NDC - GWG Weekly Update Post - Nov. 25, 2022
- mecsbecsOP
Greetings from the Governance Working Group - the community-driven initiative to define and technically implement governance models for the NDC. The GWG is to design and propose governance models for adoption; it does not directly run, manage, or operate the ecosystem governance or treasury.
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And now, over to our sub-Working Group leads to provide their update for the past week!
@blaze @jlwaugh @sarahkornfeld @Ozymandius @Cryptonaut @Psalmy @atrox1382
Catch last week’s update here.
- mecsbecs
Here’s the update on behalf of the Community Engagement Working Group (CE WG):
Completed:
- GWG Contributor Onboarding - shout out to @cryptonaut for completing and uploading to thewiki.near v1 of this key process. Feedback is still of course very welcome but if you’re reading this update and are looking to know more about who we are - this link is where you start.
In Progress:
- ADUSTED: Community Engagement KPIs - now being broken down into CE and Social KPIs, continuing to be led by @IgbozeIsrael but now with support from @Albhion - next version to be presented by the next CE meeting on Thurs. Dec. 1 and to be posted publicly shortly thereafter.
- Feedback welcome, please, in the (Community Engagement KPIs - Google Docs )
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NDC Radio - in collaboration with Communications, we’re looking to begin to host a regular series on Twitter (think AMA but more deeper conversation and learning) and more info will be released next week.
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Community FAQs - @IgbozeIsrael and I are working on developing a frequently asked questions page on thewiki for the GWG and hope to have this posted within a week.
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COMMUNITY LEADER & FOUNDER CALL TO ACTION:
Engaging the many sub-communities within the wider NEAR Community is going to be essential for the CE WG, so please indicate your willingness to collaborate by filling out this Google Sheet - this will be a rolling item.
- Psalmy
Thanks for the tag @mecsbecs
WEEKLY UPDATE FROM THE NDC WG
So glad this are moving smooth and fine, great interaction and contribution from the community and regular discussion for progress on the purpose of the NDC
Everyone is invited to join the community discussion NDC GWG on telegramTuesday call by 4pm UTC
Hosted by - @blaze
Recording -Zoom recording
WG update slide
Presentation slide
Same day later on another call by 7PM UTC
Hosted by - Micheal Kelly (@Ozymandius )
Link for recording- Recorded call
Topic- Community Treasury & transparency ,fairly distribution of funds.On Nov 23rd our meeting was canceled because Andrej from Deepwork was not available and governance workshop was postponed till next week , reasons “Thanksgiving in the US”
24th of Nov Thursday CE had a call which i missed out due to compacted activities IRL I had to coverSummary on Gov —»
Since the NDC is a community driven project and communities have all power(right) to decision making both on-chain and off-chain.
So the community would be made councils on Astrodao, while the admins would have lesser power and can only vote when it’s urgent or necessary to vote. For broader understanding there’s a docs to go through Community poll experiment docs for fair voting, misconducted decisions ,vulnerability of community funds and to avoid rigging votes , we need real humans to cast their vote.
1 vote per person
And to accomplish this initiative we need to use Nearsocial as a tool to get humans and more of their information than just wallet to vote
Brainstormed by @jlwaugh , @Psalmy , robertz and NoakYou can use Nearsocial to prove your humanity, a data for social informations »» Open an account
“As long as there’s life, there’s hope” we’re doing our best to get community engaged and updated on activities done weekly and let’s anticipate for next report next week as we progress - IgbozeIsrael
Great report here.
Thanks @mecsbecs for updating the community. - Albhion
Hey Thanks for Updating.
- sarahkornfeld
Thanks @mecsbecs
COMMS Report:
In Process:
1. Refined Overview – we will be reviewing the new language this week that helps to give a clear, concise explanation of the NDC process and WGW’s role within it. Our legal lead has weighed in on it.
2. Public Facing Comms plan – we are finalizing our plan for a “radio” program that supports the larger exploration around governance innovation and the aims of the NDC. That proposal will be reviewed this week by the leads.
3. Logos and look and feel of the NDC process – we are developing logo drafts and simple ways to look/see the NDC process for the wider community with the help of great community designers.
More soon!
- Ozymandius
Constitution / Governance Working Group Update:
→ Feedback ongoing for gov. framework.
→ Variables Discussion on Tuesday: Gov. Framework Overview Call (2022-11-22 11:04 GMT-7) - Google Drive
→ Preparations of Assumptions Document to Compliment Framework
→ Launch Sequence Document to Compliment Framework
→ Planning video overview of the system as it stands and how checks and balances operate
- Cryptonaut
Highlights
Work in progress- Internal charter for DAO/Node/Project that will request funding from GWG
- GWG internal charter
Meetings and Outcomes
- Ozy and Blaze internal - Agreed on creation of TLDR video and FAQs for Constitution V1 draft so the whole structure can be demystified and simplified for the community which will result in higher engagement.
- Internal Call with Blaze to refine the operations processes of NDC and GWG.
- Internal call with Sarah about NDC radio discussion of content buckets
- Internal call with Denny and James about giving and overview of where we have reached.
- Leads call Monday
- NDC workgroup call Tuesday
- jlwaugh
Technical GWG Update
COMPLETED:
—> drafted experimental design and processes for NEAR Polls
- test identity management systems for ecosystem-wide participation, like on-chain voting (signaling proposals) via Near Social / Astro
—> gathered feedback on a proposal from @robert and Noak
- organized a meeting to discuss any questions 2022-11-30T19:00:00Z
—> connected with vSelf to discuss opportunities to collaborate
- considering how to adapt / build on vStudio, their privacy solution for onboarding
—> participated in the Gov Framework Overview Call, hosted by @Ozymandius
- recommended to abstract the parameterization of related variables for now ~ instead, focus on identifying key problems & exploring solutions: minimum viable governance system (for the v1 launch sequence)
—> met with reps from NEAR Foundation and Pagoda re: alignment of the NDC Governance Working Group and Developer Working Groups
WORK IN PROGRESS:
—> collaborate with Deep Work to create visualization of NDC deliverables
- based on results of the Functions Definition Workshop
expected: Wednesday, December 7
—> develop NDC Governing Bodies Technical Specification
- share v1 product requirements document for implementing the NDC Governance Framework
expected: Friday, December 9
—> coordinate pilot of the FUND3R product with NEARWEEK
- document requirements of compliant, scalable, transparent payouts from DAOs
expected: Friday, December 23
Your help is much appreciated!
Let us know any ideas or questions

- Rogelio
Cryptonaut:Work in progress
- Internal charter for DAO/Node/Project that will request funding from GWG
- GWG internal charter
Hello sir! When will Creative DAO proposals be unpaused?
September Met Shreyas from NEAR foundation and organised meeting with NF to align creatives DAO and Near Foundation Represented Creatives and shared information about our community to various projects Hosted community calls Worked on Ideation with mods team on how to build better processes for the community. Created Representation of Creatives for NDC Creatives’ Individual representation of Constitution of NDC - #20 by Cryptonaut
THIS IS A DRAFT AND WILL BE CHANGED AS PER CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. Given the urgency to deliver a structure for funding to begin, while ensuring sustainability of the DAOs and bringing the best talent on NEAR, this was the best I could come up with in the given time. Please know that this is a draft, and your inputs and suggestions will make it complete. We can go ahead with this structure, take elements from it to make a new structure or completely reject this as a proposition. My r…
Thanks!
- Cryptonaut
@Rogelio
Still in conversation with NF.Also this is a post for GWG updates, not creatives DAO.
You can either ask on the creatives DAO posts or in the telegram group to keep this more aligned and organised.
Telegram
Creatives DAO Chat
This group is for management and support for the Creatives (and their guilds) within the NEAR Community: http://gov.near.org/c/creatives/47 About the Creatives DAO: http://gov.near.org/t/about-the-creatives-dao-category/3051