FrankenDAO Technology Maintenance Budget for 2023

Quick overview

This budget will be used to maintain any websites, applications, and APIs we have currently created and are using for the next 12 months.

In summary, what is this proposal about?

Since the creation of the FrankenDAO, we need to pass a technology maintenance budget to ensure our websites, applications, and smart contracts continue to run smoothly. The budget, if passed, will be used to ensure the upkeep of these platforms and infrastructure.

We currently spend about $60/mo on Amazon AWS to provide the infrastructure for our websites and applications. We use a number of APIs including, but not limited to, Infura.io, Alchemy, and Moralis; the usage of these APIs currently falls into their “free” plan, but some of this budget will be put aside for potential plan upgrades.

James is 3D FrankenPunks’ CTO and has been the main engineer developing most of the applications and experiences you have interacted with since the creation of the project. The majority of the budget will be used to fund his work part-time for the next 12 months on maintaining these websites and applications.

Working part-time on the FrankenDAO was estimated at 20 hours per month, or 5 hours per week on average. This was calculated at $100/hour, resulting in $2,000 USD per month, or $24,000 USD per year.

Out of scope for this budget includes large-scale technology features and unforeseen billing expenditures. If these needs arise, additional proposals will be created.

What are the goals of this proposal?

The goal of this proposal is to ensure we continue to have smooth-running technological operations. This includes our marketing website(s), our decentralized application(s), and smart contracts. This budget will be used over the next 12 months.

How does this benefit the FrankenDAO?

The FrankenDAO will continue to have an enjoyable experience for existing and new community members. The websites and applications will continue to operate as normal, allowing for the FrankenDAO to grow.

What is the execution plan?

James will move the executed funds from ETH to USDC and transfer over billing for the infrastructure and third-party APIs to his name. This will ensure there will be no outages from a third party due to billing issues.

James will also set up the ability to track bugs and errors on the websites and applications. Users will have the ability to submit issues or log bugs they might come across. These will be diagnosed and fixed in a timely manner.

What is the timeline?

The goal of this proposal is to ensure we continue to have smooth-running technological operations. This includes our marketing website(s), our decentralized application(s), and smart contracts. This budget will be used over the next 12 months.

What budget are you requesting?

The budget includes 1 ETH ($1,300 USD) to pay for infrastructure and API bills. An additional 8 ETH ($24,000 USD) will be used to pay James to work part-time. ETH was calculated at $1,500 USD at the time of proposal creation.

What areas of the community does this touch?

FrankenDAO, General

Proposed transactions

Transaction #1

FrankenDAO sends 17 $ETH to 0x16e894ce3FDB6AD711cC6f2ddda81442D429Afa5