Title: NEAR DIGITALFASHION DAO - FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR MAY and JUNE - 2023
1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
DAO introduction
Near Digital Fashion Dao is a community of fashion designers and craft makers in Web3 Ecosystem collaborating with each other to develop digital arts and fashion crafts as a wearable NFTs and as well educating other Fashion designers and craft makers who are still operating in web2 the need and benefits of switching to Web3 in this digital art revolution and onboarding them into Near Ecosystem.
** More about our Introduction post is on this link**
https://gov.near.org/t/introduction-near-digitalfashion-dao/26249?u=styleherbalist
NEAR DIGITALFASHION DAO PURPOSE
Our purpose is creating a collaborative environment where digital fashion designers and craft makers in Web3 will work hand in hand in educating, devoloping and sensitizing each other in innovative ways and as a result creating digital fashion arts and crafts as wearable NFTs and as well promoting and expanding the Near Ecosystem.
- Why my team is the best for the funds:
My team are experts in their verious field and specializations.
The Style Herbalist ( @style_herbalist ):
Ojukwu Johnson as known as THE STYLE HERBALIST is co-founder of Near DigitalFashion Dao, a web3 fashion designer and a fashion stylist
https://twitter.com/Style_herbalist?t=s54tiQzfI8TRr2q0F2FFzw&s=09 a professional Digital fashion illustrator and an event promoter, he has been into the industry since 2012, He is the creative director of a fashion brand based in Abuja, Nigeria.
Ojukwu Johnson has been building in Near Ecosystem since may 2022 and has been collaborating with other creatives and DAOs to activate the presence of Fashion in Near Ecosystem and in few months here in Near Community, he has been an active member and have onboarded nothing less than 20 creatives…
Mr Pallo ( @Pallo ):
Pallo Anthony https://twitter.com/pallojnr?t=aeJZr1w75_QSChl4LzF2xQ&s=09 a Graphic Designer, 3D Modeling expert and Brand Identity Designer.
He is the Creative Designer at ROOTED EMPIRE, an agency that helps bring visibility to others and passing the right information through Graphics, Printing and Branding.
He has hosted a fashion event with his team, theme ANKARA CONCERT and it was aimed at showcasing the beauty of fashion and also creating a connection between fashion designers his city. it was a success and our aim was achieved. He is the Co-founder of Near DigitalFashion Dao and has been building in Near Ecosystem since 2022.
HadeeArt ( @Hadeeart ):
Idiat Shiole popularly know as HadeeArt https://instagram.com/hadee_art?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= is the founder of Thehacedor and Hadeeart Atelier, she is an Afro-futuristic virtual fashion designer and XR advocate.
She is passionate about art and technology within the fashion and game industry. Hadeeart believes that the fashion industry needs to follow the new normal, as such is creating a sustainable digital fashion movement that the present fashion industry can see as a new and more conscious way of consuming fashion.
As a creator, she simply follows her curiosity by combining unusual sources of inspiration that naturally grow into more advanced & distinctive concepts. she loves to transform, translate and transfer skills in different digital software to uplift herself with new art forms.
Welcome to her reality, the intersection between Technology, Fashion and Games.
Mr Patrick ( @HONCHO ):
Patrick Opara is web3 fashion and interior designer who has been practicing for the past five years and also an expert in digital marketing and has been building in Near Ecosystem since 2022.
Victor Dimgba ( @Spensx ):
Victor Dimgba is a highly skilled and creative graphics designer with over half a decade of experience in the industry. Specializing in all Niche of Graphics Design (Brand Identity, Event Branding, UI/UX etc.)
https://www.instagram.com/design.by.dimgba/
Victor has a keen eye for detail and a passion for bringing brands to life through visually stunning designs. With a portfolio showcasing a diverse range of projects, from Product designs to Brand identity designs.
Victor has a proven track record of delivering high-quality work that exceeds clients’ expectations. In addition to design expertise, Victor is also skilled in diverse Industry base programs such as; Adobe Suite, Figma, etc. making them a valuable asset to any design team. Whether working on print or digital projects, Victor is dedicated to producing visually impactful designs that communicate a clear message and leave a lasting impression.
- Achievement information about the DAO
Near DigitalFashion Dao despite being a new Dao, has been funded once and has executed only one project on September 2022 before there was a pause on funding. Despite all the challenges and set back in the past few months in the Ecosystem, our Dao has strive to remain focus on it vision and purpose as the only Dao that has been directing it efforts and funding to activate the presence of Fashion in Near Ecosystem.
September 2022 happens to be first time we executed a project as a new Dao after been approved by the moderators, on that course we started on a good note by organizing Digital Fashion Workshop and masterclass, introduce our Dao and build our own community in Near Ecosystem. We onboarded 10 creatives who had little or no knowledge about web3 or Near Protocol, we sensitize them and taught them the digital tools/softwares they need to know in order to practice digital fashion, we as well guide them through how they can maximize the Near Ecosystem and it DApps like Mintbase where they can mint their designs as wearable NFTs.
As a result of the workshop, 10 participants who attended the 2 days workshop were able to design 1 digital fashion arts on their own. This 10 designs in total which was made to be minted on our mintbase store is yet to be minted because we are yet to open a mintbase store as a Dao but at the moment this digital art is been stored in a secured Google drive hopefully to be minted once we get this approval on this quarter funding proposals because we have included a dollar equivalent of 6Near which is required to open a mintbase store on our 10 percent social media funding request.
These was designed by one of the participants who has zero knowledge about digital fashion during the workshop
Just in one month of funded project as a new Dao, our social media in all platforms has increased by 150+
- Content and Social media stats:
Our DAO events has only occured once, sponsored by NEAR foundation. In the course of the event, we have 189 followers on all platforms, 4 videos on YouTube, 10 wearable NFTs which are yet to be minted but are stored in a secured Google drive.
- 10 wearable NFT content ready to be minted on Mintbase
- log bounty that engaged over 17 community members
- 51 Instagram followers
- 36 followers on Twitter
- 16 Facebook followers
- 76 members on Telegram
- 6 YouTube Subscribers with about 80 views
- 6 On-chain members on Astro DAO, 4 Council Members with 21 Votes Casted on Astro.
This is our Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/neardigitalfashiondao
- Genre - What category does your DAO fall under
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Art
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Fashion
Before the pause on funding we had just two council members, but on resumption of funding we added a new Council members @HONCHO and @Spensx to be able to meet up to the new guidelines and task ahead.
- Impact
Near DigitalFashion Dao was created in August 2022 and executed it first project on September, since then our Dao has been an eye opener to the members of our community and during our workshop all the participants were happy to have the privilege of being part of the workshop because most of them never knew that there was such thing like Digital fashion or Near Protocol. In that direction we intend creating a community were digital fashion designers and craft makers will major on creating digital fashion designs, minting them on mintbase and attract more collectors to mintbase market place and exploring other DApps. We are working towards putting more energy on Dao to Dao collaboration which is targeted on mass onboarding of new NEARians.
Just in a short while of our existence we have onboarded over 20 members In our community, created 10 Near Wallets for new NEARians.
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- 2 Months Roadmap
In the quest to activate the presence of Fashion in Near Ecosystem and as well achieve our NFs goals and targets for DAOs.
May:
In this quarter we are working towards growing our community, in so doing organizing season 2 of the digital fashion workshop and masterclass, but this time extending the duration of the workshop and masterclass to 3 days to enable us welcome more participants and enough period of time to impart more knowledge on them. We will not just impact knowledge on them, we will as well engage them and supporting them through our quarter bounty. This will be of benefit to the internal and external communities in Web3 Ecosystem.
June:
As much as onboarding and opening new Near Wallets through our events is the main goal, we will also focus on engaging our community members on bounties that will enable them create digital fashion designs as wearable NFTs that they can Mint on mintbase and other DApps like Paras,3XR and other marketplace on Near blockchain.
Future Plans
In our aim of expanding our community and audience, we will soon be organizing our first ever reality Fashion show and exhibition where we target on engaging a larger audience, onboarding showcasing fashion designers and craft makers into Near Ecosystem and directing them in opening Near Wallets to enable them buy showcasing slots, vendors stands and guests tickets on mintbase as NFT and which will lead us in the direction of self sustainability.
Collaborating with other Daos like the Metaverse Dao to host our first ever metaverse Fashion display, where a lot of digital fashion designers and craft makers will showcase their collections on the metaverse.
MILESTONES:
- In this our proposal, the following are our milestones…
- Onboarding over 20 New NEARians.
- Minting over 20 digital fashion designs as wearable NFTs on Mintbase.
- Producing over 6 video for our YouTube channel.
- producing over 20 pictures and contents for social media engagements.
PROPOSAL
Project 1:
Start Creating Digital Fashion Workshop and masterclass for Near DigitalFashion Dao Season 0.2
Description:
This workshop and masterclass is to engage a lot fashion designers and craft makers as possible, guiding them in getting used to Web3 Ecosystem and Digital Fashion tools; as well as to teach them about $NEAR and onboard all of them.
Expected Outcome:
- 20 digital fashion designs as a wearable NFTs.
- 5 Video for YouTube
- 20+ onboarded New NEARians
Activities & timelines:
12th - 14th: Schedule for the 3 days workshop and masterclass.
Budget: $1,525
Targeted wallet: styleherbalist.near
Project 2:
NEAR DIGITALFASHION DAO 10 percent marketing budget for April - May 2023
Description:
Our dao social media management 10 percent funding slot April - May quarter, which includes 6Near we intend to use in opening a mintbase store for our Dao.
Expected Outcome:
- Active mintbase store
- Increase in followership 150+ across all social media platforms
- Over 40 engagement/impression across all platforms.
- Over 100+ posts, tweets and stories across all platforms.
Activities & timelines:
Everyday post and tweets across all platforms.
Total Budget: $275
Project 3:
Digital Fashion Bounty
Description:
With the aim of supporting and engaging Digital Fashion designers and artists in our community, Digital Fashion bounty will be put out for them to participate with their designs in which they will summit their entries on Near forum and mintbase.
Expected Outcome:
- Community Engagement and Activeness
- Supporting Digital artists and digital fashion designers
- Encouraging Digital artists and digital fashion designers to explore on Near DApps
Activities and Timelines:
The bounty will be open on 5th June and close on 24th.
Winners will be announced on 28th of June.
Budget:
Award to 10 winners - $20x10 = $200
Graphics design- $50
TOTAL - $250
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DAO’s objective/goals:
Our objectives/goals is to Expand and promote Near Ecosystem by onboarding creatives in the fashion/craft industry, educating and engaging them with the Dao activities and projects… -
Roadmap to reach the goal:
As we expand and promote Near Ecosystem through our Dao activities and projects, we aim at Self sustainability which has always been our destination in all our dealings. such as having and equipping our own tech hub, listing our events NFT tickets on mintbase.
*How the longer term goal is divided into milestones making the DAO reach there:
First, expanding our community and engaging them with a whole lots creative activities.
- Team members’ role:
@Styleherbalist - he plays a role of overall supervisor in project conceptualization and DAO day to day developments.
@Pallo - he plays a role as the production and project manager who make sure that the Dao project goals and metrics are on check.
@HONCHO - he plays the role of the DAO digital marketing manager and social media and content supervisor.
@Spensx - He will be in charge of designing publicity materials and designs
- Council work and activities for Four Council members : $950
Sum Total Request Number:
$3,000
DAO on-chain address
digitalfashion.sputnik-dao.near
Targeted wallet
digitalfashion.sputnik-dao.near
Creatives DAO March Community Call Presence 3/4
this needs to be endorsed… It holds a lot of credible outcome for the near community and its expansion 