Ideation Pod

[Matai]

@Dahveed thank you for leading the way with this initiative and thanks to everyone mentioned for also showing up to collaborate. I am very excited to see more space created for ideation and experimentation within the DAO, and am supportive of this proposal moving forward.

First, few questions:

1. Are the stewards of this proposal requesting compensation for their time and effort at all? I think that the stewards of this proposal should be compensated by the DAO for their efforts, as this proposal addresses a clear gap in community engagement around the support for new ideas within the DAO. It was unclear to me in the budget what might be allocated towards the stewards for running the proposal, vs what would be offered to participants who work on ideas within the scope of the proposal.

2. Can you clarify on how the budget would be distributed via a DAO vote? Does this mean that after voting to approve this proposal, the DAO would vote to approve funding for any given idea incubated? I wonder if a more streamlined approach could be taken, as adding in a full 14 day voting process for new DAO proposals adds extra overhead.

Maybe a consent-based model could be used, where there are two design decisions to streamline governance while fostering inclusion:

• What is the review process and timeline for ideas to be approved budget allocation? Ideas could have a shorter review period for having budget allocated from ideation pod. I’d suggest the process be that people have to write up their idea in the forum and host a community call, with the timeline being less than a week to go from new idea to approved for reimbursement.
• Who is considered for consent / who can object? This could be any DAO member, any active contributor, anyone on the Census, any neighborhood steward, etc. I’d suggest the DAO empower the stewards to make quick decisions on this, entrusting you all with the ability to manage the budget allocated within the proposals.

Screenshot from a chat-gpt convo about the governance model:

Edit: after writing this I published more details on an opportunity to use Coordinape Gift Cricles while starting a broader open discussion on equitable compensation models.

3. I wonder if it might make sense to frame this section as the Objectives of the pod? I think usually proposals summarize them, and this wording feels like potential objectives already.

@Dahveed

The Ideation Pod addresses these needs by:

• Giving voice to members who feel disengaged and want to contribute
• Creating paths to long-term, compensated contributor roles (pending DAO approval)
• Enabling rapid prototyping of new initiatives within reasonable budgets
• Fostering collaboration and play between people who want to build together (yay, teamwork!!)

The Ideation Pod will run for 3 months to begin with, providing monthly progress reports to the wider DAO. At the end of the first 3 months, the pod’s Stewards will make a proposal to the DAO for a longer run with more funding.

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Secondly,

I’m a big fan of many of the ideas listed, love to see many familiar names involved, and am excited to support these initiatives. Thanks for taking the time to connect with everyone and for fostering these opportunities for collaboration.

I have more thoughts to share around how I’d like to support different ideas, but alas have ran out of writing time for now haha… and think that this proposals can move forward without all of the ideas being fully baked, recognizing that there are many cooks ready to help and that some ideas are already in the oven

I’ll follow up when I’ve had a chance to write more about way’s I’d like the help and will link to separate discussion posts as appropriate.