Nominate someone to be the DAO Facilitator
As the DAO gains momentum and the community becomes more active in creating Decentraland projects and policy, the DAO Committee and the community itself have demonstrated a need for some reliable administrative work.
The Committee needs someone to write the committee reports, keep track of grant updates, and hold community meetups. These tasks ensure constant communication between the committee and the community.
Less explicitly, the community needs help editing proposals for clarity and needs help maintaining high standards of discussion in order to make use of the funds and talent at the DAO’s disposal. These tasks ensure governance remains accessible to anyone who has a good idea and easy to participate in for anyone with a good opinion.
Objectives
- Increase participation within the Decentraland DAO
- Liaise between the DAO Committee and the community
- Increase the amount and quality of community discourse
- Help facilitate productive conversations and field questions related to the DAO
Nomination and hiring process
- Anyone from the community can nominate a candidate.
- A nomination is made of:
- A short description of the candidate
- A short description of their relationship to the candidate and their history
- The candidate should then respond accepting the nomination.
- The candidate can provide further information and examples of their past performance and relevant experience if they feel they have something to add to the nomination.
- I’ll post a proposal with the candidates and the DAO can choose the candidate that best meets their needs.
- The DAO should add future facilitators and expand or alter the role as needed.
DAO Facilitator Responsibilities
- Participate in discussions in the #dao channel of Decentraland’s Discord server and the Decentraland forums.
- Compose and publish the Decentraland DAO Committee reports (include attending DAO Committee meetings and taking notes).
- Compose and publish the DAO Community Grants updates. Summarize grantee activity regularly and expose grant project progress to the community. Flag grant recipients that have not made satisfactory progress.
- Organize, schedule, and administrate community member meetups in the DAO hub
- To discuss current proposals, issues, and questions related to the DAO
- To be held as often as needed but at least once a month and accommodating various time zones.
- Share strategic feedback with the Decentraland Foundation Governance team regarding community engagement and user needs within the DAO.
- Schedule and organize community roundtable discussions for noteworthy issues
- To be held as needed
- Take notes and summarize for community
Candidate Requirements
- Fantastic English communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Ability to synthesize information from complex and conflicting sources into clear, informative copy.
- Good understanding of Ethereum and the Decentraland stack.
- Good standing in the Decentraland community with a history of participation in some of Decentraland’s subgroups (MANA/LAND, creative economy, games, governance, districts).
- Demonstrated responsibility and respect for the Decentraland community. A facilitator should not seek to enrich themselves or their friends through their role.
- Useful bonus skills:
- Superior writing skills and portfolio
- Skills with the SDK and 3D modeling
- Data analysis and visualization
- React and simple backend skills
Time requirements and compensation
- Up to 15 hours/week
- 2000 MANA/month, paid monthly
Over the last summer I have acted as a sort of proto-facilitator and talked to many community members and Foundation team members to find the most valuable activities for this role. However, the responsibilities of a Facilitator should evolve to adapt to the community’s needs so what is written here is simply the most useful set of responsibilities at this point in time. I am returning to school in a few weeks but I am happy to be a resource for the next Facilitator as they get started.