Week 23
Mon 3rd Jun - Sun 9th Jun 2024
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Mon 3rd Jun - Sun 9th Jun 2024
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Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Tevo [facilitator], Tevo [documenter], Clement Umoh, Tevo, Effiom, Billy, SucrenSpice, Kenichi, lord kizzy, Vanessa
Purpose: Design and Organize Ambassador Program Treasury Rules
Meeting video:
Miro board:
Working Docs:
References to resources that are made available for this workgroup
Planned roadmap for the workgroup
Roles and Deliverables
What work could be done asynchronously and how?
Presentation Video: https://youtu.be/HP8hkC0OMno
How do we design Ambassador Program Treasury rules?
What are the minimum requirements for providing Policy Template - Google Doc
What are current policies?
What have been our current processes?
How policies will be ratified and moved into effect
2 examples for policies will give a better view into the range of different ways to introduce a policy
It might be difficult to distinguish the difference between clear rules vs guidelines
This document will most likely turn into a living document and get updated more often as new processes emerge
[action] Draft Policy Template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g-INSEasp4TsEWgGQSoTIxe-KLX79tXqzF3rhWbSI3M/edit?usp=sharing [assignee] all [status] todo
[action] Each workgroup has the opportunity to provide their view on the Policy Template and share how they have accepted previous policies or guidelines and what process they followed to set policies or guidelines [assignee] all [status] todo
[action] Prepare a retrospective session to go over different workgroups' and guilds' processes how have they arrived at decisions - somewhere at 4th session we can start preparing for information collection again [assignee] all [status] todo
How often should we update the Ambassador GitBook? https://snet-ambassadors.gitbook.io/home
Which tools we will mainly use?
We will use Google Forms to capture policies within data structures
We will use Google Sheets to aggregate policies and feedback for Policy Selectors
We will use Google Docs for drafting documentation and to play around with more complex policies
We will use the Ambassador GitBook to present Treasury rules and policies that affect the Ambassador Program financially
We will use Miro Board for referencing all possible links to different source materials related this workgroup assets
[action] Bring up question of how often we should update the GitBook in the next retrospective session mentioned in last agenda. [assignee] all [status] todo
topics covered: Emergent, Discursive, Decentralisation vs Centralisation, Documenting Baselines, Organising, Development, Policy Creation, Miro Board, tooling, Google Docs, Google Form, GitBook
emotions: Confused, Divergent views, confusing
Type of meeting: Biweekly
Present: Tevo [facilitator], Tevo [documenter], Tevo, Peter, kateri, Ayo, Kenichi, Billy, Kareem
Purpose: Structuring Ambassador rules around payments, tasks and anything related to financial activities
Working Docs:
Should workgroups report on their onboarding results?
Should we measure and assess quarterly reports?
When do we report?
Treasury Guild can provide reports
Deadlines are necessary to ensure progress, but we can still be somewhat flexible in how much extra time is needed to put the information together, but it shouldn't be a regular occurrence for the groups
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Each number and statement on proposal should be accommodated with source of information if applicable
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[action] Check up with Onboarding WG to learn how should we approach collecting onboarding results? [status] todo
What are the contributions people can do?
Missing specific ppl who help welcome new people and connect them with the social infrastructure based on their skills and interest
We seem to have gaps because we bring this up quite often
There is high need for 1 to 1 conversations with new people for effective onboarding
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topics covered: Miro Board, Onboarding, Reporting, accountability, processes
emotions: muddled
No Summary Given
Type of meeting: Biweekly
Present: LeeLoo, Vanessa [facilitator], LeeLoo [documenter], Vanessa, Peter, LeeLoo, Guillermo, Stephen, Clement Umoh, Billy, SucrenSpice, daniel effiom, Iain, Ayo, Photogee
Purpose: To form initial conversations about the GEI workgroup, overall purpose, and some initial strategy.
Meeting video: [Link](No video)
Transcript: [Link](No transcript)
Working Docs:
The meeting started with sharing the Mailchimp Landing Page(v1) for use. During the rest of the meeting we duscussed the forthcoming Ambassador WG meetings and potentials for strategy and who would be willing to work more on drafting that. There were requests for information on regulations and the AI ethics, safety, and risk resources was shared. The rest of the meeting with preominately talking about strategy and figuring out meeting organization.
[action] Create the Resources/ecosystem ethics/risk evaluation spreadsheet [assignee] Esther, LeeLoo [status] in progress
[action] Create draft interview participant consent form [assignee] Esther, Vanessa, LeeLoo, Haley [status] done
[action] Find out feasibility of Ambassadors at the 2 events [assignee] Haley, Esther [status] todo
[action] Guillermo and Tevo to share results of experiment with Unanimous tool [assignee] Guillermo [status] in progress
[action] Request Info Merge for Current Regulations Worldwide from Janet [assignee] LeeLoo, Esther [status] todo
[action] Meet with Eco-system to aggregate information on what ethics policy or committees we have already [assignee] LeeLoo [status] in progress
topics covered: AI ethics, Global ethics initiative, strategy, drafting strategy documents, ambassador workgroup
emotions: Casual, Collaborative, a bit slow
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Peter [facilitator], CallyFromAuron [documenter], CallyFromAuron, PeterE, guillermolucero, SucrenSpice, Slate, Onize, Jenn, Gorga
Purpose: Weekly GovWG Meeting
Working Docs:
Things we need to agree/decide: to be discussed at TH?
If a WG does not submit a Q3 budget by 19th June, what will happen? They get the same amount as their Q2 budget, but no increase? or they get no budget? Or something else?
Do we want to ask all WGs to include an amount for contingency? Or “experiment”, or similar? Or should this be an overall amount across the Program? How detailed should a budget be? Do we need to give guidance on this? Feedback suggested that a) WGs do need to break their budgets down clearly enough that people know what they plan to spend, but b) there ideally needs to be scope for flexibility and responsiveness, so maybe it should not be overly specific. The intention matters more than the details? (e.g. you would say “we want to create resources to help onboard people” rather than “we will make 2 videos and 1 infographic with XYZ content)
Should a budget be linked to a quarterly report? How?
Should submitting a quarterly report be compulsory in order to have your budget approved? Should the quarterly report be submitted at the same time as submitting a budget, and/or actually linked and referred to in your budget sheet? And - are there standards for what a quarterly report should be like? If it’s really perfunctory and not very informative, can it lead to a budget request being refused?
And (on the question of flexibility and responsiveness) - how closely does a WG need to stick to its proposed budget? Does it need to be exact, or just “within the spirit of...”?
Biggest issue raised was the timing, and the need for WGs to get their budgets in a bit sooner.
[action] We (Governance WG) will remind WGs that they need to be looking internally at their budgets this week (ideally by the 12th) [assignee] all [due] 12 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] The deadline for final submission of budgets to this spreadsheet is 19th June [assignee] all [due] 19 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] We need to put out a reminder - with a graphic with big red letters! - in the next couple of days. Guillermo and Vani to do: Guillermo will design a graphic - It will be posted in Core Contributor channel (and in Ambassador-General?), and everyone in core-contributors will be tagged. It will remind people to make sure their budgets are laid out so that any external links are clearly visible, and people can find the info you want them to see. [assignee] guillermolucero, CallyFromAuron [due] 7 June 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: Governance, Meeting Summaries, Budget planning , Workflow , Ideas and Improvements, Team collaboration , Governance GitBook, WG, Core Contributors , Budget deadlines, Process improvement, Q2 quarterly report, deadlines, flexibility, responsiveness, compulsory quarterly report
emotions: focused, Urgency , Collaboration , problem-solving, Efficiency , Accountability
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: PeterE [facilitator], CallyFromAuron [documenter], PeterE, CallyFromAuron, Duke, WaKa, Will Tatz, esewilliams, oep, Sucre n Spice, CollyPride, jay.05|Judith W., hogantuso, billy, guillermolucero, photogee, Martin Rivero, Onize, Zalfred, sakujennbornean, Effiom, Aetherblade, Tevo, Iain Wentworth, LordKizzy
Purpose: Regular weekly get-together for the Ambassador Program. Discussion of community-wide issues; sharing of updates and info; and in the last meeting of each month, an update from each Workgroup on what they have been doing
Town Hall Number: 100
Working Docs:
The Ambassador Town Hall is a recurring event happening live on the Ambassador Zoom channel https://www.youtube.com/@SNET_Ambassador each Tuesday at 19:00 UTC.
Core discussion in this Town Hall was about the recent retrospective of the Q2 2024 budget approval process, covering
whether the budget process should continue to be quarterly (or should become monthly, or even rolling);
how to deal with lateness in submitting budgets, and whether to enforce deadlines
whether quarterly reports should be compulsory
whether in Q3 we need some budget for "cross-WG" work such as mentorship in facilitating and documenting See documentation of the retrospective session itself here https://snet-ambassadors.gitbook.io/singularitynet-archive/timeline/2024/june-2024/week-23#governance-workgroup
There was also discussion of the "new version" of Strategy Guild, and whether it would have a centralizing effect or not.
The conversation in Chat also touched on timezone exclusion, particularlty for people from SE Asia; and the possibility of a SE Asia regional guild.
topics covered: inclusivity, strategy guild, African guild, Q3 2024 budgets, consent process, Marketing Guild Lead, Marketing Guild, Deep funding round 4, ASI merger, disability, Decentralisation vs Centralisation, centralization, time zone exclusion, SE Asia, Consent deadlines, quarterly reports and budget
emotions: cheerful, engaging
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Slate [facilitator], Slate [documenter], Slate, Clement Umoh, Photogee, osmium, esewilliams, malik, kateri, Peter, duke peter, Ayo
Purpose: -Budget Discussion - Group blueprints for ACP and Education Guild - Education Guild Projects by Slate - What have been achieved so far by Education in Q2?- Ambassador Program Info And Video Rework
Working Docs:
Budget
Group blueprints for ACP and Education Guild
Education Guild Projects by Slate
What has been achieved so far by Education in Q2?
Ambassador Program Info And Video Rework
Slate started the meeting welcoming everybody
Then he shared the Projects document that he has come up with, highlighting two to three projects which education guild can undertake going forward
He also mentioned that the purpose of proposing these is because all of the processes of the ACP have been defined and ACP will be put live once we have all the completed resources thus we can look forward for new projects
Then Slate shared what education guild has achieved in Q2 so far
Then he shared the Q2 budget, highlighting which allocation has been used and which is still left
Then there was a mention that whoever is interested in creation of education guild blueprints can showcase their interest and will be added to the group by the weekend
Osmium mentioned that Ambassadors Info and video needs rework
Which is going to be done by Clement
ACP and Education Guild Blueprint
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[action] Assign Clement to Info and Vid for Ambassadors [assignee] Clement Umoh [due] 11 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Group creation for Education Guild Blueprints [assignee] Slate [due] 11 June 2024 [status] done
topics covered: ACP, processes, Blueprints, implementation, Group creation, Info and vid rework, Budget, Objectives, objactives achieved so far, achievement
emotions: productive, Collaborative, Businesslike., speedy
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Onyeka , Guilermo [facilitator], Onyeka [documenter], WaKa, Ayodele, kateri, Vasu, martinsoki, Peter, Duke, Curtis, Kenichi, Ubiodee
Purpose: R&D Updates and Discussions
Working Docs:
Welcoming new Mmembers and Introduction
Review of last meeting summary Action Items
Discussions on the research proposal on inclusivity for individuals with disabilities in SingularityNET ecosystem.
Operations update: GitHub Board and repositories updates
Coleen proposal Discussions on "Ethics Quest Game"
Q2 Budget Concerns report
Q3 Budget proposal
Discussions on R&D Guild budget and Duke's proposal ( Research on Inclusivity for Individuals with Disabilities in SingularityNET Ecosystem.): there are still ongoing discussions on how the team can collaborate to move the initiative forward in this first stage. Duke suggested that any developer interested in this research should send him a DM, so that he can start making plans for the second part of this project
Discussions on Operations update:[ GitHub Board and repositories updates ], we have updated our GH operations with 6 new repos, 1 per proposal in execution to begin ordering deliverables for this end of Q2.
Discussions on KENICHI's proposal for the ambassador website and loyalty system, the guild loved the initiative and want him to collaborate with curtis and guillermo on that, since they are already working on a similar project
Discussions on Q2 Budget Concerns report, Guillermo created a document and shared it with the team for feedback before we present it to the community
Discussion on Q3 Budget proposal, we had a brief discussion on this and informed guild members of the deadline for submission of Q3 budget proposal
We decided that Duke should go ahead with his project research and that he would get funded in Q3
[rationale] there is no need to stop the process, so let him commerce and the funding will come later
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Lordkizzy suggested that all core members of the Guild should head over to the GitHub board and update the status report of projects they are currently working on
[rationale] The Guild has to present artifacts to build trust with the community by the end of the quarter
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[action] Guillermo to have a call with Ubio on providing assistance to the multilingual project by conecting them with Celeste's team (Audio to text AI DF awarded project) [assignee] Guillermo [due] 12 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] WaKa & Rojo to add their contributions to the R&D _ Q1 Proposal Report _ Template. [assignee] WaKa, Rojo [due] 12 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Kenichi to create a basic explanatory document on his initiatives for the Ambassador program website and present it in the next meeting [assignee] Kenichi [due] 29 May 2024 [status] done
[action] Duke to write down a short response on the concerns that was presented on Q2 budget for the guild. [assignee] Duke [due] 5 June 2024 [status] done
[action] Guilermo to ideate to see how Vasu cam collaborate with guild members on project [assignee] Guillermo [due] 19 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Colleen to email Guillermo on her gaming proposal for it to be added to the next meeting's agenda [assignee] Colleen [due] 12 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Guillermo and Lord_Kizzy to meet up and have a discussion on creating a Github board repository for the guild [assignee] Guillermo, lord kizzy [due] 5 June 2024 [status] done
[action] Ayo to draft out a report on how he could contribute to the Guild [assignee] Ayo [due] 19 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Guillermo and Lord_Kizzy to meet up and have discussions on Q3 budget preparation [assignee] lord kizzy, Guillermo [due] 12 June 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: Guilds , Budget , Tool Development, Proposal, AI tooling, API, deliverables, Meeting Summaries, Budget Request, Q2 budget, Social media Dashboard, social media, agenda creation, GitHub, Workshop, loyalty system, Budget preparation, github board, Disablities
emotions: Collaborative, productive, Thoughtful , speedy , Welcoming, Friendly, straightforward
No Summary Given
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Duke [facilitator], Onyeka [documenter], Peter, Sucren, love, esewilliams, Kenichi, Ayodele, kateri, Billy, martinsoki, Gorga Siagian, Clement Umoh, daniel effiom, oep, Hamzat_iii, Oluwaseun Gbiri, Onize
Working Docs:
The meeting began with a welcome session from Ese Williams,
had an interactive session with all the members present in the meeting and we got to know their skills, occupation, their visions for Africa, nationality and also their expectation for the Guild.
Afterward we ran through the discussion items: the First was on "How to get more African countries to join the guild and participate in the program; Billy suggested an outreach to major African Universities in sister countries, Onize suggested a social media outreach to neighboring countries, Kenichi suggested a clearer reason for Onboarding of new members.
Then Duke ran through the Guild ethics for members, there were also discussions on the guild's Q3 Budget and Duke noted that there will be an AMA session on the 28th of June and the topic will be AI and its Effect in Africa and also a community bounty by the end of the quarter.
Duke gave updates on the previous action item.
Clement spoke on the updates on "Research and partnerships with other AI and web 3D communities across Africa".
Finally AOB and conclusions
We decided to make the Guild meetings WEEKLY instead of Bi-Weekly.
[rationale] we have a lot of discussions and Bi-weekly doesnt provide enough time to treat them
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[action] Creation of Guild's official channels [Telegram, Zoom and Email]. [assignee] Guild Core team [due] 13 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Identify and touching base virtually with other AI and web 3D communities across Africa. [assignee] Clement Umoh [status] todo
[action] All members to fill the Skills Database form [assignee] all [due] 13 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Sucren and LadyTempestt to structure an Onboarding process for the guild [assignee] Sucren, LadyTempestt [due] 13 June 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: African, Onboarding, Telegram, Ambassador guild, Artificial General Intelligence, AGI, BGI, Decentralization, Task Assignment, skills, skills database, outreach, universities, African universities, partnerships, web3 communities, AMA session, move from biweekly to weekly, meeting frequency, biweekly, weekly, ethics, Guild ethics, Q3 budget, social media, social media outreach
emotions: Friendly, funny, engaging new people
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: duke peter [facilitator], LadyTempestt [documenter], duke peter, LadyTempestt, Ayo, Vanessa, SucrenSpice, Peter, lord kizzy, Clement Umoh, kateri, daniel effiom, Onize, Gorga Siagian, Photogee, Kenichi, martinsoki, Jenn, Guillermo
Purpose: Weekly meeting discussing how to onboard people to the Ambassador program
Working Docs:
Minutes from the last meeting and action items
Onboarding Journeys update
"Suggestions towards better onboarding processes" document
Onboarding session survey results
Getting started doc/channel
Skills audit document
Quarterly report
Q3 budget
Analysis of how Q2 Buddy system went
Guillermo and introduction to LatAm Guild and their onboarding.
We agreed Ayo will collate comments from his "suggestions" doc and bring it to our next meeting.
[rationale] because most of us have now added comments, but they need organising
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We recognised that Onboarding Journey scripts have been delayed because it can be hard to add info about certain onboarding barriers without personally identifying anyone.
[rationale] Particularly, we agreed to include information about barriers that are particularly faced by women; and a lot of this material is unspoken in the Program at large, and has only been discussed one to one. Given there are comparatively few women in the Program, raising these issues publicly can make individual women vulnerable.
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We agreed that LadyTempestt's evaluation form for thr Q2 "Buddy" mentorship system will go out to mentors and mentees, and she will collate responses.
[rationale] to see how well the Buddyy system has been working, and whether we should continue to budget for it in Q3
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Guillermo shared some info on LatAm Guild's onboarding processes, and said he will be using ideas from our "Reinforcing Continuous Onboarding in Workgroups/Guilds: Ideas and Potential Improvements" doc from late 2023
[rationale] because the doc includes some valuable ideas on how WGs can support continuous onboarding.
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We noted that we need to start thinking about our Q3 budget
[rationale] because deadline is soon
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[action] Everyone to add their skills to the skills audit doc, including new people who have not yet done so [assignee] all [due] 6 June 2024 [status] done
[action] LadyTempestt to mentor Onize on giving the TownHall updates from the onboarding group for June [assignee] LadyTempestt [due] 24 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Onize to give Town Hall update for the WG on 25th June [assignee] Onize [due] 25 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Sucre to rewrite text in Getting Started to remove the Introductory Task, which has been discontinued [assignee] SucrenSpice [due] 13 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Clement to add text to Getting Started doc about new WGs that started in Q2 (Africa guild, LatAm guild, AI Ethics, Moderators) [assignee] Clement Umoh [due] 6 June 2024 [status] done
[action] Everyone to add comments to the Suggestions Towards Better Onboarding Processes document which Ayo created. [assignee] all [due] 6 June 2024 [status] done
[action] LadyTempestt to add details of one particular conversation to Ayo's suggestions towards better Onboarding Processes document. [assignee] LadyTempestt [due] 6 June 2024 [status] done
[action] Vani Sucre, Love and Onize will work on finalising the onboarding journey scripts, including addressing women's issues. [assignee] Vanessa, Onize, LadyTempestt, SucrenSpice [due] 13 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Clement to draft the Q2 report and bring it to the next meeting [assignee] Clement Umoh [due] 13 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Sucre to assign a buddy to Martinsoki [assignee] SucrenSpice [due] 7 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] LadyTempestt to send out the buddy system evaluation form to mentors and mentees. [assignee] LadyTempestt [due] 13 June 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Vani to reach out to Peter to give Kateri the onboarding WG tag. [assignee] Vanessa, Peter [due] 7 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Ayo to facilitate next meeting [assignee] Ayo [due] 13 June 2024 [status] todo
[action] Duke to mentor Ayo in facilitating the next meeting. [assignee] duke peter [due] 13 June 2024 [status] todo
We need to clear out old information in the getting-started document and update it before asking Tevo to update the getting started channel on discord.
Onboarding Journeys
Skills audit
Onboarding Sessions Survey
Suggestions towards better Onboarding Processes document
Mentors and mentees "buddy system" survey
topics covered: skills audit, Getting Started, mentorship, onboarding processes, buddy, buddy system, women's issues, barriers, Q2 quarterly report, Quarterly Report
emotions: interesting, funny , long, long agenda
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Zalfred [facilitator], killy, lord kizzy [documenter], lord kizzy, hogantuso, AndrewBen, Slate, kateri, oep, malik, devon, daniel effiom
Purpose: weekly updates
More Updates on the zealy platform. Lordkizzy indicated that he forgot to add Devon to the Zealy discussion group, so as regards to that no updates was given
Slate,as our social media manager gave weekly updates on our social.
Malik as the task manager gave updates from last week
We decided that the Zealy liaison must be a member of both work groups (Writers WG and Video WG)
[rationale] This decision will enhance better communication between both Workgroups
[opposing] Some members felt the role should be open to everyone
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[action] Lord_Kizzy to add the liaison (DEVON) to the zealy discussion group [assignee] lord kizzy [due] 19 June 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: social media management, Task Assignment, Zealy, Liaison, Video Edit, Weekly updates
emotions: Casual, speedy , productive, Organised
No Summary Given
Miro board:
Other media:
Introduction Deep Funding Asi Merger Marketing Guild Update African Guild Inclusivity Research Strategy Guild Updates Quarterly Budget Procedure