Dear Community,
I come here again to answer some specific points raised by Dazo. In order to not repeat myself, I will talk only about what was not talked about before. Points 1, 2, 3 were already answered before. The italics here are all quotes from Dazo.
“What makes a person be Council of 4 DAOs, submit project for renting his own land within all DAOs and most of it always being approved by two people. Philosopher says he is part of a decentralized community with centralized practices.” - Dazo
First of all, I would like to make it clear that I’ve never hidden my intention of renting my cryptovoxels lands for DAOs. I made a post in the forum exhibiting my lands for rent, how much I ask for each one of them, and which lands are already rented. And I’ve also never hidden my role as a metaverse entrepreneur. I made a public announcement about this.
In respect to how much I earn inside the DAOs, each person earns according to what the person does. I was a council member of some DAOs, and I did a really good job as a council member for them. Gambiarra only exists because I created it and taught almost everyone how the ecosystem works, how funding works, inside Gambiarra and outside Gambiarra. Beyond that, it is weird that projects could cost 500 usd, but the rent could not. It was said here that we should use market prices to establish how much we will receive, and if you go to Cryptovoxels, you will see that my rent is at a very discounted price. Marlus, at the beginning, tried to charge 1 eth (around 3,000 usd in eth at the time) from Ghini, for a period of one month or less to the Feminu Exhibition, but as Gambiarra did not have these resources, he decided to make it for free, because of the importance of the exhibition.
About point 4, I already talked about this, but we should take into consideration that when I received the near for council work, near was dropping and the amount of near that Dazo is talking was equivalent to less than 500 usd. Concerning this point, I also want to apologize for taking this matter to the public group. I shouldn’t, but I ask you, Dazo, to consider also that I received less than 500 usd in NEAR and I returned 250 usd in DAI. So I did not understand why you were asking me to return more than 250 usd. If near were cheaper and that amount of near was equivalent to less than 250 usd, would you complain about me sending 250 DAI? I think not. Beyond that, that amount of dai could be used to pay for half of a 500 usd project in a stable coin.
About item 5, I always agreed that you had an important concern, but I was afraid because of responsibility reasons (I hope that you understand my reasons, just like I understand your reasons), as I explained since the beginning. I am very glad that Ghini told me that you found a way to change the seed phrase and that you are going to do it, so I do not have to worry anymore. Including, I ask you to do it, please.
About 6, it was explained before. The problem was not just Isa to be council (at that time, I thought that this was the main problem, but I realized that being a member also gives us voting power), mainly in Gambiarra, because the council at Gambiarra only votes 24h hours after the members. So to be in Gambiarra, even as a member, is to have a vote in the council of the Creatives. To be in Metaverse DAO even as a member would give her double vote, which would be against decentralization. And again, I told Isa she would keep building her project (Gus and Rafaela know that, because we talked about it and agreed with it, although Gus was always against removing Isa from members - but, as I said before, not every decision a DAO takes is unanimous), that she was building way before she entered as a member in the Metaverse DAO.
But again, concerning the CFC to vote NO on the Gambiarra entering the Creatives, please forgive me. I cannot change what I did, but I can commit to do better in the future.
About point 7, it is not fair with me, because I never asked you to APPROVE the CFCs (I had no reason to ask you that; the people that were in the class just took any of the CFCs that were in the Creatives); I just asked you to VOTE. You could give a like or an unlike, as you wished, but my main intent was for you to learn how to do this: how to make CFCs, how to go to the link of the Creatives, how to click the link to go to the forum, and how to vote, because it is not simple to vote; for example, if Gambiarra was the last vote from a CFC, you would have to change gas to 200, something I would have a hard time to explain to you, so I would like you to vote before Gambiarra was the last to vote. Of course, explaining that for people that are just learning to make a CFC is hard, and I was leaving Gambiarra that day, so I wanted to give as much information as I could and let you all ready to be active in the Creatives council. Up to now, you hadn’t created and voted in any CFC from the Creatives. You just voted in one that was created by someone outside Gambiarra. I have also to remember here that it was not my job to teach you how to make all these things, but I did even though.
I think it is not appropriate for this forum to debate points of view and situations that could generate many interpretations and that are completely subjective, as manipulation. What you call manipulation, I call to give reasons and to try to convince. You are autonomous beings that voted for almost everything that you are complaining about. You voted on my salary, you voted on the rent, you voted for me to leave the council. You all did it. Of course, I gave you reasons and I tried to convince you, as much as everybody tries to convince other people to vote for their projects. And this passage from February to March, I was in the hospital, so I was worried that I would not have resources (because I could have cancer), so I was insisting on my rent. That is true. But I did not try to manipulate anyone.
I ask… how does a Philosopher intellect concentrate so many payments in the decentralized world and at the same time remove members that depend on this work and that are real artists and fight for a space? - Dazo
Let me answer that: by working. In every DAO I was/am a council member, I really work there. You can ask the Writers Guild, for example, how happy they were to have me as council there. I built their funding proposal as fast as I could, submitted it, tried to read every project submitted to the Guild and gave opinions and asked for adjustments. Such as I did with Gambiarra and the other DAOs I participated in. And I have to remember again that Isa was not harmed by not being in the group Members from Metaverse DAO. She was making her project before being a member and she would be keeping building it even if not a member, as Metaverse DAO had already decided.
Let me quote Dazo again:
When he is not a member he suggests free land as a form of partnership to gain more territory. 1 - - Dazo
I know you want to interpret my actions as I was a villain or evil or something like that, but please I ask you to think of me as a normal person. I don’t want to gain more territory, I am not a general or something like that. I offered free land, because the land I offered was rented to Metaverse DAO, and it would be interesting for us to have the culinary show in our parcel. Beyond that, we were already talking inside Metaverse DAO about receiving at least 1 person or DAO per month for free in our parcel. This would be good for us and for people that are just beginning. Metaverse DAO did it for Gambiarra DAO too, given we hosted Mintbase Sunday for free, a project from Gambiarra DAO. And beyond that, I learn from my mistakes. I am watching you criticizing the way I deal with my virtual lands, so I am trying to be better.
About the rent we had a Poll of U$1.000,00 with approval in Astro but for not having resources, Philosopher changed the whole plan and volunteered to do the building service eliminating Isa and Gus from the project, but did not eliminate your rent. He created a new poll in Astro for his Rent and charged me a few times to vote and approve, but I was resistant because I hadn’t seen an outcome in the forum about the 1k project, you can notice how long it took me to make the last approval vote (look at the voting times and dates). - Dazo
You voted for the rent, every person on Astro. And it was not me who rejected 1,000 usd projects, but the DAO, and you were one of the councils, together with me, who downvoted one of the 1,000 usd projects, as you can remember here: https://app.astrodao.com/dao/gambiarra-dao.sputnik-dao.near/proposals/gambiarra-dao.sputnik-dao.near-53
Why are there so many votes in favor and just our two votes against it? Because voting began before we decided that there were no resources to pay for all the projects. When we saw the amount of projects we had, we had to downvote the 1,000 usd projects. And we did. Now, the project from Isa was a building project. How could we maintain Isa’s project without the rent? So I do not understand how we would maintain Isa’s project without the rent. This would be only possible if I take a non rented land of mine and give it for free to Gambiarra. I saw no reason to give my land for free, because I have other projects to build on my lands that are not rented. But for my already rented lands, it is way different. As I said, Gambiarra made some exhibitions for free on Metaverse DAO; we never charged them, because it was a property rented for Metaverse DAO, and it was important to Metaverse DAO to have these exhibitions. So when you say that I am trying to gain territory by giving a land for free, you did not make the difference between a land that is rented to a DAO and a land that is not rented. I will not rent my land for free to any DAO, because DAOs have funding capabilities, but I already rented my land for free to people. Gambiarra DAO Gallery, on Cryptovoxels, before being rented to Gambiarra, was a place that some Brazilian artists were using for free. And the lands that are already rented to DAOs, the DAOs have freedom to do whatever they want, including sublocating for free or not, with the resources going to the DAO.
Hard, if not impossible to believe that a disorganized DAO, unable to take on greater responsibilities, could accomplish so much in such a short time. Gambiarra DAO has exceeded all expectations, especially considering its short life span. We are a united, competent, collaborative, participative group that did not fall apart even in its most delicate moment, when its founder and former council Philosopher did not finalize his responsibilities to Gambiarra DAO in mid-March. - Dazo
This point was already explained before, and we know why I left the council: because I couldn’t be at Gambiarra and Metaverse DAO at the same time, and both being in the Creatives. In fact, I could, but I shouldn’t, because of morality and decentralization. You accepted that and all the council members voted in my request to leave: https://app.astrodao.com/dao/gambiarra-dao.sputnik-dao.near/proposals/gambiarra-dao.sputnik-dao.near-76
Again I would like to bring to this conversation what must be our main intention here: to solve the conflict. I am trying the best I can, by returning the wallets, giving you the store, giving you the telegram group, being softer with virtual lands, and committing myself to vote yes on Gambiarra’s approved funding. I don’t know what else I could do for us to leave this behind and continue our work.
I wish us all a good path, and, again, sorry for my mistakes.