BDWG, 10/3/23
Attendees
Date
Oct 3, 2023
Type
BDWG Meeting Agenda
Attendees: Michael, Joel, Bharat, Elijah
Agenda Items
- Introductions (5-10min)
- Welcome and introductions
- Brief overview of the purpose and goals of the Bankless DeSci Working Group (BDWG)
- Goals for this meeting (30-40min)
- Discuss responses to interest form for Virtual Unconference Q4-2023
- Total so far = 13
- Speakers = 9
- Mods = 3
- Attendee = 5
- One tentative sponsor 🙂
- Two new suggested topics added to the survey: “decentralized identity” and “open source”
- Decide on minimal governance framework for managing event funds
- Multi-sig?
- Pros: fast, cheap, typical for early-stage BDAO projects & guilds
- Cons: not ideal for large groups, need to decide on size & quorum
- Minimum requirements to be on multi-sig?
- BDAO member?
- Check current BDAO governance expectations
- Size & quorum? 3/5
- Term? Stagger term length?
- Safe or MolochDAO/DAOHaus?
- Estimated costs → BDWG Budget/Accounting (comment only)
- Zoom → https://zoom.us/pricing
- Potential in-kind sponsorship from CU Denver to cover this
- Pro + Large Meetings, 1 month 500 Participants, $50.00, 1 license(s), One Month Zoom One Pro, $47.97, 3 User(s), Monthly Subscription Translated captions = $5.00 Zoom scheduler = $5.99 Cloud storage (200GB) = $40 Subtotal, $148.96
- Business with extra time (includes admin portal + branding support) Up to 300 attendees = $199/mo Includes 10 admin seats 2 months (Nov-Dec) = $400
- Airtable? Can likely be fine with free
- Eventbrite registration (free)
- Add donation option? Giveth?
- Contributor remuneration?
- Can we turn gov tokens into gov tokens & pay people in USDC? Let’s do dataFi
- “Swag” (e.g. free NFT mints, setup costs, etc)? Only if budget permits
- (5min) Set deadline to decide date for Unconference
- Deadline == Before Nov 1st.
- Should we start having these calls weekly? Yes
d. Identify other key deadlines to set
- Urgent action items (5-10min)
- Nominate BDWG members to be multi-sig signers by 10/9/23
- Voting dates: 10/9/23 - 10/16/23
Decide on governance of event funds
Finalize budget estimates → BDWG Budget/Accounting (comment only)
Deadline == ???
Shortlist of potential keynote speakers
David Hoffman; Bankless HQ
Paul, Vincent, or Tyler; Molecule
Other influencers & outside perspectives; Investor like Packy McCormick (a16z crypto)
Laurence or Tim; VitaDAO
Vitalik, Juan Benet,
Niklas; LabDAO
Discussion Items
Action items from previous meeting 
BDWG, 9/19/23
- Bankless Academy “DeSci 101” lesson
Write outline (Elijah & Bharat)
Figure out design requirements & budget needs
Meeting with Ornella to talk Bankless Academy on 10/9/23
- “BanklessDeSci S9 Unconference” →
BanklessDeSci Unconference (S9) - Make it fun = Pepe frog in a labcoat with a holiday theme
Create signup form (Ana & Elijah)
Find partners/sponsors for S9 Unconference (everyone)
Get in touch with HQ
Can we get RSA to attend an event other than Permissionless?
Marketing campaign? twitter poll, memes, light & joking heckling
Choose a date for S9 Unconference (likely end of November/first week of December - avoid overlap w/ DevConnect)
- Long term goals
Move this directory to the BDAO main Notion (get support from Ops Guild)
- BanklessDeSci newsletter