Happiest of Holidays, Dearest Writers and Editors,
As you continue to move through the various holidays being celebrated this time of year, take some time to relish in the slower pace these holidays are bringing to the DAO. Regardless if you celebrate or not, it is a wonderful thing to be able to breathe while not stressing about missing anything.
Or, rather, stressing less about it? No doubt, working to keep up in the DAO is as much effort and brings on additional stress as the actual work. And while—in your joy to do the work of the DAO—you may not see this as stressful, your body still recognizes the high level of performance and awareness as stress.
In the same way your body needs rest for recovery after a workout, your mind and body need rest from your daily work as well. You may want to continue pushing forward, and that’s not a bad thing. But take care not to push forward at the expense of your health. Take advantage of this slower time, and slower pace, to enjoy life outside of the DAO. Prioritize quality time with family and friends, including DAO friends, this season. You have one more week before things begin to ramp back up to their normal levels of crazy busy. Make the most of it.
That being said, this edition brings you updates from the Newsletter Team, an afk message from your Talent Scout, and a governance update from your Guild Coordinator. Also, this will be the last edition of 2021.
Welcome to The Scribe’s Quill.
Authors: BanklessDAO Writers Guild Coordination:
nonsense 🏴 | Coordinator
Samanthaj | Talent Scout
Siddhearta 🏴 | Newsletter Team Coordinator
This is the official newsletter of the BanklessDAO Writers Guild. If you would like to receive this newsletter in your inbox, please tap or click on that subscribe button below.
Writers Guild in Bites
The Council of Writers Weekly, Monday at 5:30pm UTC.
Weekly Newsletter Team Sync, Thursday at 4:00pm UTC
Weekly Editorial and Publishing Arm (EPA) Meeting, Thursday at 9:00pm UTC
Meeting Notes
Council of Writers, December 20, 2021
Newsletter Team Sync, December 23, 2021
Team Updates
The Newsletter Team, siddhearta | Coordinator
We ship on the regular. Come join us.
Action List
🙌 New members grab the 🗞 Newsletter Team tag in #writers-start-here
🕘 Newsletter Team Sync - We meet every Thursday at 9am Pacific Time in the #newsletter-voice channel.
🏃♀️ Catch up on last weeks meeting notes.
🗣 We love working asynchronously. DM @siddhearta to get plugged into projects.
✍️ Write a featured editorial for the Weekly Rollup or State of the DAOs.
📈 Newsletter Stats
Subscribers: 9373 (+202)
Latest TOTAL page views:
Weekly Rollup: 9,587
Decentralized Arts: 10,120
State of the DAOs: 12,880
Decentralized Law: 12,053
🗞 Weekly Rollup
What happened this week in BanklessDAO
Editorial: Philanthropic DAOs, why we DAO twitter stories
Saulthorin
Front end: Ssasho0 + EthHunter
Back end: Jake and Stake
Editor: FreedomFighter
☯️ State of the DAOs
High-signal, low noise newsletter for understanding the DAO ecosystem
We are publishing State of the DAOs this Wednesday, if you want to contribute to the DAOs at a Glance or Ecosystem Takes summaries, please grab an article in the #state-of-the-daos channel.
🏛 Governance
Last week our Season 3 project proposal was approved by the Grants Committee. In preparation for Season 3, nominations are open until 12/29 11pm PST for the following Newsletter Project Roles:
Secretary
Weekly Rollup Lead
State of the DAOs Lead
Role responsibilities can be found on the Season 3 Newsletter Team proposal.
Current nominations following last weeks Newsletter Team Sync:
Secretary: EthHunterᵍᵐ 🏴 nominated by Jake and Stake (2nd by siddhearta.ethᵍᵐ🏴 @hirokennelly.ethᵍᵐ🏴, FreedomFighter 🏴 , Ssasho0 🏴 )
Weekly Rollup: hirokennelly.ethᵍᵐ🏴 nominated by Jake and Stake (2nd by siddhearta, EthHunter, FreedomFighter, Ssasho0)
State of the DAOs: Jake and Stake nominated by hirokennelly.ethᵍᵐ🏴 (2nd by siddhearta, EthHunter, FreedomFighter, Ssasho0)
Mastermind Group
siddhearta | Coordinator
The Writers Mastermind Group is an open forum for writers to collaborate on ideas and works in progress. We are a dynamic and productive group that offers various perspectives, levels of experience, domains of knowledge, and personal insight.
Our next meeting is this Wednesday, December 29 at 9pm UTC (1pm PST). We are currently meeting bi-weekly on Wednesdays.
If you have an idea you’d like to pitch to the group add it to the Scribe’s Desk. If you have developed your idea into a shitty first draft, feel free to share that as well!
From Your Governance Staff
Samanthaj | Talent Scout
Happy holidays! I’ll be AFK this week, but I’ll be checking in async every so often to respond to messages. If you’re running for the talent scout role and would like to read the google doc I put together, DM me! I’ll be a little slower to answer, but will get it to you within 2 days or less.
nonsense 🏴 | Coordinator
We’re in the midst of nominations for the Talent Scout role. Nominations will end December 29, 2021 at 12pm PST. Elections begin on the 30th, and will run for a week. Make your voice heard in the `Talent Scout Nominations!` thread under the #writers-governance channel. Our soft consensus on the nomination process prohibits self-selection; in this case, you’re more likely to be nominated for the Talent Scout role if you’ve spent time working with the Talent Scout and assisting with the onboarding process for the Guild.
As we move into Season 3, there will be far more opportunity to work with those members in the coordination layer: Guild Coordinator, Secretary, Talent Scout, and Governance. If you’re motivated to serve the DAO in a leadership position, set aside time and energy each week to assist these individuals, to learn the processes underlying their positions, and to develop the skills you will need to succeed. The visibility that comes with the work will allow you to be more readily nominated when the time comes to elect a new member to any of these positions.
It is with great honor and respect I applaud the efforts of those of you who have sought to contribute to our governance processes in any way, no matter how small. Be it attending the governance sprints, working in the #writers-governance channel or on the governance doc directly, or helping to facilitate the processes we already have in place, all of this work amounts to a deep level of ownership of the Guild to each of you individually. This level of commitment amounts to a high degree of emotional investment. And where you are emotionally invested, you will want to see success.
In 2021, we created the Guild, and have worked to make it as successful as possible, learning at every turn, and at every stage. This work will continue as we move into 2022. Thank you for your time, attention, and energy. Together, you and I, we will make this Guild ever and ever more successful.
In the epic words of Ap0ll0: Let’s fly, baby!
In service to you, the Guild, and the DAO,
nonsense 🏴