Week 46
Mon 11th Nov - Sun 17th Nov 2024
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Mon 11th Nov - Sun 17th Nov 2024
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Type of meeting: Biweekly
Present: Tevo [facilitator], Tevo, LadyTempestt [documenter], effiom, Lady Tempestt, tevo, onize, SubZero, Ashley, Valola, advanceameyaw
Purpose: Structuring Ambassador rules around payments, tasks and anything related to financial activities
Miro board:
Other media:
Working Docs:
Low participation at start time of meeting
We go over the meeting time and still a lot of agendas unexplored
Assigned Core Activities to do before next meeting
There are practically no funds for documentation budgeted in Q4
How to address Translation WG Budget overspend?
Q1 2025 Treasury Guild Proposal Draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dxcnnRhG_kFBmtvlmuiZ-Ddx_tcCeT9wq0_InuSkeGs
We will not reallocate funds to Translation WG from Treasury Guild nor Marketing Guild.
[rationale] We will not reallocate funds to Translation WG from Treasury Guild nor Marketing Guild. We considered the promise of our Q3 proposal to fund these and the fact that currently Treasury Guild has no funds for themselves to even reward core activities. Using our remaining leftover budgets we would like to allocate for reporting, proposing and updating core contributor list. In Quarter 4 we did not budget ourselves to cover other WG budgets. Marketing Guild disagreed to fund from their budget.
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[action] Meeting Summary and Review [assignee] Tevo, LadyTempestt [due] 15 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Draft Quarter 4 Treasury Guild Report [assignee] Effiom, LadyTempestt [due] 15 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Draft Quarter 1 Treasury Guild Budget Sheet [assignee] Onize, Effiom [due] 15 November 2024 [status] todo
What reminders or call outs should we share forward?
Who will update the content planner/liaise with Marketing Guild?
What information do we already outreach?
What have our current target audiences and channels been?
SubZero will be our Marketing / Content Calendar representative from Treasury Guild
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[action] Request more information from Marketing Guild: What's the expected output from the Content Planner? Why are two representatives required, what are their roles? Who is paying for the tasks? Why do we need to give representatives' emails? [status] todo
The process is transparent and we can get access to see how the process works and what the challenges are
I like that everybody can have the chance of doing operations
New people should NOT take entire meeting time to process contributions
We should distinguish skilled operators from new operators
Could we process more often if we are not able to do them in the specified meeting time?
Could we try creating a workgroup for treasury manager code review and development?
Start having again more detailed development updates before meeting starts
Have stricter rules on how long we train new operators to allow enough time to create bundle transactions
[action] Those who are interested in learning Excel visual basic scripting language, let us know in Treasury Guild Discord channel [status] todo
New policy to help establish categories and budget allocations for each category https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-tAwCD3vrXNSbUdQApljTVMfFGVDJo6PBdM39CO73Uk
We shared examples of how budget allocations are calculated and how the averages affect results
What has Governance WG discussed trying this quarter?
What kind of limits have we proposed or tried to introduce before?
How do we implement limits for next quarter?
[action] Provide feedback to new policy to implement it https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSev-uthFleaINLCJivcNWT4TWjTfx4AwbH1kSkKNrgM9dTxsg/viewform [assignee] all [due] 16 December 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: Miro Board, Translation WG, Marketing Guild, budget categories, treasury operators, training treasury operators, training, content calendar, Q4 2024 quarterly report, Q1 2025 budget
emotions: wide-ranging, Discursive, reflective, well organised
No Summary Given
Meeting was cancelled
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: guillermolucero [facilitator], LordKizzy [documenter], LordKizzy, osmium, guillermolucero, AshleyDawn, AJ, AndrewBen, advanceameyaw, Raman Deep
Purpose: R&D Updates and Discussions
Working Docs:
Welcoming new Members and Introduction
Review of last meeting summary Action Items
UPDATE STATUS ON DEVELOPMENT: EC-Entity-Connections, W3CD-Web3-Contributors-Dashboard, CSDB-Collaboration-Skills-Database, Social-Media-Dashboard, Reputation-System-using-SoulBound-Tokens-SBTs
R&D New Metta Coder lab
ASI summit
UPDATE STATUS ON DEVELOPMENT: Governance Dashboard
Q1 Budget and Tier system
Review of last meeting summary Action Items: Lordkizzy went through the action items for the previous meeting and we had a brief introduction for new members
UPDATE STATUS ON DEVELOPMENT: Teams are currently working async on their projects and will give an update at the end of the month
R&D Guild Metta Code Lab Initiative: Guillermo didn't have the chance to speack with the METTA team due to the event in Bangkok and he shared the full folder on the METTA libary: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EpETWEyKp2EaEIHopotWb7kCkupCZ8KF?usp=sharing, we also had discussion on the early topics for the METTA initiative in Q1 2025
Follow up on the CSDB: Advance spoke on the progress so far on the hosting and suggested having the call with the onboarding workgroup early, to round up the changes at once, so lordkizzy noted he was going to host the session within the coming week, guillermo also spoke on the deadline for redeployment (25th Nov) and asked the team if they were still on track on the deadline, and the team hopes to meet the deadline, tho AJ suggested for an extra week, we also spoke on the hosting charges for heroku and he is going to disburse the funds to Advance
ASI summit: Vasu gave updates on the event and highlighted his communication with influential figures
UPDATE STATUS ON DEVELOPMENT: Governance Dashboard, lordkizzy gave an update on the call he had with Guillermo on the governance dashboard where we looked at some features for the tool, like a space in the dashboard for constructive criticism and also how to extract this data
Q1 Budget and Tier system: members gave their views on the tier system and the guild's allocation. We noted the previous challenges faced within the guild in terms of compensation for project work and took a vote for more funds
[action] CSDB team to finish and get ready for redeployment by 25th of NOV [assignee] AJ, Advanceameyaw [due] 20 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Lordkizzy will schedule a call with representatives from the onboarding work within the week. [assignee] LordKizzy [due] 20 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Guillermo to disburse the $24.46 expense from the R&D treasury. [assignee] guillermolucero [due] 19 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Lordkizzy and guillermo to have a call to discuss on the governance dashboard project [assignee] LordKizzy, guillermolucero [due] 20 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Guillermo will create a spreadsheet for team members to sign up for facilitation roles in future meetings. [assignee] guillermolucero [due] 20 November 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: Tool Development, AI tooling, Deliverables, Presentation, Documentation, Operations, Metta, Q1 2025 budget, budget tiers, budget cap, governance dashboard
emotions: Casual, Welcoming, Thoughtful, Friendly, Collaborative, productive
Type of meeting: Biweekly
Present: guillermolucero [facilitator], SergioBenaR [documenter], guillermolucero, SergioBenaR, Daniela Alves, Martin Rivero, AJ
Purpose: @SNET_LatAm Q4 Operations; communications @SNET_Latam Ambassadors; X Space #3: Transhumanism, Biotech & Rejuve AI
Working Docs:
In line with the X Spaces program for Q4, we will have the third space on Thursday, November 14 (22:00 UTC). In this space we will address the topics of transhumanism and biotechnology, in addition to reviewing some milestones achieved by Rejuve AI, which is part of the SingularityNET ecosystem and is a real use case with great importance. Martín Rivero presented a document that includes a philosophical introduction and technical topics, while Inés will contribute her perspective on transhumanism and Dani will participate in the discussion. Guillermo suggested improvements in the structure of the content, and it was agreed that all participants can make comments until the event, highlighting collaboration and flexibility in planning. The importance of document translation was also discussed, with Daniela Alves confirming the sending of a translation into Portuguese and the need to humanize translations.
The SNET_Latam ambassador team will participate in X Space #3, which will be led by Martín, Inés and Daniela, with the space open to participate in the conversation.
[action] Guillermo will open the space, then Martín will guide the development of the points defined in this meeting according to the attached document, Inés, Daniela and Sergio will participate in the conversation. [assignee] SergioBenaR, guillermolucero, Martin Rivero, Daniela Alves, inesgav [due] 14 noviembre 2024 [status] in progress
At the previous meeting of the SNET_Latam ambassador team, the registration of contributions for each team member was determined, which will be done using the documents prepared by Guillermo.
Core contributors of the Latin American Guild must fill out the contribution forms for the first half of November.
[action] Daniela, Martin and Sergio will present their contribution records in their individual documents [assignee] SergioBenaR, Martin Rivero, Daniela Alves [due] 15 noviembre 2024 [status] in progress
topics covered: content calendar, X spaces, contribution, contribution tracking, core contributors, transhumanism, biotechnology, rejuve.ai, philosophy, translation
emotions: Collaborative, Strategic, Task-focused, teamwork, philosophical
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Slate [facilitator], Slate [documenter], AndrewBen, AshleyDawn, Ayo, Clement Umoh, esewilliams, Gorga Siagian, Kateri, tee, hogantuso, Zalfred
Purpose: Regular weekly meeting of Education Guild, covering project-based ppdates
Working Docs:
Budget Caps discussion
CCCP Core Contributors Certification Program
Education Guild Website Wiki / CCCP Integration
Ai For Beginners
Slate started the meeting by greeting everyone
After the introduction part, everyone's opinion was asked in regards to the proposed budget caps for Q1 2025. There were mixed opinions: some liked it, some didn't, and most had concerns on certain aspects of budget caps
Ai For Beginners - Points to Note:
All the scripts were reviewed and feedback was given on each report by Slate, approving the ethics script and leaving suggestions on the rest
Ese also notified that the video production will soon be beginning after the scripts are good to go
CCCP (Certification Program) - Points to Note:
There are a total of 15 days left and the certification program will be ending by the end of November
Ese notified that the announcements have been going out regularly and a live demo will also be showcased by her soon
Slate notified that if nobody is able to complete the certification, the top 3 runners up will be rewarded with certifications and rewards.
Education Guild Website Wiki / CCCP Integration - Points to Note:
Slate had a call with Franklyn and Gorga regarding the website design, and they have finally finalized the design of the website
A brief overview of the website design was given by them, explaining each aspect
Data scraping of data on sNET ecosystem projects has also started
Gorga and Franklyn to start data scraping for the site
[rationale] everyone agreed
[action] follow up with ese regarding the scripts [assignee] Slate [due] 20 November 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Osmium to work on the Webinar Series Document [assignee] osmium [due] 6 November 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Franklyn and Gorga to update the Website pages [assignee] Franklynstein, Gorga Siagian [due] 20 November 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Ese to make announcements regularly for CCCP till the deadline [assignee] esewilliams [due] 20 November 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Gorga and Franklyn to continue data scraping for the education wiki / website [assignee] Gorga Siagian, Franklynstein [due] 30 November 2024 [status] in progress
topics covered: CCCP, announcement, wiki, education website, spinoffs, data scraping, core contributors, certification, budget caps, Q1 2025 budget, webinar series
emotions: productive, Collaborative, Businesslike.
Type of meeting: Biweekly
Present: Clement Umoh [facilitator], CJFrankie [documenter], Clement Umoh, CJFrankie, CallyFromAuron, Sucre n Spice, Duke, LadyTempestt, Kateri, AshleyDawn, Gorga Siagian, LordKizzy, hogantuso, Valola, martinsoki
Purpose: Weekly meeting discussing how to onboard people to the Ambassador program
Working Docs:
Agreeing the minutes of the last meeting.
Facilitation and documentation next meeting.
Town Hall Updates: Cjfrankie suggested an update on the topics to share - he will cover the upcoming skillshare session on Monitoring and Evaluation scheduled for November 21st. Vani also suggested sharing a link to our quarterly report and budget, which will be submitted before the Town Hall updates.”
Onboarding journeys survey
Skillshare matrix and collab with R&D: R&D Guild has had some internal discussion about the Skills database collab with onboarding WG, and will set a date for a discussion session with Onboarding WG.
Research project: Kateri and Ayo have done three group interviews each. They are documenting the responses, and will share them once it’s finished.
Quarterly report for Q4 2024
Governance update: We had a brief discussion about the newly implemented tier/budget cap system for WG budgets, and everyone seems to embrace the idea.
Following a discussion on the new budget cap/tiers policy, the onboarding workgroup has embraced the allocation of 8.5k AGIX. It is close to our planned budget, but we noted that a couple of small cuts to our planned budget have been needed.
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[action] Cjfrankie to publicize the upcoming skillshare sessions on “Monitoring and Evaluation” and “Decentralized Governance.” [assignee] CJFrankie [due] 21 November 2024 [status] done
Onboarding Journeys Survey — at the next meeting, we’ll be looking at the responses gathered from the Onboarding Journeys Survey form.
topics covered: skillshare matrix, onboarding journeys, Q4 2024 Quarterly report, Q1 2025 budget, Governance, budget caps, budget tiers, Town Hall update, skillshare sessions, monitoring and evaluation, M&E, decentralized governance, collaboration skills database, R&D guild, publicity, decentralization research, Decentralization
emotions: speedy, productive, Collaborative
Type of meeting: Sandbox
Present: osmium [facilitator], Gorga Siagian [documenter], LordKizzy, Advanceameyaw, Clement Umoh, martinsoki, AshleyDawn, osmium, Gorga Siagian, Sucre n Spice, Kateri, Valola
Purpose: Second Think-Tank Session: AI TOOLSET EXHIBITION: Google LM Notetaker
Working Docs:
Meeting Coordination and Introductions: Lord Kizzy welcomed everyone and waited for Clement to join the meeting to begin his presentation on Google LM Notetaker.
While waiting for Clement to join, Osmium gave an introduction to what AI TOOLSET EXHIBITION is. He reflected on the purpose behind including this segment in the first half of AI SANDBOX sessions, and walked through the key takeaways.
LordKizzy showed AI Sandbox/Think Tank's Q1 2025 budget allocation of 5K AGIX and asked participants if they agreed with it. He also highlighted the impact of the allocation on our activites. In the discussion, Gorga said that the approval of the budget allocation was waiting on Lordkizzy to finish attending the Governance WG meeting and send a note to the channel on how the budget allocation system at the Governance meeting would be. Sucren argued that the budget allocation must be decided, whether it is approved now or not, and can send a message to Vani regarding the budget allocation decision how.
Showcasing the second presentation of the Toolset Exhibition series, made by Clement on Google LM Notetaker: A dynamic approach to meeting notetaking. Clement shared the link to the presentation https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UupX-2mUK3Ods5FdYTxFLWauGyzpafaD/edit#slide=id.p2 where he highlighted
a) Overview of the toolset (Detailed Description and Use Cases)
b) Architecture and Technology Stack (Library or repository of the framework of AI model or visual or graphical representation of the architecture through diagrams or flow chart)
c) Demonstration (live demo or tutorial/ video walkthrough)
d) Outcome Report or Results and Impact (illustration through case studies or showcasing measurable results eg. key performance metrics)
We decided to change the documenter for this meeting from Advancemayeaww to Gorga. Advancemayeaww will document next week's session.
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[action] Lord Kizzy to join the Governance WG call to understand budget calculation for each workgroup, and make a note of budget concerns in our Discord channel for discussion [assignee] LordKizzy [due] 14 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Gorga to share the meeting summary in the Discord channel [assignee] Gorga Siagian [due] 14 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Members who want to document meetings should indicate their interest in the Discord channel [assignee] All Members [due] 21 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Lord kizzy to create a repository for the next call where members can submit code and documentation for the AI tools [assignee] LordKizzy [due] 28 November 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: AI TOOLSET EXHIBITION, Google LM Notetaker, meeting notes, documentation
emotions: Welcoming, interactive, Thoughtful, informative
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Duke [facilitator], Kateri [documenter], Clement Umoh, advanceameyaw, CJFrankie, Eric Davies, martinsoki, esewilliams, Sucre n Spice, Ayo, Effiom, Onize, Duke, Tee, AJ, Elahvmadi, hogantuso
Purpose: The African Guild weekly meeting and progress updates.
Other media: [Link](http://singularitynet.africa/ | https://www.instagram.com/snet_africa?igsh=cDEzMWNmemFqdjVp | https://www.linkedin.com/in/singularitynet-africa | https://medium.com/@singularitynet.africa | https://x.com/Snetafrica | https://t.me/+5oS0y-KXEJczY2Y0 | https://www.youtube.com/@SingularityNet.Africa)
Kickoff: The African Guild meeting began with Duke welcoming everyone. He highlighted the fact that we haven't done greetings in different languages for some time now. We glanced over the minutes from the last meeting summary and no comment was raised.
Update on Marketing Initiatives: CJ Frankie highlighted that there is no current update for now and they are still on it. Duke said that they need this to be completed before the end of this quarter.
Research on indigenous tooling: Onize stated that the research began in the last part of Q3 and is tailored to African needs to foster African engagement in the SingularityNet ecosystem and wider AI ecosystem. The research was carried out through a survey that was sent out to people both in and out of the sNET ecosystem to have a broad grasp. The major three issues raised were that 1) people needed more education on what AI was doing to mitigate their fear, 2) people wanted to see how advancing technology makes good health care and 3) people wanted to see how developers will use the tool to make advancing technology. The issue encountered doing the research is that a lot of people don't like to fill long surveys. In conclusion, Onize suggested that we should focus on tools that will educate the public, tools that will help health care professionals and we should create co-pilot assistance that would help developers and the public at large in an African way. Duke appreciated the team but noted that the recommendation suggested was good but generic, and that the Guild is looking for recommendations for tools that African Guild can create which will benefit the SingularityNet ecosystem.
Tool update by Advanceameyaw: Advanceameyaw explained that tool explores on numbers. He said that math is everything; we know famous AI tools like chatGPT but the other aspect we don't know, like mathematical models involved in it. This tool aims at bringing simplicity to the whole numbers and mathematical concern. He noted how math started from Africa by the Egyptians and we have to get to the core of our foundation. It will help our understanding and without mathematics there is no understanding of the universe.
Q4 A.M.A Session Update: Onize said that they have reached out to the speakers and have sent them their itinerary and the date as being fixed for 29th November, 2024. Duke noted that the A.M.A is for everyone both in and out of the ambassador program and he encouraged us to invite our friends.
We welcomed new members and introductions were made.
Q1 2025 budget: Duke said that there is a consensus in Governance WG to have a system of tiered budget caps in the new quarter with the intention to help us mitigate the delay usually experienced in the budget consent and budget fitting process. So the African guild was initially given a cap of 8,500 AGIX which is equivalent to 5,270 US dollars at the selected exchange rate of $0.55. Due to the budget allocated we will need to focus more on operational tasks such as our recurring weekly meting tasks; our project and workshop sessions; and others. Duke has requested an additional 1,500 AGIX to increase the total to 10,000 AGIX, but it is still pending. The finalized budget fitting will be presented to the Treasury before the 25th of November.
AOB: Tee inquired about the research document, expressing interest to follow-up in the research. Duke said that the research has been concluded and also noted that we are taking a bit of a slow down on conducting more research because we have already done quite a number of researches in the pipeline. And we are now full blown into our implementation phase. So all of the outputs that we have already gathered from our previous quarter research will now be used in Q1 of 2025 where we are now implementing.
It was decided that if the marketing initiative tasks is not completed before ending of the quarter it may not be useful to engage with again
[rationale] Because it needs to be implemented
[action] Duke to chase Ayo to get a clue on how many people will volunteer their presence in the BUI event run by Kenichi. [assignee] Duke [due] 14 November 2024 [status] in progress
[action] Sucre to translate articles from Ubuntu and AI events. [assignee] Sucre n Spice [due] 7 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Sucre to continue the migration of tasks from Dework to GitHub, aiming for completion by the end of the quarter and reaching out for necessary GitHub IDs. [assignee] Sucre n Spice [due] 28 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Ese, Clement, Ayo and Onize to prepare and finalize the plan for the Q4 AMA session (it’s on the agenda) [assignee] esewilliams, Clement Umoh, Ayo, Onize [due] 21 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Ayo (team rep) to update on the research for developing Indigenous AI tooling. [assignee] Ayo [due] 21 November 2024 [status] done
[action] Clement to clarify email permission for accessing the meeting summary folder [assignee] Clement Umoh [due] 21 November 2024 [status] todo
[action] Focus group to carry out budget fitting so that it could align with the budget allocated to the guild [due] 21 November 2024 [status] todo
topics covered: AMA Session Updates, community engagement, Marketing initiative, indigenous tooling, Tool Development budget caps, Q1 2025 budget, timeliness,
emotions: informative, Thoughtful, new people present
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: CallyFromAuron [facilitator], Peegee, CallyFromAuron [documenter], Effiom, Duke, Sucre n Spice, LordKizzy, advanceameyaw, AshleyDawn, CallyFromAuron
Purpose: Weekly Governance meeting- Discussions on Budget/ Budget Caps / A newly proposed tier system of Budgeting
Working Docs:
We have collected direct feedback from each WG’s leader/members on a) whether they support budget caps in principle, and b) whether they agree with the amount suggested for their group. Although most people were in favor of the idea of caps for Q1 2025, there were several concerns about the actual specific totals some WGs have.
African guild accepted the idea of a budget cap for the next quarter but requested for an additional 1500 Agix.
AI Sandbox agreed in principle, but requested an extra 1,500 AGIX.
It was not clear if Marketing were on board with the idea in principle, but they did indicate wanting an extra 1,000 AGIX.
Gamers Guild also asked for 1000 AGIX extra.
Process guild said they may need 1,000 less (to be confirmed, as nobody from the group was present at this meeting).
Treasury accepted the idea of budget caps, but indicated they would need 2,000 AGIX more in order to function.
Education said they will need a big increase of around 4k AGIX more - they noted that last Quarter, they did not ask for any new budget, and worked entirely from their reserves, so this has lowered their overall average budget and might have affected the initial suggestion for how much they need.
No response yet from Video WG.
Lord Kizzy commented on a discrepancy between Guillermo saying that R&D Guild accepts its budget cap/ amount, and what was actually said in the discussion in the last R&D meeting. KIzzy stated that it was one of the problems faced last quarter - compensations for projects are quite small. ‘This thing has actually reduced engagement from developers and people within the R&D group. We noticed that some members are dropping out and we try to reach out to them. And one of the reasons why they do not want to present proposals anymore or work on projects was due to the compensation getting from the program is not quite sufficient for the work itself’. So possibly R&D will need more.
Besides the above, all other WGs were in sync with the idea of budget caps on both counts (yes in principle, and yes happy with their suggested allocation).
Vani noted that there are several workgroups saying "yes, in theory, but we need more money". While this might be understandable, it could scupper the process unless we find more money from somewhere.
Sucre talked about the need for prioritization, emphasizing that workgroups should fit their work to their budget, prioritize what is most important, and let go the tasks they cannot afford.
Clarity on what the New Ideas budget is was given by Vani; she suggested that for Q1, this budget could be taken out and redistributed to WGs to help cover the shortfalls (and because there might be less need for New Ideas this Quarter given that we will already be having a lot of changes and new approaches if we adopt budget caps).
Clement spoke to the need for the tier system to be more dynamic. He acknowledged that the idea is great but then it makes the workgroups operate from a fixed financial point of view. ‘If we're considering that workgroups would need more, are we going to move them to a greater tier? Are there rules in place? Are there constitutions in place for movement between tiers? If something like this ever comes up, we need to speak to how dynamic this could be moving forward. Just some sort of flexibility around the whole system thing. It's great putting this up but then we need to speak to dynamism around this as well’. In response Vani said that there would be an entire quarter to work out the dynamism around that.
Sucre msaid that the "tiers" could be removed while the budget caps retained - this means that any changes to a WG's budget would be on a case-by-case basis rather than needing to address which "tier" they are in.
We then discussed how we might assess the "importance" of a workgroup when assessing how much budget it should get. Is it about "importance", or is it just that some WGs have higher costs because of the nature of their work, but this doesn't mean they are necessarily more important? Should WGs with more impact (however that is defined) get more budget? Do we need a process for dissolving a WG if its aim is met and its work is finished? (We noted that the old idea that Guilds are the permanent groupings, and WGs are temporary things, set up under a particular Guild to do finite pieces of work, might no longer be the case in practice - several groups are called "WGs" but are permanent and not really under a particular Guild).
At the end, a temperature check was carried out to decide if WGs would work with the budget caps as defined in the spreadsheet. The majority in the meeting were broadly in favour, but we recognised that further discussion is needed.
After a temperature check exercise, we agreed to finalise the decision on whether to adopt budget caps in the next governance call, Tues 19th Nov, 2024?
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It was unanimously agreed that the will be no new idea budget for Q1, so this money can be redistributed to other work groups
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[action] -Tevo will confirm whether the GitHub PBL project will continue and its budget implications. [assignee] Tevo [due] 19 November 2024 [status] done
[action] -Sucre n spice will provide a summary of the feedback from the education workgroup regarding their budget needs.
[assignee] Sucre n Spice [due] 19 November 2024 [status] done
topics covered: Q4 2024 budget, fairness in budget allocation, New Ideas budget, budget approval process, budget allocation, budget cap, budget tier, consequences of low WG budget
emotions: Divergent views, long, tense at times
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: CJFrankie [facilitator], Cjfrankie [documenter], cjfrankie, LadyTempestt, Gorga Siagian, Emmanuel Isaac, Mikasa, AJ, AshleyDawn, Evelyn Robert, LordKizzy, devon, OEP
Purpose: Weekly meeting of the writers' workgroup
Working Docs:
Kick-off: The weekly WWG meeting started at 3:15 PM with a welcome greeting from Cjfrankie. We began by reviewing the action items from the last meeting, including the publication of the November 9 ecosystem digest on Substack (see https://snetambassadorprogram.substack.com/p/singularitynet-ecosystem-digest-november-197). Cjfrankie encouraged everyone to read, subscribe, and engage with the newsletter if they haven't already.
Roblox Walkthrough: The meeting featured LordKizzy, OEP, and Devon — the Gamers' Guild members - asking questions about WWG to help them build the WWG workspace in their Roblox game of the Ambassador Program. With screen sharing, LordKizzy showcased the video workgroup modules and sections that have been built on Roblox; he also had some interaction with some of the WG members on the platform. The presentation was paramount and interesting indeed! It gave us an insider perspective of how the platform works and how the WWG will be built on Roblox. More on Roblox: Immediately, Devon took to the floor to ask the workgroup some questions like:
What does the writer's workgroup do? Cjfrankie describes the WWG as a group of people passionate about writing who bring clarity to complex topics. We often use an 'explain like I’m five' (ELI5) approach in our articles to make them easier to understand.
What platforms do we use to publish our work? We make use of platforms like Medium and Substack.
What is our onboarding process like? Cjfrankie described the WWG onboarding process as a test-based process, where aspirants gain access through a simple text document. The scribblers (writers) then review the test, and if it meets the threshold, the aspirant receives the scribbler tag—that’s it!
Does the WWG pay for attending meetings? Cjfrankie clarified that scribblers earn points for attending meetings. Additionally, participating in WG activities like documentation and suggesting articles also allows Scribblers to accumulate points. These points are calculated at the end of the month, and the monetary value is then sent as a reward to the Scribbler.
Who is the WWG lead, and is there a form of hierarchy in the workgroup? ‘Kenichi, of course', said Cjfrankie. ‘The workgroup doesn’t have a strict hierarchy. After the lead, we have Scribes and Scribblers; no one is ruled over by another. The roles simply distinguish our responsibilities. For instance, Scribes have higher responsibilities and recurring tasks, while a Scribbler may suggest articles, write articles, and attend meetings', Cjfrankie added.
How do you want the WWG logo to be designed? Cjfrankie suggested that we have a logo of a book with a floating pen, which basically describes what the workgroup does. Gorga also mentioned that having a library would make a lot of sense, too. Last but certainly not least, we listed all the active members of the workgroup, namely Kenichi, Lady Tempestt, Mikasa, Cjfrankie, Ashley, Gorga, Ines, Devon, Slate, AJ, Emmanuel Isaac, Evelyn, and Eric Davis.
Exploring Web3 Publishing Platforms: After the Gamers Guild completed their presentation, we had a short session on Web3 publishing tools. Emmanuel Isaac presented on Arweave, Mikasa shared documentation on Lens, Cjfrankie discussed Mirror, and Evelyn showcased Warpcast. The purpose of this research is to determine the next platform we should try out. We want to understand how they work, how DAOs can use them, and their pricing structures.
[action] Kenichi is to finalize the Q4 report before the next meeting, as we are only a few weeks from the deadline. [assignee] kenichi [due] 22 November 2024 [status] done
[action] Mikasa will follow up with Cjfrankie to discuss the unification of the content calendar from the Marketing Guild. [assignee] Mikasa [due] 22 November 2024 [status] done
Mirror, Lens, Warpcast, and Arweave as Web3 publishing platforms for DAOs to take publishing to the next level.
Roblox Studio is used for creating, designing, and scripting interactive 3D games and experiences within the Roblox platform.
topics covered: Web3 publishing platforms, Medium, ecosystem digest, Mirror, Warpcast, Roblox, Video workgroup, Scribes, Scribblers, Points system, Arweave, hierarchy, responsibilities, logo, Gamers Guild, Substack
emotions: engaging, insightful, Welcoming, informative, Collaborative
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Malik [facilitator], Zalfred [documenter], SubZero, Zalfred, Rojo, hogantuso, lilycupcake, AndrewBen, malik, lord kizzy, killy, osmium, oep
Purpose: Weekly meeting of Video WorkGroup. The meeting focused on adjusting to The budget tier system -Budget fitting -Q4 2024 Report -Q1 2025 Budget proposal
Working Docs:
Task Manager Update (Tuso)
A brief update from Tuso as he expressed his excitement on getting the role. He added that he hasn’t done much yet, besides setting up and bracing up for the month.
Social Management Update (Rojo)
Updates from the Social Media Manager. Rojo announced that we’ve been posting out our regular videos and a couple of shorts and we’re doing pretty well on that.
Rojo affirmed that the analytics have been quite stable although not much growth in the past days.
He added that there were no interactions on our Mastodon account so far. He suggested that we need to publicize our Mastodon account to the SNET community so we can get more interactions and push our contents further .
Budget fitting and the Tier system
Lord Kizzy announced that the video workgroup will have to rule out a lot to fit into the new budget cap/tier system. He added that all recurring tasks will face a 15% cut, ruling out 10 short videos and 4 long videos, and there will be no room for new members in Quarter 1 2025.
Deliberations around the number of videos to be produced ( both long and shorts)
Deliberations on what budget elements should stay and what’s to be ruled out.
Deliberations on changing the workgroup reward system:
Malik suggested that our reward system be shifted to AGIX and not USD anymore.
Rojo agreed to this adding that our workload could be rewarded hourly in Agix.
Many other concerns were raised concerning the implication of changing the workgroup reward system.
Tuso and a few others opposed the motion of basing the rewarding system on AGIX, stating reasons as to why that should not stand:
The fluctuations of AGIX prices
The video WorkGroup might end up outrunning our allocations.
More work, less reward factor and others.
LordKizzy and Malik stressed that the either way, the allocation wouldn’t be enough to cover the VWG operations.
Malik opined that we could try rewarding our tasks both in USD and AGIX. LordKizzy commented on the complexities that will follow. He added that it would complicate things to the task manager and the treasury guild.
Although an inconclusive discussion, we resolved at holding a poll on the VWG channel to decide the fate of the house.
Clarity on Osmium's ASI video proposal Deliberations on accepting Osmium's Video proposal Kizzy added that due to the budget constraints, it might be an uphill battle at the moment. The house agreed that Osmium's content be shared to the WorkGroup for a review and that will determine his rewards.
Tier system
[effect] affectsOnlyThisWorkgroup
Budget Fitting
[effect] mayAffectOtherPeople
Q4 2024 Report and Q1 2025 Budget Proposal
[effect] mayAffectOtherPeople
[action] Publicity of the Mastodon account across our various Socials [status] todo
[action] Creating a poll to decide how we will base our reward system (AGIX or USD) [assignee] Malik [status] todo
[action] Prepping the Q4 2024 Report [assignee] LordKizzy, Zalfred [status] todo
topics covered: Budget fitting, Reward system, rewards in AGIX, rewards in USD, token price fluctuation, Q4 report, budget tier system, budget cap, Mastodon, ASI video proposal,
emotions: productive, informative, Organised, Thoughtful, repetitive
Type of meeting: Weekly
Present: Ayo [facilitator], Eric Davies [documenter], Ayo, Eric Davies, Cjfrankie, LordKizzy, AshleyDawn, SubZero, kateri, esewilliams, advanceameyaw, merryman
Purpose: Marketing Guild weekly meeting
Working Docs:
Mascot Design Voting Transparency: Ayo emphasized the importance of ensuring transparent access to voting results for the mascot design competition.
Zealot Publicity: Ese announced that publicity efforts for the Zealot initiative would commence on Monday.
Marketing Budget Cap and Tiers: Kizzy presented the current budget cap, highlighting the limited allocation to the Marketing Guild — approximately half of the proposed amount. He also criticized the guild's lack of involvement in governance meetings. Ashley suggested that the budget cap should be reviewed and adjusted regularly to ensure alignment with priorities. Ayo proposed merging some guilds to optimize resource allocation and collaboration.
Guild Membership Redundancy: Kizzy pointed out the issue of redundancy within the Marketing Guild and suggested removing inactive members to improve efficiency.
Ops taskforce & facilitator reward: Ayo raised the need to review ops taskforce and facilitator's reward to ensure it aligns with his contributions.
It was decided that the budget allocation process will be revised to discontinue auto-payments for members who show minimal or no participation in the Marketing Guild, ensuring funds are better utilized to support active contributors and initiatives.
[rationale] Given the Marketing Guild's already limited funds, it is essential to optimize resource allocation. Discontinuing auto-payments for members with minimal or no participation ensures that the available budget is directed toward active contributors and impactful initiatives. This approach enhances productivity, maintains accountability, and maximizes the effectiveness of the guild's limited financial resources.
[action] Kareem to provide clarification on the mascot design voting process, ensuring transparency and access to results for all members. [assignee] kareem [status] todo
[action] Marketing Guild to present the budget cap discussion to the larger house for consensus and alignment on fund allocation strategies. [assignee] all members [status] todo
topics covered: Budget, Q1 2025 budget, budget cap, budget tiers, Rewards, Governance, transparency, voting transparency, mascot, redundancy, inactive members, membership, Zealot
emotions: frustrated, Deliberative, differing opinions
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