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This Week
Open Proposals
P-13: Developer DAO Improvement Proposal Formalization – a proposal to define the governance process after the deployment of the $CODE governance token; currently up for Forum voting
[DRAFT] Guest pass / ”temporary members” program – a proposal to deploy a derivative NFT collection on an L2 that will give D_D Genesis NFT holders the opportunity to offer guests of their choosing a temporary D_D membership
New Townhall Format
We continue to explore new approaches to the Townhall. Last Friday surely wasn’t the final evolution but you can review the notes and listen to the recording here. Thanks to Marc for hosting, Boris for scribing, and to Tony, Alex, Will, and others for their contributions.
D_D Is Looking for Scribes
Speaking of scribing… Scribing has consistently been one of the best ways to get involved in the DAO. You make an instant contribution and get intimately familiar with the most exciting projects. Your role will be to take notes and highlight key points and action items for guild and initiative meetings. In return, you will get deep insight into the various projects going on in D_D and will meet project coordinators and teams. If this sounds interesting to you, please sign up to be a scribe here.
Braintrust DAO and D_D Partnership
We have partnered with Braintrust to offer D_D members a range of benefits: access to part-time, full-time, and grant-based work; entry to their platform; the opportunity to earn BTRST tokens, which govern the Braintrust DAO. You can use this link to sign up.
Claim Your Lens Protocol Profile
If you are a D_D NFT holder, you can now claim your Lens Protocol handle here.
Community Highlights
Why Sign-in with Ethereum is a Game-Changer Part 2 by @Obstropolos
Virtualizing Hash Power in Bitcoin with Proof of Burn by Kui Xie
A Lack of Standardization in Decentralized Governance by @bybobbay
Is Metaverse Land the Next Big Thing by @nonstack
How to Build and Deploy an NFT Whitelist Smart Contract by @olanetsoft
New Job Who Dis?!
Huge congrats to harpalijadeja.eth for accepting a DevRel role at Celo! Best of luck fren! You’re gonna do great 😁
Ecosystem
a16z raised its fourth and largest crypto fund totaling $4.5bn
Vitalik released an essay with his thoughts on algorithmic stablecoins
Stepn announced it will ban gameplay in China, which sent its GMT token spiraling
Guild News
Governance
Project Updates / Announcements
There are proposals about to move to forum vote! Now is your last chance to leave some feedback before they transition to formal proposals.
Vote on the Developer DAO Improvement Proposal Formalization (P-13)! This official proposal serves as a meta-proposal to define the Governance process after the deployment of our $CODE governance token. The rules defined in the proposal will take effect at the token’s launch.
Help Needed
Be sure to read through the draft and active proposals! Your voice is essential and helps ensure multiple viewpoints are considered.
The next Governance Guild Bi-Weekly Sync takes place on June 8th. Be sure to RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Shout out to everyone discussing and voting for proposals on the forum!
Designers
Project Updates / Announcements
Stop by the #request-poaps channel if you’re looking to reward attendees or participation in your DAO activities! The Design Guild has some great poap templates ready to go but is also taking requests.
Help Needed
The D_D School of Code project needs Designers and Product Managers. The education platform is still in its early stages, so there are many opportunities for people to get involved. If interested in helping out, stop by the #education-platform channel.
If you are a designer or have an artistic eye, stop by the #design-general channel and say hi! There are many projects across the DAO in need of your talents!
Member Highlights
Huge thanks to Erik_Knobl for continuously filling out the Newsletter Highlights form 😅 And also putting in so much design work across the DAO 😍
Community
Project Updates / Announcements
A new thread in the #👫-community-general channel called “discord-channel-maintenance” is open for discussing cutting down the ridiculous number of channels we have in the DAO. The idea is to move to a more thread-focused structure, making for more straightforward navigation, more logical topic organization, and better discord scaling. Join the discussion today!
Help Needed
The next 👫D_D Community Guild Weekly sync is this Thursday, June 2nd. RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel!
Member Highlights
Thank you so much MichelleBakels, for beginning the discussion around reforming the discord channel layout. It’s a big task, but we’ve gotta start somewhere!
Writers
Project Updates / Announcements
The first draft of the Developer DAO Blog Budget Proposal is up for review on the forum. Being the first draft, more updates are in the pipeline, but your opinions can help shape it!
Help Needed
The Writers Guild is revamping the scribes program, and WE WANT YOU TO JOIN! Scribing is a great way to get to know what goes on in the DAO, meet great people, and help out with the async work and knowledge sharing. Check out the new Scribe Guide, or sign up directly here. You can also stop by the #📝-scribes-start-here channel for more information.
Member Highlights
Shout out to K for putting together the Blog Budget Proposal!
Thanks to Boris - g01din.eth for all the Notion work you’ve done with the scribe program!
Marketing + BizDev
Project Updates / Announcements
A new partnership with Braintrust is creating great opportunities for D_D members, thanks to Marc (wolovim.eth)! Some of the offers include access to part and full-time gigs or grant-based work, expedited entry onto their platform, and opportunities to earn BTRST tokens to govern the Braintrust DAO. Just fill out this form to sign up!
The Season 1 Sponsor deck is ready! Thanks to Daeshawn for seeing the process through to the end and cryptosahm.eth for his incredible design work.
Help Needed
MBD Guild Weekly townhalls take place on Wednesdays! Be sure to RSVP for the next one in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Thanks to Daeshawn.eth, Colin4ward, nas, RyanCoordinator, kempsterrrr.eth, kayprasla, and everyone else making it happen for the MBD Guild!
Development
Project Updates / Announcements
The Guest Pass project mentioned in the last issue of this newsletter is gaining steam and now has a draft proposal up on the forum. To summarize, this project aims to enable Genesis NFT holders the ability to mint a guest pass that will grant temporary DAO access to whoever it is gifted to. Give the proposal a read-through and join the discussion!
Help Needed
Be sure to check out the next Dev & Tell session this Friday! You can RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel, sign up to do one yourself in the #dev-n-tell channel, or watch previous sessions on the Developer DAO YouTube channel.
Member Highlights
Thanks to dhaiwat.eth for putting in the work towards the draft proposal!
Big shout out to Narb | 2669 for all the hard work towards keeping the Dev & Tell series going!
WAGMI
In other News…
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