Developers Guild Season 5 Funding Proposal (take 2)

Authors: Jonvaljon.eth

Date Posted: 7/11/22

SUMMARY

The Dev Guild is requesting funding of 613,500 BANK.

This will compensate the Dev Guild Organizer Office, Talent Coordinator Office, Scribes, and Poap Manager.

Additionally this will fund the departments of Dev Guild First Quest, and the guild benefits of the Knowledge Share program and educational initiatives including the new Smart Contract Book Club.

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN SEASON 4

  • Completed Dev Guild Constitution

    • Covers: Membership, Elected Offices, Project Distinctions, Elections, Meetings
  • Talent Coordinator Office

    • Onboarded New Members
    • Placed talent in BanklessDAO projects
    • Posted and filled new dev jobs
  • Hosted Demos for Bankless DAO projects

    • Bounty Board
    • DEGEN
  • Hosted 30+ meetings discussing: development, governance, project operations, guild membership, DAO activities, and guild operations and initiatives

  • Took multiple polls and surveys to understand our membership and how we can better serve it

  • Knowledge shares saw attendance grow from to an average of 20-30 attendees

    • Highlights: Defi Dad and multiple project and protcol founders

SEASON 5 PLANS AND GOALS

  • Increase Educational Initiatives
    • Number 1 reason members indicated joining the Dev Guild
    • Instantiation of the Smart Contract Book Club
      • Bi-weekly contract and protocol focused discussions
    • Incentivize joining hackathons to represent the DAO
    • Start a repository of third party educational material to be hosted on Notion
  • Refine Dev Guild First Quest
    • Further develop and refine onboarding of new members and talent into projects
  • Increase integration between Bankless Consultancy and Dev guild
    • To enable devs that are available to better integrate into work, and increase revenue opportunities for the DAO

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

SUCCESS METRICS AND KPIS

Our metrics are designed to enable growth, coordination, and idea development of the Dev Guild.

Metrics

Number of:

  • Members participating in meetings, educational activities, hackathons, and projects
  • New members
  • Demos during meetings
  • Number of devs placed on projects compared to requests for devs

Key Results

  • Hold two weekly Dev Guild meetings, grow attendance
  • Bi-weekly Smart Contract Book Club meetings that train developers in Solidity and smart contract best practices
  • Help projects further their goals by demo-ing new features and providing feedback
  • Have at least one hackathon team form and complete a hackathon out of the Dev Guild

Title: Dev Guild Season 5 Budget Proposal

Authors: Jonvaljon.eth

Date Posted: 7/11/22

SUMMARY

The Dev Guild is requesting funding of 613,500 BANK.

This will compensate the Dev Guild Organizer Office, Talent Coordinator Office, Scribes, and Poap Manager.

Additionally this will fund the departments of Dev Guild First Quest, and the guild benefits of the Knowledge Share program and educational initiatives including the new Smart Contract Book Club.

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN SEASON 4

  • Completed Dev Guild Constitution

    • Covers: Membership, Elected Offices, Project Distinctions, Elections, Meetings
  • Talent Coordinator Office

    • Onboarded New Members
    • Placed talent in BanklessDAO projects
    • Posted and filled new dev jobs
  • Hosted Demos for Bankless DAO projects

    • Bounty Board
    • DEGEN
  • Hosted 30+ meetings discussing: development, governance, project operations, guild membership, DAO activities, and guild operations and initiatives

  • Took multiple polls and surveys to understand our membership and how we can better serve it

  • Knowledge shares saw attendance grow from to an average of 20-30 attendees

    • Highlights: Defi Dad and multiple project and protcol founders

SEASON 5 PLANS AND GOALS

  • Increase Educational Initiatives
    • Number 1 reason members indicated joining the Dev Guild
    • Instantiation of the Smart Contract Book Club
      • Bi-weekly contract and protocol focused discussions
    • Incentivize joining hackathons to represent the DAO
    • Start a repository of third party educational material to be hosted on Notion
  • Refine Dev Guild First Quest
    • Further develop and refine onboarding of new members and talent into projects
  • Increase integration between Bankless Consultancy and Dev guild
    • To enable devs that are available to better integrate into work, and increase revenue opportunities for the DAO

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

SUCCESS METRICS AND KPIS

Our metrics are designed to enable growth, coordination, and idea development of the Dev Guild.

Metrics

Number of:

  • Members participating in meetings, educational activities, hackathons, and projects
  • New members
  • Demos during meetings
  • Number of devs placed on projects compared to requests for devs

Key Results

  • Hold two weekly Dev Guild meetings, grow attendance
  • Bi-weekly Smart Contract Book Club meetings that train developers in Solidity and smart contract best practices
  • Help projects further their goals by demo-ing new features and providing feedback
  • Have at least one hackathon team form and complete a hackathon out of the Dev Guild
Do you support funding the Developers Guild for Season 5?
  • Yes
  • No and I will leave a comment

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I always forget to add the poll. :man_facepalming:

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At least you added it in a timely manner! I was able to vote :grin::raised_hands:

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That’s why it is (take 2) :rofl:

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