Proposal for this challenge:
Introduce common standards and processes that will incentivize project collaboration and sharing.
As the community grows, we find greater need to develop processes and standards that will facilitate efficient information sharing, effective tools and systems development, and inclusive collaboration to attract new members and projects to drive greater engagement and results.
This community work can be divided into the following key areas that we will be looking into improving and developing new processes around:
- Community identity and purpose, roadmap and goals
- here is a first draft we have created in December 2021 for the year 2022 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tFdxBGJqScvfvpg0Ep6InCXXY9j7PHAL_k6HT1dVJi8/edit. Please read it to follow the various activities done by the community. This framework should be furthered developed
- Websites, logos
- Meetups
- Core team meetups and coordinations
- Agenda
- Taking notes
- Recording & sharing
- Core team engagements
- Weekly Meetup management
- Agenda
- Taking notes
- Weekly PPT
- Recording & sharing
- Community engagements
- Thematic meetups
- Community information and education center
- Dedicated social channels dico
- Preparing educational materials of why Cardano - the work already started with a dedicate telegram (C4C Education Collaboration) and a dedicated discord channels (<https://discordapp.com/channels/886330927628820522/941068294625054850>)
- Members
- New members onboarding process
- Members database - linkedin
- Projects coordination
- Project database
- Joint marketing
- Coordination with Cardno companies (IOG, CF, Emurgo)
- Coordination with catalyst communities
- Connect with other companies in the ecosystem i.e. Cardashift
- Community support for the project (the community could serve as an accelerator)
- Social channels
- Surveys
- Youtube
- Telegram
- Discord
- Calendar of event
- Github
- Coordination frameworks with other communities
- Catalyst communities i.e. WADA (www.wada.org)
- Research and marketing. SustainableADA (www.sustainableada.com)
- SPO: Climate Neutral Cardano (www.climateneutralcardano.org).
- Communication and info sharing
- Within the community
- With other communities
- External
- Build community tools
- A framework for collaboration and community tools development and sharing sharing
- For example: SDG proposal tool (designed by C4C community members and AIM) <https://cardanocataly.st/proposer-tool-sdg/#/>, open source project (part of the proposal process)
As you can see, there are many frameworks needed to be developed. For this proposal we will cover most areas if not all. We will develop the frameworks and check then in practice through the ongoing community activities.
Some examples of initial form:
Comments for fund 7 proposals:
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFhb4jAi6gxyMoBRTWvj9kPiv4zIG19FZKSTFx2UpFAMHdEg/viewform>
Fund 8 Impact proposals form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjrpY8Rh2Qw_SOl__-sCXqw0-H-DtMfgJBIHzoZArIXS9rtA/viewform
Meeting scheduling:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jmeo9I5fxUCF1S3urExgz9lNysy_XhCABQGnoCVD1G8/edit
Agenda template core team <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6Qs6zWPLby2tTYYpXmWkI3busSuZbfJDF4N6eU7mL4/edit#heading=h.d7vt6cfpvi9p>
Agenda template community weekly meetings <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j-h1Aah0sGDpcBtW-UZZtmfOxd7R5iA3UiiLPVzw048/edit>
Weekly PPT Template https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/1/d/1492_J0ZhT572S0tT76vsw2V_wXptGehEta8a82rq6v0/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=100310879449132960795
Fund 7 assessment form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HMmricDPh9SMuHwKlutn6ewlEt2VagIpSyjNdeSkqs0/edit>
Fund 7 impact proposals joint docs
Challenge question: Can we build an Open Ecosystem to drive growth, give equal opportunities to all, and increase the synergies across Cardano projects?
Cardano4Climate already proved in the past 6 months that it could achieve the challenge question and become one of the most active and engaging communities on Catalyst. This proposal aims to focus on the process and standards to continue and grow the community and impact on the catalyst projects.
Guiding questions:
- How can we build a common identity and increase awareness on Cardano projects?
If you have been in key community meetings, you probably saw the Cardano4Climate logo. We have build an identity that attracts individuals and projects - and we need to continue and grow it
- How can we increase the discoverability and the commercial adoption of our projects?
This is a key element to work on. We started to do it already through connecting internally as well external collaboration with like minded companies (seedstars.com, goodwall.io, accelerate2030.org and more), and we need to further develop it
- How can we increase the degree of collaboration across different projects?
A key focus of our work and working on the collaboration framework
- How can we lower the barriers and increase open participation to our ecosystem?
A key focus of our work and working on the collaboration framework
- How can we provide equal opportunities to all projects no matter the size?
A key focus of our work and working on the collaboration framework
This proposal covers some key directions mentioned in the challenge:
- Introduce common standards and processes and incentivize their adoption across projects
- Provide cross-project infrastructures and tools needed to co-ordinate
- Ensure the existence of a cohesive knowledge base
- Support a network of professional technology ambassadors
Risk: Too much specialization on the core team can lead to issues when a key member leaves the team or is unavailable for extended periods of time.
Mitigation: We will ensure that there are at least two people who are able to perform any key role or function (this is an example of a best practice that we will be sharing as part of this proposal).
Risk:There is not enough time to uncover meaningful mechanisms and best practices in three months.
Mitigation: C4C has been experimenting for the past 6 months, so we have a significant amount of lived experience to draw from in community building and knowledge sharing. We will also operate on a principle of rapid experimentation, to try new things, reflect on how they worked, and iterate. This will allow us to evolve and grow our body of best practices and successful mechanisms much faster.