Workflow

A step-by-step guide for DAOstructors.

OfficeHours - Have office hours weekly

Make your availability open with scheduled Office Hours! This is a great way to get familiar with the community and to find your next DAOstructor students.

Post them to https://nearguilds.com/events/ by pressing the green Submit your event button. Post them on Twitter and in the Forum at gov.near.org.

SelectStudents - Select the students you will be instructing

Instruction will happen over the course of 4 sessions, one session each week. Make sure you don't have more than 3 participants. Three is the ideal number. More than three tends to get confusing and 1:1's tend to limit instruction to community leaders.

You get to decide your students and who you work with. If you already have an idea of the communities they want to enable, reach out to them and see if they're interested! You can also select students from the weekly grant review meetings.

SubmitProposal - Submit your proposal for DAOstructor funds

Note: If you are in the DAOcubator Program, please use the DAOcubator funding to facilitate your DAOstructor sessions. If not, please follow the steps below.

During your DAOstructor sessions, you will need to send your participants NEAR tokens with which they can learn how to make transfers to other wallets and start their DAO. First, you will need to calculate how much NEAR you will need. Since they need enough to start their DAO, ere on the side of caution. Starting a DAO typically requires around 6 NEAR. Multiply the amount of NEAR necessary for starting a DAO by the number of participants you will be instructing.

Once your need is calculated, submit your proposal to the NEAR counsel.

Post your proposal directly in the DAOcubator DAO. Make sure to list the three DAOs you will be working with. If you are a first-time DAOstructor, include a link to your DAO kit (explained here). If you are a returning DAOstructor, please indicate that you performed the role before and list the DAOs from your last workshop for reference.

Once submitted, proposals take approximately one week to get approved or declined. You will receive notification in the channel where the proposal was submitted.

SendEducationMaterial - Provide the material which will be discussed during your upcoming sessions

Send an email to your students with the links they'll need for the 4-session workshop. Let them know to look through them in advance, but that they do not need to study them too in depth because there will be discussion of them over the course of the 4 weeks of instruction.

Label them by their corresponding week:

Include a note of where and when communication will be happening.

Make sure you have designated where and when you will be communicating. Too many conversations in too many locations will break communication. Make sure you don’t lose anyone by keeping asynchronous conversation to one place and scheduling synchronous communication in advance.

BlockchainEd - Session #1

During the first session, you will cover the foundational concept of money - what is it, what is it’s function, where did it come from? Then, you will cover blockchain. Many DAOstructors find value in explaining that this is a value revolution, where values have changed and whatever existed before no longer exists.

As much as possible, explain what cryptocurrency and NFTs are by relating them with traditional currencies and products.

WalletSetupEd - Session #2

People almost always get lost along the way. A common stumbling point is the passphrase. Some people might be embarrassed about getting lost - check back in with people. Let people know it's ok to be lost and it's very common. This will usually takes around an hour to do.

  1. First of all, you will have a Q&A on video for setting up their wallet.

  2. Once their questions have been answered, create a spreadsheet with names and addresses. There is no template. Simple open a regular Google Sheets spreadsheet.

  3. Send them to https://wallet.near.org/ to create their with the steps outlined in the first part of the video.

  4. Have everyone lists name in the spreadsheet.

  5. Send each wallet enough NEAR to start their DAO + gas fees.

  6. Next they choose within the group.

  7. You will send them the link (neardrop.io) to set one up for themselves

  8. Walk them through the process of sending money to each other. Focus is very necessary - once its done it cannot be undone. Make sure it is being sent to the right place.

  9. Once the transactions have been completed, explain that now they are in the ecosystem!

  10. Show them where on the blockchain the transaction is going.

This process will be repeated 2 more time, a week apart, in the Sessions 3 and 4. Spreading them out this way allows the student time to practice and synthesize the information they have received, within a safe environment where mistakes can be easily resolved.

DAOSetupEd - Session #3

  1. Discuss the materials sent as an intro to DAOs.

  2. Bring your explanations down to elementary school level.

  3. Explain how to bring in their communities. Each will have a community with its own subcultures language to teach themselves. The better they understand the material, the easier they will be able to onboard their community members.

  4. Explain how a DAO is a group of friends with a bank account.

  5. Create the DAO

    1. Technical: Have them click the "create my DAO” button on AstroDAO. It takes around 6 NEAR + gas fees to start. This should be included in their wallet from the second session. If not, transfer the necessary amount to get them started.

    2. Philosophical: The set up is very simple, the concept is difficult. Help them clarify their concept and what they want to accomplish with their DAO. Have them think about who they are and what kind of governance structure might best serve their needs.

  6. At the end of the session, have them send make their second token exchange from wallet to wallet. Ensure everyone has the same amount of tokens at the end.

ProposalEd - Session #4

In the fourth and final session, you will show each student how to make a proposal.

  1. Walk them through the steps explained in the video you shared with them in your initial email.

  2. Have them introduce themselves. Explain the importance of getting involved and creating trust within the community. Then have them introduce themselves in the Community section of the NEAR Forum: https://gov.near.org/c/community/10

  3. Have them screenshare to make sure you're on the same page. Show and explain each button and step of the process. While it may seem redundant to you, it might be new to the student.

  4. Make sure they understand that proposals can be simple one-liners, and that not every decision has to be made through this. The more high stakes a decision, the more likely it is to need a proposal - For example, decisions that require funding and decisions such as role changes and milestones. Transactions such as day to day tasks do not need proposals and can be discussed on the community level.

  5. Explain the importance of having 3 points of accountability. This is a very small amount of funding they are starting with, but the amounts will increase as time goes on and their proposals increase. Ensure they have 3 people who have the same access, that way they can always break the vote. Explain that is is important they all know each other and have worked with each other in some capacity, even if it's brief, such as meeting at an event. “You want to know who you're dealing with and to know they're genuine. Keep your ethics aligned.” People could run away with money from a proposal or start arguing now that money is involved.

  6. Have then create their proposal and comment on other people's proposals. This will help them understand the process, as well as making them more comfortable within the community.

  7. At the end of the session, have them send make their third and final token exchange from wallet to wallet. Ensure everyone has the same amount of tokens at the end.

FeedbackEmail - Send email and integrate feedback

After each workshop, send the students an email with a request for feedback. This will help us understand how we can improve our workshops in the future. This can also be used to update this workflow documentation with helpful tips and tricks.

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