On October 28th, we are officially going to kickoff the first Co-Creation Cycle. This post outlines some general information. Make sure to subscribe to our Governance Calendar for all of the latest info on upcoming sessions.
The info below is an overview of the full outline, which you can find in our docs.
Why Co-Creation?
Starting with a Co-Creation Cycle will provide everyone in the community with an opportunity to hear from those who have been building Scroll for the last few years, to lay out a vision of what we can accomplish together in the coming months, to onboard a wider community into the DAO, and to make sure there is a process to co-design our first steps towards a decentralized future.
Overview of the First Co-Creation Cycle
To effectively prioritize our growth and execution efforts, we have established four key priorities. Each priority focuses on a critical aspect of Scroll’s mission and provides structured guidance for achieving our goals. For each priority, we are including a point of focus, some guiding questions, and the desired outcomes that we hope to see following the cycle.
Priorities
The priorities are as follows:
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Ecosystem Growth (Growth)
- Focus: Identify what is driving growth across various protocols and projects, as well as what is currently under-explored that can help drive growth and innovation on Scroll.
- Guiding Questions: What unique strategies or projects can Scroll pursue that no one else is currently doing? What initiatives are others implementing that could benefit Scroll?
- Desired Outcomes:
- To have at least one grant program clearly defined that can be launched in the coming months,
- To have a ‘program of programs’ model outlined for how we will select subsequent grant programs, and
- To have a plan for tooling and data infrastructure to enable output, outcome, and impact evaluations.
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Global Community (Community)
- Focus: Determine where to direct resources and efforts globally to maximize impact and support local communities effectively.
- Guiding Questions: What is the best method for identifying which regions to prioritize? How can the DAO best support and empower local communities within these regions? How can we create a cohesive community of communities, ranging from local to global?
- Desired Outcomes: Source specific areas (at the level of a city or region) for community efforts to fund and/or to have an initial ‘community of communities’ strategy for the DAO and Foundation to pursue.
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Governance Iterations (GovIt)
- Focus: Address the most pressing challenges in governance and test cutting-edge approaches to improve decision-making processes and effective coordination.
- Guiding Questions: What are the biggest problems in current governance models? What experiments should we conduct to test new governance structures and methods?
- Desired Outcomes: Define specific questions or problem statements the community wants to have researched and/or source ideas for governance experiments for the Scroll ecosystem to explore in more detail.
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Further Explorations (Exploration)
- Focus: Provide a space for the community to suggest and explore areas that we might not be currently prioritizing, ensuring the community has a say in the overall direction of the DAO and protocol.
- Guiding Questions: What crucial aspects are missing from our current priorities or from web3 as a whole? What specific issues need addressing and what solutions can we explore?
- Desired Outcomes: Creating a feedback mechanism where the community can propose adjustments to existing priorities or to set new priorities altogether.
The first three priorities are the focus of the co-creation activities that will run for 7 weeks, while the fourth is meant to start a focused feedback loop from the community to the Foundation to help drive future priorities.
Event & Calendar Outline Through December
Scroll Foundation team is planning to host a series of calls throughout the first 6 weeks of co-creation. The calls will range from two 60-minute calls to three 90-minute facilitated sessions, hosted across multiple timezones.
For more information the exact schedule, refer to our Governance Calendar.
Week 1 - Context Setting, week of Oct 28th
- Kick off / intro call (or twitter space) - Mon morning
- Two 60-minute calls featuring other Scrollers, each with some context setting at the start of each - Tue morning and night. These will provide context in what we’ve already done and where we want to go
Week 2 - Sourcing Ideas, week of Nov 4th
- Three 90-minute ideation, gathering general ideas with each call being focused on one of the three priorities. Each call is done in a different timezone
- Sourcing of ideas
Week 3 & 4 - Voting on Ideas, week of Nov 18th
- Two 60-minute calls the week of Nov 18th to review the ideas that came up and address any questions
- Voting happens starting Nov 19.
- Two 60-minute calls to digest results
Week 5 - Sourcing Proposals, week of Nov 25th
- Two to three 90-minute calls workshopping various ideas and proposals, scheduled across timezones
Week 6 - Reflection & Refining, week of Dec 2nd
- Two to three 60-minute calls to review proposals and give folks a chance to refine them before having a vote
Week 7 - Voting, Week of Dec 8th
- Voting happens
- Two 60-minute calls go over the results and next steps
Week of Dec 15th on
- Two weekly calls going forward across two timezones as the baseline interaction until more is added
- Propose gov calendar through January at least, ideally through Q1 at least
Let us know if you questions for now. Thanks!
