategic Initiatives:
Based on the feedback we received during the Optimism Proposal process as well as recent conversations in the DAO, we have kickstarted an initiative to gather video and audio testimonials from banklessDAO members and alumni to better showcase the onboarding features that the DAO offers.
- Funded a bounty in the research guild to collect written testimonials
- Funded a bounty with global events to capture video testimonials
RETROSPECTIVE
The project conducted 1 retrospective with the following outcomes:
- Who can be a DAOStewards partner DAO is clearly identified
- We are working with design guild and marketing department to firm up our branding and marketing
- We have identified a need for education and onboarding for newbies, but lack resources to focus on this at the moment
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Roles Compensation:
Lead Advocates and Patrons: 256,000 BANK (16,000 BANK/week) ie. 4000 BANK/DAO/week
Marketing Lead: 5000 BANK/week x 16 = 80,000 BANK
Seasonal Coordinape: 200,000 BANK
Total: 536,000 BANK
Project Funds:
Marketing budget: 100,000 BANK
Strategic Initiatives Fund: 100,000 BANK
DAOStewards PFP project: 50,000 BANK
Bounties: 100,000 BANK
Total: 350,000 BANK
SEASONAL KPI
| Factor | KPI | Success Metric |
|---|---|---|
| number of DAOs in which DAOstewards are active delegates | # number of DAOs in which DAOstewards has active delegation | #3 |
| Snapshot votes | # % of snapshot votes participated in | #80%+ |
COMMITMENTS
Bankless DAOstewards are happy to help any group funded by BanklessDAO with partnerships, sponsorships and grants. We will ensure that all projects which receive funds via our shepherding give a high kickback to the DAO.
FURTHER PROJECT CHANNELS
Vote
- Approve
- Abstain
- Reject