Catalyst-Coordinator Hub

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Background

A key Prioritized Problem handed over to Catalyst Circle V2 was "Cohort: Almost non existing "collaborative layer" to welcome newcomers" ( https://catalyst-swarm.gitbook.io/catalyst-circle/activities/catalyst-prioritized-problems-trello#cohort-almost-non-existing-collaborative-layer-to-welcome-newcomers ).

To begin to address this problem, to gather feedback and to track issues Stephen Whitenstall set up a Catalyst Coordinator GitBook for problem-sensing the Funded Cohort process in November 2021.

This was announced at Fund 7 Town Hall #3 on 1st December 2021 - https://youtu.be/olOxEinXrgM?t=2987

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Intention of this proposal

The intent of this proposal is to sustain communications, provide a documentation platform and a means to gather feedback for the funded proposer community.

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Catalyst Coordinator GitBook

The Catalyst Coordinator GitBook (https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-coordinator/) provides :

• A useful FAQ for funded proposers - https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-coordinator/
• A means to gather feedback for Catalyst Circle and the community - https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-coordinator/feedback
• A reference tool for the Coordinator community.

Catalyst Coordinator Feedback Repository

A GitHub Repository documents and tracks issues raised by the funded proposer community - https://github.com/Catalyst-Coordinator/Feedback/issues

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Budget

Maintenance

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

$50 per hour for 63 hours (21 x 3) = $ 3,150

Engagement

Promotion, engagement and communication on social media (Twitter, Telegram, Youtube, Discord, Reddit).

2 hours per week for 3 months = 24 hours = $50 hour for 24 hours = $ 1,200

Total: $4,350

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KPIs

• Amount of material added to the GitBook
• Feedback received for Catalyst Circle and the community
• Amount of commentary on GitBook and on social media
• Page views and dwell time
• Number of issues from the Coordinator community that are raised and explored by Catalyst Circle.

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Roadmap

Prior to funding

The Catalyst Coordinator GitBook and GitHub is currently being maintained.

Once Funded (February to April 2022)

Once funded, Catalyst Coordinator GitBook and GitHub will sustain communications, provide a documentation platform and a means to gather feedback for the funded proposer community.

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Relevant experience

Stephen Whitenstall (@swhitenstall) has 30 years' experience in business, community and academic projects. He set up QA-DAO (quality-assurance-dao.github.io) in April 2021. He develops, maintains documentation and provides technical project management support for Catalyst Swarm; has been successfully funded in funds 5 and 6 for several significant projects around community engagement, auditability, recordkeeping and transparency; and is currently the representative for Catalyst Co-ordinator (Funded Proposers) in Catalyst Circle v2.

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

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Risk Analysis

• Risk of low levels of engagement with the material: This is unlikely, since the proposal has come directly out of need and requests from the Catalyst Coordinator community itself, and engagement is already reasonably high. However, if people do not engage as much as expected, this will almost certainly be because not all funded proposers are fully aware of it; be mitigated by mentioning the hub at Catalyst Coordinator meetings and at relevant After Town Hall breakout rooms.
• Risk that the key maintainer (@swhitenstall) is not able to continue to maintain the GitBook: We are mitigating this by the growth of QA-DAO as an organisation, so that someone else can take over if this is ever needed.

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