☎️ Public Goods Working Group – Weekly Meeting: 12pm ET, Tuesdays

🏛️ Public Goods Meetings
32

August 22nd, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 12pm ET, Tuesdays.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Agenda

  1. General DAO Updates
  2. Octant Presentation
    • Learning and experiences from their epoch 0 public goods funding
    • Q&A
  3. Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendance

coltron.eth, vegapy.eth, simona.eth, 5pence, alisha.eth, daniel hannum, eskender abebe, greg skriloff, james kiernan, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus estmcmxci, senad dilji (senad.eth), 184.eth

1. General DAO Updates

@gregskril (ENS | Twitter) gave high-level updates

  • Recent ENS Labs team hires and repositioning.
  • New developer tooling and products.
  • Imminent deployment of ‘Gasless DNSSEC’ to testnet.

@esk3nder.eth (ENS | Twitter) shared the Multi-Delegate Manager

  • Read the PRD: ENS Multi-Delegate Manager
  • This is recognised as a Public Good, is open-source and permissionless.
  • The next phase involves integrating and promoting to other DAOs.
  • The code is currently under review. A merged version might be available this week.

Small Grants Round

  • The Small Grants redesign is still underway.
  • The round is anticipated to begin in the first week of September.
  • Submission period will be ~10 days, followed by a 4-5 day voting window.

2. Octant Presentation

James Kiernan
from Octant (Web | Twitter)

JJames attended the call to share his learnings and experiences from their Epoch Zero’s public goods funding.

Discussion included:

  • Octant’s background, relationship to Golem Foundation, and how their funding & rewards system works.
  • Epoch Zero’s recent vote, distribution of funds, and challenges experienced, including:
    • Users’ lack of awareness about Snapshot & POAP.
    • Other technical misunderstandings.
    • Lack of engagement and understanding of the process, which affected projects differently and involved their having different-skilled user bases/followings.
    • Sybil resistance, including how it relates to Gitcoin Passport.
    • The importance of due diligence when assessing third-party tools.
    • Integrity of the voting process and skew/impact of non-unique votes.
  • Epoch Zero’s next steps, goals to highlight projects doing crucial work, and transition to Octant app.
  • Limitations of POAPs, and composability of NFTs.
  • Some takeaways:
    • Be clear about the process and expectations to ensure participants understand what’s required of them.
    • Consider the NFT route for more control over the voting process, especially for larger initiatives.
    • Take the time to verify & validate third party tools to ensure intended outcomes.

3. Open space for additional topics

Growth Grants

  • Discussions on growth grants, large grants, and the extended cadence of small grants.
  • Seeking suggestions on potential changes or enhancements.

Administrative

  • Ahead of events – EthRome & FundingTheCommons – vegayp discussed administrative processes & bounties when sponsoring hackathons and payments.
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