Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis GitBook

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The Solution - providing a context to Catalyst-Swarm

The Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis GitBook has been recording the activities of the Catalyst-Swarm from its formation in April 2021.

The evolution of Catalyst-Swarm from Swarm sessions in April 2021 ( https://catalyst-swarm.gitbook.io/catalyst-swarm-genesis/april-2021/swarm-sessions ) through organizing After Town Halls from June 2021 ( https://catalyst-swarm.gitbook.io/catalyst-swarm-genesis/june-2021/after-town-hall#june-16th-town-hall ) to hosting Idea Fest in July 2021 ( https://catalyst-swarm.gitbook.io/catalyst-swarm-genesis/july-2021/catalyst-idea-fest-july-2021 ) is all documented in the Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis GitBook.

The GitBook provides a useful reference tool for anyone interested in Catalyst-Swarm and its development and a valuable context for a community emerging out of the Project Catalyst experiment.  Catalyst Town Hall videos and slides are embedded alongside related After Town Hall "open space" events and activities. A summary of voting results for Fund 4 and 5 is included to provide further context.

In addition details of Catalyst-Swarm's evolving organization are documented in a governance section ( https://catalyst-swarm.gitbook.io/catalyst-swarm-genesis/governance/overview ). This aims to provide transparency and accountability to the community that Catalyst-Swarm supports.

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The aim of this proposal

The aim of this proposal is to fund maintenance of the Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis GitBook from November 2021 to January 2022. This assumes a single maintainer who collates materials relevant to Swarm and tracks daily activities.

The GitBook maintainer also regularly posts links to updated content on Project Catalyst and Swarm Discord Servers. In context links are also posted in Town Hall chat where appropriate.

A part of the budget has been set aside for marketing - so that the Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis GitBook may achieve a wider reach and provide insights into Project Catalyst on social media.

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Relevant experience (identifying information)

Stephen Whitenstall has 30 years' experience in organizing academic, community and business projects. He develops, maintains documentation and provides technical project management support for Catalyst Swarm.

In Fund 5 of Project Catalyst Stephen's QA-DAO (https://stephen-rowan.gitbook.io/quality-assurance-dao/) submitted a proposal "Quality Assurance DAO" in the Developer Ecosystem Challenge that was funded in August 2021.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-whitenstall-166727210

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 Sustainability

QA-DAO (https://stephen-rowan.gitbook.io/quality-assurance-dao/) and Catalyst-Swarm are seeking GitHub sponsorship ( https://github.com/sponsors/Quality-Assurance-DAO)) and will also explore StakePool Operator sponsorship. The aim being to become independent of Project Catalyst funding. As it takes time to build up sufficient sponsorship - this proposal seeks to fill the gap.

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Maintenance

Whilst the Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis GitBook content is open-source the maintenance is currently the work of @swhitenstall. The reason for this is the organizational overhead involved in sharing the maintainer role and soliciting and reviewing submissions from the community.

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Roadmap (Definition of success after 3, 6 and 12 months)

Prior to funding

Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis - July 2021 to September 2021 ongoing

The Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis GitBook has been maintained since June 27th 2021. A presentation of the GitBook was given at Project Catalyst Town Hall #16 on July 14th, 2021 and is attached to this proposal below. Sponsorships are being sought.

3 months

Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis - October 2021 to December 2021

Once funded Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis will aim to communicate its documentation and tracking via social media to reach a wider audience. Sponsorships are being sought.

6 months

Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis - January 2022 to March 2022

In the medium term Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis aims to be self-sustaining and sponsorships will help achieve this aim.

12 months

Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis - April 2022 to September 2022

In the long term Catalyst-Swarm-Genesis should be self-sustaining and sponsorships will help achieve this aim.

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Budget

Maintenance

Regular updates over 3 months (21 hours per month) to add content

$40 per hour for 63 hours (21 x 3) = $ 2520

Marketing

Promotion, engagement and communication on Social Media (Twitter, Telegram, Youtube, Discord).

2 hours per week for 3 months = 24 hours = $40 hour for 24 hours = $ 960

Total: $ 3480

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