EF 97: Community Goals and Objectives
Published 2024-07-15
RSVP: lu.ma/edenfractal
Videos: edenfractal.com/videos
Timestamps
0:00 Welcome to Eden Fractal 97th event
0:38 Dan shares screen, presenting on Eden Fractal, a community creating games and tools for collective decision-making. He outlines their vision, mission, and methods, including collaborative research, development, education, gamification, and community engagement.
1:21 Dan mentions Eden Fractal hosts weekly events and invites viewers to join and learn about their developments.
2:31 Dan introduces today's topic: goals and governance. He seeks suggestions for short-term goals and implementation of fractal decision-making processes this season.
3:53 Dan proposes participants share their thoughts on main goals for the next 90 days and updates from the break.
4:29 Dan discusses aligning Eden Fractal goals with the sixth round of Optimism Retro funding focused on collective governance.
5:33 Eric shares his recent dissertation chapter submission and discusses defining a product for Eden Fractal.
7:53 Eric emphasizes the importance of packaging and marketing the product, detailing his testing needs.
9:28 Dan responds to Eric on product delivery and mentions informative videos.
11:51 Zaal seeks clarification on Eden Fractal’s relation to Optimism Fractal and seasons.
12:18 Dan explains Eden Fractal’s origins from the EOS community, based on Dan Larimer's book "More Equal Animals", focusing on fractal decision-making processes.
16:02 Dan outlines Eden Fractal's mission to aid communities in implementing these processes through collaboration.
16:36 Eric discusses governance challenges in blockchain projects and Eden Fractal’s aim to minimize dysfunction in decision-making.
18:28 Zaal shares his background in empowering musicians and exploring web3 technologies, seeing great potential in fractal processes for his projects.
21:11 Eric underscores building team culture first, then strategies and structures.
22:20 Eric mentions his hyper-local community building involving agriculture, art, and nonprofits.
22:30 Zaal values in-person events in Portland, citing his experiences at Art Path and NFTNC.
23:56 Eric discusses his role in a nonprofit digital transformation research group and its mission-focused approach.
25:06 Dan appreciates Eric and Zaal’s insights. He reads a comment from Joe, recommending George Orwell's "Animal Farm."
27:36 Eric recounts winning a hackathon and his TED talk invitation.
28:06 Joe congratulates Eric on his dissertation progress and comments on the TED talk in California.
30:44 Joe suggests Zaal connect with Gudasol, a notable figure in blockchain music.
31:08 Gudasol responds to Zaal
31:19 Dan prompts Joe to share updates on his involvement with Upland and Alien Worlds, and Eden fractal’s potential support.
33:14 Gudasol discusses transitioning Aquadec to a personal development group and launching Aquarius Academy through Hypha DAO.
36:12 Dan is pleased about the new projects and mentions tools being developed on antelope and EVM.
37:41 Gudasol expresses interest in collaborating with Eden fractal for Aquarius Academy's team meetings.
38:31 Joe discusses Aquadac's role in providing accountability, learning, and global connections through web3 communities.
39:23 Joe suggests governance and community building are core products for Eden fractal, focusing on aligning tools and allowing iteration.
40:41 Joe updates on Upland/Alien Worlds fractal's break and upcoming hackathon.
42:18 Dan appreciates the updates, offers help, and invites sharing of links or screensharing projects. He shares the Eden fractal telegram chat link.
44:28 Rosmari focused on video promotion strategy during the break and suggests for Eden Fractal to align priorities through structured consensus-building sessions using Notion.
47:04 Dan advocates collaboration with Optimism and its funding for public goods creators to build tools like the Respect Game app.
49:00 Dan talks about Optimism fractal’s momentum, website updates, and funding opportunities.
49:49 Dan explains the core product, the Respect Game app, allowing users to form councils using respect scores.
50:54 Dan highlights the benefits of collaborating with Optimism's Ethereum community and fostering a collaborative process.
52:10 Dan proposes a Cagendas consensus game in Optimism season 3 and an Optimism Town Hall for governance discussions.
53:05 Dan discusses building voting methods on platforms like Notion and Snapshot.
54:07 Eric suggests focusing on designing and naming the core product offering next week.
55:01 Zaal is excited to share ideas at the next meeting about community developments.
55:48 Dan begins to wrap up the event.
58:23 Go Eden Fract