Nouns DAO (legacy) - grants-and-retro-funding (Q5082)
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A Nouns discord channel. |
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<@881315476163141642> Hi could you support my development of AR-filters for SNS platforms? My version of Nouns-AR-filter on Instagram is getting momentum. You can see filter here https://www.instagram.com/ar/702277330935834/. You might have seen the filter in Sounds-of-Nouns jingles. --If NounsDAO decides to support this then:-1) I want to use some of the ETH to run community competitions to get more people share photos with AR-glasses on instagram-2) and make snapchat version of the filter.--Any amount of ETH would be appreciated. Many thanks
Nouns DAO decided to support the development of AR-filters for SNS platforms. They sent over 0.69420 ETH as a retroactive reward to fiveoceans_dev#5450 for their work on the Nouns-AR-filter on Instagram. They also expressed interest in funding the development of AR filters if fiveoceans_dev can bring something differentiated to what they already have.
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<@!881315476163141642> How does one apply for retro funding?
There is no real application process for retro funding. Instead, you can share your ideas or what you have built with the community, and if it is something that proliferates nouns, it may qualify for funding.
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<@!881315476163141642> what's the procedure behind retrofunding? Wasn't expecting that but certainly is welcomed. As the nouns ecosystem grows I'll keep adding updates to the app.
The procedure behind retrofunding in the Nouns DAO is not set in stone, but they look to reward things that members think are cool. In this case, small grants rewarded Alex with 0.69 ETH for his contributions.
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<@887388323730042991> and <@529650701102481439> could you provide some insight into what topics you will cover on panels and how Nouns will be included?
Will#4129: Thanks <@497119763286196225>! Since a panel discussion is included in the event sponsorship, our team would love to shine a spotlight on Prop 70, the concept of story foundations, and how Nouns is at the forefront of the Film3 movement (not only with 70, but also 29, 32, and 53).--Our group of writers (members from teams 1 and 2) will be available to speak at the event, and we would love to bring other writers from Prop 70 on stage. We can talk about the intersection of decentralization and the media industry using Prop 70 as a lens to talk about the future of entertainment. And because this event is the epicenter of the Film3 movement, we’re excited to generate buzz about the work Prop 70 teams are doing and Noun’s overall role in this artistic movement.--Garfield#9628: Hi <@881315476163141642> ! Just adding to what <@529650701102481439> has above, MiguelFaus, the filmmaker behind Calladita which is at the heart of Prop 53 will also be at the event, and it will be an opportunity to feature Nouns in the context of the work that he's doing. Ultimately, it's a chance for Nouns/NounsDAO to really establish itself at the center of this movement towards decentralized storytelling. There will be press there, and with a strong Nouns presence as the only CC0 project in the space, its a chance to leverage all that's happening in Film3 and really put a Nounish spin on it. In many ways, Nouns are the ones pushing the envelope of what's possible with decentralized storytelling, and this is a change to get the word out beyond the web3 community.
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After the Lil Nouns contribution how much more do you need to get to 500?
They need a bit less than 14k after the Lil Nouns contribution to get to 500.
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Appreciate the quick response!--for 1 & 2 - what I'm mostly looking for is articles I can share on Twitter, key highlights I can use as talking points when speaking about Nouns, marketing bits we can pull from all this activity. There's so much going on to celebrate! Like, if Nouns.wtf had a press release section, I would definitely want a wrap-up article of the luxury sunglasses titled Do You Believe?-3 - Understandable, and I don't really want to cast stones at projects or label them as failures, moreso I want to preserve lessons learned and try to share those lessons across Nouns.-4 - I totally agree that having the committee operate more on intuition right now is working quite well, and honestly could be a strong way to operate in the long term too. I think, rather than guidelines or rules, I'm hoping for documentation of the intuition so whatever you're learning can translate to other groups in Nouns. No major rush on this one, and maybe it takes a few more cycles before you even want to communicate all of this, but it would be insight I'd love to read at some point.
For articles and key highlights to share on Twitter and talking points about Nouns, you can refer to the Nouns Grants Twitter account (https://twitter.com/NounsGrants) and the newsletters mentioned by Noun 22#2222. They are working on improving the distribution of information, and they acknowledge that more people should know how easy it is to get funded to work on the project. Noun 22#2222 also mentioned that they are inspired to write out some lessons from the last 6 months and try to map out their vision for the future.
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Curious if there could be a SG Prop.House that could be created where anything under 3ETH gets funded at a certain threshold. Say 2x Quorum? ie 80 Nouns vote FOR funding and it's automatically approved
Having 80 Nouns vote on individual small stuff doesn't scale since getting that level of interest/attention is only possible for bigger proposals. At a smaller scale, there is the prop house that can get a lot of attention for a large, but not unlimited, number of prizes. Prop house captures and channels attention into rounds. Alternatively, small grants can be used, in which a few people decide to fund stuff without needing everyone to weigh in.
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Discourse link doesn’t work!--What would you do with the carpets once they were finished?
The carpets would be used in various ways after they are finished. One carpet would be given away via lottery to the NounsDAO community, and the second would be put up for auction. If there is a lot of interest, they could explore schemes to deliver the carpets to a wider audience, such as offering special discounts or giving carpets as gifts to important Nouns members or public figures.
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Does the GDA asymptote if no one bids?
Yes, if no one is interested in buying these nouns, the price will go to zero until people start picking them up. The rate of increasing price and decreasing is controlled by an algorithm.
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Do you need to own a Noun to apply for a small grant?
No, you do not need to own a Noun to apply for a small grant.
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haha very cool - so what did <@128249158657114112> do here? are those the salvino glasses?
The glasses were manufactured and distributed by motivateme#2938 on their own. The cost to make the glasses and other details were not provided in the conversation, but motivateme#2938 mentioned they would get that information later.
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Hello.. I am new to NFT, Discord and NOUN all together, but I am enthusiastic about everything. How can I get onboard
To get onboard with Nouns DAO, you can start by contributing to the community in various ways, such as creating art, generating buzz and excitement, or working on projects related to Nouns. If you feel like you have been contributing significantly, you can DM Noun 22#2222 to discuss eligibility for retro funding. They are open to providing feedback on your ideas and rewarding those who help proliferate Nouns art and culture.
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Hey <@881315476163141642> are your DMs open for some questions? Pertaining a lil project that may need help from SG
Blowned.eth#5048's question was not answered in the provided conversation context.
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Hey all, Who do I speak to about a collaboration before I submit a full proposal?
You can speak to seneca#8660 about a collaboration before submitting a full proposal. They mentioned that you can shoot them a DM if you need any help with proposals.
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Hey everybody! My name is Mike, I’m an artist from Russia. Recently I finally got invited to https://foundation.app, an invite-only NFT platform. I’ve been thinking about a space theme artwork with the NOUN glasses(I’d share it here when it’s finished). I have a question, as far as you’re supporting the artists who are popularizing the Nouns, would it be possible for the team to cover the minting+listing costs? Because these prices nowadays are enormous and I simply can’t afford it😑 It would really mean a lot to me!-Waiting for the response-Be safe!
Yes, the Nouns DAO team agreed to cover the minting and listing costs for Mike Gavrilov's artwork. Noun 22#2222 confirmed that they would fund reasonable gas fees to get the artwork published. Mike provided his wallet address, and the funds were transferred to him. Additionally, they agreed on a 30/70 split auction, where 30% of the funds received for the work would be sent to the small grants and retro funding ETH address.
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hey everyone .. quick question... was reading this proposal... was wondering why it said this at the end ? is it better to fund through grants and retro funding ?
DrMints#9237 asked why a proposal mentioned funding through grants and retro funding. Noun 22#2222 explained that the person needed a specific USD amount, so they sent extra ETH to Small Grants to account for volatility and then sent the precise amount of ETH 7+ days later after the proposal passed and was executed.
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Hey frens - I posted this in <#943943469821476944> regarding Proposal 43, but this channel is probably a better place for the questions:--```This is an obvious yes from me, Small Grants has been capturing a lot of incoming people and guiding them into funding. This is becoming an essential part of the Nouns ecosystem. But that being said, this doubles the budget, I still think public discussion is helpful. Some thoughts from me:-- - would love if completed Small Grants projects had summary reports, sharable press release links with pictures of completed projects.- - From your last ETH refill what were the success stories?- - are there any projects that weren't successful that lessons have been learned from?- - is there a general mandate being developed? a set of criteria being developed for evaluating proposals?```
From the conversation, it seems that the questions were addressed in the direct replies by Noun 22#2222 and seneca#8660. Here are the answers based on their replies:--1. They agree with the idea of having summary reports and sharable press release links with pictures of completed projects. They are working on improving the display and distribution of information related to funded projects.--2. The success stories can be found in the provided Notion link: https://www.notion.so/noun22/Nouns-DAO-Small-Grants-ac22114a6c004bafa500e2d824e32dc3. Some funded projects include jingles, nouns athletes, functional glasses, newsletters, luxury glasses, video games, and FOMO Nouns.--3. Many of the projects are still in progress, so it's too early to call any of them a failure at this stage.--4. They do not want to institute rigid guidelines that will limit flexibility. However, they are working on making it easier for people to apply and understand the program. They are also considering formalizing processes and documentation for transparency and setting precedents for future sub-orgs within the DAO.
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Hey guys… don’t know if this is the right place but I wanted to share this project I started earlier this year…. I want to get Nouns furniture into the communities hand for FREE…. Maybe it’s something that can go thru small grants ? Not sure but just excited to be here … here’s a glimpse of sone of the work that has been done already … any recs on how to get this started ?
vsvsvs#7829: yes, different ball -- lil noun version is a mini basketball, this one is a full-size basketball with a different design.
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hey guys — first, apologies for dropping this all here. My Discourse account on hold for some reason? but wanted to share updates on Nouns basketball project and submit to community for preference on next steps: --Bootstrapped through the initial Nouns basketball samples with my factory and love where they’ve landed. Brought the project through PropHouse for a first level democratic blessing and retrofund sampling / development costs and set the table for production. --Opened design dialogue with community in PropHouse channel and got some great thoughts from the family about this piece and some fun, big ideas for the next phase. --Now on the other side of design conversations, wanted to advance the project up the pipeline into Small Grants to get funding for production. Including here pricing from my factory for each tier of quantity — we collectively can decide how ambitious we want to get and proceed accordingly. As I’m submitting to the DAO to fund production, the balls would be owned by the community and everyone can collectively decide how best to distribute: gifts to all nouners, giveaway opportunities, e-commerce, seeding to friends / family / media, etc. --Full disclosure, a Lil Noun companion mini-basketball piece is going through an on-chain vote now to fund production of 500 pieces there — as some quantity context (and happy to appeal to Small Grants funding or go On Chain here as well for production if preferred)--let me know what everyone thinks, thanks yall!-vs
vsvsvs#7829 is seeking feedback and funding for the Nouns basketball project. They have already bootstrapped the initial samples and are now looking to advance the project into Small Grants for production funding. They are open to producing different quantities based on the community's preference.--JoshuaFisher#0001 suggests producing 500 basketballs to hit a significant price break and believes they will find ways to utilize them. vsvsvs#7829 clarifies that the Lil Noun production is separate and already underway. They need around 14k to produce 500 full-sized Nouns basketballs. Noun 22#2222 suggests starting with a small run to see traction before committing more funding. vsvsvs#7829 agrees and mentions that their factory has a 50-piece minimum, so they can start with a smaller batch. They also discuss various ideas for distributing the basketballs, such as gifting to Lil Holders, giveaways, seeding to friends/family/press, and potentially setting up an e-commerce site.
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Hey guys! There's been a handful of feedback from all over the nouniverse and i couldn't be more grateful to you guys for being as cool as you are🙏. Would SG be interested in funding our proof of concept trial <@881315476163141642> ? We'd love to hear your thoughts on our prop!-https://discourse.nouns.wtf/t/nounfrica-champs-a-nounfrica-initiative-to-empower-players-of-african-indeginous-sports/2433?u=donjon
There is no direct answer to the question about whether SG would be interested in funding the proof of concept trial. It is suggested to share the ask via discourse and post it in the appropriate channel for feedback and potential funding opportunities.
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hey! if you build something that proliferates nouns, it qualifies 👍 is this still in the idea phase or have you started on building?
Yes, if you build something that proliferates nouns, it qualifies. In this case, Bubits#1913's idea of building an iOS sticker app for nouns would qualify, and they have decided to start working on it.
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Hey nouns,--Contacting you on behalf of https://twitter.com/marttimalmi (aka sirius, the second Bitcoin dev working with Satoshi 2009-2011).--We've been working on a decentralized communications protocol called Iris for a good while now, and we were thinking about creating a Nounish auction for NFTs that would govern the protocol's / ecosystem's development as a DAO.--But then we started wondering, if Nouns should perhaps have their own decentralized comms protocol, seeing as using centralized Web 2 services like Discord and Twitter are somewhat of a tail risk for DAOs in general.--Is that something that might interest you?
Is that something that might interest you?--Conceptually interesting! the tools we have today work but I agree that we should trend towards comms tools like that over time.
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hey team, <@!381051104517029888> is looking to create nounish emotes for the server. can we help him on how to go about this w the retro fund? (context: https://discord.com/channels/849745721544146955/875751366340005908/907783454429675520)
TornadoToad#6431 is looking to create 10-15 Nounish emotes for the server at a rate of 0.2 ETH per emote. They suggest opening up a vote or suggestion channel for a few days before the final 10-15 emotes are picked. Noun 22#2222 supports this idea and will reach out to the artist.
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hey, these stores are where? is that the flavor text in the description?
The stories for the Rekt Nouns collection are in the description of each NFT. For example, you can find a story at https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x6dfa3776a011a246ba0154f910f2c2d2ae74d153/5.
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hi all, I've got some proposals up for making merch/physicals supporting noun punks (currently 69 votes, heh) and the lil nouns (in process on discourse) and I'd like to make a proposal to make nouns the main brand featured at the top of my nounish ecommerce site, with extensions in their own categories, and perhaps other cc0 relations of nounish projects too.-I'd also love to work with the community to get ideas of what might be of interest to create some special nounish merch/physicals to commemorate the upcoming birthday on 8/8. since time is verrrrrrry short for all of this, and I have a trip planned for the middle of this month, what do you all think would be the best way/place to propose this and ask for feedback? I'd love to spend the time this month to really build this out properly and have token gating that could include creating NFT token rewards for both nouns and extension holders to claim or be airdropped, which could then be redeemed for free or discounted physical items. Any thoughts, yay or nay? is this even the right channel? any help greatly appreciated!
Noun 22#2222: SG can be a source of quick funding for this! but im not sure the best way to solicit ideas. generally speaking i like when artists and creatives follow their inspiration, i think that produces the best results. but i imagine you could get some input on Discourse or <#855538581434007635>
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Hi, I think it is a great idea to make light illuminated noggles. I would like to put my reputation and make a high quality prototype. The prototype will help us understand demand and manufacturing ability to meet New Years Eve deadline. Here is a draft of the proposal. https://hackmd.io/@fiveoceans/SJxQOiRT9--1. The light noggles can be used to flood Times Square on Dec 31st-2. The light noggles can be sent to many noun friends around the world to celebrate New year.--<@881315476163141642> do you think manufacturing of the prototype is something NSFW would be able to fund? I would need to rent a manufacturing facility for a couple days to make frames, order lenses, and try different electrical components.
fiveoceans_dev#5450 asked if NSFW would be able to fund the manufacturing of a light illuminated noggles prototype. Noun 22#2222 asked about the anticipated cost and experience, to which fiveoceans_dev#5450 responded with a budget estimate of 5 ETH and shared their experience and resources for creating the prototype. However, there is no clear confirmation from Noun 22#2222 or any other member about whether the funding will be provided or not.
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how are things going with Prop 102?
Prop 102 is doing well. Fiveoceans_dev got all the spinnaker sails yesterday and is now preparing invitations and waiting for September 17th.
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I am not a big fan of committee based decisions but I would love to know what you guys think about just having the glasses as the only branding statement on the piece? the logo is nice but feels too loud. if this is indeed the SWOOSH of the metaverse lets drive that part home from the beginning. thoughts? Check out the crisp new bevel on the frame too.
Based on the conversation, Bigshot Klim#1853's question about using just the glasses as the only branding statement was answered by maty#0984, who agreed that the full NOUNS text is a bit loud and suggested using just an N or the glasses alone. Bigshot Klim#1853 then decided to use the glasses alone and keep the name on the packaging elements and the AR/QR activation.
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i know nouns give grants, was wondering where i should read up on the application process?
Yes, you can read up on the Nouns DAO grant application process at https://nouns.center/funding. This is a basic overview of the process. You can also submit your proposal in the Discord channel or on the Discourse forum.
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Is carboncell in the discord?
Carboncell is in the Discord. They joined and said, I'm here now :)
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is there a place i can reference to see how large grants work?
Yes, there is a guide on how large grants work. You can find it at https://nouns.center/funding/proposals.
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Is this the invisible nouns project that minted yesterday with the cats?
No, it's not related to the cats, it's a completely on-chain derivative contract that reflects the original Nouns.
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I was thinking to build an app on ios, a sticker app for nouns do you think that d qualify? I know it's not a huge idea, what r your thought.?--(really new in here)
Yes, building an iOS sticker app for Nouns would qualify for the Nouns DAO grants and retro-funding, as it would help proliferate Nouns.
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Just figured out that all applications for small grants are posted here not in <#875751366340005908>.--I would love to take a challenge to bring to life two nounish carpets!--Here is my discourse proposal for 6 eth to make 2 carpets. -https://discourse.nouns.wtf/t/small-grants-persian-nounish-carpet/1172-What do you think? <@881315476163141642>
The purpose of the proposal is to understand public interest in nounish carpets, the manufacturing cost, and logistics. After evaluating the first samples, fiveoceans_dev#5450 thinks it would be best to give away one carpet via lottery to the NounsDAO community and put the second on an auction. This would provide data to understand how many people want a carpet and how many people want to pay for a carpet. If there is a lot of interest, they suggest schemes to deliver the carpets to a wider audience, such as special discounts or giving carpets as gifts to important Nouns members or public figures.
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Looking forward to surveying the new landscape. Where can we find NSFW updates *after* the Discord shift?
You can find NSFW updates after the Discord shift by joining the Nouns SFW Discord server. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/nouns-sfw
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oh awesome. that video is great. i'm assuming we'd some kind of similar content to share for the Nouns event? i'm checking with the group but I think we should do this. given the 50% move in ETH to the upside, does that bring down our ETH cost at all?
Given the 50% move in ETH to the upside, the ETH cost will be brought down. The ideal approach would be to take the USD total cost and do the conversion rate at the time of funding.
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Please tell me, apart from PropHouse, there are options for obtaining funding without having 1 Nouns?-I created a topic on https://discourse.nouns.wtf can that be enough? Maybe someone will be interested in the offer itself, but I can't submit an offer to https://nouns.wtf/vote
Usergnome#0001: you just need someone with a noun to sponsor it - you don't need a noun yourself--In the conversation, it is mentioned that you don't need to have a Noun yourself to obtain funding. You just need someone with a Noun to sponsor your proposal.
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