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

🏛️ Public Goods Meetings
9

March 9th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News (ETHDenver Recap)
B) Small Grants Winners Presentations (Bishara.eth, Issac
from TEC)
C) Open space for additional topics or comments

Minutes

Attendees:
184, 5pence, Accessor, Avsa, Bishara, Coltron, Daylon, Eduardo, Greg, Hellenstans, Isaac, Makoto, YungSB

Notes by @daylon.eth

A) General DAO News

B) Small Grants Winners Presentations

Bishara w/ Arabic Web3 Education

  • Bishara has over 12 hours of Web3 and Ethereum-related educational videos on youtube, specificaly featuring content in Arabic.
  • He is motivated by speaking the language and wanting to share the knowledge with the community.
  • Topics include Web3 and blockchain basics, wallets, Metamask and information on NFT marketplaces.
  • Running a Telegram channel with over 1300 subscribers, fully in Arabic

Isaac w/ Launching a Token Engineering Grants Program

  • Token Engineering Commons studies and designs cryptoeconomic systems.
  • They are launching a grants program in late March to support new initiatives in the token engineering ecosystem.

C) Open space for additional topics or comments

ENSIP14: The Flock Watcher presented by @AvsA

  • This ENSIP measures how much other apps contribute to the ecosystem by tracking registration events.
  • This was initially discussed last year by @slobo.eth. It reserves a portion of the secret commit hash as an identifier to track where names are registered from
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March 16th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Spotlights
C) Small Grants Discussion (Cadence & Voter Fatigue check)
D) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendance: 184.eth, 5pence, accessor.eth, avsa.eth, coltron.eth, daylon.eth, vegayp.eth, EsteChejo Art, hellenstans, limes.eth, maintainer, Schuyler Van Sickle, Slobo, Vincent, YungSB,

Notes by @daylon.eth

Notes

A) General DAO News

B) Spotlights

ETH Guatemala | Presented by Francis, EsteChejo, and Marcus

  • Top-voted PG Small Grant during the February round
  • Managed and organized an event in less than two months
  • The 1E grant went a very long way and was impactful in educating the Guatemalan community about the benefits of Ethereum and blockchain tech.
    • Six Developer-focused workshops
    • Ten Talks
    • Over 100 attendees
  • See the full recap here

Scaffold-Eth | Carlos

C) Small Grants Discussion (Cadence & Voter Fatigue check)

  • Medium and Large grant information is coming soon. The stewards expect to announce more details during the upcoming Q1 Town Hall, with the grants process going live in mid-April.
  • Discussed addressing voter fatigue in the small grants rounds which currently happen on a monthly cadence.
  • Ideas discussed:
    • Less frequent rounds with more payouts
    • Having a fourth round comprised of most voted projects
    • Changing voting strategy to remove the weight of larger token-holders

D) Open space for additional topics

@accessor.eth introduced a concept that would integrate the use of ENS with AWS Blockchain Managed Ethereum Node API is seeking individuals who have experience with both ENS and AWS.

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March 23th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Gitcoin
C) Project Spotlights (PG Projects/Scholarship Recipients)
D) Medium and Large Grants Process Ideas
E) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendance:
184, 5pence, Accessor, Alisha, Anurag, Azeem, Coltron, Daylon, Eduardo, Greg, Lalit, Maintainer, Makoto, Megan, Nikhil, Ricmoo

Notes by @daylon.eth

A) General DAO News

B) Gitcoin

  • Gitcoin is sunsetting the centralized platform and will now use a decentralized protocol.
  • An Open Sourced Software and Infrastructure round will run from April 25 - May 9.
    • The PG Steward will decide on OSS/Infra rounds funding.

C) Project Spotlights (PG Projects/Scholarship Recipients)

None. Scholarship presentations will resume next week.

D) Medium and Large Grants Process Ideas

  • Expanded details on Medium and Large Grant streams will be announced during the upcoming Town Hall, with a target launch in mid-April.
    • Medium Grants will host a round of five $10k grants to Public Goods Projects.
    • Large Grants will host a rolling grants platform that makes up to 50k available for well-established PG projects
    • Both of these will implement retroactive funding models.

E) Open space for additional topics

None.

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Agenda

(No call this week)

Presentation/news will be delivered at Q1 Town Hall in lieu of scheduled call.
Details here: ENS Town Hall — Q1 2023 · Zoom · Luma

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April 6th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Public Goods Scholarship Spotlights (Alberto Cevallos, Hellen Stans)
C) Medium and Large Grants Updates
D) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

A) General DAO News

B) Public Goods Scholarship Spotlights (Alberto Cevallos, Hellen Stans)

The Public Goods Scholarship is a Public Goods grant that streams 1k USDC a month to five recipients for a year.

Recipients of this award, and Alberto Cevallos, presented their most recent projects.

Hellen presented ENS Redirect that allows setting up ENS domain redirects and talked about recent Ethereum Meet-ups in Kenya featuring Vitalik.

Alberto talked about his previous project, Eth-Utils, a data converting tool for devs, and his upcoming project ETHCommons.

C) Medium and Large Grants Updates

The Public Goods working group is launching two new grant streams, our Growth Grants and Large Grants.

Growth Grants

A retroactive grant that awards 10k to five projects that are Ethereum or Web3 Public Goods.

  • Submissions open April 14th.
  • A notion with submission details will be released on the April 14th Public Goods call.

Large Grants

A retroactive grant pool that awards up to 50k on a rolling basis to foundational Ethereum or Web3 Public Goods projects.

  • Submissions open May 1st.

D) Open space for additional topics

  • None
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April 13th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Growth Grants Intro and Q/A
C) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendees: coltron.eth, avsa.eth, alisha.eth, zadok7.eth, 184.eth, youngSB, marcus.lens

A) General DAO News

  • The end of April is a big month for grants from ENS.
    • The Small Grants rounds for both working groups are currently active (voting starts Monday)
    • The Gitcoin Beta round is currently accepting submissions for the ENS Ecosystem featured round. The Ethereum Infrastructure, sponsored by the PG working group is also open.
    • Growth Grants is now live for submissions until May 4th. See this post for more details.

B) Growth Grants Intro and Q/A

  • Participants had an open discourse with feedback about the Growth Grants design and Notion. This was the bulk of the call.

C) Open space for additional topics

  • None
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April 20th, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

If you have items that you would like to add to the weekly agenda please message any of the Public Goods stewards (@coltron.eth, @AvsA or @vegayp) through the messaging feature on this forum.

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Small Grants (Increasing April Payout)
C) Growth Grants (Updates/Q&A)
D) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

A) General DAO News

Important dates:

  • May 4: DAO Birthday
  • May 22: Delegation Week

Many ongoing grant and bounty opportunities available.

Name Normalization is in the final stretch.

  • Raffy is drafting pull request
  • Will go to social vote in the next 3-4 weeks

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B) Small Grants

  • Award top 10 projects w/ 1 ETH each? (increase from top 5)
  • Possible modifications for future rounds
    • Separate rounds for single builders and team builders?
    • Graduate recurring recipients to larger grant?

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C) Growth Grants

  • Public Goods Growth Grants are live - see the forum post.
  • Submissions are open until May 4th.
  • The next Grantee Workshop is May 24th at noon ET.

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D) Open space for additional topics

  • How can we better recognize individual builders in the space?

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Attendance

184, 5pence, Alisha, Coltron, Daylon, Eduardo, hellenstans, Megan, Vincent, YungSB

Notes by @daylon.eth

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April 27th, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

If you have items that you would like to add to the weekly agenda please message any of the Public Goods stewards (@coltron.eth, @AvsA or @vegayp) through the messaging feature on this forum.

Agenda

A) General DAO News (Gitcoin Beta Rounds, ENS Birthday)
B) Small Grants Winners Presentations (EVMCrispr)
C) Growth Grants (Q/A)
D) Open space for additional topics

PG Call April 27

Minutes

Attendees: Coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, avsa.eth, alisha.eth, 184.eth, Sem Bee, 5pence.eth, Mitch O, Almond Hdz, maintainer.eth, yungSB, MarcusAM, accessor, gregskril.eth, zadok7.eth

A) General DAO News (Gitcoin Beta Rounds, ENS Birthday)

  • Gitcoin Beta round is open until May 9. All the rounds can be seen at grants.gitcoin.co.
  • Nominations for ENS Foundation Director are open until 9am UTC on April 30. Election commences at 9am UTC May 1. More info here.
  • ENS’s Birthday is May 4th. A unique POAP drop and a Twitter space is tentatively planned. The Alpha for the POAP drop is to have your Primary Name and Avatar Set.

B) Small Grants Winners Presentations

Public Goods Small Grants Round 8 wrapped up last week. The winners were

  1. Dappnode
  2. Gashawk
  3. EVMCrispr
  4. Giveth
  5. Guatemalan Bootcamp and Hackathon

EVMCrispr Presented by Sem Bee

EVMcrispr is a tool that combines a domain-specific language with a Javascript library to interact with Aragon DAOs and smart contracts through a recognizable command-line interface.

View the EVMCrispr Small Grants proposal, here.

Giveth presented by Mitch and Almond

Giveth is a fundraising platform that not only allows supporting Public Goods projects, but Giveth rewards donors directly through the GIVbacks program with GIV. Giveth is a part of the SDG Impact Fund and a non-profit 501c3 in the United States.

View the Giveth Small Grants proposal here.

C) Growth Grants (Q/A)

  • Submissions are open until May 4. :rotating_light:
  • We are reaching out to small grants winners, runner-ups, and Gitcoin Beta Round submissions. If you know anyone who should submit to our growth grants, please direct them to Growth Grants :potted_plant: Information.

D) Open space for additional topics

None

Links

Gitcoin Grants - https://grants.gitcoin.co
ENS Director Post - Call for Nominees — ENS Foundation director
Growth Grants Info - Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
EVMCrispr Proposal - ENS Small Grants
Giveth Proposal - ENS Small Grants

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May 5th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Growth Grants & Large Grants (Next steps!)
C) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendees: vegayp.eth, coltron.eth, Gabriel Novak, Gideon Roesnblatt, gregskril.eth, Marcus AM, Marcus MArtinez, Robin Nagpoal, zadok7.eth, YungSB, 184.eth, avsa.eth, alisha.eth, Daniel Hannum, daylon.eth, alisha.eth.

A) General DAO News

  • The election for The foundation direction is still open.
  • A POAP to mark the 6th anniversary of the ENS launch is claimable for the next month.
  • Contributions to the ENS Featured round in the Gitcoin Beta Round are open until May 9th.

B) Growth Grants & Large Grants (Next steps!)

  • Growth Grant :potted_plant: applications closed last night.

    • Next steps will be for the stewards to review the 35 submissions.
    • On the May 18th working group call, winners will be announced.
    • You can leave feedback on the process so far on this form.
    • We are looking into KYC for these and the large grant distributions, more details on that will be announced as they arise.

  • Large Grants :deciduous_tree: applications process is opening today!

    • Applications wil be open from May 5th – 25th.
    • Link to Notion is available here

C) Open space for additional topics

None.

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May 11th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Grants News
C) BanklessDAO Presentation (@jengajojo)
D) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendance

accessor, coltron, gregskril, jenga jojo, maintainer, 184, marcus, martinez, megan fabry, yungsb, avsa, daniel hannum, justin chung, 5pence, alisha, sean murray,

Minutes by @184.eth

A) General DAO News

  • Congratulations to Avsa.eth on his election as Foundation Director - Forum Link
  • Name normalisation is still to be finalised
  • Nick gave update about gasles DNSSEC audit in Ecosystem WG - Forum Thread
  • Electons for next term are June 10-15
  • Avsa highlighted referral systems as important tool to capture data and be able to give back to community - Forum Thread

B) Grants News

  • Growth Grants
    • More Information
    • Applications are under review. Winners will be announced next thursday (18th May).
  • Small Grants
    • Proposed to wait for announcement of winners of growth grants before initiating small grants
    • Tentative date of 22nd May to announce small grants
    • Proposed to combine May & June grants to offer 1ETH to ten projects (instead of five projects)
  • Large Grants
    • More Information
    • Campaign for Large grants will begin soon
    • Submissions due 25th May

It was noted small grants rounds have been going on for ~eight months.

  • Next month will focus on a retrospective of the these grants
  • Schedule for 2nd week of June to look at what worked, what didn’t work, what is effective, etc
  • Findings will be shared in the WG meeting and the Q2 Town hall (29th June)

C) BanklessDAO Presentation (@jengajojo)

  • BanklessDAO has previously submitted in small grants & growth grants.
  • Today they came to share about themselves and answer any questions. This included discussion about three distinct areas:
  • You can find out more about BanklessDAO at

D) Open space for additional topics

Topics included:

  • There are a number of SAFE goverance tokens for Public Goods. Discussion included how they might be suited for sub committee delegation, individual delegation, etc.
  • Open question - has anyone seen a discourse plugin for translation?

Links

Election of new ENS Foundation director
Update on gasless DNSSEC implementation
Proposal to replace ENS14
Growth Grants Info
Large Grants Info

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May 18th, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News
B) Growth Grants (Winners announcement!)

  • Winners
    1. DAppNode
    2. Revoke.cash
    3. EVMcrispr
    4. GasHawk
    5. Ethereum Guatemala

C) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Thanks to @184.eth for the minutes

Attendance

avsa, accessor, alex otterpilot, alexandro netto, coltron, daniel hannun, denizen juan, eduardo, eth daily, limes, maintainer, maintainer greg skriloff, marcus martinez, mcll j, megan pably, robin nagpal, token dao, vincent, yan, yungsb, 184,

A) General DAO News

  • DAO Secretary Update
    • @Coltron.eth has stepped down as Working Group Secretary. Stewards have appointed @Limes as Secretary.
  • Upcoming Events include
    • SpaghettETH, Prague Blockchain Week, Buidl.asia, ETHGlobal Waterloo, ETH Barcelona, ETH CC / ETH Global Paris

B) Grants News

  • Small Grants - ensgrants.xyz

    • ENS Small Grants - Round 9 will open for submissions Monday 22nd

  • Growth Grants - Winners Announcement

  • Large Grants

    • Submission deadline has been extended to June 1st 2023
    • Public Goods WG may award up to 2 Grants, with up to 50k each.
    • Eligability criteria amended from a lifetime funding cap, to timeframe based limit of no more than $500k, within last 9 months

C) Open space for additional topics

  • TKN DAO | ENS Profile | Twitter
    • Token DAO shared about their vision to benefit the entire ecosystem as a Public Good.
  • Public Goods Working Group is considering funding a Web3 Privacy Summit during Prague Blockchain Week.

Links

Secretary Update
Growth Grants Info
Large Grants Info

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May 25h, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News (Election Nes)
B) Presentations (Dappnode, (https://twitter.com/AestusRelay))
C) Open space for additional topics (Marcus)

Minutes

Huge thanks the @184.eth for the comprehensive minutes.

Attendance

coltron.eth, avsa.eth, vegayp.eth, alisha.eth, ens punks, hellenstans.eth, light walker, luc.eth, luc van kampen, maintainer.eth, marcus (estmcmxci), marcus am, pol lanski, tamara helenius, tyler caldonia, vincent (zadok7.eth), yungsb, 184.eth,

A) General DAO News (Elections)

@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter

  • Steward Election Process
    • Steward elections open next Tuesday 30th May on the Forum.
      • Open thread is being published early to provide individuals with ample time to register their names, enhance their visibility, and engage in campaign activities by reaching out to delegates in order to secure the votes they require.
      • To successfully get onto the ballot for a working group steward election, nominees need to receive 10k votes in support of their nomination.
        • Nomination period is between June 6 - 9.
        • Election period is between June 10 -15.
          Note: there are three steward roles in each Working Group (MetaGov, Ecosystem, & Public Goods). Elected stewards will select a lead steward within their respective working group. DAO secretary is an appointed role by stewards.

@marcus ENS Profile | Twitter**

  • @Marcus is considering running for steward
    • Among other projects Marcus, is also a representative from Ethereum Guatemala, and wanted to raise a discourse to better understand conflicts of interest
    • @vegay @avsa, @alisha.eth, @coltron.eth weighed in on the conversation:
      • Overlaps in the ecosystem, relationships and participation can be positive signals to what makes an effective steward.
        Being upfront to disclose any overlaps enables the community to decide. In the past, stewards & deletates have found it appropriate to abstain from selective votes, or exclude themselves from selective tasks (as steward/delegate or as builder) when directly linked.

B) Presentations (Dappnode)

pol lanski | ENS Profile | twitter from Dappnode | ENS Profile | twitter | website

  • Dappnode were 1 of the 5 Growth Grant award Winners announced last week.
  • lanski.eth came in to say thanks, share a bit about what they do, and give a live demo
    • their founders story was shared (covering sovereignty, politics, cencorship, decentralisation, innovation and more) and the inspiration which become the idea of dappnode.
    • Dappnode aids users in running decentralised networks. Providing for those who maybe have the means to stake or host, but not technical knowledge. As well as options & tooling to enable communities with much lower economical thresholds to participate in network.
    • While there is no way to know who is using dappnode, some self report: there are over 4400 validators and ~11k (8% of Gnosiss network) using Dappnode
    • The demo included sharing & navigation of dashboard, the completely decentralised dappstore, examples on running networks, staking UI on ethereum and the click-select & install process.
    • Dappnode has free open source software, and sells the plug and play machine. Every package has its own ENS name.
    • At least five on the call had their own Dappnode

C) Grants Updates

  • Small Grants
    • Small grants are still open for submissions (1 day left)
    • Currently there are 24 proposals submitted
    • This month we will be distributing 1ETH to 10 different projects.
    • Apply for Public Goods - Round 9
  • Large Grants
    • Submission deadline is June 1st 2023
    • Public Goods WG may award up to 2 grants, with up to 50k each.
    • There are around 20 applications so far, with more expected to roll in over the weekend
    • Read about Large Grants info

D) Open space for additional topics

Links

Growth Grant Award
Public Goods - Round 9
Large Grants Info
Delegation Week - Check on your ENS delegation
Delegation Week™️ DAO Spotlight featuring ENS DAO

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June 1st, 2023

Agenda

A) General DAO News (Election Process, Large Grants)
B) PG Project Presentations (MetricsDAO , AestusRelay)
C) Public Goods Steward Nominee Presentations
D) Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendance

coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, 5pence.eth, accessor, alisha.eth, alexandro netto, christian n, daniel hannum, hellensstans, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus (estmcmxci.eth), marcus AM, marina, max birge, megan fabry, tamara helenius, yungsb, 184.eth

A) General DAO News

@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter

Public Goods nominees should reach out to coltron.eth if they wish to share themselves on next weeks call: Use this opportunity for visability, introductions, etc

@coltron.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter

  • ENS Small Grants are still open for voting - 1 day left
  • Large Grants submissions have ended - midnight June 1st 2023 (PST)
    • Public Goods WG may award up to 2 grants, with up to 50k each.
    • There are ~35 applications

B) Presentations (MetricsDAO, AestusRelay)

Marina | twitter & Alex Bell | twitter | telegram from MetricsDAO | website | twitter

  • MetricsDAO
    • MetricsDAO, an applicant in the Large Grants Round, presented and demonstrated their platform.
    • MetricsDAO focuses on web3 data insights, connecting projects and users with top analysts in Web3 for their data needs. They aim to be the central hub for open blockchain data and provide free and open courses to help users find the tools they need. The community has over 5k participants, with over 1k active members earning a living from it. Inclusivity is a core value.
    • Marina is core team, community, and analyst relations, and Alex is core team, leads marketing, and dao leadership
    • Discover more by reaching out and at the links below:
    • @Tamarandom asked about MetricDAO’s reputation
      • It included having a non-monetary, non-transferable token, slashing conditions, as well as exploring badge networks for more qualitative approaches. Team members had also built a tool ‘badger’ allowing for minting of badges which may form part of reputation systems

Max Birge from AestusRelay | twitter | website

  • AestusRelay
    • An applicant in the Large Grants Round, AestusRelay shared a presentation.
    • Aestus MEV-Boost Relay is a neutral, non-censoring block relay for Ethereum proof-of-stake validators and block builders.
      • MEV (Miner Extractable Value) extracts money from the blockchain by organizing transactions and is considered a tax on ordinary users.
      • AestusRelay’s MEV-Boost aims to mitigate the negative aspects of MEV and democratize it.
      • MEVBoost is seen as a necessary evil but also a public good. The ETH Foundation is actively working on solving the future of MEV.
      • AestusRelay has been self-funded and is exploring additional funding options.
    • @limes, @5pence, and @estmcmxci inquired about various topics, including benefits, attack vectors, issues, integrations, and features.

C) Public Goods Steward Nominee Presentations

@estmcmxci ENS Profile | twitter

  • Marcus has nominated for Steward of Public Goods WG

@Tamarandom | twitter

  • Tamara helenius is considering nominating for Steward of Public Goods WG and shared a bit about herself
    • Came into crypto for philisaphy; where the concept of disintermediation struck like lighting
    • Working with commonstack (incl augmented bonding curve, cultural frameworks) for 2.5years. Also launching scrum methodology and more
    • In crypto since 2016 (formerly at google, sony music, and others), the building journey began in 2020 with a dedication into publics goods
    • Why choosing to run? ENS is a crucial public good. And one piece of many other pieces we need to support to build this disintermediated future.

D) Open space for additional topics

@vegayp | ENS Profile | Twitter

  • The Public Goods working group is sponsoring Web3Privacy during ETHPrague’s blockchain week.
    • @vegayp has tickets - please reach out if you would like to attend

Links

Call for Nominations for the Term 2 Steward Elections (Q3/Q4, 2023)
Small Grants
Large Grants Info

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June 8th, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Agenda

  1. General DAO News and Election Updates
  2. Steward Nomination Presentations Q&A
    • Simona Pop
    • Marcus AM
    • Magnum.eth
    • Marcus (estmcmxci.eth)
  3. Large Grants Updates
  4. Open space for additional topics

Note

Current election nominees are invited to attend the call and present their nominations, or receive questions from the call attendees.

Minutes

Minutes by @184.eth

Attendance

coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, accessor, alisha.eth, alexandro netto, daniel hannum, daniel hannum, evan, gregskril.eth, hellenstans.eth, limes.eth, limes.eth, lightwalker, maintainer, marcus (estmcmxci.eth), marcus am, saurabh dhekale, simona pop, tamara helenius, uu u (magnum.eth), vincent (zadok7.eth), yungsb, 184.eth

1. General DAO News and Election Updates

@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter

Working Group Steward Elections

  • Nominations close 9am Friday, June 9th (UTC), with the election period opening 9am June 10-15th (UTC)
  • Alisha.eth is holding a twitter spaces on Monday to discuss opportunities in the working groups and give all nominees an opportunity to share themselves

:information_source: Follow ENS_DAO on Twitter and join the spaces on Monday, June 12th, at 4pm UTC

2. Steward Nomination Presentations Q&A (Video Recording)

3. Large Grants Updates

4. Open space for additional topics

  • @Coltron.eth was asked about his outlook for future Terms of the Public Goods Working Group:

    • Historically, Public Goods WG didn’t have as diverse opportunities for funding, and the use of Gitcoin as a measure of impact proved challenging. It was not as impactful as a standalone offering.
    • The focus turned to building platforms like small grants. And then introducing different grant models such as growth grants and large grants. These initiatives did not require additional development tools or funding and were humble in their design. Stewards and the community played a key role in reaching out and encouraging others to explore opportunities.
    • The current phase will soon be closed out, allowing for an evaluation of successes, identifying what worked and what didn’t. This evaluation will enable Public Goods to embark on its next evolution by trying new approaches. This was Step 1 and the team will utilize insights to inform next steps.
    • Step 2 involves expanding beyond the existing social circles and exploring untapped groups where possibilities and outcomes are uncertain. This represents the next phase of exploration & impact.
    • And this evolution is about making people aware that we - ENS & ENS DAO Public Goods WG - have opportunities for people, That ‘We Are Here’. And this is possible due to step 1.

  • Community was asked about onboarding materials to Public Goods & PG Steward roles. Materials & discussion included:

    • basics.ensdao.org & ENS DAO Constitution
    • greenpill.Network
    • Optimism RetroPGF
      • Explore their blog posts for building context on how others are thinking about public goods and fundind them. Explore projects & the use of categories e.g. education space, tooling space, etc
    • Thinking about how PG might come up with its own novel funding mechanism suited to the community we have, and how it might be distributed
    • Thinking about whether something is novel enough to be written about, or is it just more grants
    • @Tamarandom shared about a role of stewards in reaching out; as PG builders often remain focused on that effort and may not be aware of opportunities for greater impact

@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter

  • Q2-2023 Town Hall - Scheduled for midday Thursday, 29th June (ET)
    • This will be streamed to youtube & there will be no WG call that week
    • If you’re interested in presenting, or think someone should, please reach out to Alisha.eth on twitter

Links

Recently Completed Small Grants
Growth Grant Award
Large Grants Info

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June 15th, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Agenda

  1. General DAO News/Election Results
  2. Large Grants Award Announcement!
  3. ETHRome presentation
  4. secp256r1 precompile RFP
  5. Open space for additional topics

Minutes

1) General DAO News/Election Results

  • Working Group Steward Elections - Snapshot Voting has ended
    • Three highest ranked candidates have been elected as Stewards for the respective Working Group, for the Q3/Q4 Term, starting July 1
    • Results Q3/Q4 2023 Working Group Steward Elections
    • Congratulations to the Q3/Q4 2023 Public Goods Working Group Stewards.

2) Large Grants Award Announcement!

3) ETHRome presentation

Presentation and sponsor information from ETHRome team.

4) secp256r1 precompile RFP

Discussion about the RFP idea presented by Nick on the Discussion forum.

5) Open space for additional topics

None.

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June 21st, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Agenda

  1. General DAO News (Town Hall Thursday on June 29th)
  2. Discretionary Grants (Greenpill, ITUblockchain, Andino)
  3. Open space for additional topics

This is the last meeting in June. Be sure to sign up for and join the Town Hall next Thursday.

Minutes

Attendance

coltron.eth, avsa.eth, vegayp.eth, alisha.eth, accessor, daniel hannum, diego montes, greg skriloff, gulistan N, hellenstans.eth, ITU blockchain, kevin owocki, light walker, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus am, paul garcia, tamara helenius, taylan unal, vincent (zadok7.eth), yungsb, 184.eth

1) General DAO News

@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter

  • ENS Town Hall
    • ENS Town Hall for Q2/2023 is happening on Thursday, June 29th at noon ET. Visit lu.ma/enstownhallq2 to sign up.
    • You can attend the The Town Hall Zoom call. Or watch live on the ENS Domains youtube channel. Or rewatch the ~2hr recording.
      • Applying to join the zoom call gives more direct access to Q&A, as well as the reminder email.
      • If you are building with ENS and interested in presenting at the Town Hall, please reach out to alisha.eth on Twitter: @futurealisha

2) Discretionary Grants (Greenpill, ITUblockchain, Andino)

  • More than half of Large grants submissions were education programs, and stewards have chosen to distibute additional grants.
  • Three were highlighted based on their grant submission, past impact, and the possible impact from this grant.
    • They will receive 5 ETH each.

Kevin Owoki from Greenpill Network | Twitter

  • Greenpill.network are a network-society that exports regenerative digital infrastructure to the world.
  • You can read the [free] book “GreenPilled: How Crypto Can Regenerate The World”, listen to the podcast, and join a local chapter today

İTÜ Blockchain | ENS Profile | Twitter

  • The first university blockchain society in Turkey bringing together developers, builders, content creators and innovators together since 2018.
  • Also created the first solidity training in turkish
  • Check out ITU Blockchains Linktree, which includes link to their Youtube and more

Paul Garcia from Andino - Twitter

  • Community of developers and creators in web3. We promote education and entrepreneurship in emerging technologies such as blockchain, web3 & IA
  • Read up about Andino culture, projects, partners, team & ambassador process here

3. Open space for additional topics

The Stewards for Term 2, 2023

Term 3 Spending Summary by @limes | ENS Profile | twitter

Thank you Avsa.eth

  • Stewards & community would like to acknowledge @avsa for all his contributions and everything he has done as Public Goods Steward.
  • Avsa.eth has been a Steward for 3 Terms, and in May was elected as ENS Foundation director. He has since decided not to run again. Avsa.eth is also a delegate.
  • For a bit of history, check out avsa’s pinned tweet from Nov 2021.
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June 29th, 2023

Reminder

Calls will resume in July. The Public Goods stewards may change the time based up steward availability. All changes will be announced on the forum and reflected in the DAO calendar.

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July 11th, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 1pm ET, Thursday.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Agenda

  1. General DAO News
  2. Public Goods RFP Proposal @estmcmxci @ulerdogan
  3. Discussion: What does Value look like for PG Grants?
  4. Open space for additional topics

:rotating_light: ATTN: Beginning next week, July 18th, call times will switch to Tuesdays at 12pm ET.

Minutes

Attendance

coltron.eth, simona.eth, vegayp.eth, 5pence.eth, alisha.eth, alex netto, daniel hannum, gregskriloff, hellenstans.eth, joshua “0xWizardOf0z.eth” Hernandez, light walker, limes.eth, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, marlene ronstedt, simona pop, suede kam, yungsb, 184.eth

1. General DAO News

Public Goods Budgeting

  • Stewards are looking at budgeting for the Term and should have drafted out by the next call.
  • The budget voting window starts at the end of the Month.

IRL in Paris

  • Register for the upcoming ENS Social Event at ETHCC Paris, on July 18th 6:30-10:30pm. Go to lu.ma/ensparis
    • Ping Limes if you’re having issues registering

2. Public Goods RFP Proposal

@estmcmxci (ENS | Twitter)

Public Goods: P256 Precompile Support

  • Nick.eth has suggested stewards draft RFP to implement P256 Precompile.
  • Marcus (estmcmxci.eth) shares that framing this as an RFP acts as high level endorsement from ENS DAO & is proposing stewards review and consider it for the budget.
    • Follow the forum discussion HERE.
    • There is no current estimation of cost.
    • There is existing development by opclave in EIP-7212: Precompiled for secp256r1 Curve Support – Proposal to add precompiled contract that allows signature verifications in the “secp256r1” elliptic curve.
    • Marcus has been speaking with Opclave and will open up a communication channel on behalf of PG WG.
      • To gather estimates of time, budget and to figure out the next steps, from both technical implementations and advocacy/championing to become a set standard.
  • Read the article written by @estmcmxci Public Goods: P256 Precompile Support
    • Reach out to Marcus (estmcmxci.eth) if you have further questions.

3. Discussion: What does Value look like for PG Grants?

Context - With the start of a new term stewards want to align on what Value means and hear from perspectives from the community.

  • Stewards are seeking feedback from members of the community to understand the questions:
    • What value looks like for publics goods grants?
    • What is impact?
    • Where are the things community thinks should be given value, seen or funded more?
  • Last term was experimentation process with small grants, growth grants, and large grants that additionally aimed for diversity & impact - not just impact based on clicks & likes - but impact on communities affected and impact of that public good funded.
  • Stewards, @alisha.eth, @marcus, @estmcmxci, daniel hannum, and others weighed in on the discussion including topics:
    • The benefits of democratising access and increasing the basket of people who will benefit.
    • Introducing milestone-based models to determine which things are genuinely delivered.
    • Funding being instrumental but sometimes secondary to getting the word out.
      • Exposure, marketing, awareness and enablement are very impactful and could be expanded.
    • Progression from small to growth to large grants (and ineligibility at each graduations) was a positively received
    • PG have an opportunity to create goodwill across communities as much as possible for ENS.
      • Finding ways to keep ENS at forefront of grants for brand visibility and encouraging builders.
      • Reaching projects who wants to receive grants and acknowledge, versus those who hide it and do not want association.
    • @estmcmxci shared article they wrote about @marcus story: Bringing Ethereum to Guatemala with Marcus AM
  • Stewards will put to spreadsheet distributions of last term and sample from community some assessments of value & impact.
  • Public Goods is always receiving feedback via Feedback Deform.
  • Canny Feature Request is available, where users can also upvote other items and see responses.

4. Open space for additional topics

:exclamation: No Ecosystem WG Call next week :exclamation:

  • There is no WG call next week due to events of ETHCC.
  • Calls are also moving from Thursday to Tuesday
    • Next call will resume Tuesday 25th July 2023.
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July 25th, 2023

Details

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

Agenda

  1. General DAO News (Scheduled Proposals)
  2. Public Goods Budget (@coltron)
  3. Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendance

coltron.eth, simona.eth, alisha.eth, dilji senad, gregskriloff, limes.eth, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, 184.eth

1. General DAO News

Scheduled Proposals

Proposals are being scheduled for the last week of every month as mentioned in the July DAO Voting Window [Q3/Q4 2023].

2. Public Goods Budget

@coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter)

  • Budget for Term 2 (Q3/Q4 2023) will be posted this week.
    • Updated: Q3/Q4 2023 Budget: ENS Public Goods Working Group
    • There will be no Public Goods WG funding request for this term. The remaining balance of funds from Term 1 (Q1/Q2) will roll over.
      • Large grants will continue to be supported, along with Growth grants.
      • Small grants will have one grant round quarterly, potentially totaling 10 ETH awarded each quarter.
        • This new schedule addresses some voter fatigue concerns.
      • Gitcoin grants will not be funded this term.
      • A focus for this budget will be more on collaboration bounties, hackathons and awarding directly to builders.
        • many people have approached at irl events about collaborations
      • A portion of ETH has already been converted to stablecoins for budgeting purposes.

Discussion continued

  • Using large grants to fund Open Source code
  • Wrap up ETHcc
    • Coltron & Eduardo went to several events (including SAFE Grants) and spoke with various grants leads about working together on projects which also benefit ENS; several account Abstraction related items came up.
    • Stay tuned for an ETHcc writeup from Eduardo.
  • Collaborative DAO initiatives
    • Gitcoin Passport plug-in for Discourse is an example where both ENS and Gitcoin saw value and would have sponsored the full amount individually, however opted to collaborate.
    • Opportunities to explore more collaborative sponsorships & generating goodwill, e.g., at ETHNewYork, ETHIstanbul will be focal points.
  • Funding, Goodwill & Public Goods efforts.
    • ENS may be willing to put more money to things if people knew these events were ENS.
    • Important to capture the information of who is sponsoring and build social capital of those donors.
    • Consider a collaborative effort towards public goods funding, kickstarted by ENS Public Goods.
    • Utilizing github.com/ensdao and working on a ‘call to Public Goods’

3. Open space for additional topics

  • Senad Dilji introduced themselves:
    • Senad is from ThriveCoin (and previously from BanklessDAO)
      • "ThriveCoin: scalable, equitable rewards for web3 communities: We make it easier and faster for web3 communities to reward contributors - and it’s all on-chain."
    • Following the ENSParis event where senad met coltron, alisha, limes, vegayp, etc, they learned a lot in their discussions, and have joined the call to understand the dynamics of ENS and learn more about its initiatives.

Gregskril asked when the Small Grants will begin

  • Dates will be synchronized with Ecosystem grants and announced in advance.
  • A benefit from quarterly grants:
    • Supports more concentrated efforts in sharing/exposure.
    • Enabling projects and delegates to mark their calendar, thus reducing confusion over when to submit & vote.
    • Addresses elements of voter fatigue (when compared to monthly rounds, and in having unified cadence with Ecosystem WG grants).
    • Enables more indepth look at submissions, and during the selection process.
    • Supports the goal of viewing progress, transparency from updated submissions, which present voters with more information on whether to decide to fund in subsequent ronds again.

Exploring the change to Quarterly Small Grants Rounds

  • Past builders have been encourged to resubmit each round if there was ongoing work, or costs to running a service. Reducing the frequency of grants may have a different impact on those who won in multiple rounds
  • During Term 1 2023 PG WG introduced different graduating tiers of funding; including growth grants and large grants, and these freed up small grants for new submissions.
  • In the coming weeks Stewards will look at past small grants winners, explore patterns and the intentions behind these graduating tiers.
    • This may include reaching out to past winners, as well as examining individual developments.
    • It was noted that ETHUSD has almost doubled since the rounds began and variations to awards amounts may be advantageous.

senad dilji asked about the governance process for funding

  • Public Goods WG has process for requesting funding and these are generally decided each term.
    • It’s encouraged to post to Forum about your project/inititiative, attend calls & share with the community.
    • More information about the ENS DAO & working groups can be found at basics.ensdao.org
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August 1st, 2023

Details

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

Agenda

  1. General DAO News
  2. Budget Post Review
  3. Presentations (Angela)
  4. Open space for additional topics

Minutes

Attendance

coltron.eth, vegapy.eth, simona.eth, alisha.eth, alexandro netto, daniel hannum, emmanuel ikwuoma, greg skriloff, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, senad dilji, team TE academy, yungsb, 184.eth

1. General DAO News

@alisha.eth (ENS | Twitter)

  • ENS DAO Telegram channel
    • Stay up-to-date on active ENS DAO proposals - Follow the tweet to Subscribe to notifications.
    • This telegram group has been setup to send out a notifications anytime there is an executable proposal.
      • Automatic, private, notification only, and we can add notifications over time.
      • Intended as a low frequency channel to get notified about executabel proposals. (Social proposals may be added later).
  • Executable Vote for EP4.1.
  • Security advisory: A malicious DAO update could reduce the registration duration of registered .eth 2LDs posted by Nick.eth.
    • This is a temp check, with the intention have have an open discussion about what the issue is, what it means, and whether the DAO should pass an executable to remedy the issue.
    • Nick.eth already has code ready to go, as highlighted from the original forum post “We have published a security advisory on GitHub detailing the vulnerability and including code that will eliminate it.”
  • Endowment Actions
  • Working Group Budgets have been covered in the prior calls.
    • Confirm that budget is not going to a vote as there are no funds requested.
    • Executable votes are for proposals which lead to treasury distribution or protocol upgrades

2. Budget Post Review

@coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter)

  • Review the Q3/Q4 2023 Budget: ENS Public Goods Working Group
  • Reiterate PGs are working with a reduced amount this term.
    • The Total amount of 236k UDSC equivalent which is ~60% reduction from last term. (see January request [EP3.1.3] [Social] Q1/Q2 2023 Funding Request: PG WG)
    • Reach out to Stewards if you have any feedback on you’d like to see focused on.
    • Current focus is on more collaborations and reworking the processes we have.
  • Danniel Hannum asked whether full amount of last term was allocated?
    • The answer is it was allocated, however not all utilised. This could have been from overbudgeting. The remaining balance is now going to roll forward and Stewards wont be requesting more.
  • Emmanuel ikwuoma asked if PG are still doing Small grants?
    • Yes. Small grants are moved to quarterly. With 2 rounds this Term.
  • Alisha asked about if there are rolling grants? Further commenting that a large cohort would value smaller amounts.
    • Reduced amounts are being considered. It may not make sense to pay in bulk, and instead could allocate to rolling funds.
  • GregSkril asked is there any ideal target week for that small grants rounds?
    • Late Nov is good time, as well as possibly one in the coming weeks.
    • Devonnct was noted for Nov 13-19, and ETHIstanbul Nov 17-19.
      • There are opportunities to have grantees at devconnect.
    • Stewards will sync on these opportunities and possible dates.
  • Senad dilji asked about the Meetings calendar.

3. Presentations (Angela)

Angela from Token Engineering Academy

  • TokenEngineering Academy were awarded a PG Working Group large grant recently and Angela came on the call to share how they put this money to work, the impact, and express appeciation – View the TE Academy Slide Deck shared during the call.
  • Parts of the Large grant went toward two events they ran at the Ethereum Community Conference (ECC) in Paris.
    • The goal of these events were to educate people about token engineering (TE) and its importance in crypto projects. With programs covering various topics such as token design, optimization, token valuation, measuring network health, lfecycle, and more. Additionally how to tackle fraud, scam and other challenges as a founder & project.
  • On July 19th, Token Engineering Academy hosted a full day on one of the EthCC stages.
    • This focused on integrating TE into projects and discussing challenges, legal aspects, and long-term growth strategies.
    • It received positive feedback and attracted significant attention from attendees acros irl, livestreams, twitter and more.
  • On July 22nd, another event was hosted with support from Token Engineering Commons and other sponsors.
    • ENS was listed as a Supporter.
    • It provided a space for the community to run sessions and workshops on various token engineering topics.
    • They accepted 13 talks and have agreed with EthCC to do this again.
  • Read the EthCC Writeup from Token Engineering Academy and Get in contract:
  • Marcus (estmcmxci) asked who would consider taking this course? Who is it for?
    • TE fundamentals course is for aspiring token engineers who want to build and design tokens with incentives. It includes topics: algorithm design, stakeholder motivations, sustainability.
    • With Token engineering expertise being scarce, this program is made available for economics, math, and product background individuals.
      • While ECC program targeted a wider audience - including crypto startups and focusing on teaching the economic layer of token systems, which is often not well understood.
    • Angela emphasised education, among token engineers and broader community, as vital for driving token development and utility.
  • Coltron highlighted the importance of sharing how grant money is used. That these kind of follow ups will be something they’ll do with other Grantees.

4. Open space for additional topics

None.

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