26 August 2022: DAO Experts Cohort #2 Joins Ranks
26 August 2022: DAO Experts Cohort #2 Joins Ranks
5 new DAO experts added to the roster, Aragon sponsoring Kyiv Tech Summit, Quadratic signaling vote on TAO parameters live until September 1.
Top 3
DAO Experts Cohort 2.0 launched this week, adding five new Experts to the roster. These experts bring more talent in areas of legal, web3 employment, full service development, and treasury management.
We’re sponsoring the Kyiv Tech Summit, a hackathon where builders will focus on solving on-the-ground problems in Ukraine. Learn more about it here.
TAO parameter parties have concluded and a quadratic signaling vote is live. This vote is to build non-binding consensus around parameters for the TAO MVP. Connect your wallet at this link to cast your vote up until September 1.
Highlight of the week: DAO Experts Cohort #2 Launches
DAO Experts 2.0 launched this week. We added the following experts to the list:
Exponent: a team of web3 treasury managers that help your DAO scale capital management effectively and without compromise. They provide sound FinOps, risk mitigation, and automated treasury service.
General Magic: solution services for Impact DAOs. Their mission is to make magic happen by helping crypto-philanthropic organizations and communities reach their full potential.
LexDAO: a nonprofit DAO providing legal engineering services to push the ecosystem forward. They advise projects on how to develop tech-based solutions for legal needs.
Opolis: a member-owned digital employment cooperative offering crypto-friendly payroll, employment benefits, tokenized rewards, and membership perks to independent workers in both web2 and web3.
Work DAO: the world’s first crypto employment partner. Their platform allows any web3 organization to legally employ anyone in the world without worrying about complicated token tax and labor compliance. They also offer FAANG-level benefits globally.
On Wednesday, we spoke with the Experts in a Twitter Space. Listen to the space at the link below!
We look forward to growing our partnerships with these amazing web3 providers and helping new DAO builders level up faster by tapping into web3-native expertise.
Votes
No current Aragon Voice votes. See a quadratic vote for TAO voting listed below as a Proposal Update.
Proposals
Clarifying the path towards evolving Aragon Network governance
This proposal presents three options for restructuring the Aragon Network DAO to accommodate delegated voting. The proposal is open for discussion for 30 days, and will be put to a vote 14 days after that. Options include:
Amend the current Charter
Dissolve the current AN DAO and establish a new one
Fork the current AN DAO and start a new one
Financial Proposal: Intention to Honor ESD Committed Funds
The Executive Sub-DAO (ESD) is requesting that the Main DAO honor all funding agreements established by the ESD to cover remaining and outstanding commitments and debts.
This includes:
Sub DAO Member Payments 5400 ANT (Aug-Oct)
EVM Crispr 2 ~$50k
Demo Delegate DAO 2 ~31k
For a total of: 5400 ANT + ~85k USDC
Proposal Update: Quadratic Voting on the TAO Voting Parameter Proposals
This is a quadratic signaling vote to build consensus on TAO MVP parameter proposals.
Connect your wallet at this link to cast your vote up until September 1.
This is a governance tooling (TAO Voting + token log) experiment, so the results of this vote are non-binding. This experiment simply enables the team to test alternative methods and tools for collective governance.
Network Highlights
We’re sponsoring the Kyiv Tech Summit, a hackathon where builders will focus on solving on-the-ground problems in Ukraine. This was organized by Unchain Fund and Ukraine DAO, two organizations we’ve supported in the past. We’re excited to continue partnering with web3 organizations helping solve the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Learn more about the summit and follow the Twitter account for updates here:
Harry Wilson, Product Marketing Manager, was interviewed for a Coin Telegraph article on the ingredients that go into building DAOs.
We hosted a DAO Experts Roundtable with Cohort 2. This group has a lot of knowledge to share on the biggest problems in DAOs today, as well as solutions and their vision for the future of DAOs. Hear their perspectives in the recording:
Events
Friday Socials—Fridays at 1:30pm UTC: Friday Socials are an opportunity for Aragon core contributors and DAO members to connect over exciting topics in DAOs and get to know each other better. The event will be held in Google Meet. For more information, go to this Discord message.
Kyiv Tech Summit—Sept 6-9: While you won’t be able to attend this (it is being held in an undisclosed bunker in Kyiv) there will be virtual opportunities, so follow them on Twitter to stay up to date!
CTAs
Use your ANT to vote in the TAO parameter signaling vote.
Read the blog about Cohort 2 of the DAO Experts.
Catch up on the DAO Experts Roundtable Twitter Space.
Fill out the crossword puzzle below to win 50 ANT!
Talk of the DAO
The AN DAO Growth Team created a crossword puzzle challenge. Fill this out and submit it at the Layer3 link below for a chance to win 50 ANT!
The contest will run until Monday, August 29th at 18:00 UTC. Use this link to submit your answers: https://beta.layer3.xyz/contests/aragondao-puzzle-contest
Good luck!
Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend!
—the Comms team