I did:
This certainly isn’t the case, we have a rapidly growing ecosystem of Guilds that facilitate work through Discord channels and Telegram (and beyond!). There are tonnes to do.
If you’re looking to kick off your journey in the NEAR ecosystem (and you’ll earn rewards, too!) then check out the Open Web Sandbox:
https://www.openwebsandbox.org/
I’m sure, once you join, if you choose to do so, you’ll see the flourishing NEAR ecosystem and discover that there is a lot to do 
Thanks for the time in writing this proposal.
When assessing proposals, I am immediately sceptical of those where the benefits that the proposer stand to gain from the proposal, even if it fails, are far greater than what the community stands to receive in value.
Furthermore, I am also sceptical of proposals that not related in any meaningful way to NEAR, blockchain or technology. Simply adding the NEAR logo doesn’t automatically means it falls within out scope.
In terms of Marketing we are willing and interested in funding are novel ideas that help us explain the the potential of NEAR - spark people’s imagination and invite them to join as active contributor. People who will not only get a wallet and use it once to purchase something, but people that, once ‘activated’ will move on to use other applications on NEAR, join a global community of contributors (guilds) and ideally go through the NEAR education channels and become developers, builders, and local agents for change.
I will be voting against this proposal.
Thank you, everyone.
Lessons learned.
Good afternoon everyone, comments here are educating and very experienced.
I am very happy to have read through
Thanks @FabDab , and so much thanks @David_NEAR You have shown guidance
I was going to let this slide before, I could have said I tried to help after all Near Protocol is not my business. I heard about Near and I saw all the awesome work Near is doing. And I was impressed and I thought to myself, why has Near not grown beyond this level. So I watched and made some predictions. And the Christmas period proved me right. People have not been buying Near with their money. Near sponsor projects and give airdrops to people who open accounts. But in actual sense people have not been well motivated to buy Near with their money. If you can come up with projects that will give people reasons to fund their Near wallets from their personal purse, then Near will grow. That was why I first came up with my ‘Flow Near proposal’. When I realized that the budget was too much for the MarketingDAO, I came up with 2 other proposals within the scope of their budget. I was intentional in chosing $3500 to buy goods. Since my aim was to get people to buy Near, I checked and discovered that the minimum amount of near one can buy is $30.so I have to have packages that will encourage people to buy $30, a 40% discount is a mouth watering offer that can make people pay the cost… If you divide $3500 by $30, there will be approximately 117 goods… Imagine what would have happened to the falling value of Near if people bought about $3000 worth of Near from different locations. Did you notice that I was careful not to include giving them airdrops to activate opening their accounts in this proposal. I wanted them to buy Near.
You accused me of just being after Near:rofl:
. I don’t blame you. It won’t be your business whether Near drops or not. Because the value of what you are paid to vote proposals is in dollars not Near. So whether Near drops or not, your pay is intact.
So far, the only person I have seen who has been more passionate about Near has been @Dacha amongst the @marketingdao-council members.
The reasons why this proposal has been declined have been outlined by MarketingDAO Council members above.
Objectively, this is not an appropriate submission for the MarketingDAO. Comparing what NEAR Foundation does in regards to user onboarding isn’t too relevant IMO.
If the remaining @marketingdao-council disagree, they’re more than welcome to re-open the discussion. However, I believe we’re in consensus.
I’m not saying it should be approved. I’m only saying it’s unfair that you have reduced my motives to just seeking Near.
If you look at your forum activity, and the lack of activity in the wider NEAR community (unless shown otherwise), you can see how this might raise a red flag when Council Members and the wider community are reviewing proposals of this nature.
Ultimately, Council Members must distribute NEAR in a responsible manner and that includes determining the extent to which a proposer has been involved in the wider NEAR ecosystem.
Otherwise, the Community Fund could be attacked by those who are here exclusively for funding (I’m not saying that’s the case for yourself, but the forum activity, or lack of, does raise a flag). Particularly important when we’re handling such high values as this.
Good morning! As I see you’re willing to do something great and valuable for Near Community! Let’s find a form which suitable for all councils? Thank You 
You’re getting personal here. For someone who is new to the forum, I wonder why you could go this deep.
I personally asked questions which you didn’t answer well too.
Your passion should be followed respecting people’s privacy