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RetroPGF for any DAO

Delegate Mission Request Summary:
This mission proposal aims to create resources that allows any DAO, team, or community to run OP style RetroPGF Rounds.

This democratizes OP style RetroPGF so that any DAO can do it with their own token. We want other DAOs to be able to use it + easily follow the convention of RetroPGF Optimism, but also be able to configure it for their own needs.

S5 Intent : 4 Contributions that

  • Educate the broader community about Optimism governance and RetroPGF
  • Increase the resiliency of core governance infrastructure
  • Create user interfaces to interact with governance programs.
  • Create transparency and accountability for governance participants

Proposing Delegate: TBD

Proposal Tier: Eagle Tier

Baseline grant amount: 133,700 OP

Should this Foundation Mission be fulfilled by one or multiple applicants: One

Submit by: To be set by Grants Council

Selection by: To be set by Grants Council

Start date: March 2024

Completion date: First cohort within 6 months, second cohort within 12 months.

Specification

This mission proposal aims to create resources that allows any DAO, team, or community to run OP style RetroPGF Rounds.

This democratizes OP style RetroPGF so that any DAO can do it with their own token. We want other DAOs to be able to use it + easily follow the convention of RetroPGF Optimism, but also be able to configure it for their own needs.

Democratizing RPGF is important because

  1. It spreads the knowledge of how to actually design RPGF rounds (as opposed to just LARP about it on twitter).
  2. It creates more shots on goal for trying things (as opposed to just having theories about what might work)
  3. More funding for more public goods builders. That means more blockspace consumed (we will push people to use OP mainnet) + positive brand impressions for Optimism.
  4. It will create learnings about how to do RetroPGF that could then add value back into the Optimism ecosystem.
  5. RetroPGF will become a movement wherein RetroPGF rounds will feed other RetroPGF rounds, ultimately creating bottoms up signal about impact=profit in other DAOs.

How will this Delegate Mission Request help accomplish the above Intent?

  • Maintaining the repo for a consumer facing dapp
  • Creating a community of practice around it
    • Running 2 training programs.
    • Moderating the telegram channel
    • Creating content about best practices.
    • Supporting people who run EasyRetroPGF Rounds

What is required to execute this Delegate Mission Request?

  • We’ve got the following in house already.
    • 2 Program Managers
    • 2 Educator
    • 2 Developer
  • Support channels for anyone interested in running RetroPGF rounds and trainees

How should the Token House measure progress towards this Mission?

  • These measures should focus on progress towards completion. Including expected completion dates for each is recommended
  • Progress reports on the forum through a Mission Communication thread
  • Case Studies from each organization running a RetroPGF round
  • Please be as specific as possible in defining measures of progress so that Token House delegates can accurately track execution
    • How many rounds were run? How much capital was deployed?
    • Round Manager Training Program run - did the program run?
    • Round Manager Education - was 6 pieces of content about best practices created?
    • Did any learnings inform the design of Optimism RetroPGF rounds?
    • Case studies from each community running RPGF rounds?

How should badgeholders measure impact upon completion of this Mission?

  • How many rounds were run? How much capital was deployed?
  • How much blockspace was consumed on OP mainnet or superchain chains?
  • Case Studies

Have you engaged a Grant-as-a-service provider for this Mission Request?
NO, but the initial EasyRetroPGF.xyz build was created Optimism Foundation RFP 104 and 106

Has anyone other than the Proposing Delegate contributed to this Mission Request?

No. But the software/thinking behind this proposal has been shaped by

  1. Kevin Owocki
  2. Scott Moore
  3. Linda Xie
  4. Lefteris
  5. Carlos Melgar
  6. Optimism Foundation

This proposal has also been shaped by years of Gitcoin/Optimism alignment. We have always felt very mission aligned with Optimism. Here are a couple data points.

  1. OP/GC have similar missions regarding public goods.
  2. Plasma Group (the corporate predecessor to Optimism) raised money on Gitcoin Grants during round 1, 2, and 3.
  3. Plasma Group were some of the earliest funders of the Gitcoin Grants Matching Pool.
  4. Gitcoin donors were rewarded in OP Airdrop 1.
  5. Optimism was one of the first L2s that Gitcoin Grants Stack supported.
  6. I’ve done a handful of greenpill episodes with members of Optimism.
  7. https://publicgoods.network/ (a L2 for supporting public goods which Gitcoin has helped to seed) was built on top of OP Stack + is part of the superchain.
  8. I’ve participated in the OP Onchain summit in Istanbul, and we’ve also done public speaking together at Schelling Point (on multiple occasions).
  9. We’ve commissioned custom art about Ethers Phoenix.
  10. In RPGF Round 3, we build the round3.optimism.io interface for the OP collective.
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