Community-Led Events

Authors:

• Sarah B | Seed Club#7820 - 0xaAa143F8153f096BD1DA950EEEa2A57FF2c50a58e
• Nicole | Seed Club#6926 - enid.eth
• lwsnbaker x RARA#7156 - lwsnbaker.eth

Implementation Lead:

• Sarah B | Seed Club#7820 - 0xaAa143F8153f096BD1DA950EEEa2A57FF2c50a58e
• Seed Club Community Team (support)

Summary

To empower $CLUB holders to develop and host IRL events in service of the Seed Club community by creating a quarterly allowance to fund community-led events and developing a process for community members to equitably gain access to and draw upon that allowance.

Abstract

With this proposal we aim to empower $CLUB holders to further cultivate the Seed Club community and more nimbly respond to community needs/desires, by creating pathways to greater agency to create small, intimate gatherings and events for the Seed Club community.

• Through the implementation of this proposal, members of the Seed Club community can self identify when and where a community gathering is needed or desired, and will be better equipped to take direct action
• Through this process, Seed Club will gather important feedback on budgetary needs for community events over time
• Through the implementation of a process, Seed Club will continue to further define the nature of a ‘community-led’ event

Motivations

Seed Club believes in the value of IRL events as an extension of community building.

Though larger IRL events will continue to be produced directly by Seed Club and will be hosted throughout the year, there is clear desire amongst $CLUB holder members to drive community cultivation initiatives by hosting in-person community gatherings. It is also clear that these needs are best met by the person(s) who identified them and are in best service to the community if acted upon swiftly.

This proposal seeks to further empower $CLUB holders to help build and define the Seed Club community and provide these members with support and tools to create community-facing events as they feel called, through funding and a framework.

Additionally, through greater community participation in event generation, this proposal would:

• Enable the Seed Club community to host a broader, more diverse palate of events
• Enable more geographic range in Seed Club’s IRL event offering
• Enable broader access to Seed Club community events

This proposal defines a ‘community-led, community-facing event’ as an event produced by a Seed Club $CLUB holder that is intended to serve the broader Seed Club community. This proposal applies to IRL events only. Envisioned events are small in nature and can be produced nimbly on a limited budget with meaningful impact to the community – intimate gatherings, happenings, satellite events, mixers, meet-ups, etc.

A broader definition of ‘event’ was considered, as was who could apply for funding. After further consideration, however, it feels prudent in the first use case, for the scope of application to be limited. The impact $CLUB holders make on the community through intentional, pointed engagement is already evident. We believe the model this proposal puts forth will only further amplify and streamline this impact.

We propose that a community-led event (CLE) allowance is issued quarterly.

• This budget would remain separate from the Seed Club quarterly events budget.
• The CLE budget will be managed by the implementation team of this proposal + 1-2 Seed Club stewards from the community team.
• The budget team will be reassessed quarterly.

Applications will be reviewed by members of the implementation team, 1-2 stewards, and 1-2 $CLUB holders not applying for funding in the current quarter. The applications team will be reassessed quarterly.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and funds will be granted until the quarterly budget has been drawn down. Up to 1000 USDC will be granted per event for event use in addition to 100 $CLUB to the event applicant(s) for their keeping or to be disseminated to promote the attendance of ‘special guest(s)’ as desired and as indicated in the event application. Priority will be given to early and first-time applicants vs repeats. Repeat applicants/projects will not be granted funding in consecutive quarters unless there are no other projects competing for funding at the time of application.

Once funding is granted to an applicant/community member, the community member will use their sole discretion to manage funds and organize the event. It will be assumed that funding will be used as it was proposed. Documentation of process and spending will be expected from the event and from the applicant/community member. Documentation of process and spending will aid in record keeping but also in helping to determine budgetary need in future quarters.

While we believe in the possibility of this proposal, we also appreciate how it could fail. Lack of success would be an inability to allocate funds in a diverse or equitable manner. Alternatively, we could find that the Seed Club community is not benefited from IRL events as we have projected or that the events primarily serve the same population. Additionally, there is concern that funding will be mishandled.

Event Examples/Wishlist

• Beach Party in Miami
• BBQ in Austin
• Gallery Event in Brooklyn
• Dinner Party in Vancouver
• Etc.

Approach/Specification

Target Implementation Date: July 1, 2022

Objectives/Steps We’ll Take:

• Allocate $5,000 to Q3 community-led events budget
• Confirm Q3 CLE budget/applications team
• Put application in place for community members to draw down on funds
• Open application to community
• Develop use case
• Document use case
• Repeat
• Use use case documentation to begin to build Q4 budget proposal
• Consider whether any updates need to be made to process, application and/or definition of event/applicant in anticipation of Q4

Resources needed:

• Confirmation of $5,000 allocation
• Admin access to Utopia or alternative for implementation team

Implementation Team:

Implementation + Budget Management Team

• Sarah B
• Support from community team

Application Development Team

• Sarah B
• Lawson
• Nicole

Q3 CLE Application Review Team

• Sarah B
• TBD