Understanding Roles and Places to Contribute
There are many places to get plugged into one of our newsletters. First, let's understand some of the common roles:
Writer: Content Curation
Each of our newsletters has a content curation aspect. Someone who is gathering stories, significant events, blog posts, whatever is relevant to that particular newsletter. This content might come from Discord, Twitter, Medium, or other media channels.
Writer: Editorials
Each of our newsletters features a weekly editorial. Editorials are usually 1500-2000 words, though some may be longer if necessary given the subject matter. Editorials are discussed and chosen each week during the weekly team sync, some are time sensitive, and others are educational or developmental in nature. If you have an idea for an editorial, submit it to the editorial backlog or propose it during the next weekly team sync.
📝 If you would like to write an editorial or have an idea for a piece, use either the Weekly Rollup Editorial backlog or the State of the DAOs Editorial backlog.
Editor
Bankless Publishing distinguishes between two types of editors: content editors and copy editors. Content editing is focused on meaning and is more of a heavy lift: the material is more dense or needs significant work. Copy editing is focused on quality and generally involves proofreading, ensuring the overall readability of the work, and upholding the standards of the BanklessDAO editing framework.
For our newsletters, the editor assumes both roles but much of the work falls more under copy editing.
Here's how those roles fit into each of our newsletters:
Weekly Rollup
A weekly update of everything going on in BanklessDAO; this is a must-read for active contributors in the DAO to learn about current proposals and votes, learning opportunities, member perks, and more. A thoughtful editorial is the main feature of each edition.
Ships weekly on Saturday.
TL;DR On the Workflow:
- Add: Guidance on mentoring and new members places to get plugged in
- Levels:
- Weekly bountied work (Intro, Editorial)
- Micro-roles: take on task for defined duration — no vacancies
- External collabs: AV, Global Events, InfoSec
- Please have all bounties finished by Thursday by 17:00 PDT / midnight UTC
- HOWEVER, Please make sure all info is updated as of Friday 5pm PDT / midnight UTC with anything that happens after that time.
- You are responsible for your section through that time.
- Have fun!
Writer: Editorial
Responsible for creating headline editorial piece.
Time commitments: Draft ready for editing by midnight UTC on Thursday.
Bounty: 6,000 BANK.
Editorial Developmental Review
Two editors to work with the Editorial Writer to develop and refine the week’s featured editorial.
Bounty: 3,000 BANK each.
Designer
Header image for featured editorial.
Bounty: 5,000 BANK
Rollup Editor (Micro-Role: trewkat)
Responsible for content and copy editing.
Time commitments: Must be available to work overnight U.S. time to prepare the Rollup for shipping by 4pm UTC.
Bounty: 4,000 BANK
Intro
Intro:
- Capture the essence of the week’s vibe in the intro
- Attend CC call and capture two or three main highlights
- Always give sentence or two about the featured article
- Bounty: 2,000 BANK
Global Events (Bounty is external)
- In coordination with Global Events.
- Bounty: 1,000 BANK
Fresh Content (Micro Role - Warrior)
- All Twitter Links
- Specifically links to: Making Bank, Crypto Sapiens, Bounty Hunter, Bankless Publishing, Bankless Africa, and The Rug Newsletter.
- Bounty: 1,500 BANK
Get Involved (Micro Role - theconfusedcoin)
- Pay attention to:
- Twitter/ socials
- DAO General
- Announcements
- DAO Calendar channel
- Opportunities for DAO members to participate in new internal and external initiatives
- Bounty: 1,500 BANK
Educational Content (Micro Role - anointingthompson1)
- All new learning opportunities in the DAO for the following week.
- EDU Guild
- DAOlationships (Demo Days)
- Workshops
- Bounty: 1,500 BANK
Governance (Micro role - Paulito)
- Collate and summarize Forum proposals
- Bounty: 1,500 BANK
Action Items (Micro Role - Vi-Fi)
- 4 action items
- Always have fourth link be a link to the CC notes and call
- Snapshot proposal if available
- Bounty: 1000 BANK
State of the DAOs
DAO news from within and beyond BanklessDAO. This includes new and noteworthy DAOs, governance, remuneration, and personal reflections about how it feels to be a part of the communities building the future of work.
Ships bi-weekly on Wednesdays by 8pm EST
Roles are assigned on a volunteer basis during Newsletter Team Sync
Content Creation
Responsible for DAO summaries and spotlight.
Time commitment: Draft ready to hand off to Editor by midnight on Monday.
Bounty: 12,000 BANK split
Writer: Headline Piece
Responsible for creating editorial piece.
Time commitment: Draft ready to hand off to Editor by midnight on Monday.
Bounty: 6,000 BANK
Editorial Developmental Review
Two editors to work with the Editorial Writer to develop and refine the week’s featured editorial.
Bounty: 3,000 BANK each
Designer
Header image for featured editorial.
Bounty: 5000 BANK
Editor
Responsible for content and copy editing.
Time commitment: Receive draft by Tuesday morning and complete editing by 7pm EST on Wednesday.
Bounty: 3,000 BANK
DeFi Download
Ships monthly
Roles are assigned on a volunteer basis during Newsletter Team Sync
Writer: Content Curation
Responsible for curating relevant material.
Time commitment:
Bounty: 12,000 BANK
Writer: Headline Pieces
Responsible for creating editorial pieces.
Time commitment:
Bounty: 18,000 BANK
Editorial Developmental Review
Two editors to work with the Editorial Writer to develop and refine the featured editorial.
Bounty: 3,000 BANK each
Writer: Tokenomics 101
Bounty: 1,000 BANK
Designer
Header image for featured editorial.
Bounty: 5,000 BANK
