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Distributed Work-Reward Mechanism
Problem
Rewarding intangible work in a DAO is not transparent or scalable. There is too much focus on $ allocation before contribution attribution.
Solution
Develop an open-source attribution, valuation & reward system based on a Distributed Co-Op approach.
Total to date
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About this idea
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Revisiting the Problem Statement
One of the main reasons distributed organisations or cooperatives cannot transition to a sustainable reward system is the lack of a trusted & working mechanism to track, to attribute value and to successively reward contributions of individuals.
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An Experimental Solution
To develop an open-source attribution, valuation & reward system - we are going to set up, configure and test a SourceCred instance in parallel with a contribution survey. We will also prepare guidance materials to onboard new users and document the results of the experiment.
SecretDecks will use
- GitHub to track task items, to create written content, to maintain a wiki (Gitbook), to record ideas and meeting minutes.
- Discord for informal and formal communication
SourceCred instance
We will setup a SourceCred instance to aggregate data from GitHub & Discord. SourceCred is a tool for communities to measure and reward value creation (https://sourcecred.io/).
Using SourceCred we will distribute "Can-D" (a community currency) according to the amount of positive or negative contributions or reactions each individual member has impacted within the community.
This proposal will trial how and for what "Can-D" can be exchanged or redeemed in the future.
A parallel Contribution Survey
In parallel to the SourceCred instance SecretDecks maintain a manual process for core members to attribute value to their work via a monthly "Contribution Survey" (Example : https://github.com/SecretDecks/Documentation/issues/43).
Each survey will be validated & reviewed by two other team members for final approval.
Test runs
SecretDecks will conduct test runs for 4 weeks over December 2021 and January 2021.
Core contributors will be rewarded first and the remaining ADA will be distributed evenly to everyone that has enough "Can-D".
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"Off to On-Chain Self Governance" proposal
This proposal will inform and provide support materials for SecretDecks "Off to On-Chain Self Governance" proposal.
https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Off-to-On-Chain-Self-Governance/370236-48088
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📊 Milestones & Roadmap
Preparation - November 2021
Prepare documentation - a Gitbook chapter on "Distributed Work-Reward Mechanism"
Prepare a tutorial / educational content on the experiment.
Develop and deploy a tool template - refine contribution survey template
Configure SourceCred instance
Test Runs - December 2021
Test Case 1 - Week Beginning 6th December 2021
Test Case 2 - Week Beginning 13th December 2021
Test Case 3 - Week Beginning 3rd January 2022
Test Case 4 - Week Beginning 10th January 2022
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The launch date will be : 6th December 2021
The completion date will be : February 2022
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Definition of success after 3, 6 and 12 months
3 Months - January 2022
Final Report on experiment - will inform our configuration of source cred and process automation.
6 Months - April 2022
Completed weighted voting pilot - achieved self-funded status
12 Months - October 2022
Able to deliver scalable solutions
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₳Budget
Preparation
Prepare documentation - 10 hours
Prepare a tutorial / educational content - 20 hours
Develop and deploy a tool template -10 hours
Configure SourceCred instance - 5 hours
SubTotal : 45 hours at $ 40 hour = $ 1800
Test Runs
Each test run will be resourced at 16 hours per week at $ 40 hour = $ 640
SubTotal : For 4 test cases - $ 2,560
Final Report
SubTotal : Final Report on experiment - 10 hours at $ 40 hour = $ 400
Total : 4,760
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🔍 What is SecretDecks ?
SecretDecks is a colourful collective of mindful spirits who work towards leaving this dimension a better place. Find out more about us on our "Arcana" GitBook at https://secretdecks.gitbook.io/arcana/introduction/who-and-what-is-secretdecks.
SecretDecks is building a Distributed Collective by discovering and exploring new tools for self organising communities. We share an agreed upon value system, defined in the Mindfulness Policy [https://github.com/SecretDecks/Documentation/blob/main/Mindfulness-Policy.md] that sets the base vibration of our work.
The primary goal is goal is to create a Tarot metaverse on web 3.0 architecture within a distributed cooperative and freely share the tools discovered and created to help other cooperatives grow and prosper.
This pilot is driven within SecretDecks DisCo - DisCo stands for Distributed Collective.
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Key metrics to measure
- ROI - Enable contribution tracking & test a SourceCred instance on GitHub and Discord.
- Community participation – 50 participants contributing to improving Catalyst decision making systems
- Proof of iteration - SecretDecks has identified pain points through the running of a series of test cases.
- Embracing failure – SecretDecks ill report on how well or how badly it performs.
UPDATED KPIs (8th November)
Sentiment Analysis
- Leading KPI: Create & Distribute 1 sentiment poll per month
- Lagging KPI: have SourCecred running and distribute Cred, take a sentiment vote on how much the community feels the distribution is fair; vote should be 75% (or more?) positive
- Future leading KPI: Create GitBook chapter with sentiment poll template
Adoption
- Leading KPI: setup 1 SC instances per month including onboarding workshop
- Lagging KPI: 1 organisation per month is adopting SC without asking for help after the workshop
Tangible deliverables
- Leading KPI: Documentation template; each month 33% of content is delivered: setup documentation for our case (tracking private channels), publish config, demo usage, update with tweaks
- Lagging KPI: adoption is increasing our support rate is decreasing (ratio)
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🔗 References
SecretDecks has a website at https://www.secretdecks.com/ and is developing an "Arcana" GitBook at https://secretdecks.gitbook.io/arcana/ .
News and updates are posted on our Twitter at https://twitter.com/SecretDecks .
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Who are we?🔗 | (identifying information)| LINKS //👌 | SKILLS // 👉 | SHORT BIO
Heather Brown
**🔗 |**https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-brown-6410a9a/ | https://www.instagram.com/heather.marie.brown/
👌 | Editing, content creation
**👉 |**10+ years as a sociologist focusing on civil society and mobilisation, qualitative researcher, content writer, and editor. Additional experience in project coordination and a life-long visual artist.
Stephen Whitenstall
🔗 | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-whitenstall-166727210
👌 | Philosophy, documentation, QA, tech PM,"Repo Man"
👉 | has 30 years' experience in organizing academic, community and business projects. He develops, maintains documentation and provides technical project management support for Catalyst Swarm.
Dan Verowski
🔗 | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-v-89120511/
👌 | Thinking out loud, drawing ideas & content writing
👉 | Has over 10 years experience as ScrumMaster, Business Analyst, product manager and 5 years experience in entrepreneurship. Full time blockchain since 2016, part of aeternity blockchain core team until summer 2017. Working together with Stephen since NFT-DAO days
Tyler Wales
🔗 | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-wales/
👌 | Entrepreneurship, product development, UX, marketing
👉 | 10+ years of experience in entrepreneurship at the intersection of tech and media. Well rounded and loves to deconstruct complex problems into iterative testable parts.
Gian Luca
🔗 | Twitter https://twitter.com/gtdevxyz
👌 | Frontend, Art direction
👉 | 10+ years experience working as art director and web developer in digital and printed magazines, movie production and distribution. Now developing on Blockchain.
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Team
SecretDecks has 5 core members with backgrounds in product & project management, editorial, philosophy & web development (See Detailed Plan)
