[FINAL] Celo Europe H2 2024 | Regional DAO

Governance Governance Proposals
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Hi @LauNaMu ,

First, I’m glad to see you on the forum and hear you providing great feedback. Let’s jump right into it! Here are our responses:

  1. Clarity on 6 hours of event support:
    The 6 hours of consultancy are intended for events organized in Europe, from when we approve the sponsorship until the event is executed. Depending on each event, this period could range from 2 weeks to 2 months.

  2. Budget differences:
    Without accounting for DAO services, the total budget for Season 0 events, including partnerships and sponsorships, was $40,000. This proposal allocates $24,000 for Event Development, covering sponsorships, partnerships, and DAO services.
    The only item we believe is higher this time is “content production and storytelling”. The videos we produced in H1 received extremely good reviews, and various Celo stakeholders have requested that we continue producing this type of content. This increase in the budget is due to plans for a more extensive Minipay documentary and CEL2 Launch video, which require a better-equipped team.

  3. Detailed budget breakdown:
    We have updated the budget breakdown in the original spreadsheet and forum to include more detailed information and new items.

  4. Separation of Comms from Admin and Ops:
    Admin and Ops cover financial and operational management. The Comms budget is for a social media manager responsible for:

    • Engaging with the community on Telegram and Twitter.
    • Posting regular updates and content.
    • Creating and scheduling tweets.
    • Responding to comments and mentions.
    • Distributing shareable content.

  5. Definition of “owner”:
    The owner is the person responsible for specific KPIs.

  6. The logic behind hosting a Celo Gather after Devcon:
    Hosting a physical event during Devcon would overlap with KohCelo’s plans and is not aligned with the purpose of an end-of-year ecosystem-wide gathering. The exact format of KohCelo’s event has not been established yet, but we are supporting them in figuring this out and executing it.
    Not everyone will be attending Devcon, so our logic was to host a virtual Celo Gather to retrospectively cover 2024, align the global ecosystem, and discuss plans, especially with the upcoming L2 launch. Last year, Celo hosted a year-end virtual Kuneco meetup, which had great attendance and left everyone feeling accomplished to finalize the year.

I’m happy to chat about how you think we can make this more valuable.

  1. Funding requests by CeloAfrica and KohCelo:
    CeloAfrica and KohCelo are planning separate events with different names. CeloAfrica’s event will be a conference setup, and KohCelo is still in the ideation stage regarding what format they will pursue. CeloAfrica may request funds for its general operations to close the year but not specifically for its event. Regarding KohCelo, we’re not sure.
    We’ve broken down the item cost more clearly based on the new, more detailed budget. CeloEU’s request for supporting these two initiatives is about ~10K. If split evenly between the two groups would boil down to ~5K per DAO in the form of organizational services & support. Most of the video budget is allocated for Minipay and CEL2 documentaries, with about 20% for after movies and recordings of CeloAfrica and KohCelo’s events.

  2. Assisting regional DAOs:
    We have met weekly with Celo Africa and KohCelo, providing event design support, advisory, and strategic assistance, such as sourcing venues, creating pitch decks, and drafting event content.

Regarding your last note about making an intro to EuCi, I would love to discuss this further on Telegram.

Thank you again for your critical feedback and for helping us refine this proposal. I hope this answer helped clarify everything. Please feel free to let me know if there’s anything else we should clarify!

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