Aavegotchi DAO Mission Statement

Authors: Laggin (23792), MikeyJay (15682), Forin Gotchi (22261), Bªckside (9400), Hardkor (1165), Firstaavegotchi (4678), Rikige (12543), Hefe (2400), Fantasma (2824)

Quorum requirement: 20% (9M) Vote duration: 9 days XP Reward: 20 XP for each Aavegotchi in the voter’s wallet

Discussion: https://discord.com/channels/732491344970383370/1141459848245018755

For quite a long time, our DAO has faced the challenge of passing proposals, funding initiatives, making changes to DAO mechanics, all while postponing answering the most basic questions. What are we? Who are we? What do we stand for? What is the reason and purpose of existence for our DAO?

Well friends… it has not been a straight or obvious path, but the journey of discovery for the many who participated in this exercise, has been deeply enjoyable and illuminating. We humbly present you with a mission statement we believe most successfully aims at the core and soul of the purpose and spirit of our DAO, and we hope you agree as enthusiastically as we ultimately did.

Without further ado, we propose that the mission statement of Aavegotchi Dao be ratified as:

“To empower players to own, build, grow, and connect in a multiverse of their own creation.”

The word-salad graveyard (or the controversial words that were ultimately removed):

Gotchigang: This word was replaced as many felt it’s exclusionary to potential or prospective readers considering joining our DAO.

Fren(s): Probably the most painful word to remove. While it has clearly earned a special place in the hearts of many within our community, the group behind this proposal ultimately decided that the unfortunate relation of this word with alt-right and hate groups makes it an impossible word to embrace in our mission statement in good conscience. Web3/SDK/Protocol/Blockchain/L2/decentralization/metaverse: All of these words were sprinkled among the earliest (and lengthy) versions/suggestions for our mission statement. We drew inspiration from the most successful organizations in history, to avoid directly mentioning the product, the technology and explicitly what we do (Nintendo’s mission statement does not mention gaming consoles).

members/participants: This was among the toughest choices, these words were ultimately supplanted by “player”, by virtue of being exclusionary or stale and uninspiring.

gamers, game, play: Just how much to convey our gaming focus and roots was a point of constant consideration- we feel that by addressing “players”, this spirit is sufficiently covered, while also allowing the flexibility of the fact that “player” is a synonym of “participant”. As such, participants that engage with the DAO and protocol, can always be considered players even if they are not gamers.

Why bother with a mission statement? What does the Dao get from this vote and effort?

By answering the most basic questions, a ratified Mission Statement will pave the way for the creation of a paid working group to formulate our Vision Statement, and ultimately fulfill great operational achievements such as organizational charts/hierarchies and budgets that align with the very soul of the voters of this DAO, thanks to guidance the Mission Statement. It will be a philosophical stronghold for the entire community to rally and unite around for all the exciting things that our future holds.