Should the Ambassador Program skip the voting phase & accept the 16 applicants?

by 0xd6eff8f07caf3443a1178407d3de4129149d6ef6 (Canessa)

The Ambassador Program recommends that 16 applicants be chosen as Ambassadors, representing 14 different locations around the world.

Context: The Decentraland Community Ambassadors Program is an initiative designed to empower passionate and dedicated members of the Decentraland community to play a fundamental role in driving community engagement, fostering real-world connections, and promoting the Decentraland project globally. These ambassadors will be entrusted with organizing and leading IRL meetups, hackathons, talks, and other events, with the official support of the Decentraland Foundation and the Decentraland DAO. These Ambassadors will be responsible for organizing and hosting 2 local events in their area.

We are pleased to announce we have concluded the interview process! We have 16 talented and passionate applicants, and we’re excited to see the diverse representation from around the world! You are welcome to watch the interviews to gain more information on each candidate. Two locations have multiple applicants, and these candidates have agreed they would be willing to work with each other to plan their events.

Interviews can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NF3RG4kL4DD7sOTppYk-dwAdQz8\_5Tpm

The countries representing these applicants are: China, Brasil, Dubai, Ghana, West Africa, Japan (Two Ambassadors working together), India (Chandigarh), India (Delhi), Malaysia, Singapore, Spain (Two Ambassadors working together), United Kingdom, United States (Los Angeles), United States (Washington DC), Uruguay

According to the original grant, the final step of this process would be to put all applicants to a community vote where only 10 will proceed to the final Ambassador role. Instead, we recommend that the community invite all 16 applicants to become Ambassadors representing Decentraland around the world. We will not be asking for additional funding; the existing funds will be spread out amongst these 14 locations.

Benefits of this modification would be: Wider representation across the globe to reach a broader audience. Increased potential for learnings across geographies. Even more collaboration, especially in countries with two ambassadors

Questions:

Is the grant deviating from the original proposal? No. The original amount asked for in the proposal will not change.

How will this affect the budget for the program? We have made adjustments to the overall budget, and believe each area will have enough funds to curate quality events. When creating the initial budget, we had to estimate our costs based on having both higher cost of living areas and lower cost of living areas. Now that we know the exact location of events, our budget can more accurately reflect the costs we expect to incur.

Will you be asking for more money over the duration of this grant? No. We will work within the parameters of the grant that the community already approved. This change will not cost the community any more money.

• Yes, accept all 16 applicants
• No, let the community vote for 10
• Invalid question/options

This proposal is summarized due to technical limitations. To view it complete and vote on it, visit the DCL DAO Governance dApp