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What grant is being renewed?
GA032316. Renewal for RP Community Call Hosting - Host Ken Smith
What work from the previous proposal was completed?
Here is a listing of the Community calls I have hosted since the grant’s last renewal. Over the previous six months, 16 calls occurred.
- 18 Dec 2024 33 views
- 12 Dec 2024 54 views
- 04 Dec 2024 10 views
- 07 Nov 2024 chit channel only (live from Devcon)
- 31 Oct 2024 55 views
- 24 Oct 2024 31 views
- 16 Oct 2024 34 views
- 08 Oct 2024 39 views
- 27 Sept 2024 32 views
- 17 Sept 202452 views
- 11 Sept 2024 52 views
- 5 Sept 2024 54 views
- 28 Aug 2024 45 views
- 23 Aug 2024 36 views
- 13 Aug 2024 58 views
- 30 July 2024 35 views
- 19 July 2024 32 views
What work from the previous proposal is ongoing or pending?
The proposed work is to continue hosting periodic Rocket Pool Community calls on Twitter space or the Discord chat channel. The Community calls are routine calls that typically feature members of the RP dev team. The calls usually are 1-1.5 hrs. in length. We regularly feature a business/marketing partner (“special guest”) and inform the community on significant news topics with weigh-ins from the core Rocket Pool team.
What work was not planned initially but completed, if any?
In the last 6 months, four additional community calls were held hosted by Ken over the original grant amount of 12 calls. Those calls were primarily due to Jasper’s absence from co-hosting. A retroactive grant has been made to account for those additional events.
What work is newly slated since the previous proposal?
This is a 6-month grant renewal for ongoing hosting of the RP Community Calls. I request a prospective grant to host 12 calls in H1 of 2025 at the current media/communication rate. If the number of Community calls exceeds 12, a retroactive grant application will be made in July 2025.
Are the results of this project entirely open source (MIT, GPL, Apache, CC BY license or similar)? If not, which parts are not, and why not?
Recordings of the live Community calls are recorded and posted on the Rocket Pool YouTube channel for asynchronous listening after the event.
Benefits:
What metrics can you share on the success of the project?
See the listing above for the number of views from the YT recordings. I do not have any statistics for the number of attendees present in the space or channel during the live call.
In less specific terms, how has this project improved the Rocket Pool ecosystem or benefited the Ethereum ecosystem?
The Community Calls increase the RP NOs’ knowledge and awareness of rETH and what users can do with it. It’s a weekly (and sometimes multiple times a week) live Twitter or Discord space that covers topics of interest to rETH holders and NOs alike. The Community Calls keep holders up to date with the protocol and ecosystem so that they can make informed decisions. Most guest protocols either incorporate or will incorporate Rocket Pool within their protocol or service. The Community Call continues to be a foundational communication platform between three key stakeholders. The development team, the RP Community (in particular the pDAO), and the DeFi Ecosystem that is incorporating Rocket Pool into their various protocols and services.
Team:
Who has done the work, and have there been any changes to the team?
I have primarily hosted the calls for the last six months. For qualifications, I have been a long-term community member of RP, serving as a Rocket Scientist and starting my third year as a Community Call host.
How have the individual constituents of the team been compensated?
I have previously received GMC grant funding.
How has maintenance been performed since the project was delivered?
Most community calls are re-uploaded on YouTube by @maverick and publicly accessible via the YT platform.
Payment and Verification:
Have the acceptance criteria been met?
Yes. Except for the primary holiday weeks and the weeks surrounding major ETH conferences (e.g., Devon(net) and ETH Denver), I have consistently hosted a bi-weekly Rocket Pool Community call.
What is the proposed payment schedule for the grant? How much RPL is the applicant requesting, and over what period is it requesting? Does this differ from the original approved amount?
I am seeking the newly established standard remuneration for media production. Payments can continue to be routinely made in the periodic (~ monthly) reward cycles.
Is there a measurable Return on Investment for the project?
n/a
What is the breakdown of spending on development for the original grant vs. maintenance?
n/a
Conflict of Interest:
Do the person or persons proposing the grant have any conflicts of interest that need to be disclosed? (Please disclose here if you are a member of the GMC or if any member of the GMC would benefit directly financially from the grant).
Yes. I serve as a member of the GMC, and per the current RPIP-18, I will have to recuse myself from deliberations on this application.
Will the recipient of the grant, or any protocol or project in which the recipient has a vested interest (other than Rocket Pool), benefit financially if the grant is successful?
Possibly. We routinely invite special guests from other DeFi and Ethereum-based protocols to the Community Calls. Mav or Grant usually selects them and are generally tied to the Rocket Pool ecosystem. Their DeFi protocol may benefit from being included on the call. I will disclose if I am an investor or hold any tokens of the guest protocols.