[Report] Creatives Constellation Trustee - William X

Creatives Creatives DAO
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Nice report, we understand how some certain people here who doesn’t understand us tried give problem to Creatives DAO, to tarnish our image with lies, negativity, hatred (to say) & false informations about our activities. Well, all those things made us by far stronger than them. But pls as you are working, we need to get back to work too, my question is when is it happening it’s getting late :sweat:

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Hi Will,

Wondering why the new proposal for remuneration is as a comment on a 6+ month post, labelled REPORT.

The standard should be for each new proposal to have a separate gov forum post, clearly labelled [PROPOSAL]. This both helps to track things over time and for appropriate community input.

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Hello, @williamx

I have a few concerns. But I choose to ask instead that you please clarify what you meant here:

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Hey, @AugustKinge! I am not William, but I hope I can shed some light. It means Senior Moderator, and we’ve been to a meeting to meet the new person assigned to this role.

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Thanks for your response, @kc_sollano.

I didn’t know there was such a role.

For better clarification, could you tell me if it the role is for Creatives DAO particularly or for the Forum (i.e. the entire Near Community)?

Cheers.

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Thanks K & @AugustKinge for the follow up. He’ll be in charge of the community in general. FYI: DamnThatsCrazy New Sr Community Mod Intro Post

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Hey! I do love to be helpful my friend! Big hug.

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Creatives DAO Council Report - William X [February 2023]

Chao Creatives!

It’s another month with amazing initiatives happened around the ecosystem, and Creatives movement is one of them. February was a productive month for the Creative DAO, with several new initiatives being launched. As a moderator, I stepped down from the council position of NxM and VAD to fully focus on Creatives DAO activities.

Report:

Work covered:

  • Meetings (3-5 weekly, both internal & external) for discussion regarding: grant proposal, guidelines, website, legal wrapper & trust instrument, Creatives Support WG & POAP experiment. Weekly update with Senior Community Mod @DammnThatsCrazy

  • Finalize Creatives DAO proposal with NF, introduce new [Guide] CreativesDAO Guidelines and Procedures

  • Discuss the guidelines both on call & record Loom video for reuse purpose.

  • Complete Creatives DAO website, a separate report for this will be collectively published.

  • Resume weekly community calls on Monday 4PM UTC (with amazing participation of the community). Experiment with satori.art to distribute POAP token. Shout out to @kc_sollano for amazing POAP designs.

  • Work on Creatives DAO Support Working Group draft

  • Work with NF CM on the Closing of Sub-Categories on the Creatives DAO Forum

  • Other communication tasks on TG, email (external) & forum

Hours of contribution: 150+

What’s next?

We are working hard to prepare Creatives DAO for the transition of community treasury once it goes live on NDC, this includes requirements on legal status & framework of the DAO. The outcome of these on-going tasks will be reported to the community when they are shaped. The mods are receiving very active support from Foundation regarding this.

DAO internal activities:

  • Creatives DAO will start receiving new proposals from March 1

  • CTA to shape Creatives DAO Support Working Group

  • Community calls happen weekly on Monday 4PM UTC (confirmed via community poll)

  • CTA to shape an active community on Near Social (Have you had an account there? be on Near Social to engage with our amazing community). Connect with me on NEAR Social :wink:

Overall, February was a successful month for the Creative DAO, and I am proud of the work that we accomplished as a community. March will be a busy month with major changes on the ecosystem (and it’s true with Creatives DAO as well). I’m excited to see us go live next month!

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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Creatives DAO Council Report - William X [March 2023]

Xin chào!

CreativesDAO had a busy March 2023. The DAO resumed its funding scheme and prepared for the transition to the Community Treasury. In addition, moderators organized weekly community calls and held office hours to provide extra support to DAOs. We also worked with the legal team to develop the Trust Instrument and reviewed CDAO charter with the GWG.

Moderators were fully committed to working in three different work schemes: CDAO internal community & proposals/Legal/Getting the DAO ready for the Community Treasury as part of the NDC.

Work covered:

  • Resuming funding scheme: CreativesDAO resumed its funding scheme in March, and the DAO received 35 proposals. All proposals were carefully reviewed with 9 approved proposals.

  • Opened & hosted Office Hours: We opened office hours to meet DAOs & founders to provide extra support. In March, 18 calls were booked, of which 15 were conducted. CDAO mods office calendar is always up, if you’re interested, please connect via Calendly - Creatives DAO

  • Hosted & assisted weekly community call: Organized 4 weekly community calls, which provided opportunities for members to connect, discuss DAO activities, and ask questions.

  • Weekly Sync with NF Sr Community Moderator: Participated in all weekly syncs with the NF contact person to discuss progress, provide updates, and address any issues. (1/4 calls were cancelled due to schedule conflict)

  • Legal Document: Worked with The Walkers law firm to develop the Trust Instrument. This is expected to be done in 1-2 weeks ahead to prepare the CDAO for community treasury.

    • Took charge of email communication & schedule meetings
    • Reviewed drafts
    • Attended discussion calls

  • CreativesDAO Charter: Worked with the GWG to finalize CDAO charter. A weekly sync with the GWG was set up for further updates beyond the charter, starting from March 23, 2023. Extra calls were also set up in March to better prepare the DAO with required documents.

    • Participated in writing the first draft of the charter since Jan 2023
    • Reviewed and updated the charter
    • Attended all syncs with GWG (3 meetings in March)

  • Internal Meetings: The mods held 4-6 internal meetings weekly, syncing nearly every day with three different streams of work: CDAO internal community & proposals/Legal/NDC

Hours of contribution: 150+

What’s next?

  • April funding round is about to open from 1-7 of April, 2023
  • Call for community consent in the CDAO charter once done (we’re working with GWG to come up with a public version)
  • Public the Trust Instrument once done
  • New guidelines for DAOs regarding: KYC process & how to receive funding after the transition to Community Treasury
  • Weekly Community Calls to be conducted as usual
  • Office hours are constantly opened

Overall, I appreciate the hard work of all other members in @creativesdao-council team, March was a busy month and we expect to have April go with lots of updates to the community. Especially, I want to say big thanks for Creatives community who are actively engage with us to build up the DAO. There will be a lot to digest as we keep moving forward, we’ll do our best to make sure you’re kept in the loop, please attend our weekly sync.

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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your work is amazing Will, what I can see you are very patient under pressure and very reasonable to explain in detail to the community, kudos :pray:

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Yes i agree Mr. William have emotional inteligency and calm

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Thank you @Wiswiz and @frado, I appreciate your compliments, those are encouragement for me to stand still and definitely the healing therapy for any trauma we may face in Web3.

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We need to Keep our meditation.

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Creatives DAO Council Report - William X [April 2023]

Dear community!

April marked significant progress for the Creatives DAO, with important updates related to its operation. During this month, the DAO finalized its Charter and registered the Legal Instrument under Guernsey Law through a collaborative effort involving the council team, The Walkers legal firm, and the NEAR Foundation legal department.

The councils of the Creatives DAO demonstrated full commitment in 3 key areas: managing the internal community and its operation, addressing legal matters, and preparing the DAO for the Community Treasury as part of the NDC. These tasks were successfully completed, showcasing the DAO’s dedication and competence.

Work covered:

  • Funding review: In April, we received 21 proposals, 9 proposals were approved for funding. A dedicated report for funding can be found here: [Report] CREATIVES DAO APRIL FUNDING REPORT

    • Prepared transparent sheet workspace
    • Reviewed proposals with extra research on Astro & DAO’s associated materials

  • Office Hours: We opened office hours to meet DAOs & founders to provide extra support. In April, 14 calls were booked and conducted. Meet us on our office hour via Calendly - Creatives DAO

  • Weekly community call: Organized 4 weekly community calls, which provided opportunities for members to connect, discuss DAO activities, and ask questions.

  • Weekly Sync with NF Sr Community Moderator: Participated in all weekly syncs with the NF contact person to discuss progress, provide updates, and address any issues. Besides weekly sync, 2 extraordinary meetings were conduct in April regarding legal processes.

  • Weekly Sync with GWG & NDC Legal: In order to facilitate seamless collaboration between CDAO and the NDC, we consistently seek advice from the Governance Working Group and the legal team of the NDC. These discussions cover various aspects such as process improvements, community updates, and joint planning for the NDC Grassroots sprint initiatives.

  • Creatives DAO Trustees x Enforcer: In April, 4 meetings took place involving the CDAO enforcer. These meetings focused on several key topics, including introduction, DAO’s operation, Trust Instrument review, duty review, sign on the trust deed, sync with the NF legal team & sync with The Walkers.

  • Internal Meetings: We held 4-6 internal meetings weekly to discuss on three different streams of work: CDAO internal community & proposals/Legal/NDC (Lost count due to the large number of meetings (formal and informal))

Major updates in a nutshell:

Hours of contribution: 150+

What’s next?

  • Monthly funding round is running as usual
  • New guidelines for DAOs regarding: KYC process & how to receive funding after the transition to Community Treasury
  • Weekly Community Calls to be conducted as usual
  • Office hours are constantly opened
  • New partnership & initiatives

That’s it! April was such a big month for Creatives DAO. Thank you all for your great support and big hug to all @creativesdao-council for your dedication & hard work.

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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Creatives Constellation Council Report - William X [May 2023]

Creatives Constellation completed its transition to the NDC in May, including important operational updates.

May contribution:

  • Funding review: In May, we received 11 proposals, 6 proposals were approved for funding. A dedicated report for funding can be found here: [Report] CREATIVES DAO MAY FUNDING REPORT

    • Prepared transparent sheet workspace
    • Reviewed proposals with extra research on Astro & DAO’s associated materials

  • Office Hours: 18 calls were booked and conducted. Meet us on our office hour via Calendly - Creatives DAO

  • Weekly community call: Organized 4 weekly community calls, which provided opportunities for members to connect, discuss DAO activities, and ask questions.

  • Weekly Sync with NF Sr Community Moderator: Participated in all weekly syncs with the NF contact person to discuss progress, provide updates, and address any issues.

  • Internal Meetings: Participated 4-6 internal meetings weekly

  • Created member journey for [Guide] Creatives Constellation Funding Guidelines. DAO members can now request funding directly from Creatives Constellation treasury by following the guidelines

  • Created AirTable working space for internal funding process

  • Worked with Enforcer on Creatives Constellation Community Reward Agreement

What’s next?

As Creatives Constellation moving forwards, we care about the growth beyond, where external opportunities are crucial for our in-house community. In the effort to gain more partnership and streamline the scope of work, we’ll be dividing our responsibilities from June:

  • June funding round is now open from 1 to 7 June, we are looking forward to finalizing the best practice of distributing funds from our treasury for May proposals, in the meantime, new projects are welcome to submit their proposal for June funding round.

That’s it! I am delighted to work with a great team of @creativesdao-council. I am personally thrilled about the promising future of Creatives and look forward to the positive developments and achievements ahead.

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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Creatives Constellation Council Report - William X [June 2023]

Creatives Constellation kicked off several important initiatives in June, including the release of Creatives Constellation Strategic Partnership Program, SMM open call & ETH Milan sponsorship + working group with community.

June contribution:

What’s next?

  • SMM agency will be locked in early July
  • July funding round is now open from 1 to 7 July, we are looking forward to distributing all June approved projects next week, in the meantime, new proposals are welcome for July funding round.
  • Join us in the brainstorming process for ETH Milan activities via: Telegram: Join Group Chat

Finally, thanks to the @creativesdao-council for being a dream team. I look forward to community’s amazing ideas & projects in our NEAR future!

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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Creatives Constellation Council Report - William X [July 2023]

July was a month full of movements of the Creatives Constellation, with clear presence of the community. 3 big areas to be covered in a nutshell:

  • Funding scheme
  • ETH Milan preparation & travel sponsorship
  • Partnership & Collaboration at constellation level

I would like to especially thanks the DAO leaders for their interest and participation in Creatives programs, especially spreading the spirit of NEAR Creatives DAO at ETH Milan, I look forward to seeing you there soon.

July contribution:

  • Funding review: In July, we received 9 proposals, 3 proposals were approved for funding, accounted for $10,811.00. A dedicated report for funding can be found here: [Report] CREATIVES DAO JULY FUNDING REPORT

    • Prepared transparent sheet workspace
    • Reviewed proposals with extra research on Astro & DAO’s associated materials

  • Office Hours: Partially participated in office hours. We received 12 requests while most of the calls were covered by @Paul in July. Meet us on our office hour via Calendly - Creatives DAO

  • Weekly community call: 4 weekly community calls on Monday, which provided opportunities for members to connect, discuss DAO activities, and ask questions.

  • Weekly Sync with NF Sr Community Moderator: We decided to move this to request based meeting since Creatives Constellation went independent.

  • Internal Meetings: lost count

  • Create ETH Milan Travel Sponsorship Parameter Document

  • Finalizing Creatives DAO BOS Page:

https://near.org/williamxx.near/widget/creatives.dao.web

  • SMM Agency locked, shout out to @Cryptonaut for leading the initiative

What’s next?

  • More partnership to come
  • August funding round is now open from 1 to 7 August, we are looking forward to distributing all July approved projects this week, in the meantime, new proposals are welcome for August funding round.
  • Join us in the brainstorming process for ETH Milan activities via: Telegram: Join Group Chat

Thank you very much for being here! :blush:

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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Creatives Constellation Council Report - William X [August 2023]

Dear creatives, below is my report for the month of August

August contribution:

  • Funding review: In August, we received 11 proposals, 3 proposals were approved for funding after reviewing process.

    • Prepared transparent sheet workspace
    • Reviewed proposals with extra research on Astro & DAO’s associated materials

  • Office Hours: To focus on the IRL event preparation, we are temporarily closing the office hours, if you need any special support, please contact councils via Telegram or councils@creativesdao.social

  • Weekly community call: 4 weekly community calls on Monday, which provided opportunities for members to connect, discuss DAO activities, and ask questions.

  • Weekly Sync with NF Sr Community Moderator: We decided to move this to request based meeting since Creatives Constellation went independent. 1 sync was made in August

  • Internal Meetings

  • NDC Funding Request setup [NDC Funding Request] Creatives Constellation | August 2023

  • ETH Milan Contract online-signing setup

  • Finalizing DNS setting for creativesdao.social domain, redirecting to BOS page

  • Creatives DAO at NEAR APAC preparation

    • MOU
    • Booth preparing
    • Logistic & supporters setup

What’s next?

  • If you are going to HCMC - Vietnam, meet us at NEAR APAC during the main event: 9-10 September 2023 at Thiskyhall Sala - 10 Đ. Mai Chí Thọ, Thành phố, Thủ Đức, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Participate in our mini tasks, mint your SBT, have fun and get some swags!
  • More partnership to come
  • September funding round is now open from 1 to 9 September.
  • Join us in the brainstorming process for ETH Milan activities via: Telegram: Join Group Chat

Thank you very much for reading till here! <3

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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thanks for the hard work! :dart: :100: :sweat:

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Creatives Constellation Council Report - William X [September 2023]

Dear Creatives, September has passed with many meaningful events and project. CDAO raid on the BOS at NEAR APAC and yet to come the sprint phase of the coming presense at ETH Milan. Here’s my report for September.

September contribution:

  • Funding review: In September, we received 17 proposals from the community, 5 proposals were approved for funding after reviewing process, accounted for 29.4%.
    • Prepared transparent sheet workspace
    • Reviewed proposals with extra research on Astro & DAO’s associated materials

Details of the report and evaluation sheet for each proposal can be seen via: [Report] CREATIVES DAO SEPTEMBER 2023 REPORT

  • Weekly community call: 3/4 community calls on Monday, which provided opportunities for members to connect, discuss DAO activities, and ask questions.

  • Sync with NF Community Team: We decided to move this to request based meeting since Creatives Constellation went independent. 2 syncs was made on September for grassroots support discussion. We have given insights on grassroots initiatives that applied for NF support, and wil be in touch with potential projects to offer support.

  • Internal Meetings

  • Creatives DAO at NEAR APAC
    - Pre-event MOU, documents, registration
    - Logistic preparation (merch/printing/standee/supporter) & transportation
    - On-site booth standing & onboarding
    - Post-event feedback
    - Book keeping & reporting

It was a great pleasure to represent Creatives DAO at NEAR APAC and get in touch with many stakeholders in the ecosystem, as long as welcome our members to Vietnam. We are proud to be one of the busiest booths at the event with more than #3000 results about #CDAO on BOS.

See some of our pictures here: Telegram: Contact @CreativeGuilds

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What’s next?

  • We can’t wait to have our first community IRL gathering at ETH Milan, artists from various DAOs in the ecosystem will showcase their talent in the Creatives session at the event at Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy from 5-6 October 2023. Unfortunatelly, I can’t attend the event but other councils will be there and we all looking forward to seeing you.

  • More partnership to come

  • The NDC election result will be announced on 4th October. While we are waiting for the shifting of funding process in the entire NDC, Creatives DAO grassroots October funding is still open to faciliate DAOs activities. Please note that the funding round for October is now open from 1 to 7 October only.

Thank you for reading and see you at ETH Milan!

Stay NEAR, stay Creatives!
William X

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