Name of Retrospective Award
ETH Denver Hosting
Who is the proposed retrospective award recipient?
Long Island Blockchain (LIBC)
What specific project or work is the retrospective award in recognition of? Please detail what the project or work entailed and the duration over which it took place.
Long Island Blockchain reserved two houses in Denver and one house in Breckenridge for ETH Denver to serve as host to 15+ Rocket Pool guests. Starting in December, LIBC began coordinating with community members to determine how much space was needed. The homes were reserved in January at cost of $17,264 for 4 nights in Denver and 4 nights in Breckenridge. Successful hosting was measured by 1)Nobody was sleeping on the floor this year. 2)Guests in a large bed in a private room paid more than guests in a smaller bed in a shared room. 3)It was close enough to the event. 4) It was close enough to the other Rocket Pool home.
Due to some guests backing out, or some guests only staying for a part of the time, only $15,575 was able to be recouped leaving a gap of $1,689. ($2,350 still to be collected, but expected to be paid)
There are a few efficiencies we will bring forward in this process if we host again next year. 1)Accepting a deposit in order to reserve space. 2) Reduce the cost of shared spaces and increase the cost of private space. The shared spaces were much harder to fill up. 3) Add a bit of a financial buffer to the room/bed costs to cover guests who back out.
We tried extremely hard to fill out all the space and keep the costs to the guests to a minimum. LIBC paid the full cost of beds even though we were arriving a day late, and leaving a day early. Despite concessions, we fell a bit short and recovered only 91% of the total spend.
Are the subjects of this award entirely open source (MIT, GPL, Apache, CC BY license or similar)? If not, which parts will not be, why, and under what license will they be published?
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Benefit
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| Group | Benefits |
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| Potential rETH holders | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people looking to stake ETH for rETH? |
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| rETH holders | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help rETH holders? |
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| Potential NOs | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people looking to run a Rocket Pool node for the first time? |
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| NOs | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people already running a Rocket Pool node? |
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| Community | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given how does this help the Rocket Pool community? |
The lodging was filled almost entirely of Rocket Pool community members and Node Operators. A large NodeSet gathering was hosted at one of the homes.
| RPL holders | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given how does this help RPL holders? |
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Costs
How much USD $ is the applicant requesting be awarded to the recipient?
$1,689 USD. We are looking only to recoup losses and not make any money on the hosting efforts. The opportunity to spend such a great time with wonderful friends and colleagues was truly its own reward.
Is the applicant requesting RPL or LUSD?
LUSD
Conflict of Interest
Does the person or persons requesting the retrospective award have any conflicts of interest to disclose? (Please disclose here if you are a member of the GMC or if you have nominated a member of the GMC for this retrospective award).
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