ManuelMaccou🏴 | BanklessDAO#6974

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Detailed thoughts on how you would solve Contributor Alignment and Strategic Prioritization

First I would get all of us acting as a single unit by encouraging each GSE to read through the comments on each of the most popular forum posts. Then each GSE would share community insights from the corners of the DAO they hang out in most. This will help us build a strong understanding of community sentiment. A strong GSE team will pool together perspectives and context so we are all working with the same amount of DAO intelligence...working as one unit. Related to this, we should explore solutions that other organizations have implemented. We are not the first to have these problems and we wont be the last. 0xJustice shared some great learning resources on a recent community call. We should explore those. Discussions on mission, vision, and values will likely come out of this exercise, and refining them will help us build the foundation for solving the other problems.   To help us determine our strategic prioritization, we should look at the strengths and values of our community and see how it overlaps with the opportunities in Web3. We prioritize the overlap. Content production will be high on that list, but there are others. Incentives can then be built around these priorities to build contributor alignment and long-term dedication. Reward those that make progress towards these priorities. Again, a strong organization is built by working with a systems mindset where the different pieces are complimentary to each other. Contributor incentives and membership structures should be aligned with our priorities. This also means restructuring the Guest Pass/L1/L2 structure. There's been a lot of talk around this, but one idea I haven't heard yet is competency/contributor badges that are earned. This allows Guest Passes to show their commitment through time/sweat equity when the financial means are not there. I have a lot more ideas around this that I'll share if I'm elected. The most important thing when trying to solve these problems is regular involvement and feedback from the DAO. We need a high amount of support if we want to see change. Finally, I’d encourage us not to move too fast and disruptive. Whatever plan we come up with, it should be a phased approach so we don’t disrupt the way everyone works. That would cause chaos, disagreement, and more problems.

Sponsor(s)

Trewkat#1933 Bo | BanklessDAO 🏴#7210 addamsson#7663 hirokennelly.ethᵍᵐ🏴#0001 siddhearta#9802 AbanklessDoodle#0052 (previously Airbayer), Tetranome #1965

Other obligations during Season

I’m currently a champion in Education Guild, but that role could end after this season. I’m also a core contributor to Content Gateway and working on a DAOlationships project to help build a better DAO relationship management tool. I don’t contribute to any other DAO and don’t have an IRL job, so I have enough time to commit to this.

Qualifications

I see everything as pieces of a larger system. I spend time understanding how the system works and how to optimize each piece to create a more integrated and efficient machine. This skill is exactly what we need in each GSE. I’ve shown evidence of this during season 2 and 3. Some of the problems the GSE is set out to solve are similar to that of the Education Guild. Before season 3, our identity was weak, priorities were not clear, and we were not creating enough educational content. I took a look at the problem areas like roles, compensation, guild structure and collaboration, weighed a few solutions, shared it with the most active members for feedback, and led the change. There is still a lot of room for improvement, but I can honestly say that we are in a better position than we were before. I’ve already done GSE work on a small scale and I’m ready to move to the next level. In addition to that, I’ve progressed through the ranks from Guest Pass to L2 very quickly, earned the trust and respect of many L2s, and receive consistently positive feedback from my work. I don’t work in silos. I have actively been trying to break them. I’ve led the recruitment of educational talent for paid work in Developers Guild and Fight Club. I’ve created Notion pages like “Lessons Learned” so we can all learn from our mistakes. I also see a near future where all educational projects across the DAO sync up to help people go Bankless. I've just started that work. The last thing I’ll say is Links made a great point in the original GSE proposal - "If your GSEs have a limited perspective, the solutions they present will be limited by that perspective." My perspective when I joined was the education guild and a bit of Academy. Since then, I’ve been leveling up my perspective by working with media teams and grants, DAOlationships tooling (DRM), and becoming a core member of Content Gateway. This has also opened me up to the wider DAO ecosystem, learning how other organizations work, some of their priorities, and challenges. I’ve also been expanding my network. My point is that I realized 2 months ago that my perspective was limited. I’ve been growing that perspective since then.

Reason for Applying

I want us to succeed! For the first time in my life, I’ve been surrounded by smart, motivated, and supportive people at a much larger scale than I ever thought possible. My previous job was at a Fortune 100 financial company with 16,500 employees. Over 6 years, I think I might have felt close to 3. I didn’t care if I woke up one morning and the entire company went bust. Here at BanklessDAO, I feel a connection to so many of you. I want all of us to succeed. I would be legitimately sad if this organization failed. We are in an amazing position to create a powerful impact on the world. I am willing to dedicate my time and energy to make sure that we thrive and the world benefits from our work.

ManuelMaccou🏴 | BanklessDAO#6974