Details
Time/Day: 5PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth
Agenda
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- Welcome ALL
- Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
- Strategic Grants update
- Urbe Campus ETHPrague presentation
- Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome all
2. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
- Two onchain votes are up:
- Unofficial date for ENS event at ethCC - July 2nd
3. Strategic Grants update
- Strategic Grants is a fairly new initiative
- Focus on partnerships with important projects that need larger grants
- The first one was DRC (waiting on the draft from them to share)
- New Announcement: Funding Remix and Fabric with $50k each!
- Putting together a post about the details.
- They also have a matching funding pool from other sources.
4. Urbe Campus ETHPrague presentation
- Full presentation
- Urbe campus organizes activities like campuses, hubs, hackathons, and pop-up cities.
- In 2024, they hosted six campuses
- Working to improve future campuses by encouraging students, engaging builders, and providing support.
- With the ENS Large grant, Urbe hosted 3 campuses (Warsaw, ETHRome, Devcon) in 2024.
- Next campus will be for 4 days during ETHPrague.
- Partnered with ETHGlobal, ETHPrague, BuidlGuidl, and will host hackathons and give $2k in bounties for participants.
- @mely.eth, @Premm.eth, and @cap will be at ETHPrague and will explore how to work on something together.
- Potential hiring opportunities for Urbe campus participants
- The most notable impact is the partnership with BuidlGuidl
5. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
Feedback on Builder Grants rejection
- The applicant didnβt find the rejection feedback explanation
- Wasnβt able to find criteria (and suggests adding it to the website)
- @Coltron.eth shared that it already exists in the FAQ section.
- Explanation for rejection was that other projects were better suited for the ecosystem grant (more ENS-focused)
Grants funding thesis
- The Public Goods Working Group is focusing on interconnected projects with existing support.
- Strategic grants are allocated to established projects that are well-connected within the ecosystem.
- Builder Grants website: https://builder.ensgrants.xyz/
- ENS Public Goods BuidlGuidl Repo: GitHub - BuidlGuidl/ens-pg
Strategic grants and docs
- Strategic grants are important to document (their meaning and purpose)
- Documentation will include insights from teams on how funds will be used.
- Focus on ensuring funds are well-spent and impactful.
- More writing and sharing will be done this term
Groupβs Conclusion
- We came to the conclusion that @simona_pop is a mastermind behind everything, and there are no coincidences in life.
- Proof: DAOs and Biomimicry by simona pop | Devcon BogotΓ‘