SPOs Supporting Community Projects

(https://twitter.com/pool_salmon) who have been running a mission-driven stake pool to support the Salmon Nation Decentralized Alliance (https://www.sanada.eco). This team is also highly engaged with the Catalyst community and community projects. We form a unique bridge between these two communities and understand well the challenges and issues both small SPOs and community projects face.

Strong ties to the Cardano4Climate group make that an ideal community in which to start a second Community Pool Network alongside Ryuuki. The community already has a number of strong community projects as well as SPOs collaborating and adding some organization and structure for forming a pool network would be a logical next step there.

Core Team:

Jeremy Kiffiak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-kiffiak-68442331/
Bryan Lesiuk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-cameron-lesiuk-94239211/
Nori Nishigaya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishigaya/

Auditability:

Transparent from the beginning

SPOs and projects interact on a public community forum to get to know each other, collaborate, and interact.
Suitability of participation for SPOs and projects will be audited for fairness by peers through well-documented criteria and procedures
Community Pool Networks will be encouraged and will reference the first example in Ryuuki <https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Ryuki-Funding/380968-48088>

Roadmap (3 months):

February

Establish a panel of project peers to evaluate and determine "proof of soul" for community projects.
Establish a panel of SPOs to verify the security, configuration, and ensure candidate stake pools are following best practices
Establish best practices around wallet management and margin allocation between stake pools and projects

March

Begin working with Cardano4Climate to find projects that are interested in stake pool support
Outreach to xSPO and other SPO communities to find interested stake pools to come meet the projects
Begin peer evaluation process and matchmaking

April

Launch a second community pool network like Ryuuki.
Publish open-source documentation on how peer review happens for projects and stake pools

KPIs:

Input Metrics (leading indicators):

number of promotions for the service on public forums, telegram groups, and twitter
number of qualifying projects (peer verified)
number of qualifying stake pools (peer verified)

Output Metrics (lagging indicators):

number of SPOs and projects that work together
amount of delegated ADA to these pools before and after partnering
amount of rewards generated before and after partnering

OKRs:

Have a set of criteria and documented procedures for peer-reviewing stake pools and projects by the end of March, 2022
Form a new Community Pool Network comprised of Cardano4Climate projects and aligned stake pools by the end of April, 2022

Budget breakdown

Marketing Campaign (to SPOs and projects) = $40/hr * 10 hrs = $400
Setting up Website = $50/hr * 10 hrs = $500
Community Management = $50/hr * 40 hrs = $2000
SPO security review process = $50/hr * 40 hrs = $2000
Pool Network Coordination = $50/hr * 20 hrs = $1000
Communication Hub Management (Discord, Telegram) = $25/hr * 10 hrs = $250
Technology and infrastructure = $500

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