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The Catalyst Circle fulfills a valuable community role but it cannot be sustained on a volunteer basis
Funding via Catalyst to ensure ongoing participation and to increase accountability of CC members to the community.
This is the total amount allocated to CCv3: Sustaining the Circle.
The Catalyst Circle
The Catalyst Circle is an experiment to establish a decentralized community model of governance and representation. As the seat of decision making shifts from IOG to the community, the Circle provides invaluable community problem sensing and input. It has four primary goals:
Member duties and responsibilities
Like Project Catalyst itself, the Circle will also evolve over time. Initially, elected members will serve 3-month terms, and elections will follow to continue improving and iterating the process. For elected members, we have identified these initial duties and responsibilities. Each member of the Circle should:
Each member also has the responsibility to:
Members will be able to set each meeting's agenda and periodically introduce policy proposals into the Catalyst Circle for consideration. The 'minimal functional group' is the bootstrapping version, based on consultations with leaders within the Catalyst community, an expert group in the field of novel governance structures.
As trusted best practice is established, the Circle might grow and divide. Maybe the future has many 'Circles'? Ultimately, it will be up to members to advance our goal to legitimize decentralized governance, paving the way for an alternative to the status quo, and continuing to break new ground in building the future of blockchain governance.
Roadmap (3 months) February 2022 - April 2022
Catalyst Circle 1, which was in place [submit exact dates] focused predominantly on addressing identified challenges between the various stakeholder groups (for more details please see here: https://trello.com/b/DRBO6qyF/catalyst-prioritized-problems).
Catalyst Circle v2, was focused on….
As we look to the future, Catalyst Circle v3 will continue the growth of this representative community body while adhering to the goals and responsibilities mentioned above. Even though much progress has been made in the previous two iterations of the circle, there remains a backlog of problems and issues which remain outstanding.
Catalyst Circle representatives, individually and as a cohort, commit to working for the entire Catalyst Community and to represent, to the best of their abilities, the viewpoints and sentiments of all. We remain committed to open and constructive dialogues in our pursuits to solve problems.
KPIs
Accomplishments of Catalyst Circle version 1
Accomplishments of Catalyst Circle version 2
Budget breakdown:
CC member remuneration: $5000
Internal/external communication and organisation tools: ($500)
NB: Monthly reporting was deprecated from January 2024 and replaced fully by the Milestones Program framework. Learn more here
We are elected members of Project Catalyst community from key sectors of the ecosystem to identify and solve mutual interests.