[FINAL] TGID Expansion

Discourse: https://forum.doodles.app/t/tgid-news-community-news-for-doodlers-by-doodlers/2315/

Proposal:

• Allocate 62 ETH, or
• Do not allocate

Rationale:

Expands TGID into a community-led media powerhouse, spotlighting community creators, community leaders, community activities, and aggregating official Doodles content.

• Weekly fully animated news show
• Increased written content, newsletters & articles
• Awards Show & Talk Show 62ETH ask to fund our 4 person team for 6 months.

Our Plan:

Animated content

🎥The TGID News Show

• 15 to 20 minute newscast covering both community and official stories.
• Topics including: Lore + Artwork, Memes + Derivatives, Community Sentiment, IRL Community Meetups, Trait Sub-communities, and Team Updates.
• Frequency: Weekly

🏆 The Doodies Awards Show

• 5 to 15 minute community awards ceremony, including winners fully-rigged animated Doodles accepting the awards and giving acceptance speeches.
• Frequency: Quarterly

🌙 The Dood Show

• A 45 minute, late night interview style show, to provide a deeper dive into a particular Doodles subject or guest.
• Frequency: Once every four to six weeks

📝Written content

• We will continue to publish our weekly newsletter, The TGIDigest, as well as write an additional 2 articles a week. New articles will expand on Doodles community topics that we normally briefly summarize.
• Additional articles empower us to profile community members and their pursuits in a way that we currently cannot. This is a fulfillment of our mission to shine a rainbow and tell the stories of our Doodles.

🔍Accountability and Timeline

• Upon passing, all ETH will be converted to USDC for stability.
• Payments will be disbursed by Mushy in a vested release.
• An initial payout of 25% will provide us with 1.5 months operating runway and be sent upon passing of quorum.
• A second payout of 25% will provide us with the next 1.5 months operating runway after 25% of deliverables have been produced.
• We will then have the remaining 50% disbursed once we have published 50% of our deliverables. (24 articles, 12 newsletters, 12 news episodes, 3 dood shows, 1 doodies)

🎯Goal

Empower the four-man team of TGID to expand the current social media presence by the community into a more established social news presence that incorporates multiple avenues and even more community aspects.

🏛️Cost & Budget Breakdown

We are asking for 62 ETH from the Doodlebank. The budget will cover the creation of the following content:

• 24x Animated Episodes of TGID News

• 6x Animated Episodes of The Dood Show

• 2x Animated Episodes of The Doodies

• 48x TGID Articles

• 24x TGID Newsletters The budget will be used for the following work:

COSTS	QUARTERLY	6 MONTHS
Animation Production	$ 11,647.22	$ 23,294.44
Guest Acquisition / Partnerships / Collaborations	$ 2,917.46	$ 5,834.92
Written Content	$ 5,460.00	$ 10,920.00
Research	$ 4,761.64	$ 9,523.28
Promo & Distribution	$ 2,704.00	$ 5,408.00
Fixed - (Website / Hosting / Software)	$ 2,000.00	$ 2,000.00
Contracted Assets	$ 6,000.00	$ 12,000.00
Total	$ 35,490.32	$ 68,980.64
Total + Contingency	$ 38,329.55	$ 74,499.09

👀Closing notes

• Thank you so much for reading our proposal! We hope that we have made a strong case for empowering us to embark on this amazing adventure.
• ... doodles

🗳️Voting Info:

• Quorum (Duffel Bags): 15%
• Majority of Yes or No.
• Abstentions count to quorum but do not affect yes/no votes.