PROPOSED REGIONAL COMMUNITY DAO
Considering the diversity in culture and how adoption could differ based on where we are from, it is good for us to know that regional communities are one key way of driving adoption. However, there are major things that align, and this document is to help us understand the fact that having a Regional community helps to encourage inclusiveness and sets aside discrimination while adoption is being pursued.
The purpose of the Regional community is to establish a framework that enables the regional community to secure funding from the Archway Foundation.
Considering the technological landscape, projects operating on the Archway blockchain, and the objective of onboarding a vast user base, it is imperative to recognize the necessity for a grassroots approach to user acquisition, community cohesion, and expansion. This underscores the need for a regional community strategy that addresses the specific technological needs of diverse global populations and how Archway fulfills those needs.
Consequently, the Regional Community DAO constitutes a strategy with a central focus on allocating funds through the Community Treasury to RC with a national or regional orientation. These RC are tasked with executing activities such as user onboarding, translation, event organization, and collaborations with local communities or entities, all aimed at fostering widespread adoption of the Archway blockchain.
This calls for a community of people from around the world who:
- Have a basic understanding of Archway blockchain
- Understand the technological needs of their locations and are driven to source out persons who will take up Archway’s technology to solve those needs. That is, to bring builders.
- Have shown a track record of leadership, transparency, and accountability within Archway’s community.
- Are interested in helping people of their country or region understand the technology of Archway, by translations into local languages.
HOW THINGS COULD BE REGIONAL COMMUNITY
To express the purpose of establishing new RC clearly:
- Enhance and expand upon existing regional communities that have exhibited significant growth.
- Provide an open opportunity for the creation of new regional communities or facilitate their consolidation into larger entities.
- Emphasize that the focus of these new communities should be regional rather than topic-based.
It’s worth noting that many countries share a common local language, for instance, Latin-speaking nations, Korean-speaking nations, and Portuguese-speaking nations. These countries can initially form a unified community, and as their numbers grow, they can develop their own distinct content.
REQUIRED METRICS FOR GUILD TO BE FORMED OR ALLOWED TO OPERATE
To be eligible for the establishment and operation of RC, the following criteria should be fulfilled:
- Demonstrate a foundational understanding of Archway (Builders are a priority)
- Include a certified Archway developer as a part of the team.
- Have at least one guild member with a minimum of six months of experience within the Archway ecosystem.
- Ensure that team members possess expertise in areas such as marketing, community management, business development, etc.
KEY FOCUS AREA FOR REGIONAL COMMUNITY
RC should focus on the following key areas:
- Local meetups (offline or online) within universities, NGO organizations, etc.
- Translation of materials into local languages.
- Onboarding more developers into the ecosystem.
- Onboarding projects from other chains, web2, or new ones to Archway.
- Local or regional partnerships for community growth.
- Open bounties for local community members to participate in.
- Create educational avenues for community members to learn and understand Blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Archway, e.g.
- AMA sessions, co-marketing, and other activities with ecosystem projects.
WHAT REGIONAL COMMUNITY IS QUALIFIED TO TAKE FUNDING FOR ACTIVITIES?
Guilds who are just getting started MUST meet the following criteria to qualify to take funding for their own activities:
- Complete the onboarding process to be done by DAO councils.
- Meet the criteria for “REQUIRED METRICS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BE FORMED OR ALLOWED TO OPERATE” above.
WHAT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL COMMUNITY?
A RC can be classified as successful if it achieves the following goals or growth:
- Trains a certain number of Archway developers.
- Onboards a specific number of community members.
- Holds events with projected goals achieved.
- Holds a hackathon with proof of projects participated.
- Translates a certain number of developer materials for local onboarding.
REQUIREMENTS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE DAO COUNCIL
Council positions are open for community members to apply by a forum post. Anyone willing to be a council member MUST fulfill the following requirements:
- Has NEVER served in any ARCHWAY FOUNDATION position.
- Has been within the Archway ecosystem for more than 6 months with notable characters as displayed on the Archway forum and/or her social handles.
- Has never been found wanting regarding mismanaging, breaking community guidelines, or misappropriating community funds.
- Due to a conflict of interests doesn’t have any roles in Archway employed.
- Contributor or builder in the archway ecosystem.
DUTIES OF REGIONAL COMMUNITY DAO COUNCIL MEMBERS
- Vet and approve proposals submitted by regional leaders. This shall be in line with the goals
- Submit a concrete report of all Approved, Closed, and Declined proposals every month.
- Set specific KPIs (in terms of numbers) for guilds to operate with.
- Have regular calls (at least weekly) with regional leaders to understand proposals verbally and as proof of human strategy. This shall be prior to the approval, closure, and or decline of every proposal.
- Have regular calls with intending RC to help polish ideas and help align goals.
- Submit proposals to Archway Foundation for community regional funding.
- Work with the Regional Community DAO dashboard
- Track KPIs, and metrics
- Establish Archway Ecosystem Community stream, and push all significant Archway Ecosystem news through all Archway regional communities.
- Educate intending RC before proper onboarding (This onboarding could take a period of ONE MONTH. Ranging from the regional leader to every other regional core team member together.
BUDGET:
The monthly hard cap is $30k; Council’s remuneration (3 people) is 2k; the total is 36k a month.
A monthly hard cap of $3k for each region as the proposals may permit or worth.