Hi @Matai, responding to your points here:
1. Are there additional dependencies outside this proposal for its success?
I’d say that the success of NAP is dependent on 1) solid marketing direction and execution coming from our new marketing teammate, Kaela. 2) @grin continuing to build out the tech infrastructure on the cabin.city website so people can find each others’ neighborhoods, reach out to neighborhood stewards, and for our network at large to self-organize community. Eventually I’d love to integrate more of the steps folks take to build their neighborhoods into the site itself. Grin’s currently working on an exciting project to build out an asynchronous version of the program that anyone can play. He’ll share more on this soon.
2. What does it mean to be an “active” neighborhood in Cabin’s network?
We’re defining an active neighborhood as:
- listed on cabin.city
- people in the area there feel that they’re part of a “neighborhood” - they have “neighborhood consciousness” (pretty subjective I know, but that’s the case)
- A Neighborhood gathering is happening at least 1x / quarter
- there’s a relationship w Cabin
- there’s at least 1 steward championing the neighborhood + for folks to reach out to to move, visit, etc
How do we continue to engage alumni? The main ways are:
- We host a monthly call called “Celebrating Wins” that folks who have gone through NAP or who are curious to take NAP are welcome to attend. This call seeks to achieve 2 functions: 1) An ongoing accountability checkin for alumni. We invite past alumni to share an update on their progress + key lessons learned on the call. Grin has said “I really want to make progress so I have something good to report on the next CW call!” for example. 2) Inspire folks curious to take NAP with the stories and progress of alumni and encourage them to take the program. Many folks who missed the application deadline for NAP2 are chomping at the bit to build in their neighborhoods so this call also serves as a place for them to get a taste of the NAP network and share the progress they’re making pre-program.
- Alumni continue to participate in the telegram we created for the program - sharing wins, lessons learned, asking questions, etc.
- When we have topic-based mentor calls, I make a point to invite alumni + current NAP participants so alumni can have touch points to deepen their knowledge and re-engage with the program on topics that matter to them.
- Many alumni are invited to become mentors and transition to playing a service role in the network (sharing what they’ve learned on calls, in the telegram, and supporting those who come after them)
All in all, I just have a 1:1 conversation with each steward about what they need post-program and find ways to give them that + have somewhat regular checkins every few months. I’m not totally satisfied with the long-term journey alumni are on and it’s actively something we’re working on improving.
3. Are there any examples of “viable revenue opportunities” that are being actively pursued by NAP participants?
A few nascent projects are being explored, but nothing that I’m confident pitching the DAO about yet. Most revenue stream explorations are being done by Grin and Jon + soon Dahveed with his Ideation Pod.
4. What is the plan to decentralize the NAP program?
I don’t have a strong plan laid out to decentralize right now, nor do I need more facilitators right now. We’re still in the early stages. I’m really excited that Kaela (our new marketing teammate) is here to take a chunk of work off of my plate and help me redesign the program to be a lot simpler to run in the future. We hired Shani to facilitate the Australian cohort as you mentioned. I think the $20K budget to bring on support as needed is more than sufficient for now and only want to spend it when it feels necessary. I want to keep things as simple and lean as possible from there.
5. How will progress be shared and opportunity for community input created throughout the year?
I’m still discerning how often I want to update the DAO. My current thinking is that every week I take an hour on a Friday afternoon and do a retrospective with myself on how things are going. It would be as much for me as for updating the DAO. I like the idea of potentially having a discord channel where updates go. But all in all the most important thing for me is to protect my time and energy and spend the majority of my working hours running this program successfully.
6. How will the facilitator & contributor budget be used?
It will be used to pay other facilitators like Shani Graham for co-facilitating alongside me. It will likely also be used to spread some of my work to other folks so I can spend my time on the most important things. I’m at capacity right now as it is.
7. Shouldn’t more ₡ABIN tokens be allocated towards the NAP?
I’m actually planning to increase the amount of CABIN allocated in this proposal. I want to give CABIN to every new neighborhood steward that joins our community at Cabin and is creating a neighborhood. I want to have CABIN set aside for mentors, alumni, and anyone else who helps make NAP a success. And thanks for saying I should get more CABIN for doing this work. I’ll be updating this proposal in the next day or two and leaving a comment explaining my update.