I propose we start the world’s first crowdfunded compute cluster in Wyoming to take part in the AI revolution and earn income for the DAO.

TLDR

It’s time to do something big to bring CityDAO back to the forefront of the conversation and bring new life and energy to the DAO, and we are uniquely positioned to pull off building a large cluster of GPUs in Wyoming.

We have capital, land, and a Wyoming-based legal entity. And at ~6 cents per kWh, Wyoming has just about the cheapest electricity in the states, making it the perfect place to do this.

Budget:

Total proposed budget: $600,000 USD

• $500,000 - Purchase 300 Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090s (and potentially other GPU types)
• $70,000 - Servers, equipment, other setup costs
• $30,000 - Legal and misc expenses

Business Model

I believe this could generate about $30k / mo for the DAO treasury. Here is the full breakdown of the unit economics 27.

Upon passage of this proposal, Scott will lead implementation of the effort, setting up a fund with CityDAO LLC as the main limited partner and Scott (and potentially others at his discretion) as a General Partner. The DAO will spend $600k for shares in the new fund, and be paid quarterly dividends from the operation of the GPUs. The fund will have a standard 2/20 management fee model. The GPUs will earn revenue by being put on Runpod or a similar service.

Benefits to CityDAO

• A consistent income source for the treasury. These GPUs have an estimated payback period of 12 months and after that generate mainly profit.
• Status and reputation - the first cluster will be called the CityDAO Compute Cluster, and as the first crowdfunded compute cluster will be a hit on Twitter and a real contribution to the AI and crypto communities.
• Compute - having a bunch of compute is cool - we can let citizens use it at a discount and even train our own models on it.

Benefits to Citizens

• Access to a CityDAO Compute Cloud shared server Citizens can use to do things like host websites, run code, etc.
• Potential for discounted or free compute allocation (depends on the economics and will be considered depending on how fast the GPUs are paying off)

Why should we do this?

• Timing - This is the perfect time to start the world’s first crowdfunded GPU cluster.
• New energy and purpose - CityDAO needs an ambitious new project to rally around. The DAO can build tooling and projects around the cluster. Maybe we can all go to Wyoming and visit!
• Wyoming connections - We are uniquely already set up to operate in WY and I recently got connected with a Wyoming-based datacenter with just about the cheapest electricity anywhere - 6 cents per kWh that set up all the infrastructure to run GPUs.
• Future of AI - Demand for compute is projected to increase a lot over the next decade.

Risks

• I want to be transparent that it’s hard to predict the future and demand for compute or our specific GPU type could decrease.
• One reason 4090s are so appealing is they are underpriced in the market because Nvidia’s terms of service require they be used by consumers, not in data centers. One large risk here is that they somehow start enforcing this provision.
• AI may be in a bit of a bubble and demand for compute could decrease.

Updates - 2/13/24

• I’m lowering the ask to $600k - still enough to start up the cluster and run the experiment and a much smaller percent of the DAO treasury
• At the time the cluster goes live, Citizens will each get a free CityDAO Compute NFT to commemorate the moment.

Updates - 3/5/24

• Location: Upon passage, we will do a search for the best data center with the cheapest electricity pricing instead of being tied to Wyoming. For example, states like Texas and Arizona might be better since they have more data center infrastructure already built out.
• Marketing reel: We will take videos and create a marketing reel documenting the process to post on Discord and Twitter

Update - 3/8/24

• Added Risks section
• Added Citizen Benefits section
• Diversify beyond 4090s and purchase other GPU types

TLDR

This proposal has 3 main fuctions:

1. Adjust Quorums
2. Hold Elections for City Council
3. Establish a Complaint Process

Category - Governance Criticalness - High Impact - High (All members of DAO will be affected) Duration - 6 months Quorum - 500 votes counted as 1 NFT = 1 vote Budget - 46,800 (+ bonuses up to $18,000)

The three goals are explained in more detail below:

--Adjust quorums--

Currently, the way votes are counted for quorum is 1 NFT = 1 vote. After a year of governance, CityDAO contributors have realized that it makes no sense for quorum to be the same for $11K and for $2 million, and it makes no sense that a non-financial vote has the same quorum as a CIP for $2 million. The new proposed system would still count 1 NFT as 1 vote for quorum with the following amendments:

1 vote = 1 quadratically-counted NFT An algorithm will be used to determine the quorum for different request amounts. An algorithm will be used to determine the voter approval rating

Quorum Algorithm: 50 + [1/2 * (sqrt $Ask)] Voter Approval Rating Algorithm: 66 + 24 ($ ask / treasury)

• To amend the Charter will require a quorum of 200 counted quadratically. Currently, it takes 1000 votes counted non-quadratically to amend the Operating Agreement (OA). This CIP does not intend to alter or amend the OA. This includes NOT changing how votes are counted for altering or amending the OA. They will be counted non-quadratically as 1 NFT = 1 vote.

--Hold Elections for City Council--

This CIP will create elections for seven (7) members of City Council. Within one week after elections are completed, the Council will choose one (1) individual from inside or outside the Council to serve as the Executive Facilitator (EF). If a member of the Council is chosen as the EF, then the remaining Council members will choose one additional member.

The EF will be a separate position and is not in the Council. The Council delegates the authority to the EF. The EF does not vote in the Council. The EF will be in charge of the day-to-day administration and operational execution, while the City Council is in policy setting and strategic direction. The Council may determine the authorities of the EF. The Council may not interfere in the EF’s authorities except if the EF is incapacitated. The Council are the decisions makers and the EF handles implementation.

The EF will have the following powers and authority:

• Implementation of projects, including resource availability and oversight
• Handle relationships with outside counsel
• Handle mailing address, copyrights, trademarks, legal formalities
• Handle relationships with CPAs for bookkeeping and taxes
• Any powers and authorities delegated by a majority vote of the City Council

The City Council will have the following powers and authority:

• Appointment of Executive Facilitator.
• Possible hiring of an Ops Admin
• Appointment of Multisig Signers.
• Create advisory boards of citizens.
• Policy setting and strategic direction.
• Maintain or hire people to maintain the DAO tools
• Adopt its own rules of procedure and set the time and place of its official meetings.
• Provide for the prosecution and defense of legal causes on behalf of CityDAO and retain counsel and set their compensation.
• Establish and enforce regulations for behavior.
• Establish and enforce regulations for the resolution of disputes.
• Enter into agreements with other DAOs or entities.
• Levy and collect taxes, rents, lease fees and other sources of revenue.
• Make investigations of CityDAO affairs; inquire into accounts, records, and transactions of any CityDAO department, office, or officer; and, for these purposes, require reports from any project and the production of official records.
• Adopt rules and regulations necessary for the exercise of its powers and prescribe fines and penalties for the violation of ordinances in accordance with city law.
• Place questions or propositions directly onto Snapshot, when agreed to by 5 of 7 of the total membership of the City Council.

The City Council will appoint the eight (8) multisig signers. The role of the multisig signers is transaction execution and transaction evaluation. All multisig signers will undergo proper training to fully grasp the implications and responsibilities of being on the multisig. The multisig signers are responsible to check transactions, to check where the funds are being sent, and to follow all the requirements for a proper transaction for the protection of CityDAO. The key aspect of the multisig is that the signers be trusted members of the DAO.

Operations and Day-to-Day Administration

The City Council will help organize and delegate operational tasks, such as maintaining the meeting minutes, permissions, passwords, independent contractor agreements and contracts. The City Council will schedule weekly meetings at regular times, which will not be changed with less than 48 hours notice. Council members will each have the highest level of admin permissions on each of CityDAO’s tools, including but not limited to discord discourse, Twitter, Notion, Snapshot and Google Workspace. The Council will determine who else should hold any permissions or passwords.

CIP Template Creation and Management

In addition to formatting a template for CIPs, the City Council will help problem-solve and request additional information where necessary, to make sure that proposals further the mission of the DAO.

Transparency Dashboard

The City Council will require that, for quality, transparency and clarity, all CityDAO projects create a transparent and available document that provides all pertinent information on funding received, expenditures, milestones and benchmarks. This document will be written in plain English and will be available at all times to all citizens on the CityDAO website or Notion page. The Council will finalize the details of the process. This is not meant to punish people but to provide transparency. Project members must populate the dashboard in order to receive continued funding.

Election Method

If this CIP passes, there will be open elections for seven (7) City Council members, all with six-month terms that begin on the day the election ends. Any citizen may run for any position. A citizen may be on the City Council and the multisig simultaneously. There will be no hierarchy of members on the City Council.

To be elected, candidates must put up a platform statement on Discourse. All candidates will take part in a series of two (2) public debates with questions submitted in advance by any citizen, moderated and run by the Community and Media Guilds together. After the debates, separate ranked choice votes will be put on Snapshot. All elected members of the multisig and the City Council must be willing to be KYC’d.

Election Rules

• The election may not be used as an excuse to disparage the character of another member of the DAO.
• Candidates may not make pledges, promises, or commitments of any sort.

Compensation and Budgets

Multisig Compensation: The multisig signers will receive $100 per month each, regardless of who actually signs the transactions. This is meant to incentivize all members to pay close attention to the transactions, their purpose, destination, suitability and potential liability to the DAO.

City Council Compensation: 3 Citizenship NFT per month per councilmember; City Council will have a fund of 5 NFTs total per month to bring in talented individuals to the DAO. 4 of 7 vote required to give an NFT.

Executive Facilitator: The EF will receive $3K per month in compensation + a potential bonus of up to $3K per month based on performance from the City Council, and will have a budget of $24K over six (6) months and the authority to execute agreements.

• In an emergency event where CityDAO gets sued and is required to pay fees in excess of the funds in the City Council treasury, the City Council can put a CIP on Discourse and Snapshot concurrently, with no time limits required. Quorum will be however many people vote.

Removal

The multisig signers will have one week to sign or reject transactions. If a transaction is rejected, the signers must document reasons why and next steps within a reasonable time. If any of the multisig signers refuse to sign (2) or more transactions, they will be removed and the candidate who had the next highest vote will replace them. If there are no candidates left, a new election will be held for replacements or the City Council will choose replacements. The members of the multisig can vote off any member with a 5 of 8 vote.

If any of the City Council members miss more than three (3) meetings, they will be removed and replaced in the same manner as the multisig signers. The City Council can vote off any member with a 5 of 7 vote. The City Council can remove the EF at any time with a 5 of 7 vote. CityDAO Citizens can call for a removal or replacement of members of the multisig or the City Council or the Executive Facilitator with a CIP and a quorum of 50 votes. If a CIP is put up, it will be done with an anonymous “City Council” account so no one feels pressure to doxx.

--Complaint Process--

A complaint may subject the citizen to penalties up to and including a prohibition on offending parties from holding administrative positions at CityDAO or in CityDAO projects.

• Substance - What Constitutes a Complaint?

An allegation of wrongdoing related to projects, behavior, transactions, or violations of the rules at CityDAO.

• Process - How is a Complaint Dealt With?

Step 1 - Mediation by an individual who is agreed-upon by both parties.

Both parties must agree on an individual, preferably (but not necessarily) a CityDAO Citizen, who will hear both sides of the argument and attempt to mediate between the two parties.

Step 2 - Random jury (Randomocracy)

Complaints that reach step 2 will be heard by a Kleros court. In case of failure, the City Council can choose to use a randomly selected group of six (6) CityDAO citizens using the Chainlink Verifiable Randomness Function (VRF). If either party is not satisfied with the decision, they may appeal to a Kleros appeals court.

Both parties must write a complaint document. This complaint of wrongdoing needs to be complete and make specific allegations along with any evidence. Payment for “jury duty” is $50 per person. This jury of 6 people will make a binding decision based on the facts presented. The Executive Facilitator will enforce the result by initiating a resolution that will go to the City Council to handle the dispute accordingly.

TL/DR: This is a proposal that seeks to: Establish a formal election process (“CityDAO Election Process”) to be used initially for the CityDAO Multisig (“Multisig Election”); Establish compensation and limited authority for the Elected Multisig; Empower Walter Clapp as the Election Facilitator (@wdclapp Discord handle) to administer the Multisig Election and all related aspects of the election process; Compensate Walter (and any team members, as may be determined by Walter in his discretion) for the efforts and undertakings relating to #1, 2, and 3 above.​ Total target compensation = $9,000 (the “Election Comp Pool”); which includes Walter’s compensation plus money available to compensate assistant(s) at Walter’s sole discretion.) SECTION 3.05 of the Operating Agreement states CityDAO’s purpose and mission as follows: “PURPOSE; POWERS. CityDAO was established for the purpose and mission of exploring decentralized governance mechanisms as well as establishing verification of physical asset ownership, such as real property, on the Ethereum Blockchain.” CityDAO has not spent adequate time or money on decentralized governance and this CIP aims to change that dynamic. The time for elections at CityDAO is here. Our First Election will be to Elect Members of the Multisig. According to Chat GPT, “Here are some reasons why DAOs might use elections: Representation: Elections allow DAO members to choose representatives who can make decisions on their behalf. This can help ensure that the decisions made by the DAO are aligned with the interests of its members.

Accountability: Elections can hold representatives accountable to the DAO members. If representatives fail to perform their duties or act in a way that is not in the best interests of the DAO, they can be removed from their positions through a vote.

Transparency: Elections can provide transparency in the decision-making process. All members have the opportunity to participate in the voting process and have a say in the direction of the DAO. Efficiency: Elections can help DAOs make decisions more efficiently. By delegating decision-making to elected representatives, the DAO can avoid delays and inefficiencies that might result from a more decentralized decision-making process.

Legitimacy: Elections can help legitimize the decisions made by the DAO. When decisions are made through a transparent and democratic process, members are more likely to accept and support them.” Currently - The “Multisig” is a body of eight (8) individuals who own private keys that own and control the CityDAO Main Safe Treasury. There are a few ways to manage a DAO Treasury and in the early days CityDAO chose the centralized manner of establishing a Multi-signature Smart Contract. Currently, 5 of 8 signers must sign a transaction to use money from the DAO’s treasury. This CIP creates a Multisig election. Each seat will be paid $200 per month. This CIP also confirms the Multisig authority to not sign transactions if they violate any act of governance (CIP, Charter, or OA), or violate US/Wyoming Law. Walter Clapp will oversee and implement the first election of the current 8 Multisig seats pursuant to this CIP. Walter makes sense as a licensed attorney, and his interest in reinvigorating the republic in America, including a vision for a Constitutional Convention. Walter is also a public candidate for President of the U.S. Walter can achieve the goal of getting CityDAO from the appointed Multisig of today to the Elected Multisig of CityDAO’s future. The election is intended to be completed by July 1, 2023. Multisig members will be up for election every 1 year. July 2023 multisig members will be replaced in July 2024 and so on. Unless a new CIP is passed to amend this one, it will recur with automatic passage annually. Multisig members may serve a maximum of two terms. Once this CIP passes, the CIP and election, to completion, will be publicized by the DAO to Twitter, the Website, Discord, Discourse, and via email. Nominations will be open to be submitted via Forum (Discourse). Self-nominations are prohibited. Nominations will require the person nominating to provide proof of humanity via a photo of their face with the nominee’s name on a piece of paper held by the nominator. Nominations for individuals will be subject to open Q&A, as well as limited debates that may be hosted by Walter.

Eligibility: Nominees will be required to go through KYC and AML, and any other legal hurdles required by the US or Wyoming law, prior to the vote. Nominations will open upon passage of this CIP and shall close on June 1, 2023. Walter will then compile a list of all qualified nominees for voting after the close of each round of nominations.. A virtual synchronous election over a seven (7) day period will occur via a CityDAO Citizen token gated discord channel (or Snapshot) administered by Walter and other present admins. Each citizen will be asked to rank their top eight (8) votes for the multisig. All citizens may only vote one time. Walter will manually tabulate the winners pursuant to the rules of rank choice voting, and publish the results on Snapshot for certification. These new signers will be admitted to the Multisig within 24 hours of certification. The next four (4) highest votes will be alternates. In the event a Multisig member steps down, is removed, or otherwise unable to complete their role, they shall be replaced by the alternate with the next most votes from the election (and if they are not available, the second highest voted alternate would be appointed, and so on). All 8 Multisig seats will begin receiving compensation the month after the first four new Multisignators are elected. Any tampering is expressly prohibited, including without limitation, Sybil Votes and use of Sybil Wallets. If tampering is discovered, the user(s) will be banned from multisig election voting for 1 year; and will be permanently banned from elected positions at CityDAO, or CityDAO positions with budget authority. Walter will work with current moderators and administrators to enforce these rules, publish ample advance notice of the nominations and election, and any updated rules of the election. Walter will publish a CIP to ratify the election and compensation within 24 hours of the election closing. If the elected are not ratified, this CIP will cease. Miscellaneous Terms of CIP-145 Term/Date of Completion no later than September 1, 2023 (note – anticipated ASAP but providing this outside date) The Facilitator role for this Election is a non-replaceable role, meaning that the CIP is formally terminated if Walter is not physically able to complete the election. Only a new CIP can establish a different or alternate election procedure. As stated above, the process will be finalized using a ratification CIP. Other CIPs relating to election considerations or compensation for elected Multisig members may follow depending on the nature of the process itself or its outcomes. Walter may use the assistance of others as he deems necessary, including the discretion to provide compensation from the Election Comp Pool in his discretion. Adjustments and amendments allowed by Proposer or Walter prior to Snapshot, will be tracked, and kept transparent in this Forum page. Payment of any amounts hereunder will be made from the Main Treasury within five (5) days of submission of Utopia payment request with reasonable supporting documentation as necessary.

CityDAO has continued to need basic support and business functions but unfortunately CityDAO did not properly plan for continuation of any responsibilities going into 2023. The need for these roles still exists, and Alex and Josh have continued to function in these roles informally due to their necessity and importance to DAO functioning. These contributors have continued to provide continuation services in their former roles in an unpaid capacity for the month of January 2023 and basic business operations are an ongoing function.

TEAM:

Alex (alexthims) – Bookkeeping & CPA Liaison Josh (j0sh I DAOvolution) – Compliance-Related Operations & Outside Counsel Liaison

PROPOSAL:

1. If a quorum of 250 is reached and this CIP is approved, the Team will use its best efforts to undertake the following “Basic” back-office business functions:

Three (3) month term commencing retroactively to January 1, 2023 and ending March 31, 2023 Continuation of Ongoing Compliance (Legal + Finance) Guild Responsibilities from Q4 2022 Maintenance of the CityDAO PO Box in Cody, WY (including any related fees if necessary) Services provided to CityDAO for basic back-office operation (legal + finance), including but not limited to: Sole Liaison with outside professional service providers (“PSP’s”) Basic bookkeeping record management General filings, property taxes, authority and/or signatures for procuring insurance policies (or as otherwise legally required) Sole Authority to manage the relationships with PSP’s, including any related/reasonable expenditures, with transparent backups supplied. Current PSP’s include: Lorenzo CPA, Montague Law (EthLaw), Burg Simpson (Parcel 0 and CityDAO agent) and Hathaway & Kunz Other PSP’s and software that may be necessary due to evolving nature of projects and DAO operations Retroactive compensation for the month of January 2023 - $1,650 USDC to each contributor Ongoing compensation for February/March 2023 - $1,650 USDC to each contributor Total Team Compensation: $9,900

2. Should this proposal: (i) fail to achieve twenty (20) “likes” on this discourse page, (ii) fail to meet quorum, or (ii) fail to be approved:

Should this CIP-142 not proceed for any reason other than withdrawal or abandonment by its proposers, it will be deemed to be a formal act of governance relieving Alex and Josh of their duties and assumed carry-over responsibilities from Q4 2022. Should this happen, the roles described herein will go unfilled, and the proposers will no longer be responsible for any of the above-mentioned responsibilities or any other responsibilities/duties with respect to the DAO. The proposers will be expressly released from any and all responsibility relating to the performance of these duties henceforth.

Miscellaneous Terms of CIP-142:

All payments will be made from the Main Treasury: 0x60e7343205C9C88788a22C40030d35f9370d302D

Payments initiated for or from this team will be queued to the Main Treasury using an appropriate method, including without limitation, a Utopia payment link including supporting documentation. The Multisig will execute such payments in a timely fashion, but in any event, no later than five (5) days after submission from the team.

If for any reason, the project Team must pay for a DAO-related expense, CityDAO will promptly reimburse such team member(s) for these expenses, including any related transaction fees or gas fees. If performance of duties hereunder requires a physical or digital signature, the team members are authorized to make it, and for the avoidance of doubt or ambiguity, the team members are the only people in the DAO who are expressly authorized to do so with respect to accounting or legal professionals on CityDAO’s behalf.

The project proposers may transition their responsibility to a suitable and adequately qualified CityDAO contributor, subject to CityDAO’s selection and/or approval of said replacement. The team may also resign from responsibility, at any time upon seven (7) days written notice given to CityDAO (in a manner deemed suitable to CityDAO). For the avoidance of ambiguity - This CIP-142 is not a contract for employment or otherwise.

This CIP-142 may be amended by the proposers at any time prior to Snapshot, subject to compliance with all other material terms contained herein.

Performance hereunder will be expressly subject to the indemnity rights afforded by the CityDAO Operating Agreement. Additionally, this team will not be liable to CityDAO or to any Citizen, or any other party for that matter, with respect to its performance hereunder, nor for any other types of damages, including without limitation, any incidental, indirect, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages. CityDAO agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold the team harmless from any such claims, liabilities, or damages, including the team’s attorneys fees. Wyoming law governs this CIP and all related considerations. For the avoidance of doubt, these defense, indemnity and hold harmless obligations will extend from CityDAO in favor of the project team for any and all issues that may arise in the future due to a lack of accountability or responsibility-holder in the former roles in the event of #2 above, and this provision is a material term of this CIP-142. (for example, if a service provider sends CityDAO to collection, if services lapse, or if taxes are not paid - this team is EXPRESSLY NOT RESPONSIBLE if the conditions set out in #2 above should occur). The intent of this provision is to say that, should CityDAO miss payment of an amount that this team would have been responsible for had they been approved, they are expressly not responsible.

This team will work directly with the CityDAO Multisig but the team members will not hold or retain seats on the Multisig, and this will include any replacements who later fill either role due to transition/resignation or are added later.

Proposal TLDR

Lyons800 is posting this proposal on behalf of Lupei and the rest of the community team.

This is a proposal to reinstate the Community Team—whose members consist of most of the former Community Guild’s members: Lupei, simplepixellife, and Ming—to manage the communities of CityDAO again, in order to maintain and increase engagement both inside and outside of CityDAO Discord, ensuring a healthy community.

Why community?

A point of argument which is often brought up is that we currently do not have enough city building experimentation progress to justify the need to put effort in community-building. However, we believe that community-building effort is important in every step of a project of our scale. By constantly building our community, not only can we generate more sales from our citizens NFT, we would also grow our network of human resources and open more doors for collaborations/partnerships that would benefit our city building effort.

Community Team’s past work in CityDAO:

• The Journey of CityDAO: https://youtu.be/ns88NvDiHLk
• CityDAO in Numbers: https://youtu.be/mUnHD3U0gTk
• Dream City artwork: https://discord.com/channels/860356969521217536/861317513166192691/1057312073153003540
• Korean blogs: https://brunch.co.kr/@38421dc645b2463
• Turkish Twitter Spaces: https://twitter.com/CityDAO/status/1550541338420006913 (latest)
• Saturday Game Nights
• CityDAO Writing Contest (w/Media Guild)
• Attendance in various irl events (Thai/Turkey/China) under CityDAO’s name
• Past weekly newspapers: https://www.citydao.io/topic/weekly-news
• Past Roundup articles: https://city.mirror.xyz/
• Various translations in local community channels
• Deleting bots and warding off scammers

Project Team and Responsibilities

The team consists of three of the former members of the Community Guild:

Lupei

• Provide Thai translation on important matters
• Write biweekly newspaper and bimonthly roundups
• Manage community activities and marketing initiatives
• Provide monthly reports of the team

Simplepixellife

• Provide Turkish translation on important matters
• Organise Turkish CityDAO IRL events
• Host Twitter Spaces
• Manage community activities and marketing initiatives

Ming

• Provide Chinese translation on important matters
• Manage CityDAO WeChat Chinese community
• Write Chinese CityDAO articles
• Host Twitter Spaces

Proposal Budget

• Each member will be compensated $1500 per month for 6 months.
• The team will receive $6000 budget for community activities/visual content production. Any leftover at the end of 6 months will be returned to CityDAO treasury.

Total: $33000 (roughly 1.5% of treasury for 6 months of work)

Upon approval, the $6000 activity budget will be transferred to the Community Team’s multisig. Team members will get compensated at the end of each month.

Timeline and Deliverables

Duration: March to August

At the end of each month, Lupei will be providing a report on what the team has done for the month. Lupei and simplepixellife will be in charge of utilising the activity budget to organise community activities/producing visual content. We aim to have at least one activity or visual content per month, but those of larger scale may take longer. Most importantly, we will make sure that our activities and visual content are aligned with CityDAO’s missions and values.

What to expect:

• Weekly Newspaper
• Roundups
• Visual content (videos/artworks)
• Casual Discord activities
• Discord/Community Management
• Blogs & articles in local languages
• Twitter Spaces
• Contests
• IRL events
• Translations
• etc.

Risks

There may be legal issues with community activities that include “giveaways” of financial assets such as prizes for community contests, which could negatively affect CityDAO LLC. However, this issue can easily be averted. All activities that would contain giveaways will be consulted with the legal team first to make sure that there will be no legal problems.

Regulatory

There is no regulatory issue.

CIP Text: https://forum.citydao.io/t/how-citydao-can-help-turkey-earthquake/2009 (from Simplepixelife)

This CIP aims to deliver something else…

Yesterday, we faced a big earthquake. Now we’re dealing once again the damage it has done to citizens of Turkey. Many casualties, many wounded… You can check the news for more details.

As Tr (Turkish) community, we want to help as CityDAO to our local citizens who are facing many problems such as food, shelter, clothing and many more…

Many brands, organizations, companies, DAOs started campaigns and try to help locals in many ways. They need help badly.

Budget

We ask for 9,000 $ to deliver to a specific organization called ;

Twitter / ahbap

which is a reputable organization founded by ;

Twitter / haluklevent

We know that they would collab with governorship and help this donation spent in the best way.

How ?

CityDAO treasury could sent the funds to me (via metamask) and i personally will deliver the equal amount to the organization via bank. No compensation Bank transactions and proof will be shared after. If you do have another idea how we can do this, pls share

Risk ?

The funds will transfer to an individual That's why I would recommend to use KYC. I can share my info if needed

Why CityDAO would do this ?

To show the space that DAOs can do it To lead other DAOs To help people in need To support TR community To increase brand awareness

Waiting for your comments, if you want this CIP goes to snapshot, pls give a LIKE !

Thanks in advance.

Parcel 0 Monument Search

Earlier, scottfits put out an Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Parcel 0 monument. Read that here. https://forum.citydao.io/t/rfp-parcel-0-monument/1879

DAO contributor lotrfan has generously volunteered to lead an effort to install a monument at Parcel 0 and his uncle is a bronze sculptor. He has suggested a few different options to choose from and would like to survey the DAO.

This is an informal, non-binding pulse check, not a formal proposal. A subsequent proposal that outlines more formal plans and a budget may be posted at a later date.

Note: you can vote for multiple options in order of preference since this uses ranked choice voting

Proposal: Provide a Grant for a Startup to create a Harberger Tax Inspired NFT Protocol & Marketplace

Amount: $250,000 USDC, spread out over 4 progress milestones (see below)

To Who: @MemeBrains & @TheBossDragon

Intended outcome:

1. Resolve 3 of the primary pain points affecting the DAO and Gated Access Community ecosystem as a whole
2. Replenish the CityDAO treasury
3. Save developer costs from other CityDAO projects which need a Harberger Tax model as well

Prologue:

Hello CityDAO!

This is my first proposal ever since proposing the CityDAO Podcast almost a year ago. Working with, supporting and advocating for CityDAO has been one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve received in the Crypto world. This proposal takes things to a whole new level.

In 2018 I sold my last company in part because I felt the unshakable calling to plunge down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime so I decided to go all-in and it’s been one of the most fulfilling decisions of my entire life. This journey led me to discover CityDAO and the principles of the Network State where I felt an equally strong calling to become involved. I believe that what Bitcoin is doing for global economics, the Network State is doing for global politics.

But everywhere I look, DAOs, NFT communities and nearly every single Gated Access Community I’ve come across run into the same 3 problems: Squatters, Flippers & Depleting Treasury.

Squatters hold those community keys (NFTs, Tokens etc) but do not participate. This artificially inflates the price of those community keys/NFTs in the open market -such as on Opensea- while simultaneously lowering productivity for everyone involved. Squatters are usually well intended however the inactivity hurts the community.

Flippers hold those community keys for future resale purposes and also do not participate, further inflating the community key prices and lowering community productivity. Flippers are also usually well intended however the hoarding and inflated floor pricing it creats hurts the community too.

Depleting Treasury is like a ticking time bomb. Every startups nightmare…limited Runway threatens the end of any capital intensive initiative.

Through CityDAO I’ve discovered the principles of Harberger Taxes. At least 2 CityDAO projects that I know of have mentioned a desire to implement Harberger Taxes in their projects, yet no fully functional solution currently exists in the market to click the proverbial ‘on switch’ to try it out. Tweets and articles by notable people and thought leaders also demonstrate interest in bringing this idea to market.

Within the principles of Harberger Taxes, I along with many others I’ve spoken with see the seeds to solving all 3 of these major industry pain points with one single solution.

This proposal is to find out in an indisputable way if a Harberger Tax Marketplace for Gated Access Community Keys and Digital Land Ownership will indeed help change the world of online communities for the better, as we think it will.

Project Team:

Eric Gilbert-Williams - CEO

Eric is a lifelong entrepreneur across multiple industries. He bootstrapped his last company to a team size of 50+ people and several million in ARR then sold it in 2018. He has also been involved in event production, angel investing and startup consulting. He is the host of the CityDAO podcast, an active DAO enthusiast + contributor and is also the host of a Philanthropically motivated Mental Health Podcast. Eric brings experience in organizational leadership, stakeholder relationship building, B2B + B2C sales, team trainings and public speaking.

Bhargav Patel - CTO

Bhargav is a serial entrepreneur in the technology space. In 2011, he founded Performance IQ, a data analytics and gamification software company for boutique fitness clubs. He grew the company to 3000+ locations & 20M+ users, prior to getting acquired by Battery Ventures in 2018. Since then, he has been involved with multiple ventures in retail, manufacturing, software & web3 space. He is an avid crypto investor, an early CityDAO citizen, and brings a ton of web3 development experience in smart contracts, NFTs & Defi protocols.

Budget: $250,000 USDC over 4 milestones (see below)

Summary: Launch a Harberger Tax Inspired NFT Protocol & Marketplace for CityDAO and other gated access communities to benefit from. This will allow communities to add customized functions and utility to their NFTs based on the specific needs and goals of their community. This project will develop the protocol MVP along with accompanying marketplace. Communities will be able to mint, distribute, manage and buy/sell their customized NFTs. Communities who select taxation features in their NFT will have those taxes sent directly to replenish their treasuries.

Pitch Deck PDF with Project Overview here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_bmjqVkI4CnChvkv6_vkdAyu8Xe8uQjd/view?usp=sharing

Pitch Deck Video Walkthrough here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obYXxQv2r0Q

Use of Funds:

1. Launch on mainnet & gain sufficient market traction to raise a $2M+ Seed round from Angels/VCs in 2023/24
2. Core team wages & contractor payments
3. Software & server costs

Benefits to CityDAO:

1. $1 million in Royalties for CityDAO Treasury Replenishment: a) As a separate agreement from the Grant, the venture proposed above would engage with CityDAO in an Incubation and Marketing agreement. The agreement would state that should the venture succeed in generating revenues then the CityDAO Treasury would be provided with a 20% royalty from those top line revenues until $250,000 has been sent to the CityDAO Treasury, and then a further 5% royalty for an additional $750,000 USD, equalling a combined total of $1 million USD or equivalent back to the CityDAO treasury. b) In exchange for giving this royalty to CityDAO, the venture will be formally supported by CityDAO for testing, marketing, feedback, discussions early distribution and be the ventures first live customer, establishing a true win-win environment for both parties.

2. Saved Costs: Other CityDAO projects which require a functioning Harberger Tax inspired NFT protocol and marketplace would be able to leverage from this technology and no longer be required to develop it from scratch. This would save development costs on other CityDAO projects and initiatives.

3. Momentum for Treasury Replenishment initiatives: This would be the first active project within the CityDAO ecosystem to have an agreement in place geared towards treasury replenishment. This will hopefully inspire others to create projects and agreements which would also replenish the CityDAO treasury.

4. Branding & Market Presence This project would provide credit back to CityDAO on-going in various forms including the CityDAO logo, ‘CityDAO Incubated Project’ references, public facing credit towards the CityDAO community in media events, and more. People will know this project was inspired and supported first and foremost by CityDAO to continue building the CityDAO brand.

Timeline and Deliverables:

To demonstrate our commitment and determination for this project, we have broken the project down into 4 milestones. Upon approval of this proposal, $250,000 USDC will be transferred to a gnosis based escrow wallet. Funding will be opened on a per milestone basis starting with the first milestone funding being released and used to complete the first milestones deliverables. Upon completion of the first milestone deliverables, funds will be unlocked then used from the second milestone to complete the second milestone deliverables, and so on.

Milestone 1

Budget: $1

Deliverables:

• Project Discovery & Networking
• 5+ DAO/Community Leader 1-on-1 interviews for feature development input & prioritization
• Setup web survey for larger scale interviews with DAO/Community participants

Milestone 2

Budget: $19,999

Deliverables:

• Completion of 30+ DAO/Community Leader 1-on-1 interviews for feature development input & prioritization.
• Flow Charts based on market feedback from the interviews & surveys
• Initial Branding / Creatives for the platform
• Initial UI/UX Designs

Milestone 3

Budget: $50,000

Deliverables:

• MVP live on ETH/Polygon Testnet
• Alpha Testing & Feedback Gathering
• Generate interest from other communities

Milestone 4

Budget: $180,000

Deliverables:

• Audited smart contracts by a third party
• Live and operational product launch on ETH/Polygon Mainnet
• Commencement of the Royalty on top line marketplace revenue back to CityDAO

Challenges & Questions:

1. Will it work? It’s clear that between the Radical Markets book, the RadicalxChange foundation, tweets by Vitalik, Balaji and within other discussion forms, there is a sincere curiosity and belief by influential parties that a Harberger Tax model could revolutionize property ownership, memberships, NFTs and gated access communities everywhere. We can debate the theory until the cows come home…but there’s only one way to actually find out. This project aims to find out.

2. That’s not enough money to scale Correct, it’s not. But with this pre-seed funding and a live MVP, we will be able to confidently approach a Seed round in 2023 aiming for the $2mil - $5mil range with the appropriate Angel Investors & VCs. The Seed round will provide the hires needed to bring this product to market and gain the initial traction required to then approach a Series A round in the $20mil - $30mil range for market scalability.

3. That’s too much money! Please read #2 above.

4. I think Harberger Taxes will fail. Please read #1 above.

5. Why not do this inside CityDAO as a CityDAO fully owned project? a) CityDAO does not have enough money to do this as a broad market solution in a long-term scalable way. It would simply be too risky for the treasury and bootstrapping this would require too much commitment from DAO members, distract from core CityDAO initiatives and severely limit this initiative's chances of success. b) This is a startup venture concept which is intended to live and grow on its own. Although connected to the same root system as CityDAO overall and connected with multipl CityDAO projects, this is an offspring of CityDAO, not part of the main/original tree. c) Lastly, legal liability is mitigated when this project is separated from the CityDAO LLC and visa versa.

6. How does this replenish the CityDAO Treasury? Please read ‘Benefits to CityDAO’ above.

7. Let’s debate, discuss and theorize about this for a year++ before deciding Not an option for us. We have a window of opportunity here that will not remain open long. Either we do this or we don’t.

8. The Mob. Look, our intentions here are to do something good, not only CityDAO, but for the market as a whole, and simultaneously help our entrepreneurial career. We really don’t want this to turn into something unpleasant for anyone involved. We are hoping CityDAO can rally around this project as a very positive thing.

9. I have more questions plz We will be hosting a daily AMA on this Proposal at 2pm PST on Thursday and Friday November 9th and 10th and daily from Monday November 14th until Friday November 18th. Come join and ask all your questions!

10. Is this Legal? Everything within this proposal will be first passed through CityDAO legal council and any required changes will be made accordingly before finalized.

Legal Notice & Disclaimer: The entirety of the above proposal and any and all of its details, including but not limited to pitch deck and related details must be reviewed by and modified by CityDAO legal council and/or other legal council related to the venture or any of its stakeholders.

DAOLabs

DAO Labs will be an innovation hub for aspiring and current Web3 enthusiasts, developers, engineers, designers and community members.

Co-working spaces such as WeWork are expensive and adopt a corporate and formal culture, one that struggles to embrace and encourage innovation and creative thinking.

DAOLabs aims to provide these creators and innovators with a new type of working model that seeks to be engaging, and fair and promotes building and innovation.

DAOLabs does this in a number of ways;

The Launch

The launch of DAOLabs Denver will provide citizens with free access to the DAOLabs for the first 90 days of Launch. During this time, the DAOLabs team aims to finalise the development of the Partial Common Ownership business model and the future development of the project.

Future Benefits

• Off-Peak free access to Citizens
• xx hours worth of free access passes per month (To be determined)
• Priority Booking during on-peak hours

Locations

DAOLabs proposes Denver, Colorado as the initial location. This is due to a number of factors such as:

• Reasonable lease prices: Lease prices in Denver are better valued than in some other researched states such as NY, TX, FL, CA, Etc
• Denver’s Tech Community: Denver is known for its bustling tech and startup community.
• ETHDenver: This is one of the largest crypto events and having a location where we can facilitate a space for people to build throughout the event, but also gain publicity through the event.
• Central Location: Denver, CO is quite a central location to other states in the USA.
• Denver is extremely close to both Parcel 0 and Parcel Blanca and can act as a hub/lab between the two.

Future Locations

Pending the success of DAOLabs Denver, DAOLabs aims to open a number of similar spaces to be used by citizens around the globe.

Upgrades

DAOLabs aims to be community driven. Certain amounts of capital can be allocated by the community to upgrade the locations for their benefit and at their specification.

QV Funding

DAOLabs will utilise QV Funding models to fund projects within the locations. The goal of this is to fund startups and projects in the DAOLabs space in a fair and efficient manner.

Sponsorship

Members of DAOLabs can earn sponsorship for themselves and their teams. This is done through our sponsors and aims to provide top projects and individuals with the opportunity to bootstrap their development.

Partial Common Ownership -Desk Lease

Partial Common ownership (PCO) is a new form of ownership and of managing assets that is fairer and more efficient than those under capitalism or communism.

In PCO or Plural Property assets belong to no one and everyone. An asset’s current possessor must self-assess and declare its value. Based on the self-assessed value, they pay a fee, which can be used to fund public goods, or distributed as a social dividend. If somebody bids more for that asset, current possessors sell it for their self-assessed value, resulting in more benefits for the public.

DAOLabs Inherits Mechanisms from PCO and Plural Property to create a unique ownership model for our builder Space.

Users of the space will have the ability to view all of the desks available each day.

Desks may utilise a lease structure incorporating PCO to obtain the maximum economic benefit from each desk and location allowing DAOLabs to grow at an optimal rate.

Requirements

CIP-111 proposes the following:

• Full support from CityDAO for media assistance and coordination

• $162,500 to cover the lease of the property for 1 year.

• $47,500 to cover any other incurred expenses *Incurred expenses include design & development budget, travel costs, insurance, maintenance etc.

• $20,000 Compensation to the team for execution and setup of the space

Timeframe

1. Snapshot Completion Date: 22th October 2022

2. Lease engagement: 23rd October - 23rd November 2022

3. Lease Start Date: 23rd November 2022

4. DAOLabs Opening: 24th November 2022

5. DAOLabs Business Model and Software Refinement: 24th February 2023

Deliverables

Milestone 1: Snapshot Completion

Milestone 2: Space Lease and Organisation

Milestone 3: Partners Onboarding

Milestone 4: Space Launch and Citizen Introduction

Goals

CIP-111 aims to deliver the following to CityDAO Community:

• Business Opportunity
• Space for citizens
• Space to try real-life experiments

Partnership Opportunities

DAOLabs will aim to establish partnerships with the following entities in technology and Web3.

• Venture Capitalist Firms: To provide support and assistance to sponsor projects in DAOLabs
• Technology Groups: To advance the adoption of web3 into web2 through DAOLabs projects
• Major Blockchain Protocols: To provide support and assistance to sponsor projects in DAOLabs.

Team

1. Oisin Lyons (Lyons800) - Lead on Space
2. Konrad - Operations Assist
3. Josh - Real estate
4. A fourth Member may be brought on to assist

Next Steps

1. Pass Snapshot Proposal

2. Create CIP-111 Team Multi-sig with the member proposed

3. Send $230,000 from the main treasury to the multisig

4. Off-ramp funds if necessary for proof of funding requirements on lease.

SIMPLE SUMMARY

Q4 is fast approaching and no budget or mechanism allocated to pay contributors during that period exists. Q3 included a lot of restructuring and clarity was gained via an approved vote a short 7 weeks ago (July 24). Planning Guild is working on Charter amendments to address future structure and budgets, but until those are in place and approved by the DAO, we risk some level of disorder on October 1st. Extending the Q3 Funding period, with some alterations below, appears to be a simple strategy to keep core functions and Guild projects ongoing, while limiting the amount of confusion associated with a more complex structure and budget for Q4.

SPECIFICATION

Extend the funding period included in the passed CIP-69 Q3 Guild Structure and Budget 6 to include the period from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 with the following alterations:

1. Facilitators will continue to work in their current positions, unless they’ve stepped down from a role.
2. The Planning and Operations Guild shall: - Maintain operations functions related to communication channels. - Revise and implement improved Charter and processes, with specific focus on clarifying and automating governance structures. The Charter should be posted and easily navigable once complete and approved by the DAO. - Make efforts visible to the community, provide regular status updates and shall hold a weekly call.
3. Discontinue the use of NFTs as Facilitator compensation.
4. Guild Safes will utilize unused USDC and NFTs from Q3 for Q4 operational costs.
5. USDC and NFT’s remaining in Guild Safes on January 1, 2023 will be used to credit Q1 2023 funding budgets for each guild, if any is proposed.
6. Should a Guild not plan to exist in Q1, 2023, all funds will be sent to the Treasury: 0x60e7343205C9C88788a22C40030d35f9370d302D

An APPROVE vote would mean you approve an extension of the Q3 Funding period as amended above.

A REJECT vote would mean you reject an extension of funding.

Quorum is 500 Citizen NFTs as this CIP involves more than $10,000. Snapshot currently shows quorum incorrectly since we've moved to quadratic voting. Quorum will be calculated by counting each Citizen NFT after the results.

Polis Conversation Report: https://pol.is/report/r93bsr9mwv34rcr2aezhu

Summary

In CIP-69, the planning guild was authorized to spend $50k in discretionary spending. $10k was transferred to the bank account to cover some SaaS expenses and legal fees. $40k remains.

Proposed Use

As Q3 is coming to an end, Scott and Josh propose using the remaining $40k, or however much remains after documented Planning expenses, to acquire 3-5 more parcels of land next to Baby Parcel in Alamosa, CO, so that we can make more parcels available to Citizens and start to bootstrap a neighborhood there. These parcels will be available for citizens to lease and use. One may be kept for CityDAO collectively as a town square.

Why this proposal?

This is technically an allowed action already under governance, but is a less traditional use of the funds. We wanted to check with the DAO.

• A YES vote asks planning to use leftover funds to buy more baby parcels
• a NO vote will ask the planning guild to return the funds to the main treasury

Summary

We propose realizing CityDAO’s original vision: the development of an IRL Network City with Web3 community governance.

To achieve this, our Team will develop positive-sum feedback loops that catalyze organic economic growth.

These feedback loops are modeled on the first principles of city formation and draw from historical precedents such as the development of Marfa, Texas. We are inspired by the ideas of Glen Weyl and will use Partial Common Ownership (a variant of Harberger Taxes), Quadratic Voting, and Gitcoin’s Quadratic Funding model.

We are creating the foundation of CityDAO’s future: an economic engine, situated in the real world, for Teams and Citizens to experiment, collaborate, compete, develop their ideas, and build.

Full CIP Text:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wraj0OAKuFskLLFUNHhgYQ7G2nHtfBpavHzDsSzpZLI/edit?usp=sharing

Parcel Zero is CityDAO’s largest and most significant effort to date. It is a Wyoming DAO’s first land purchase. The NFT project was a monumental step towards putting land on chain. Of all our existing guilds/efforts/projects/etc. this is the only other one that has a separate NFT which controls access/governance/etc… Parcel Zero is our only project that has a separate entity which holds the land and through which Parcel Zero NFT holders interact, and “Parcel Zero, LLC” merits an arms length relationship.

The possibilities for Parcel Zero have not been fully realized. While there are significant limitations for what can be done with the land, there remains a great deal of potential within the related Parcel Zero effort. Which direction we go needs to be determined by Parcel Zero NFT holders through the governance granted to them. However, very little is possible with no funding available. Additionally, we have known expenses which will exist, and past expenses which have yet to be paid.

Taking all of this into consideration, it is important that we recognize the Parcel Zero effort for the significance that it holds, and grant Parcel Zero NFT holders enough autonomy and funding to govern meaningfully. Without this a not insignificant amount of energy will be consumed making small asks along the way, and it will be that much more difficult to fully realize the value of holding a Parcel Zero NFT. This proposal provides a baseline foundation intended to prevent the project from languishing and maintain the current momentum.

FUNDING This CIP requests $73k for the following:

~$5k (estimate) to support the Parcel Zero development team at the desired level. As part of the final monumental push to get the Parcel Zero Reveal across the line, many team members made contributions beyond what was expected to make the reveal and app amazing. The rollout was better than many professional organizations, and the near complete lack of concerns/issues post reveal is a testament to success of their efforts. This is a small buffer that grants the development team the ability to retroactively compensate those people for additional work performed. Distribution to be determined by the team who was responsible for delivering the Parcel Viewer app & Metadata Reveal.

~$15k (estimate) to cover costs of minting and distributing the remaining ~900 unminted Parcel Zero NFT’s. Note that the entirety of these would be exclusively for Parcel Zero NFT holders to allocate (CityDAO has already been granted their share of 100), but in order to save on costs of a second transfer CityDAO will hold these in trust and distribute them as instructed by Parcel Zero governance. This is only to earmark the cash; there is no distribution schedule at this time. Parcel Zero NFT holders will determine how these are distributed through separate Parcel Zero Improvement Proposal(s) or similar governance process.

~$20k (estimate per @fugyeah) to cover essential costs on the parcel for 10 years (taxes, insurance, and basic maintenance). Intended to remain in trust and cover expenses as incurred.

~$33k to continue development and experiment with what is possible. This small seed would unburden Parcel Zero NFT holders from the need to justify spend from a separate entity. This commitment from the CityDAO community will create opportunity to explore what is possible related to Parcel Zero, at the discretion of Parcel Zero NFT holders.

Note that many of these items are approximations. Although these best estimates are believed to be reasonable, some of the monies from the general fund may be necessary to cover under-estimated amounts, and for any category which is under-utilized, any remaining funds will become available for general development and experimentation related to Parcel Zero (i.e., contributing to or taking from the bucket above).

DISCORD COMMUNITY A Parcel Zero NFT holder is deserving of the same rights and privilege that we grant to Citizenship holders, albeit through separate mechanisms. Additionally, we will have Parcel Zero NFT holders who do not hold a citizenship nor have interest in existing CityDAO activities.

Proposal is for a structure that looks very similar to the current guild approach. This provides continuity for the look and feel that citizens have come to expect over the last year, and creates a space which makes it easy for Parcel Zero NFT holders to focus time and attention in a familiar way:

A new Discord Category for Parcel Zero similar to what we have for current guilds. A new self-selected Discord role for Parcel Zero, allowing users to self-select into discussions in #unlock-channels A new verification process for Parcel Zero NFT holders, similar to what we have for the current Citizenship NFT for locked channels Within the new Discord category, we would expect to create access similar to what we have for our current guilds, including:

General Public CityDAO Citizenship NFT only Parcel Zero NFT only Both CityDAO Citizenship NFT and Parcel Zero NFT etc. It is initially proposed that DenverCitizen9 be granted full authority over the new Parcel Zero Discord category to set up, manage, and experiment with the layout of the channels, similar to the local authority that we currently grant to existing guilds. Note that this is in addition to, not in lieu of existing admin control, and there is no expectation that DenverCitizen9 will gain any type of facilitator role or additional privilege or recognition related to the Parcel Zero effort; the purpose is to unburden the current CityDAO team.

GOVERNANCE While it may be reasonable to expect Parcel Zero NFT holders to initially follow a process similar to what was established for CityDAO, a separate Snapshot category will be necessary as governance rights are unrelated to the existing CityDAO citizenship. This may need to be tied to the Parcel Zero ENS (though it is not known who currently holds that).

TREASURY MANAGEMENT If this CIP passes, NFT holders are expected to voice opinions and make a determination for who has the ability to distribute related Parcel Zero funds. Ideally this would happen after a selection process and Parcel Zero NFT holder vote. A review of the LLC documentation would likely be necessary to understand what is possible and/or expected.

Citizens,

The following is a proposal for the re-structuring of CityDAO Guilds and a new budget structure for 2022 Q3.

CIP-69, if passed, will retroactively compensate contributors from the 11th July under the new budget Structure. CIP-69 will be for the quarter period July 1st to September 30th.

Each Document can be found in this Google Drive Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NxCXM-ihPwYwvq6G8Njjufhf5O3Cplb9?usp=sharing

Overview:

The CIP-69 Structure separates Guilds into two different Categories; Functional and Resource. This is done to assist with a leaner approach to execution and engagement, while at the same time, promoting a project based approach to CityDAO comp and deliverables.

Functional Guilds:

These are guilds designed to run the necessary operations of CityDAO so that it remains functional. These guilds will have the necessary manpower to execute things like: Financial Forecasting, Taxes, Salaries, legal work, compliance work, community management, discord, social media, marketing, events, media work, public affairs, grants, investments. etc.

These will not have onboarding flows and not have extra contributors. They are run specifically for functionality of Citydao.

Resource Guilds:

These guilds are the talent and resources necessary for CityDAO to grow. These guilds will have onboarding flows and contributors that are encouraged to join and complete bounties. These guilds will have 1 (2 in rare cases) facilitators with the task of doing VERY administrative guild work and with the main focus being encouraging onboarding, helping with resource allocation, guidance on projects that have their guild involved.

Projects: ( Project Empowerment (CIP-65))

Projects are ultimately what will push CityDAO forward. Projects will be proposed via CIP flow and managed by Planning & Operations. Management for these projects will be: Helping with the CIP flow, review of team and resources required, allocation of guild resources by working with the guild lead. Oversight of current CIPs and contact with leads for projects.

Projects are designed to mainly use Resource Guilds as a talent pool for a project team to execute on something. Resource Guild Facilitators will be tasked with working with Planning & Operations to find talent within the guilds and assign them to the project team.

Implementation

Draft 1 - 9th July Draft 2 - 10th July Draft 3 - 13th July Final Draft - 17th July Snapshot - 17th July Completion - 25th July Implementation - 26th-31st July

City Court Structure - Q3

The CityDAO Court requires amendment to the charter and this document serves as an overview of the structure proposed.

Until an amended draft is completed and the CityDAO Court structure is complete, the CityDAO Mission Guild will remain intact.

New Guild Structure - Q3

Authorised until end of Q3 2022

• Design Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fNVJVrsSK7bS3pHedIuEuApeC4z2gXfO/view?usp=sharing

• Legal and Finance Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v78nMkJpkSpntYUBEVI9DYRWnlH16tuS/view?usp=sharing

• Grants and Innovations Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kDQtkjqaKIQPh5EfaXHVxPkF9TizNZTx/view?usp=sharing

• Community Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lJMh9Na6JJ_Cdlr8_HzJ5bph-KGuvYWK/view?usp=sharing

• Education and Research Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iiTZ55KHTRY5HX9je5432Ou8C1lcw7Ap/view?usp=sharing

• Media Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ah723RAkZF9y4FjTIpjfpXS1qM1p5In/view?usp=sharing

• Planning & Operations Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FcEeOVEMUQ-hmUaUHwsLn4Lgy1hjFdvV/view?usp=sharing

• Real Estate Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zPldvUa4FSh8t_zTvV59uIUcOUELtsS2/view?usp=sharing

• Development Guild: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J-9hQEtWZcnsQZWTmzeLnac6FjzxQ8vw/view?usp=sharing

Q3 Budget

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J8DHB2iFPf0tmNB8LrYCV0PUacDRVM22TtCO_6a_CyU/edit?usp=sharing

Authorised until end of Q3 2022

QUADRATIC SQUARE ROOT VOTING APPLIES TO THIS CIP. THE RESULTS OF THIS CIP WILL BE DETERMINED BY RUNNING CHOICES THROUGH A QUADRATIC SOLVER.

Hello Citizens!

We encourage everyone to vote on these important modifications to the Bundled Guild CIP and the CityDAO Charter. As the guilds have now been running for just over one month, these changes are meant to streamline, clarify and improve certain elements of governance.

All the relevant details can be found in the proposal at: https://forum.citydao.io/t/cip-56-amendments-to-the-bundled-guild-cip-and-charter/1343

Citizens,

CityDAO must ensure treasury funds are utilized to fund day to day operations, pay taxes, reduce portfolio risk, and secure the financial longevity of CityDAO.

This proposal aims to give Treasury Management Authority of the Main Treasury Gnosis Safe [0x60e7343205C9C88788a22C40030d35f9370d302D] to the Finance Guild and specifically a Treasury Team within the guidelines presented here: https://forum.citydao.io/t/cip-57-treasury-management-authority/1342

These narrow guidelines for what can and can't be requested from the Main Treasury signers provide the flexibility to make decisions in the best interest of the DAO in a timely manner.

Upon the successful ratification of the Charter and Operating Agreement, we propose allocating 62 Citizen NFTs to compensate council members for their ~6 weeks of work on these milestones. Compensation will be according to the following schedule, which council members themselves agreed on and to which no one dissented to date: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iykSK8Q3Gp1EgB3HDjsgUuv_S6QAhFIaiByVdzFL0-w/edit#gid=0

Recurring: $2,000/mth x 12mths to fund the following:

• All checklist items for production (scroll down below for details)
• Weekly episodes on-going x 52 weeks
• Audio editing
• Written show notes and reference url's
• Website updates + hosting + management
• Guest sourcing, relations, organizing and hosting
• Leadership for the show overall

One-time: 5 CitizenDAO NFT’s, for all work completed to date including:

• Website design, development, hosting and launch
• 12 Episodes recording, editing, show notes
• Guest sourcing, organizing and hosting
• Leadership/management

Vision for the CityDAO Podcast & why it’s needed

The CityDAO Podcast is a vehicle to initiate and engage with important conversations with political leaders across the globe in collaborative fashion at the proverbial round table. This is an opportunity to establish positive relationships with todays politicians to demystify DAO’s and help bridge the gap between traditional Politics and the new-age Web3 revolution.

Additionally, someday a physical city -as defined by current geographical boundaries & connected to our present political system- will opt to operate as a DAO & CityDAO should be there when it happens to help everyone involved.

There’s always a 1st for everything. Wyoming was the 1st US state to embrace DAO recognition, the Republic of The Marshal Islands was the first country to embrace DAO’s at the Federal level, El Salvador was the 1st county to embrace bitcoin as a national currency and Miami was the 1st city to launch an official City Coin. When the first City begins to operate as a DAO, CityDAO should be there well in advance of the announcement to assist with the transition.

CityDAO is on the radar with important and powerful people across the globe including some of todays political leaders. The warm and welcomed reception I received when talking with the City of Miami and the Wyoming Senate clarified to me just how unique of a position CityDAO is in.

Background of the CityDAO Podcast

I volunteered to lead the CityDAO Podcast initiative via a Discord post in November 2021 which received unanimous positive feedback at the time. Since then the Podcast has been coming to life and taking shape. I have personally paid for any and all podcast related costs to date 100% and not received nor requested for any back compensation prior to this proposal being sent forth to you, the CityDAO community.

Progress to date:

1. Website design is completed and live
2. Hosting site is completed and live
3. Systems & processes have been established for; audio editing, time stamped show notes, reference URL’s, and pushing live to hosting and website
4. 11 Episodes are currently live right now including;

• 8x Citizens Series
• 1x External Guests
• 1x AMA & perhaps most importantly;
• 1x Notable Political figure from the City of Miami

5. 3 more episodes are finished recording and in for editing right now and will be live within the next 10 days
6. 4 more episodes are currently scheduled to be recorded between now and end of March including Senator Rothfuss from the State of Wyoming, Chairman of the Blockchain Council that passed Bill-38 to recognize DAO’s
7. 495 podcast unique listens have occurred as of todays date 27 different countries have tuned in 91% is a Male audience so far and most listeners ie 41% are ages 28-34

Current Job Description and Responsibilities

As with any project, the CityDAO Podcast has a checklist of tasks and responsibilities that needs to be completed on-going generally as well as for every episode. Here is the checklist as it stands today:

PRE-LAUNCH (completed)

1. Prep, design & maintain the WP website @ podcast.citydao.io 1
2. Prep & setup the podcasting hosting site @ anchor.fm
3. Google drive organization for raw files, edited files, photo’s, notes, episode names & organization
4. Set up basic recording room for audio & visual recordings. Currently using a blue yeti mic, audacity for host audio, zoom for guest audio & zoom video both video. For video background imagery so I’ve chosen two art pieces which I felt reflect the spirit of what we’re doing here at CityDAO. I’ve been looking into having a 3D print made of the CityDAO logo as well which I think would look pretty dank when done
5. Source out and pay for intro music, trial and error to get it to sound good

LAUNCH (also completed)

1. Source out/locate & schedule guests. Sometimes is quite easy as with Citizens series, other times takes work such as locating contact info and back and forth emails explaining as with Erick Gavin from Miami and Senator Rothfuss from Wyoming. I created the email template being used thus far and have been handling that correspondence.
2. Pre-recording prep, usually includes things such as; researching guest, preparing questions, citing current CityDAO and global events, little cheat sheet of questions and interview/discussion agenda
3. Interview & Recording. This is my favorite part, this is basically why I do this at all. I love the discussions, the learning & the pressure to do a good show that constantly improves with feedback, trial & error.
4. Audio editing; things like; removing clips, taps, coughs, umms, ahhs, removing irrelevant rants, special requests from guests, long pauses, and generally cleaning up the audio. In an average 1hr recording, often a full 10-20 minutes of these items gets cut out/deleted
5. Show description; show notes & resource url’s; doing a descriptive write up for the show, usually with SEO in mind, as well as doing time-stamped show notes so people can quick flip through episodes to find points of interest. Also doing the required research to find the relevant url’s which were referenced in the interview.
6. Putting the episode live; Google drive updating, website updating, hosting platform updating
7. Marketing; twitter & discord, mentioning guests, gathering reviews on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, spreading the word

Costs I Have Personally Incurred + Help Request

1. I have personally paid approx $600 USD for Website design + build and initial podcast setup
2. I have alos personally paid approx $4,100 USD in episode hard costs; 13 episodes @ $315 each

I have thus far volunteered my time for all the Podcast Leadership work required to date including all items outlined above for the pre-launch & launch checklists above. Additionally, I have been paying out of pocket for all physical costs required for the hands-on editing, writing & website work to get the show where it is at today.

For further clarity; there ARE outsourced physical costs for most of the aspects related to PRE-LAUNCH items 1 & 2 as well as LAUNCH items 4, 5 & 6 and I have so far paid for ALL of them myself personally with no assistance from any source.

Each episode has physical costs over and above my volunteer time of approx. $315 per episode which includes all of the time-consuming aspects of items the LAUNCH checklist items 4, 5 & 6 above.

Also for further clarity; I do NOT run a podcast editing company nor do I intend to, I did NOT have a profit or operating margin in the aforementioned costs and was 100% a community volunteer. This proposal includes a very small budget for my time moving forward.

Challenges

I will not be able to continue carrying these costs on-going. These will need to be covered somehow, community willing; ideally by the treasury via this funding proposal.

Also community willing, I have 2 further support personnel requests;

1. I’d like a short term assistant/helper to help with guest recruitment. I’ll provide the checklists, leadership & coordination for all aspects related to this. The purpose is to help with sourcing out email contact info for relevant potential guests and helping me with an aggressive outreach for political members across the globe to come on the show plus help with pre-show research prep. This would either be on a volunteer basis by a CityDAO community member or a casual/part-time paid/bounty role. A helper is not an urgent need nor is it absolutely necessary, however it would really help take a bit of pressure off my shoulders!
2. I’d like some marketing support. People who can help me tweeting & re-tweeting episodes across their social networks and leaving positive reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. This helps guests feel special, helps us recruit more guests and helps the Podcast gain the visibility it needs to become an authority presence in the DAO ecosystem overall for CityDAO to leverage from.

Roadmap

4th Qtr 2021 (completed)

• Discuss Podcast concept Setup Podcast framework, checklists, website & hosting Begin recording guests for the Podcast Launch

1st Qtr 2022 (completed)

• Launch the Podcast and establish initial traction Prepare this document for community input

NOW

• Obtain ALL answers to community questions outlined in this document & carry out any related actionable items

2nd Qtr 2022

• Book, record & publish several episodes with bigger name thought leaders & politicians

3rd Qtr 2022

• Heavy marketing of the Podcast with intent on establishing CityDAO as an authority presence and bridge between present day politicians & Web3
• Continue booking & publishing bigger name episodes with thought leaders & politicians

4th Qtr 2022

• Continued marketing + episodes launches
• Get CityDAO included in political panels, debates & inner circle strategy meetings with politicians interested in further exploring DAO’s
• Evaluate 2022 progress & develop 2023 Roadmap

My Background

See Forum Document and scroll to bottom for more about me: https://forum.citydao.io/t/cip-38-podcast-funding-request-progress-update/1103

Also:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/memebrains
• Mental Health Podcast: https://rockbottom2rockinit.com/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-gilbert-williams/
• Discord: @memebrains#0677
• Website: https://ericgilbertwilliams.com/
• Primary Occupation: CEO @ https://meme.market/home

We propose issuing 1 Citizenship NFT to the folks below for their contributions to CityDAO.

DenverCitizen9

• 10+ hours auditing discord scam flow of funds. He provided a detailed report to the core team and spent several hours on screenshare investigating
• Leading vote recount effort after snapshot election snafu
• Read his on chain analysis here: Scam overview: https://danielritchie.notion.site/CityDAO-Phishing-Scam-January-10th-2022-8d8adeb0848948c5a0a1a52a92e6515e
• On chain deep dive: https://danielritchie.notion.site/CityDAO-Phishing-Scam-OnChain-Alpha-142880d58e754d748b553ca30e817ac2

MaxRealEstate

• 10+ hours working with the core team and legal team on Parcel 0 legal mechanics
• Helping DAO with compliance, accounting, and real estate
• Read about Max's background and vision for CityDAO hhere: https://forum.citydao.io/t/maxrealestate-my-professional-experience-and-my-vision-for-citydao/1004

This proposal is to remediate approximately 29.1 ETH in lost funds due to the social engineering attack on January 10, 2022. This amount is approximate and subject to change based on further investigations into some of the claims. All remediation requests will be verified by the core team prior to payment.

We will also have the option of repaying gas spent on fraudulent transactions.

• If you think the DAO should repay both lost funds and gas, please vote “Remediate Lost ETH + Gas Costs”.
• If you think the DAO should only repay lost funds, please vote “Remediate Lost ETH Only”.
• If you think the DAO should remediate some percentage of lost funds, please vote “Partially Remediate Lost ETH Only” (Note: if this option wins, we will have a second vote to determine the %).
• If you think the DAO should not remediate any lost funds, please vote “Do Not Remediate”.

How vote counting will work:

To avoid a situation in which the vote is split fairly evenly, resulting in no remediation winning despite >50% of votes being in favor of remediation in some capacity, the option “Do Not Remediate” will have to receive >50% of all votes to win. If not, it will be removed from the options.

If “Do Not Remediate” receives <50% of all votes and is removed from the options, we will move to “Partially Remediate Lost ETH Only”. To avoid a similar situation, this option will have to receive >50% of all votes minus the votes counted for “Do Not Remediate”. If it does not receive enough votes, it will be removed from the options and we will evaluate the final two.

In evaluating the final two options, the option with the greater number of votes will win.

Royalties allow CityDAO to maintain consistent income without new NFT drops while disincentivizing selling the NFTs. This vote is to determine the resale royalty on the Parcel 0 Plot NFTs. This royalty will go to the DAO treasury.

Parcel 0 will have 950 plots. 50 citizens will be whitelisted through the raffle system each day. This vote is to determine how many plots each of those citizens should be allowed to buy.

More plots allowed means fewer citizens will end up being whitelisted, but they will have the opportunity to own more NFTs. Fewer plots mean more citizens will have the opportunity to purchase.

Parcel 0 will be divided into 950 plots. The original purchase price of Parcel 0 was approximately $100K.

The case for market price:

• The DAO should minimize costs for citizens
• We shouldn't be in charge of determining the land's worth

The case for a higher price:

• Revenue for the DAO to spend on future land drops
• Cost of the work done to make the drop a reality + gas fees
• Not the whole DAO will be able to purchase plots, those who are whitelisted should pay for the opportunity to purchase
• Too low of a price could make the NFTs appear insignificant

This vote will be done as ranked-choice voting.