# \[RETRO\] Marma J Foundation - October

**URL:** <https://gov.near.org/t/retro-marma-j-foundation-october/8629>\
**Category:** Creatives DAO\
**Tags:** creatives-dao\
**Created:** [October 31, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/retro-marma-j-foundation-october/8629 "2021-10-31T18:47:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![marmajfoundation](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/marmajfoundation/32/4596_2.png) [@marmajfoundation](https://gov.near.org/u/marmajfoundation)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/retro-marma-j-foundation-october/8629/1 "2021-10-31T18:47:46Z")

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> [@\[Retrospective\] A Look-back on October for the Marma J Guild](http://gov.near.org/t/retrospective-a-look-back-on-october-for-the-marma-j-guild/8551):
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> September’s Retro: [[Retrospective] A Look-back on September ](http://gov.near.org/t/retrospective-a-look-back-on-september/6701) The “OPEN CALL” (to add minters to the marmaj mintbase store) [is now CLOSED](http://gov.near.org/t/closed-open-call-adding-minters-to-the-marmaj-mintbase1-near-smart-contract/6013/) October has been another busy and eventful month for the Marma J Guild. We continued to be involved in [DeFi within the NEAR ecosystem](http://gov.near.org/t/defi-marma-j-foundation-defi-management/5227/5) (testing out DeFi on Aurora as well more details on this incoming) We had our first “[Creatives DAO](http://gov.near.org/c/creatives/creatives-dao/61)” funded [proposal implemented](http://gov.near.org/t/approved-purchase-nfts-from-marmaj-letsbbcreativ-mintbase-stores-october/6874/) and it was a huge success! We collected dozens of NFTs from submissions to the [Marma J NFT Co…](https://marmaj.org/nft-collection/)

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In the month of October the Marma J Foundation send in a payout proposal to support its initiative to start collecting NFTs from the NEAR community (on [paras.id](https://paras.id/) and [mintbase.io](http://mintbase.io)).

Proposal:

> [@\[APPROVED\] marmaj DAO - October 2021](http://gov.near.org/t/approved-marmaj-dao-october-2021/7074/):
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> CREATIVES DAO MONTHLY FUNDING REQUEST DAO Council Members: @chloe / @bianca / @mecsbecs Target: [marmaj.sputnik-dao.near](https://wallet.near.org/profile/marmaj.near) Total Requested Funding Amount: $1500 USD (distributed in $NEAR) Projects & Timelines: The marmaj Foundation also supports various other initiatives: [[DeFi] Marma J Foundation DeFi Management](http://gov.near.org/t/defi-marma-j-foundation-defi-management/5227/)[[CLOSED ----- OPEN CALL] Adding Minters to the "marmaj.mintbase1.near" Smart Contract](http://gov.near.org/t/open-call-adding-minters-to-the-marmaj-mintbase1-near-smart-contract/6013/)[[Asset Rental] Cryptovoxels Parcel - The Bronx (10 marmaj/mo)](http://gov.near.org/t/asset-rental-cryptovoxels-parcel-the-bronx-10-marmaj-mo/4513/)[[Scholarship] Tuition Reimbur…](http://gov.near.org/t/scholarship-tuition-reimbursement-for-students-attending-uwi-five-islands/6785/)

The entire balance of received funds (225 NEAR) was sent to [spreadthelove.near](https://wallet.near.org/profile/spreadthelove.near), which was the account used to purchase the NFTs from the markets and transfer the NFTs to the [marmaj DAO](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near).

[MarmaJ DAO NFT Collection on Astro](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near/treasury/nfts) - Only shows Paras NFTs for now.

[Full Collection on Paras](https://paras.id/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near/collectibles)

[Full Collection on Mintbase](https://www.mintbase.io/human/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near/owns)

This project/proposal has led to a large uptick in new active marmaj community members. To focus this excitement into creative works that more efficiently support the marmaj community as a whole, a new project has been created.

[MarmaJchan](https://marmaj.org/marmajchan/)!

 ![marmajchan](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/gov_near/original/2X/b/b5ee6e9fbfbc6ed7bd25efdf2c05e04af22600ba.png)