Week 14

Mon 1st Apr - Sun 7th Apr 2024

Wednesday 3rd April 2024

Research and Development Guild

Agenda Items:

  • R&D Discussions on proposal updates

Discussion Points:

  • Discussions on updates on projects (TECHNICAL UPDATE by Waka, Curtis & Ubio,) and deliverables

  • Discussions on project management and the use of GitHub

  • Discussions on q1 budget and payments for contributors

  • We had a massive number of 20 participants in the multilingual survey conducted by Ubio

Decision Items:

  • We made a decision on Ubio giving incentives (50%) to contributors on his project

    • [rationale] rewards should not be given for participation but rather contributions

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

Action Items:

  • [action] Rojo to continue building the backend and conduct backend testing with members of the project who manage the social media account. Once that is done, then build the front end [assignee] Rojo [due] 3 April 2024 [status] in progress

  • [action] Guillermo to assist the other teams to get some deliverables [assignee] Guillermo [due] 3 April 2024 [status] in progress

  • [action] Rojo to create a GitHub account for the group [assignee] Rojo [due] 3 April 2024 [status] done

  • [action] Curtis and Rojo to create a document for showcasing our progress (deliverables) in the guild [assignee] Curtis, Rojo [due] 3 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Curtis and Guillermo to have a call to see where we are as a Guild, how we integrate with how treasury and archives workgroups work [assignee] Curtis, Guillermo [due] 3 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Guillermo to attend the next Treasury meeting on 5th April, 2024 [assignee] Guillermo [due] 11 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Guillermo to have a call with Ubio on providing assistance to the multilingual project through some Brazilians [assignee] Guilermo [due] 11 April 2024 [status] todo

Keywords/tags:

  • topics covered: Guilds, Budget, Tool Development, Proposal, AI tooling, GitHub, API, deliverables, incentives

  • emotions: Collaborative, productive, Thoughtful, speedy

Education Workgroup

  • Type of meeting: Weekly

  • Present: Slate [facilitator], Slate [documenter], Slate, esewilliams, Kenichi, Clement Umoh, Photogee, duke peter, WaKa, GorgaSiagian

  • Purpose: Videos, Quizzes, Q2 Budget request, Module-based budgets, Participation-rewarding

  • Working Docs:

In this meeting we discussed:

  • Videos

  • Q2 budget Request

  • Ways to improve budgets

Discussion Points:

  • Meeting started with Slate welcoming everyone to the meeting

  • Duke mentioned that his video on Cogito is completed and he would like to showcase it

  • Slate then shared Duke's video on Cogito

  • After watching the video the floor was opened for comments on the video

  • Most of the people had comments of adding names of the main team members

  • Duke said that he will be making the small adjustments and then uploading the video

  • Then Slate showcased the budget request he ideated for Education Guild

  • Some comments were made on the budget request like removing the participation rewards,

  • Proposed a module based budget request

  • Then at the end Slate assigned some quizzes to some of the participants

Decision Items:

  • Work on budget

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

  • Complete ACP Video and infographic

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

  • Platform suggestions for ACP

    • [effect] mayAffectOtherPeople

Action Items:

  • [action] Next quarter budget discussion in the next meeting. [assignee] Slate [due] 9 April 2024 [status] in progress

  • [action] Assignment of quizzes [assignee] Slate [due] 2 April 2024 [status] done

  • [action] Setup reviewing process for Quizzes [assignee] Slate [due] 2 April 2024 [status] done

Keywords/tags:

  • topics covered: ACP, review, Budget, Q2 2024 budget, Proposals, platform, quizzes, Video Script

  • emotions: productive, Collaborative, Businesslike, speedy

Archives Workgroup

  • Type of meeting: Biweekly

  • Present: Stephen [facilitator], Stephen, Vanessa [documenter], Vanessa, Stephen, Onyeka, oep, SucrenSpice, Olokoji, Photogee, Gorga Siagian

  • Meeting video: Link

  • Working Docs:

Decision Items:

  • Quarterly report for Q1 2024 - there have been a couple of minor changes suggested. Also we want to try out presenting it in a format that is more closely linked to our budget request - e.g. via notes on the budget spreadsheetfor Q1

    • [rationale] spreadsheet approach might connect reporting more closely to budget request, to support tracking and accountability, which is something that has been discussed in general terms in Treasury Guild meetings

    • [opposing] The existing text-based format is probably more readable, and allows a WG to make narrative points about how their work has gone. Worth trying both formats.

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

  • Tag taxonomy project - suggested training date of 1st April wasn't possible (bank holiday) so will look at later in April

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

  • Last meeting's suggestion of a TH session on how we use GitHub - we forhgot to pick this up as an action item, so we will add it this meeting.

    • [effect] mayAffectOtherPeople

  • Decided to keep the meeting shorter than usual (1 hr) since there was not so much to discuss

    • [rationale] Since André was absent, we didn't discuss tool development work

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

Action Items:

  • [action] Stephen to check why SucrenSpice doesn't seem to have permissions to merge changes on Ambassador GitBook - still can't work out why [assignee] Stephen [due] 3 April 2024 [status] in progress

  • [action] RE: Duke, Onyeka and Ese to timestamp BGI videos - Onyeka will check with Peter that it's not already being done. Also there have been more videos uploaded, so now a total of 9, so 3 each [assignee] duke peter, esewilliams, lord kizzy [due] 17 April 2024 [status] in progress

  • [action] Duke to create a video walkthru of how to use the GitHub Board, based on Stephen's training session - see https://github.com/SingularityNET-Archive/SingularityNET-Archive/issues/116 [assignee] duke peter [due] 20 March 2024 [status] in progress

  • [action] Vani to bring finished version of Q1 quarterly report to the 3rd April meeting - Done [assignee] Vanessa [due] 3 April 2024 [status] done

  • [action] Sucre and Vanessa to raise the issue of quarterly reports, and whether more WGs should write them, in the Treasury Guild meeting tomorrow (21st March 2024) [assignee] SucrenSpice, Vanessa [due] 21 March 2024 [status] done

  • [action] Everyone to suggest possible new bounties or entry-level tasks for Q2 budget, to discuss next meeting - some people would still like time to contribute so this will be finalised next meeting (17th April) [assignee] all [due] 3 April 2024 [status] in progress

  • [action] Vani to send Q1 quarterly report to Peter (and, if time, create 2nd version based on the budget request spreadsheet) [assignee] Vanessa [due] 17 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Sucre to add the Q1 quarterly report to Ambassador GitBook when ready [assignee] SucrenSpice [due] 17 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Vanessa to DM participants in tag taxonomy project, and set a date for training session [assignee] Vanessa [due] 17 April 2024 [status] todo

Keywords/tags:

  • topics covered: Q1 quarterly report, encouraging use of Archives, bounties, timestamps, Q2 budget, community engagement, engaging new people, Quarterly Report, accountability, GitHub, BGI 2024 summit, Tag taxonomy, Reporting, forward planning

  • emotions: positive, new people present, short, Friendly

Knowledge Base Workgroup

  • Type of meeting: Biweekly

  • Present: Tevo [facilitator], Tevo [documenter], Tevo, Clement Umoh, Olokoji, lord kizzy, Felix

  • Purpose: Aggregating Ambassador Program assets and relevant information under GitBook

  • Miro board: Link

  • Other media: Link

  • Working Docs:

Agenda item 1 - Quarterly report: Knowledge Base WG - [resolved]

Discussion Points:

  • Shared Draft quarterly report https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B_u4kYNusZdGOq1xK8km54mOsBloM9oXGXzqpv9DxU4/edit?usp=sharing

  • Improved Onboarding feedback loop

Action Items:

  • [action] Participants are welcome to introduce new insights on the report. [status] todo

Agenda item 2 - Miro Board Overview and Onboarding Process - [resolved]

Discussion Points:

  • Showed around Miro Board and introduced to workgroup processes https://youtu.be/aVg_N2notVE

Agenda item 3 - Analyzed and organized asset relations with - [carry over]

Discussion Points:

  • Organized Process Guild GitBook asset

  • Organized Translation WG GitBook asset

  • Ideated on async organizing process

Decision Items:

  • In the next session, let's organize one item where, in each category, a different person shares thoughts.

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

Thursday 4th April 2024

Treasury Guild

Agenda item 1 - Q1 Budget Final Results - [resolved]

Discussion Points:

  • How do we want to present results?

  • How do we want to show proposal status?

  • What is missing, and what is irrelevant?

Decision Items:

  • All Treasury Guild Q1 Proposals are approved with the date at 02.04.24

    • [effect] mayAffectOtherPeople

  • Create a voting result report starting with Q2 proposals

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

Action Items:

  • [action] Create an efficient way to see AGIX spent by each guild and WG in WG Budget Calculator [status] todo

  • [action] Create a separate channel for all contributors where proposals requiring consent are dropped into [status] todo

Agenda item 2 - Q2 Budget Requirements - [carry over]

Discussion Points:

  • Should Treasury rules that affect proposal acceptance criteria be changeable and implementable in Quarter 2?

  • Should we have continued onboarding and approval for proposals throughout Q2?

  • How can we avoid assessing proposals without creating the feeling that proposals are being heavily scrutinized?

Decision Items:

  • 02.05.2024 we approve the first cohort of proposals that make it through the consent process and update the remaining limited quarter 2 budget

    • [effect] mayAffectOtherPeople

Action Items:

  • [action] Have a discussion on how to bring up workgroups better in Governance WG [status] todo

Agenda item 3 - Treasury Guild Proposal and Guiding Material - [carry over]

Discussion Points:

  • The available supporting material to help create proposals and examples.

  • What do we propose for Quarter 2 in Treasury Guild?

  • Proposal feedback

Action Items:

  • [action] Create a consent form so that contributors can vote on the Treasury Guild proposal [status] todo

  • [action] Update the Seed Workgroup column in the WG matrix tables based working starting doc [status] todo

  • [action] Create a paragraph about proposal changes to the proposal if it is an update [status] todo

Agenda item 4 - About Ambassador Program - [resolved]

Discussion Points:

  • What's the difference between Guilds and Workgroups?

  • Do we want to make a clear distinction between Guilds and Workgroups?

Decision Items:

  • We should have a common understanding of the differences and when they are used.

    • [effect] mayAffectOtherPeople

Action Items:

  • [action] Draft extra information about this and include it into onboarding docs where relevant [status] todo

Agenda item 5 - Questions about AGIX to ASI Merge - [resolved]

Discussion Points:

  • Brainstormed different common ideas and our questions on the Miro Board

  • Answered a few questions at the meeting

Action Items:

  • [action] Create a Q and A doc to address those questions as best we can [status] todo

Onboarding Workgroup

In this meeting we discussed:

  • Minutes from the last meeting and action items

  • Budget projections for Q2 2024

  • Making educational content for SNET

  • Publicizing our research report via infographics

  • Idea of assigning someone to keep abreast of what WGs are doing, and signposting new members on Discord to an appropriate WG

Decision Items:

  • 2 old members and 2 new members will facilitate the onboarding session scheduled for 16th May 2024.

    • [rationale] to share the work out fairly, and to ensure that the new people are learning from established members

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

  • We agreed to move forward with the new members buddy system, where new WG members are assuigned a "buddy" from among the established members to give them 1 to 1 support. Note that we will evaluate the system and how well it worked at the end of Q2.

    • [rationale] Need to get started and see how well it works; and there are new people in need of a buddy, so the sooner we start, the better

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

  • The need for assigning someone to keep abreast of what WGs are doing shouldn’t be a separate task. We agreed that it should be added to the budget as part of Sucre’s activities.

    • [rationale] Otherwise it could end up duplicating what Sucre already does

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

Action Items:

  • [action] Clement to facilitate our Town Hall update on 30th April 2024. [assignee] Clement Umoh [due] 30 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Sucre to send the Q1 quarterly report to Peter [assignee] SucrenSpice [due] 11 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Vani to chase Peter to take the doc “ DRAFT: process for starting a Workgroup in the Ambassador program,” to the governance WG. [assignee] CallyFromAuron [due] 9 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Gorga to write up his proposal for making SNET educational content. [assignee] Gorga Siagian [due] 11 April 2024 [status] todo

  • [action] Lady Tempestt and Duke to make minor changes to their infographics about the Treasury session on 18th April [assignee] LadyTempestt, duke peter [due] 11 April 2024 [status] todo

Learning Points:

  • We should ensure we use brand colors/assets for making designs in the future.

To carry over for next meeting:

  • Onboarding Journeys

  • Making an infographic for the onboarding journeys

Keywords/tags:

  • topics covered: buddy system, Q2 budget, Treasury session, Town Hall update, Q1 quarterly report

  • emotions: funny , Deliberative, insightful

Deep Funding Town Hall

  • Type of meeting: Biweekly

  • Present: Jan Horlings, Judith [facilitator], CallyFromAuron [documenter], Jan Horlings, Judith, Juan Pablo Barea, CallyFromAuron, Mauro Andreoli, Steve, Duke, Franklynstein, Rafael Presa, zk, Clement Umoh, esewilliams, soubhir, guillermolucero, read.ai meeting notes, WaKa, Ubiodee, PeterE, LadyTempestt, Mario Casiraghi, Headelf, killy, Jon Grove, electronige, Ana Paula Pereira, Photogee, Alex, Loic

  • Purpose: Discussion of Deep Funding Round 4 Pools and DF Branding Manual and Guidelines

Timestamped video:

DeepFunding Town Hall is a fortnightly meeting led by the SingularityNET Ambassador community, where we share updates, presentations & conversations about topics that relate to Deep Funding and SingularityNET.

00:03 Intro And Discussion On The Upcoming Token Merger Of Singularitynet, Fetch Ai, And Ocean Protocol. 04:06 Asi Token Merge Impact On Treasury And Deep Funding's Scope 09:38 Engaging With Ocean And Fetch For Joint Proposals 12:37 Discussion On Potential Delay In Starting Deep Funding Round Four 18:05 Discussion About Potential Downsides To The Token Merger And Pricing Impact. 20:21 Conservative Approach In Awards Led To Valuable Saved Tokens For Future Beneficial Use 25:15 Deep Funding's Intention To Become More Decentralized 27:47 Discussion On Shared Or Co-funded Pools And Rfps 32:44 Deep Funding And Deep Funding Treasury Will Remain Separate. 35:13 Merger Will Bring Asi To Cardano And Ethereum With Enhanced Utility. 40:02 Proposal Related To Ai Services Integration With Ocean's Predictor Framework 42:24 Discussion On The Necessity Of Storing Data On-chain 47:16 Openness To Partnership With Organizations For Decentralized Ai 49:41 Accelerated Minting For Decentralized Computing Power. 54:49 Migration To Asi And Bridges Between Blockchains 57:16 Minting Asi Tokens For The Same Value With Less Hassle 1:02:16 Timing Is Right For Building Potential Partnerships 1:04:33 Discussion On The Name Of The New Alliance 1:09:32 Migration Contract May Take Some Time 1:12:03 Discussion On Time Differences And Meeting Scheduling 1:16:54 Introducing Rfp Proposals For Funding 1:19:28 Consider Using Rfps For High-value Proposals 1:24:01 Optimizing Platform Performance And Migration To New Service Provider 1:26:32 Using Ai To Create A World Model For Predicting Weather Globally

Town Hall Summary:

This TH was primarily an AMA with the DeepFunding team about the ASI token merger; it also touched on how the merger might affect plans for DeepFunding Round 4, RFPs, and partnerships.

Keywords/tags:

  • topics covered: deep funding round 4, RFP, ASI token, Token merger, ocean, fetch, AMA, Partnership, Treasury, Decentralization, Decentralisation, shared pools, shared RFPs, onchain data, DF platform, weather

  • emotions: informative, participatory, questioning

Friday 5th April 2024

Video Workgroup

  • Type of meeting: Weekly

  • Present: Slate [facilitator], hogantuso [documenter], lord kizzy, malik, hogantuso, Zalfred, Photogee, osmium, killy, Colleen, Zibah, WealthWissy, electronige, Olokoji, Hamzat_iii, GorgaSeagian, devon

  • Purpose: The meeting focused on task updates, video suggestions, onboarding process, and ASI merger

  • Working Docs:

Discussion Points:

  • Weekly meeting agenda outlined by Slate

  • Malik, the social media manager, gave a rundown on the weekly updates.

  • Hogantuso, the task manager, gave updates on the weekly management tasks

  • lord kizzy, the town hall editor, gave more updates on the Zealy task discussed with kenichi as the previous Social Media Manager.

  • Acquaintance and introduction of new members

  • Updates and improvements on the video application was discussed

  • Voting on the creation of ASI merger video by Rojo.

  • Voting on the creation of voting procedure tutorials on ASI alliance

  • Slate, the facilitator, updated the new members on how to apply to become a member of the workgroup.

Action Items:

  • [action] Rojo's video suggestion about the ASI Merger was approved. [assignee] Rojo, Crandano [status] todo

  • [action] voting procedure tutorials on ASI alliance [assignee] osmium, hogantuso [status] todo

Keywords/tags:

  • topics covered: social media management, workgroup updates, new people, Task Assignment, BGI 2024 summit, Zealy, ASI toekn merger, Town Hall, workgroup membership

  • emotions: Friendly, Thoughtful, speedy, Casual, productive, Organised, engaging new people, positive, productive

Writers Workgroup

  • Type of meeting: Weekly

  • Present: Kenichi [facilitator], Cjfrankie [documenter], Kenichi, Cjfrankie, Mikasa, LadyTempestt, Nebula1224, 5oundwave5, ines gavina

  • Purpose: Reflection on what we’ve achieved this month and quarter.

  • Working Docs:

Narrative:

We discussed Q2 projections and what we might need to improve this quarter. Open discussion on how to become a Scribe; the Scribe role will be assigned once our Medium publication kicks off. The graphics/brand assets are still in progress; once that is done, we shall kickstart the Medium publication. Our attendance last month was pretty high, and had great numbers: we published 12 articles last month and 28 pieces in Q1.

Decision Items:

  • We will kickstart the Medium publication once our brand assets are finished

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

  • Scribe role will be assigned once our Medium publication starts.

    • [effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup

Action Items:

  • [action] Kenichi to draft the document for the Q2 project budget, and submit it to Treasury Guild. [assignee] Kenichi [status] todo

  • [action] Kenichi to work on implementing the NFT badges for roadmap accomplishment. [assignee] Kenichi [status] in progress

  • [action] Peter to give Inés Gavina the Scribbler tag. [assignee] Peter [status] done

  • [action] Kenichi to onboard some new Scribblers this quarter. [assignee] Kenichi [status] in progress

Keywords/tags:

  • topics covered: Zealy, Scribe role, Points system, Scribblers, Peer review, Brand kit, Medium publications, NFT badge, Budget , Q2 budget, attendance

  • emotions: informative, Welcoming, insightful

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