Welcome Back!
I’m excited to rejoin on Thursday, October 16 for our second Optimism Town Hall of the season — our first in nearly five months!
For anyone who hasn’t followed every update, we haven’t held an Optimism Town Hall since the Optimism Fractal Council approved a proposal in May to hold Optimism Town Halls only when topics reach a minimum respect‑vote threshold. That naturally created a pause while we focused more on Eden Town Hall. This session brings back Optimism Town Hall with purpose and sets us up for a wonderful second‑year finale and an optimistic start to year three of Optimism Fractal, while laying groundwork for research that can help fractal democracy proliferate throughout society.
This Thursday we’ll meet for the Optimism Fractal Respect Game at 17:00 UTC and Optimism Town Hall at 18:00 UTC. As always, the Respect Game provides an excellent way to connect with visionary community members, showcase your work, and earn Respect while pioneering fractal democracy on Ethereum. Following the Respect Game, we’re bringing back Optimism Town Hall with two important topics: briefly reviewing a draft proposal for Optimism Fractal’s upcoming two-year anniversary and hosting an orientation for Eric Westreich’s research on appreciation and volunteer motivation using fractal coordination.
Following the brief anniversary planning discussion, Eric will host a run-through of his doctoral study “Measuring the Impact of Appreciation on Nonprofit Volunteer Motivation,” which examines how peer appreciation in fractal governance impacts volunteer motivation within nonprofit organizations. This session will gather feedback on the exact training that prospective research study participants will receive when the study launches on November 1st—helping make the training clearer, more concise, and more compelling. The run-through provides a friendly introduction for anyone curious about the research. You can read more or sign up via the Volunteer Consent and Interest Form.
Everyone is welcome to join these events—whether you’re new to Optimism or an experienced community member, we’d love to see you there. You can learn more about the Optimism Town Hall topics in the approved topic proposal and RSVP for all events on the Optimystics events calendar. Hope to see you at the events!
