APPROVED ~ Payout 22500 NEAR to the Open Web Sandbox DAO (sandbox.sputnikdao.near) for community development:
APPROVED ~ Payout 550 NEAR to gyan.near for university collaborations and technical workshops as a part of the NEAR India Guild:
APPROVED ~ Payout 482 NEAR to hispano.near for agreed reimbursement:
Updates From the Squad
Our team is here to share key results from last week, plans for this week, and current blockers. Transparency is crucial for accountability and governance.
#weekly-updates Q3 is here! What a great TownHall , yesterday’s TownHall sets the standard for what is to come in Q3
Last week we finalized our Objectives and Key Results, each team member has developed their plan, and we are starting to consolidate our 30 days goals.
On the hiring front, we have managed to complete the recruitment of the Community Advocate Lead; we are grateful to have received so many applications; it was a complex selection process, but we are pleased with the results. For the candidates that were not shortlisted, we offered them to join our Contributor’s Program. I am expecting the OWSandbox would be busy these days!
Plans for this week
1- Fine tunning our mission and vision as a team
2- Consolidating all 30-60-90 day plans
3- Align our Community Fund processes with other funding vehicles
4- Planning the NEAR Rebrand rollout
5- Continue with the planning of Hackathon 1 of 3
6- Participating at WilderMohre in Germany
Guilds Network & Open Web Sandbox & Creatives DAO:
Guilds Onboarding Pathway Revamp cemented and published on the Forum - now it’s time to further push for Guild feedback through the current open Guilds Survey so we can devise next steps for smoother Guilds experience including and beyond Guilds onboarding.
Created a Guilds Introduction Post template for the Forum, which is the new default template for new Topic creation under the “Community > Guilds” subcategory.
Had great introductory chats with the majority of the First Incubated Guilds who launched in June and have got some exciting projects underway after only ~one month of operations. Check out their introductory posts as they appear here on the Forum and keep an eye out for updates on any projects they’re working on. Tomorrow @ 3-4pm CEST, 2 of these new Guilds will be presenting at the Open Web Sandbox weekly AMA.
Had a branding & UX meeting which will result in the Open Web Sandbox getting a landing page on the new near.org and discussions are underway for the OWS to get its own ‘brand refreshed’ logo to better match the new NEAR look for next week (thank you, @jake!).
Established new bi-weekly Community Squad DAO Council meetings
Met with @starpause to chat about the Community OS toolkit product vision and next steps - stay tuned!
ACTION ITEMS for this week:
Meet with @marcelo to discuss involvement at the next OWS Party on July 29th (promo to drop this week!); @jlwaugh to talk goodie bag as well
Create Community Playbooks working publishing schedule as a result of the Playbooks meeting yesterday. Look out for the Trello Board by Friday @jcatnear@JMaenen@ross@starpause@chloe@jlwaugh
Work on new Guilds landing page copy for the near.org website for @jake to incorporate our new Guilds onboarding direction
Meet with @Maggie to get the Guilds Copper work stream fully live and operational for next week
New Guild leader onboarding meetings
Attend the Second Guilds Launch on Friday [Register here]! Hope everyone can attend!
We hope to discuss project ideas, answer questions, learn from your experience, and collaborate!
, yesterday’s TownHall sets the standard for what is to come in Q3 
Incubated Guilds who launched in June and have got some exciting projects underway after only ~one month of operations. Check out their introductory posts as they appear here on the Forum and keep an eye out for updates on any projects they’re working on. Tomorrow @ 3-4pm CEST, 2 of these new Guilds will be presenting at the 
involvement at the next OWS Party on July 29th (promo to drop this week!); 