Appendix 1: “Near Digital Collective application form”
Section 1 - DAO/Project Information
- Organization Name (e.g. DAO, project, initiative name)
- Proposal Title
- When was your DAO / Project established? If it is new, use today’s date.
- DAO’s Category (Ecosystem/Gaming/NFT/Regional Development/Marketing)
- Project’s Category (Community Led, Gaming/NFT/Defi etc)
Section 2. Previous Funding
- Have you received funding for this project from any source?
- Any source of funding. This may include NEAR Foundation Grants, and existing GDAOs, among others.
Section 3. DAO URLs
- DAO / Project Website
- Social Media Distribution Channels (Telegram (Group), Discord (Community), Twitter, Near.Social, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Medium, and others;
- Is Your DAO/Project Targeting a Specific Country?
- Which region will your DAO/ Project support? Usually, regions can be defined by their language. North American Central, South America & Caribbean (Spanish), South America (Portuguese), Europe, Asia, Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East, or international by fact
Section 4. Applicant Information
- Name of Point of Contact (The pseudonymous name the community knows you is acceptable. However, note that you will have to complete KYC to be able to receive funding from NDC)
- Link to Governance Forum/near.social Profile
- NEAR Wallet ID
- Wallet ID that will be receiving funds
- Country of Residence
- Twitter, Telegram
- Additional Relevant Links (add any other links to resources that highlight your work or involvement with NEAR ecosystem. This may include your portfolio, GitHub, etc.)
Section 5. Team Members
- Please provide information about Team Members. Information should include (name, roles, near.social profile handles)
Section 6. Experience
What related qualifications, experience, or track record does your team bring to this initiative?
- Short Summary of Your and Team’s Professional Experience
- List Web3 Projects You Have Completed
- Live Links to Examples of Relevant Work
- Relevant Data Points Showing Your Competencies
Section 7. DAO/Project Charter/White or Litepaper and Goals
- Project Overview: Presentation with a short High-Level 6 bullet points summary:
(Mission, Vision, Core programs and how they align with NDC’s NDC CoA Vision, team, and requested budget for the next three months)
- What Problem Are You Aiming to Solve?
- DAO/Project Charter;
- How can your DAO / Project achieve NDC priorities, goals, and KPIs?
- Roadmap of your DAO/project, Milestones, and achievements
Section 8. Budget
- Projected Budget for the next three months (In USD for each Task/Milestone)
- Links to Similar Proposals from Near Foundation, existing GDAOs, Near ECO (if applicable)
- What is the length of Commitment to Delivering Your Project? Will your team be working on this project full-time?
- Will your team be fully renumerated from this budget?
Section 9. Project/DAO longevity
- Does your project/DAO require one-time or continuous funding?
- Will your DAO/Project device way of sustaining itself after this round of funding?
- What are the possible roadblocks to the success of your project/DAO?
Appendix 2: NDC budget Category and subcategory codes
| Main Category | Subcategory code | Subcategory description |
|---|---|---|
| NDC Congress funding | HOM-001A | HOM renumeration (15) |
| NDC Congress funding | HOM-001B | COA renumeration (7) |
| NDC Congress funding | HOM-001C | TC renumeration (7) |
| NDC Congress funding | HOM-001D | HOM, COA, TC remuneration October (retro) |
| NDC Congress tools | HOM-002A | Tools for TC |
| NDC Congress tools | HOM-002B | Tools for Congress |
| Widening Adoption of NEAR | HOM-003P-1-2 | Onboard Successful Projects |
| Web3: Metamask, Brave, OpenSea, Etherscan | ||
| Web2 and social: Medium, Reddit, WordPress (40% of the websites), Discourse (standard for web3 governance), Discord, TickTok, Telegram — spam protection, anti- fake, user engagement |
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| Mass market: supermarket chains, clothes brands, restaurant chains — loyalty programs | ||
| Entertainment: concerts organisers, sport events organisers, collectibles, Comicon — ticketing and gamification | ||
| Online services: DuoLingo, AirBnB, Booking.com, Uber, Bolt, E-loop, FinTech - loyalty programs and gamification | ||
| B2B: logistic companies, real estate, FinTech, TelCom — reduction of the costs and/or risks | ||
| Public Goods | HOM-003P-2-1 | KYC Solution for Payments and NDC |
| A legal entity that will serve the KYC solution | ||
| Signed KYC Provider | ||
| Guidelines to use the KYC solution | ||
| Integrate NDC tooling with KYC provider | ||
| Legal councils | ||
| Public Goods | HOM-003P-2-2 | Support Wallets to Become Sustainable |
| Wallet workgroup within NDC | ||
| Established guidelines and processes for the wallet support program | ||
| NDC Operations | HOM-003P-3-1 | Streamline NDC Operations |
| Recruiting and orientation processes | ||
| Compensation guidelines based on the level of contribution | ||
| Efficient processes and tooling for governance and transparency | ||
| Efficient processes and tooling for accounting and funding | ||
| Streamline NDC Operations audits | ||
| NDC Operations | HOM-003P-3-2 | Update the election procedure |
| First milestone: a new election procedure, developed jointly by NDC members with community participation, approved by CoA and HoM |
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| Second milestone: implementation of the election procedure on the level of smart contracts; it’s review and validation |
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| Third milestone: preparation and implementation of the new procedure within the next NDC elections |
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| Fourth milestone: proper handover of the NDC to the next cadence | ||
| NDC Operations | HOM-003-4 | Media and NDC operatons |
| Widening Adoption of NEAR | HOM-004P-1-1-1 | Ecosystem |
| Widening Adoption of NEAR | HOM-004P-1-1-2 | Gaming |
| Widening Adoption of NEAR | HOM-004P-1-1-3 | Marketing |
| Widening Adoption of NEAR | HOM-004P-1-1-4 | NFT |
| Widening Adoption of NEAR | HOM-004P-1-1-5 | Regional Development |