A NEAR TOMORROW: GRANT PROPOSAL
Group Name: Liberty DAO
Initiative Abstract:
We are seeking funding to support Liberty DAO in co-organizing a welcome event with Sparx Labs for ETH NYC in New York City, on Friday, September 22nd 2023. The primary goal of this event is to promote and showcase Blockchain Operating System (BOS) bounties, onboard new participants, and engage 100+ attendees in our mission of building a better future for the people of NYC. The event’s theme is #IgniteTheFuture, and we aim to inspire and support builders of all backgrounds to explore their own journey into web3, especially with the BOS.
Marketing Type: Real Life Events– The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
Funding Scheme: One-time
Promise:
This event will establish Liberty DAO as a vessel for inspiring new members to not only join the BOS platform, but to feel motivated and supported in continuing their development there with the assurance that building on NEAR creates opportunity for growth, learning, and collaboration.
Before and beyond the event, we are offering team office hours, training programs, and team work sessions to amplify the efforts of projects of our members with inspired impact. In the long term we also hope to offer grants for projects.
We strive to facilitate knowledge exchange, foster cross-network partnership programs, and activate the community within the thriving New York blockchain ecosystem.
Proposal:
Our strategy involves leveraging the skills of our Liberty Leaders, who will aid in creating meaningful traction by:
(1) generating BOS native onboarding systems for Liberty DAO
(2) introducing the our community pages and projects building on BOS, and
(3) activating people to engage and contribute to the NEAR community, based on their interests
These systems will build on the highly reviewed community activation track record of Thom Brand, Randy Gomez, and Joanna Orlova, as well as the impressive work and reputation of our growing list of partners. This currently includes ShardDog, BUILD DAO, GreenPillNetwork, and Sparx Labs. Each of which are proving pivotal in creating a meaningful impact for the adoption of BOS as a means to solve real world problems.
Through these collaborative efforts, we plan to not only reach a wider audience, but to maximize their recognition of the Near network, and the immense resource of its BOS, components, and community.
The world premier of these efforts will be showcased during an event we are co-creating with #IgniteTheFuture, an exciting series being curated by Sparx Labs, who specializes in global event and impact programming surrounding emerging technology.
Upcoming events:
- Builders Brunch during ETH Toronto
- Ignite the future Varsity Edition during ETH New York
- Ignite the future during DevConnect
While at our event, attendees will be invited to utilize tools and components developed in partnership with Sharddog, and BOS Academy.
Metrics for Measuring Success
- new accounts created (NFTs dropped via ShardDog)
- new BOS profiles created
- new Liberty DAO followers
- people who make their first BOS component
- quality BOS components developed
- hackathon project submissions for the NEAR bounties
- Membership in every borough in the city
- Accelerated engagement in the social feed
Budget:
Venue (Half day): $1000
Food + Beverage: $500
Venue Insurance: $200
Event Banner: $300
Video & photography: TBD
Event management: $1000
- 2 staffs total (20 hours total (Prep), 10 hours total (event) )
- Total requested amount: $3000
