Participants:
Context:
- Marcus introduces himself as an artist evangelist and creative engineer.
- He highlights his interest in DAOs, meta governance and on-chain music ecosystems, and mentions the Ethereum protocol roadmap session.
- Marcus proposes that the Education Working Group defines a project goal and creates an education plan to complete it by the end of the term.
- He asks what the Public Assembly Central Project is and what goals the Working Group participants should aim to complete.
- Valerie and Max agree with Marcus’ proposal and suggest onboarding and raising overall context as the central project goal.
- PA members suggest distinguishing between the Education Working Group and the Solidity Learning Working Group.
- The group agrees that promoting and syndicating conversations and outputs of the network will be critical as they begin to open things up more publicly.
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Public Assembly’s Mission and Education Working Group:
- Education working group aims to create a shared context and align the onboarding process.
- Public Assembly onboarding project should focus on raising overall context and creating synergy among current participants.
- Starting with Public Assembly as a beginning point is like onboarding to the most updated version of Web 3.
- Public Assembly is iterating on top of Zora’s Tech and bringing it towards everyone else.
- Public Assembly needs a clear enough mission and a code of conduct to encourage more proposals and interaction.
- Public Assembly is a public good and belongs to everyone.
- Valerie is working on education within the Public Assembly since its beginning.
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Education Starter Kits and Hyperstructures in PA
- Val and Marcus discussed the possibility of creating an education starter kit that will help more people join the PA ecosystem, get a wallet and submit their first proposal.
- Marcus mentioned that there is an existing information distribution hyperstructure in the works, which will be an aggregator of different videos already on chain.
- The PA approach is expected to be more modular, and it will operate as a design and talent agency in the short to long term.
- The outputs of the PA brand would be formed as a hyperstructure, and Assembly Press would be used within the education working group to develop public assembly education starter kits.
- One of the biggest goals for videos for PA is showing that it can turn a website like Neo Sound into its actual application.
- The team is also working on creating flexible DAO interfaces, and a great video to build context for PA expert on the development aspect is just one long video deconstructing and reconstructing Ozone and other products.
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What motivated you and gave you confidence to self-select as a leader of the Education Working Group?
I believe that there is a lot of contextual knowledge to be gained when it comes to PA, and I am currently in the process of learning all about it. To fully immerse myself in all the happenings within PA, I decided to take on a role with the education working group. As we both mentioned earlier, anyone in the world without a wallet lacks the necessary context to get started with PA. So, how can we help them get from that point to the finish line of submitting their first proposal? I believe that creating a learning path or trail for beginners would be a good first step. Although I am still relatively new to web three and crypto, I plan to take my learnings and write them in a way that makes sense for others who are just starting. The co-founders and initial members of PA have a lot more context than newcomers do, so it’s important to find a way to help others catch up.
As part of the education working group, I see myself as the person who creates a learning path or trail that identifies where the discussions are going and highlights the key learnings along the way. I plan to pick out different artifacts created along the path and create examples of them to help educate the next person who comes along. Hopefully, these examples will serve as a guide for newcomers to PA to contribute their unique skill sets to the overall initiative. I will also tag newer members, such as Colombo or Q, in the summary of our discussion to help form the learning path.
The learning path doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be as simple as teaching someone how to submit a proposal. I recall my own experience when I first got my wallet, and I burned $100 of eth. It was a horrible experience, especially for someone with limited disposable income. I want to help others avoid making similar mistakes as they get started. As part of the working group, I want to focus on creative technologists and help them understand how they can contribute to the central project of PA. By doing so, I hope to help develop the potential of web three in general.
Education is critical for PA to succeed. We need to find ways to communicate complex ideas in a way that is easy to understand, like we’re explaining it to a five-year-old. As we continue to build shared understanding and knowledge, we can find better ways to help people engage with decentralized applications and self-customize their assets. I am excited to be part of the education working group and look forward to contributing to its success.
– @estmcmxci
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On building portfolios, interfacing with different organizations, and creating frameworks:
Building my portfolio is something I need to take more into consideration. While I prefer to build one-on-one relationships with people and let them get to know me personally, I understand the importance of showcasing my work in a more formal way. Currently, my website only has a few pictures and a paragraph, so it doesn’t do justice to my skills and experience.
My focus is on on-chain music, and my background is in the music industry, where I have managed several artists. The industry is going through an existential crisis due to the oversupply of AI-generated music, and major labels are losing market share. There’s a rise of independent musicians globally, but their earnings are dwindling as new entrants receive less and less income due to the pro-rata model.
To address this issue, I am participating in Dan Fowler’s Neume Network, and I spoke with Charlie at Decent XYZ earlier this week about how public funding models could bootstrap on-chain music ecosystems. I believe there’s a synergy between PA and what’s being built within it to apply to the larger music industry.
Currently, I’m working on a report that explores how tokens power on-chain music communities. I plan to deliver it to the Water and Music Research before the beginning of the third quarter. I’m deep into the writing phase right now, and I hope to contribute to ongoing experiments in the industry.
– @estmcmxci
It seems like we need more decentralized researchers who take initiative to conduct independent research and focus on specific areas. In terms of PA, there is interest in catering to university learners, as well as individuals who prefer self-learning. It is important to consider different learning tracks, including academic and self-taught learners. While there is a central path to follow, we need to explore ways to cater to learners with different needs.
We have individuals in our network who come from different backgrounds, such as Colombo from the Berklee community; We hope to offer PA lectures and workshops in the future that can cater to these individuals.
Effective communication is key to building context, and one-on-one conversations like this can create deeper conversations than forum discussions. While some may prefer discord, we purposely do not have a discord to keep communication open.
Our goal is to foster collaboration and encourage more participation from individuals. While we have 58 holders, not everyone is expected to participate actively. Even exercising one’s power to vote on the Treasury can be fulfilling.
– @valcoholics
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Action Items:
- Vote on a recurring meeting time using sth like lettucemeet.com; @junghwan could you assist us? We can add it to PA cal and CTA for edu-wg members to subscribe.
- Begin building a learning path on Notion @projectmehari; I am aware you’ve started building one already but I wonder @0xTranqui if it would be worth it to create a PA Workspace on Notion and invite contributors there.
- Discuss possible deliverables for Edu-WG 001 release; edu-starter kit, hyperstructures, defining 0 → 1 moment for newcomers (ie. no wallet, no context → DAO token, submit props)
