Status: TempCheck
Overview:
Requesting ENS DAO for an RFP to establish a dedicated Research, Analytics & Development (RDA) Hover Group (HG)
Hover Group:
A Hover Group (HG) is a distributed (sub)working group that resides within a working group (WG) for all administrative purposes, in addition to the responsibility of coordinating on common goals outlined within the framework of the hover group.
Structure:
Maximum of 4 dedicated members, one per WG, aligned with the goals of RDA HG and the native WG.
Appointment:
- One elected Steward by the DAO
- Up to three more members elected by the Stewards of all WGs by an internal vote
Scope of Work:
The full scope of work under this hover group is as follows:
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Analytics
RDA is responsible for the gathering of intel and analytics of all things pertinent to ENS and ENS DAO under one roof. This includes ENS Tools, ENS Leaderboard, ENS Sales Bot, ENS Dashboard, ENS Dune Dashboard etc. RDA should also actively seek to pull raw data from third-party providers such as ShowKarma pertaining to user, delegate and contributor engagement. Besides the already existing data hooks mentioned above, RDA must also actively seek to pull, archive & analyse data pertaining to off-chain and on-chain votes, ENS token dispersion, Discourse data, Discord data and Twitter analytics. The aim of this exercise is to equip the DAO with all the necessary data and information required in its several decision-making processes. -
Research
RDA is responsible for briefing all working groups with data-driven approaches to streamline ENS DAO. One example of a duty of RDA toward ENS DAO is to formulate a dynamic and machine-generated model for capturing reputation and health of DAO delegates, stewards and contributors. Currently, most reputation models are static, manual, rudimentary and gameable. An ideal reputation should not be gameable or static. In this context, RDA should look into already existing approaches such as classic Hedonic modelling & regression and Hedonic-AI regression to rid us of manual and gameable models; this is possible but needs dedicated work to formulate training datasets (for Hedonic-AI) and quantifiable data for fitting (classic Hedonic). This work requires devising detailed semi-annual surveys to capture the state of ENS (at the very least) in consultation with the ENS DAO community and contributors. The result of this undertaking should be to provide the DAO with actionable intel during elections (e.g. reputation & health of candidates) and other relevant decision-making processes. RDA is also responsible for actively assessing threats to ENS and propose ideas to make the DAO resistant to risk and volatility; an example of this is to devise practical ways of reducing dead vote count, off-boarding process for delegates & contributors, and suggesting improvements to governance model. -
Development
RDA is responsible for keeping an active tab on the overall DAO ecosphere beyond the realms of ENS. This requires making sure that ENS is present at global Ethereum conferences and proactively looking out for ways to improve itself. It was a bit underwhelming to see no ENS presence at ETHAmsterdam while it clearly being one of the most famous and respected DAO. RDA is responsible for ensuring ENSâs sponsorship in Hackathons, ENSâs presence on panels, workshops and speaker lists. ENS should lead the way in how-to-DAO. RDA should also seek to foster DAO2DAO relations where the principle of public goods is a common theme; there are many DAOs with the same aligning ideology as ENS, where ENS has the possibility to engrain itself in other crucial ecosystems thereby increasing its public good footprint.
Selection Criteria:
- Demonstrated ability to parse all forms and sorts of data, and be able to suck every drop of information out of it, aka be an expert in Data Analytics
- Be able to push the envelope of ENS DAO and enlarge its public good footprint
- Be able to contribute toward the common goals of HG as well as native goals of at least one WG
- Every line of code must be open-source
Budget:
- Operational: Up to USDC 50,000/year per WG
- Other: Travel to conferences, sponsorship of Hackathons and other activities within the scope of this proposal
Timescale:
- 6-9 months to ramp on to full throttle
TempCheck
Should ENS form a dedicated Research, Development & Analytics Hover Group as outlined above?
- Yes
- No
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Please suggest changes or additions to this RFP in the comments! This pRFP is work in progress!