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

[Coltron.eth]

Public Goods Meeting, November 21, 2023

Details

Time: Tuesdays at 12pm ET (4pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | X), @vegayp (ENS | X), @simona_pop (ENS | X)

Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.

Agenda

1. General DAO Updates
2. Small and Large Grants Updates
3. Gitcoin Kernel Program
4. notDEVCON Recap
5. Open space for additional topics

Minutes

1. General DAO Updates

• Stream for service providers

  • Service Provider Stream Nomination Thread - #8 by hidayath.eth
  • $3.6m allocated for service providers
  • Exciting initiative and looking forward to seeing proposals.

• Steward elections upcoming

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2. Small and Large Grants Updates

Small Grants

• https://ensgrants.xyz/
• Launching tomorrow!
• No significant changes to the last round; voting might move to more straightforward approval voting
• Proposals run for 7 days, then voting
• Payouts larger than last term

Large Grants

• [Closed] Public Goods Large Grants - Q2 2023
• Submissions are due by the end of the month!
• 5-6 proposals in review
• Encouraged to be open-sourced; not explicitly stated, will ask for GitHub Repo
• Asking grantees to set milestones; using as KPI to see if receive payment

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3. Gitcoin Kernel Program

Presentation from Vivek Singh
https://twitter.com/Kernel0x

• Kernel Community | Kernel
• Building online learning environment; dedicated to building better web
• Open-source modules; Run 8-week blocks
• For new people and OGs alike
• Upcoming Kernel block in January 2024, applications open for a few more weeks. Please apply if interested! https://apply.kernel.community/
• Kernel stewards want to know and mentor everyone involved and help find other people in their crypto journey. 100+ peer mentors, many of who have gone through the program
• Under-represented communities make up a large percentage of participants
• Goal: Run 2 Kernel blocks a year (currently 300 people) and continue doing so for as long as possible. Continuously improve the learning environment

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4. notDEVCON Recap

• Alongside ITU Blockchain, Public Goods sponsored this 1-Day conference in Instanbul
• Presented on ENS and Grants Program
• Hosted small panel; moderated by Eduardo
  • Grantees talked on the panel about experiences
• Great turnout and want to have more ‘full-circle’ moments
• Built awareness of ENS Public Goods, many attendees were previously unaware
• Twitter posts worth checking out:
  • https://twitter.com/Sim_Pop/status/1724413889675190572?s=20
  • https://twitter.com/akrtws/status/1726670632681697591?s=20
  • https://twitter.com/tokengineering/status/1726979073606344864?s=20

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5. Open space for additional topics

Scholarships from the beginning of the year

• If not next week, the following week get an update on scholarships. Will try to get scholarship recipients on call for a debrief
• Current no plan to have scholarships again, would rather have funds go to large-grants

Discussion on stream provider initiative

• Intention: Get more people involved full-time in developing the ENS ecosystem
• Create cool/new things that will benefit ENS but have no current relationship with ENS
• Open-ended: if a great developer wants you to be a part of the DAO
• Not necessarily core ENS infrastructure
• Can service providers be a part of the public goods ecosystem?
  • Need to disclose conflict-of-interest in application to review on case-by-case basis