Summary
NEAR Community DAO generates opportunities for leaders to connect and collaborate with participants in our ecosystem. This organization cultivates an environment for networking, sharing expertise, and exploring decentralized governance. Community DAO groups connect NEAR communities with each other to facilitate coordination as a blockchain ecosystem.
Currently, there are 16 groups in our Community DAO:
- Community
- Council
- MoDAOrators
- Education
- Open Web Sandbox
- NFT Club
- NEARGames
- Venezuela
- NEAR German
- Brazil
- Argentina
- SportsDAO
- Research
- Design
- EngiNEARs
- DAOs
Each group has their own guidelines for membership, held accountable by other DAO participants…
New groups can be added to represent other community-driven DAOs and more! This would effectively mean providing a common resource for many different councils, improving accountability of NEAR communities / guilds by developing trust. Ultimately, we are hoping to scale funding responsibly, fairly, and wisely.
Continuing to look forward with this in mind:
Benefits
As part of this experimental Community DAO, groups have the power to approve proposals.
Plus, members receive the following benefits:
- share your voice in polls and vote on any relevant proposals
- unique role on the NEAR Forum: Community DAO Members
- build reputation as a governance participant on the Astro platform
- NFT rewards and payouts (Community DAO Mintbase store)
- explore + learn together! #collaborations
Anyone can submit a proposal ~ membership is not required to participate!
Communications
Each Friday, in conjunction with a technical DAO demo session, all are invited to participate in the NEAR Community DAO Study Group with representatives from the NEAR Foundation team, Astro, guilds, and other community leaders.
Here is a video recap of a round table daoscussion via NearHub!
Connected Groups
Anyone may propose to create a new group in our Community DAO in order to establish a designated role within the NEAR ecosystem.
Community leaders may submit proposals to add groups / DAOs to this experimental governance structure. To participate in voting, you must be a DAO member ~ simply create a proposal to join a group!
Opportunities
Community DAO participants develop credibility as trusted council members and project / event coordinators. One of the main challenges with decentralized governance is voter participation, and essentially, this pool of reputable DAOpprentices, i.e. DAOstructors in training, may support DAOs emerging from the DAOcubator program and beyond!
Resources and Tools
Whether you are building a community on the internet or in your local geographic area, you can find useful resources and tools to support your projects and events.
- NEAR Community Repository on GitHub
- NEAR Community DAOscussion via Telegram
- Community Pages on the NEAR Wiki
- Community Page on The Wiki
GitHub
Telegram
Wiki Pages
https://wiki.near.org/community
Skills and Experience
Level 0: Community Group Member
Vote and get membership NFTs in return for your participation.
Level 1: Community DAO Council
Current Leaders (ordered by number of votes)
Level 2: Community DAO Group
Propose a new group in our DAO to define a specific role.
Level 3: New Community DAO
Launch your own DAO using Astro, then add it to a group in NEAR Community DAO 
Requirements
NEAR Community DAO groups have to meet the following criteria:
- Build trust in a representative council and / or DAO
- Remain open to new participants (diversity and inclusion)
- Adhere to the NEAR Community Guidelines
Community DAO Group Leadership
Using Astro, each proposal to create a new group has to specify a leader to act as the initial member, who wields considerable power to vote once and approve any proposal. This account must be another DAO with at least 9 members.
Leadership Changes
We understand groups change over time. There can be monthly proposals to review and update membership. These might eventually be automated using DAObots.
Code of Conduct
People are the foundation of a community. To thrive, we must promote diversity of thought and ensure member safety. NEAR is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion. Every participant ought to enjoy a healthy environment with a culture of mutual respect and responsibility.
To minimize barriers to entry and hopefully maximize accessibility, Community DAO will remain open ~ all NEAR users are welcome to submit proposals! Anyone can join to vote as well.
Membership
NEAR Community DAO membership requires a proposal to add your account ID to a group. Each individual member should represent 1 unique human! Currently, we are using this unofficial spreadsheet made by council member @FritzWorm to keep track of identities across platforms.
Join the Forum Group: @CommunityDAO
Submit “Add Member To Group” Proposals on Astro 
Everyone is welcome! To leave, you may submit a proposal to remove account(s) from a group. Be sure to coordinate with other participants. We appreciate your contributions! Let us know any ideas or questions.
about the objective of having a DAO, totally decentralized to propose, to debate and decide in community. We have great benefits as individual members, clearly outlined here:
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