Public Goods Working Group Steward Nominations Term 6 (Calendar 2025)

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Nominations for the 6th ENS DAO Steward Term (Calendar 2025) will open on December 6th, 2024.

If you would like to nominate yourself to be an ENS Public Goods Working Group Steward for the calendar year 2025 period (Term 6), please complete the steps outlined below:

Nomination Steps

Step 1

Forum: Reply to this post with the following information:

  • Link to Snapshot: (fill this in after Step 2)
  • Preferred Name and/or ENS name:
  • Forum username:
  • Twitter profile link (optional):
  • Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?
  • Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Step 2

Snapshot: Create a Snapshot vote in the ENS WG Steward Nomination space HERE. Select “New Proposal” and use the following template:

Template
Title: [Name of Working Group] Nominate [your preferred name or ENS name]

  • Example: [Public Goods] Nominate rilxxlir.eth

Body: Copy and paste your forum reply from above which includes:

  • Your preferred name/ENS name
  • Forum username
  • Twitter profile link (optional)
  • Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?
  • Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Vote Timing

  • Select the start date and time of December 6, 2024 at 9am UTC
  • Select the end date of December 9, 2024 (time will automatically be set to end at 9am UTC)

Please note, Snapshot will use your current timezone to set the time. Please convert 9am UTC into your local timezone when setting up your proposal.

For reference: 9am UTC = 4am ET / 1am PT / 9am GMT / 10am CET

Any nominations submitted to the forum prior to the start of the nomination window will become active when the nomination window opens on December 6. All votes to support a Steward nomination must be made during the nomination window.

Step 3

After successfully nominating yourself to be a Steward, you require 10k votes in support of your nomination on Snapshot between December 6 - 9.

Any nominee with 10k votes supporting their Steward nomination will be included in the ballot for the Steward election of the relevant Working Group.

Steward Elections

Anyone who completes the steps in the “Nominations Steps” section above will be included on the ballot for election. Steward elections will use approval voting.

  • Election begins: 9am UTC on December 10, 2024
  • Election ends: 9am UTC on December 15, 2024

Video Walkthrough

Before creating a Snapshot vote, please watch this video walkthrough of the process.

Questions

If you have any questions about the Steward election or nominations, or if you need help setting up your Snapshot vote, please comment below or DM 5pence.eth on Twitter.

Forum Write-Access

In order to nominate yourself as a Steward, you will need to have write-access to all of the categories in the governance forum. Please submit the Participant Request form if you require write-access.
If you have any questions or have trouble with forum access, please DM myself or any other steward on any platform. Find me on X @ @5pence_eth.

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  • Link to Snapshot: (Snapshot)
  • Preferred Name and/or ENS name: Dan Hannum or Hannum.eth
  • Forum username: DHannum8
  • Twitter profile link (optional):x.com
  • Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group:

We have been fortunate at GasHawk to receive multiple grants from the PG working group (Small, Growth, Large) and now that we have successfully raised our $1.6M Pre Seed we are ineligible for future PG grants. Since we cannot apply for future grants I believe that eliminates the potential conflict of interest between a steward and their own organization applying for grants.

I have been on most if not all PG working group calls since 2023 as well as many ecosystem calls, have voted in Public Goods funding round with the voting card and now since GasHawk will receive ENS as part of the governance distribution pilot we will continue to vote and support ENS as an organization. I would like to double down and apply to be a PG steward to continue to support both ENS and its working groups but also bring in a viewpoint from someone who’s received ENS grants and has ideas on how to improve these process and impact.

Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Highlighted above but want to reiterate that from my understanding GasHawk is no loner eligible for PG grants so do not forsee any situations where I would be voting for my own company.

As far as exisiting engagements, I am the CEO of GasHawk and have a team to manage however, I believe even without being a steward I have shown the passion and investment in time and energy that will be required of a steward.

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Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?

I bring deep expertise in public goods funding and extensive cross-ecosystem experience that would benefit the ENS Public Goods Working Group.

As Head of Grants at Gitcoin, I’ve directly led multiple rounds of Gitcoin Grants (GG18 - GG20), managing the allocation of millions in funding while developing and refining frameworks for effective public goods support. This hands-on experience and my roles across the wider Ethereum Ecosystem give me unique insights into what drives successful public goods initiatives.

My experience spans across multiple sectors:

  • Currently leading BD, Partnerships, and Grant Operations at Gitcoin
  • Successfully managed local, state, and federal grants with a 501c3
  • Ran a profitable mid-sized systems integrator for a decade before Web3
  • Deep research into Web3 grant programs since 2021.
  • Created public goods resources like LlamaoGrants, Blockworks Grantfarm, and Crypto Grant Wire to share key insights and patterns.
  • Secured funding as a grantee from major protocols (Polygon, Aave, Ethereum Foundation, Uniswap)

Current Roles and Engagements:

  • Head of Grants at Gitcoin (BD, Partnerships, Grant Operations)
  • Optimism Grants Council Member
  • Active delegate for Gitcoin, Optimism, ENS, and Radicle

I commit to maintaining transparency about these roles and will ensure they do not conflict with my Public Goods Working Group Steward responsibilities. The breadth of my experience across these organizations provides valuable insights that can help advance ENS’s public goods initiatives while maintaining appropriate boundaries between different organizational responsibilities.

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Link to Snapshot: Snapshot
ENS name: simona.eth
Forum username: @simona_pop
Twitter: x.com

Why do you want to be a steward of this Working Group:

I continue to be deeply committed to transforming the approach to public goods (PG) in the broader ecosystem. I would like to improve the work started this term with the PG workstream but far expand upon it.

Given my extensive background working towards PG funding experimentation and my current role as advisor to key public goods proponents like Optimism, I continue to bring a broad and complex perspective to the matter. An extended stewardship term will continue to enable me to dive into long term strategy work vs short term deployment of funding.

Contributions and Credentials:

As a testament to my commitment to public goods, during the current term, I:

  • Created the Perpetual Public Goods Bounty that rewarded three public goods projects. This initiative supplemented funding during gaps between small and large grant windows.

  • Launched a collaboration with ETHGlobal in partnership with the Ecosystem working group, distributing free domain names to first-time hackers across the ETHGlobal 2024 circuit, promoting web3 integration for newcomers and their journey into building public goods.

  • Initiated and co-created the Builders Platform in collaboration with Build Guild to develop perpetual funding sources for builders at every stage of their journey, from start to growth.

  • Collaborated with Giveth on a funding round through the Giveth platform.

  • Supported Large Grants, delivering almost $300k in funding to impactful projects, including Firefly, ScaffoldETH, Rotki, GasHawk, Borderless Africa, Urbe Campus, and more.

  • Promoted and sustained the conversation around public goods and PG funding by ENS, speaking on panels and delivering talks throughout the 2024 event circuit, supporting the effective deployment of funds to impactful projects in the ecosystem.

Background and Experience:

  • Head of Governance Strategy for Gitcoin (2021-2022)
  • Advisor to Optimism Foundation with involvement in RetroPGF experimentation
  • Former ENS Meta Gov Steward and current Public Goods lead Steward

This combination of advisory roles and direct contributions has solidified my understanding of the challenges and opportunities within the ecosystem. I am well-equipped to help ENS achieve its public goods mission and expand its impact.

Thank you for your support!

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