Council of Writers
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Apr 25, 2022
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- Welcome check-in
- Readiness check and opportunity to voice barriers to participation
- talk of spring, lovely weather, many gardeners, everyone seems to be doing really well
- writing and gardening → potential story idea?
- lots of sports on the weekend, rock climbing, skateboarding
- new writers - mikaels, PrinceJaimie, Spedshute, Tony Stark, Chameleon
- HYPE NEWS - Close to being live on WG shirts! $24-26, Tomahawk giving the love back to the people
- Tony Stark submits his first article - much props for it: https://mirror.xyz/okhai.eth/FaFAtN7IltvEG56od0X91WZYG318x1ShUhe8pRTO3lE
- Notetaker 1000 bank bounty
- links takes it
- Announcements
- Guilds and Projects fully funded for Season 4
- projects 50% funded at start of season, 50% to be allocated mid-season
- Snapshot should go live this week
- Bankless Africa collab
- Earnest of Gaia looking for feedback on this proposal - can anyone give it?
- They have a primary writer - Tobias, Editor - Trewkat
- Bankless Consulting onboarding
- Project-wide check-in is on Mondays
- they are looking for a stable of writers
- To be paid, you must go through onboarding.
- They are a legal entity, so you must dox yourself
- Looks like they will have regular work in the media/web3 space
- Main contacts: DSide, DeFiBeats (talent coord)
- Guild Updates
- Talent Scout (hirokennelly)
- Writing and editing tests
- writing test has been ABOLISHED - just show up and raise your hand
- 9am PST on Thursdays for Newsletter meet - if you can’t make it, then reach out to hirokennelly.eth via DM for work
- grab your EPA and newsletter tags to view the EPA/newsletter channels in #writer-start-here
- Editing test still required - it will be pinned in #editing in EPA group on Discord, or reach out to hirokennelly.eth
- 11am PST on Tuesdays = Talent Scout working hours, please feel free to join (for writers of all skill levels)
- Talent scout → talent squad: MinaHasNoIdea, Trewkat, Cheetah, Kalex
- Treasurer (EthHunter)
- working on streamlining to try to move to more frequent payments
- Governance Coordinator (jake & stake)
- IP proposal to be discussed in the governance meeting (thx links)
- meet at noon PST
- There will be a pre-read, so come even if you havent read it!
- Role call
- Praise shout outs
- Share your work! ❤️ Like, retweet on Twitter
- Opportunities work/ roles
- Projects: Self-select for teams or projects you want to work on
- EPA
- Links: https://twitter.com/banklessDAO/status/1517638176461914112?s=20&t=PqgNBPBTZxybp7g1A2ffdA
- Zero Mass: https://twitter.com/banklessDAO/status/1516813747737833472?s=20&t=PqgNBPBTZxybp7g1A2ffdA
- payments have been UPPED! by almost 2.5x based upon page views
- AND we need articles
- AND there is a #workshop channel to help you develop your outlines/ideas
- = this is a really good time to make some BANK for writing
- ACTION: grab the dang EPA tag in #writers-start-here
- Newsletter
- DA: https://twitter.com/banklessDAO/status/1516199803658522624?s=20&t=PqgNBPBTZxybp7g1A2ffdA
- DAOs: https://twitter.com/banklessDAO/status/1516917378205904896?s=20&t=PqgNBPBTZxybp7g1A2ffdA
- Rollup: https://twitter.com/banklessDAO/status/1517686534140424194?s=20&t=PqgNBPBTZxybp7g1A2ffdA
- Defi Download
- Also looking for more writers!
- There is a place for you here - Rollup, State of the DAOs, starting a new DeFi newsletter, etc - tons of opportunity
- We’re a little thin on editorials, we’re only writing 2 weeks in advance (try to be 4 weeks up)
- GMN - Good Morning News
- Participation up, Weekly WEI issue 2 has been released
- hiro is ALSO involved in this, so you may as well reach out to him if you have questions here too
- The opportunity:
- Daily 300-word article with voiceover, design, etc
- go to Discord to learn more: https://discord.gg/2RRbghkF
- Shoutout to Abidemi224 - writes multiple times per week and now assigns articles
- Client Services
- Jake and Stake (MakerDAO): https://twitter.com/banklessDAO/status/1517233743907459072?s=20&t=PqgNBPBTZxybp7g1A2ffdA
- Sense and Respond (5 min)
Discussion
- Mission/ vision exploration
- why are you here?
- what brought you here? What drives you to stay?
- why are we here?
- what is purpose of group? What are we building together?
Why are you here? (open answers)
- Purpose-driven, future of work, sustainability
- here for alpha and DeFI education, met friends
- there’s always something new to learn - crypto is very fast-moving, and can satisfy curiosity in an almost endless way
- POAPs
- come for tech, but stay for the culture and people - the work is awesome, nothing i’d rather be doing
- it’s the future of social relations - the DAO is a playground for creating societal change
- coordinating better can solve big problems like war and famine
- +1 for curiosity
- slaying moloch?
- moloch is a community failure, a community that doesn’t coordinate properly
- DAOs are what community of future looks like
- loves the art of the word
- a picture is a thousand words - can we make 1000 words > photo?
- there’s always something happening - people go into so much depth and learning, always wanting to see what people will do next
- TAO and DAO connection
- wanting to be in greater harmony with people and the planet - greater unity
- unity versus division
- ACTION: read the Tao te Ching
- For so long, society has stripped people of dignity, we have reduced humans to mechanics
- DAOs give us the opportunity to find our diginity
- “spiritual values are human values”
- “DAOs a more human way of working”
- Felt like I could join the community and contribute without knowing anyone
- “DAOs are the future, but DAOs are also the past”
- potential article topic?
- everyone has worth
- means that we need to make this stuff accessible
- onboarding people who aren’t “technical”
Why are WE here?
- answering the call - stretching web3, defining it, building the glossary
- being “neologists” - the word-makers
- thought i came here to write, but i spend 90% of my time helping others write
- writers have a role in articulating what the future of web3 could be, just as writers have been involved with other revolutionary events
- an image of writers at the base of a big tree, gathered around the fire
- we are close to the roots, and sending the message out to the limbs
- we have a responsibility to protect the culture - we have a unique level of influence
- potential article topic?
- many +1’s around
- we are telling the story, using words, using narratives, being the neologists, finding what needs to be shared and sending it throughout the organization
- writing as a group exercise
- in fiat world, saw someone having so much difficulty accepting feedback, and I don’t want to be like that
- a safe space to gather feedback and improve
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