Hello there, beautiful soul!

Hope this message finds you well. 

Proposers are now deep in thought finalizing their proposals. If you have a spare moment - please do jump in and provide them with a last minute feedback. There is still time.

However, do you wish to do more soon? How about helping community make sense of all these proposals and help with assessments? If answer is yes - make sure to read on. Everyone has their own set of experiences and domain knowledge based on that. The power of the collective knowledge comes from each and every one of you/us. By combining the minds we can find the answers to challenges we're tackling together. As a Proposal Assessor you can do exactly that and also earn rewards for. 

How? Let's jump right in. 

D.

Town Hall
 

ICYMI

• 📚 Slides: https://bit.ly/3bnKXyw
• 🎥 Timestamped Recording: https://bit.ly/3HLLRkt
• 🗣️ Break Out Rooms: https://bit.ly/33i38SB
  • Want to open your own room next time? Book it via this form at least 24hrs in advance and get those conversations rolling!

💡 Next: Jun 29 @ 17:00 UTC. Register now via this recurring link.

Community run town hall events around the world:
🌍 Africa (bi-weekly) 🌏 Eastern Hemisphere (bi-weekly) 🌎 LATAM (weekly)
🌏 Pacific (weekly) 🌏 South Asia (weekly)

Last call: Proposal submission

Remember - deadline to submit or edit proposals is June 30, 2022 at 11:00 UTC. Following, it won't be possible to add more proposals into Fund9 or to edit/tune already existing submissions. Shortly following we commence the assessments stage and Proposal Assessors begin reviewing your proposals. Don't know where to begin? This Fund9 Launch Guide is a great place to do so. 
 

For full timeline click here. For key announcements please subscribe to this channel.

Help Proposers get better!
 

1. Find three (3) proposals with no feedback or low feedback on cardano.ideascale.com platform.
   1. You can use this tool direct that will suggest proposals in the greatest need: https://cardanocataly.st/feedback-challenge-tool/#/
2. Enhance each idea with your best advice to make it the most impactful it can be.
3. Bonus: Are you a Proposer? One of the best ways to gain momentum and feedback is provide such to other fellow Proposers and leave a note for request to gain feedback in return. You get what you give! 

Become a Proposal Assessor (PA)

Proposers are busy looking into their final edits on their proposals. Meanwhile, Project Catalyst is looking for an independent input from individuals to become Proposal Assessors (PAs). There are about 740 proposals in total so far and we'll need your help in making sure they are ready for the community vote.
 

Your role will be to use the domain expertise you have to help assess and score proposals before they are loaded into the Voting App. Plus you get paid to do good work.

• 🏁 Registration end: July 13 at 11 AM UTC (24 hours before end of assessments period)
• ✍️ Work starts on June 30/July 1 and remains open for about two weeks

Are you passionate about using your knowledge, expertise, and ingenuity to make proposals on Project Catalyst more auditable, feasible, and impactful? This could be you - look at these amazing categories to work in:
 

Why to become a PA? 👀

• 👉 Influence the future of Cardano
• 👉 Level up your skills & awareness about innovation
• 👉 Receive PA incentives ($640,000 in ada allocated)
• 👉 Hear from fellow members about their journey in this timestamped video

If being a PA sounds right for you, go over to Ideascale to answer a pop up form & we'll be in touch later next week with further details once the work begins. It will arrive to your e-mail linked with your Ideascale account next week.

Already been a PA in the past? Make sure to re-register once again! Remember that: 

• PAs cannot propose (or be otherwise directly involved with proposals) and perform PA duties in the same challenge

Back to School. Because you are cool. 

Here are some of the immediate resources that you can leverage to learn more about nuances of becoming a Proposal Assessor

• 📣 Join PA/CA Telegram Channel
• 🏟 And PA channels in Catalyst Discord
• ⚠️ Review criteria to be eligible & read PA Guide (in finalization with community input)
• 📝 Attend Catalyst School workshops

Want more? Get prepared for proposal assessing with the Catalyst School! If you are interesting in participating as a Proposal Assessor (PA) and this is going to be your first time, or if you have participated before but would like to review the rules and guidelines, you can join one of the two Catalyst School workshops on How to be a Proposal Assessor next week:

• Monday (June 27) at 20 UTC. Register here: https://linktr.ee/CatalystSchool
• Wednesday (June 30) during After Town Hall: https://bit.ly/3rCicSR

If you cannot join the workshops, the School also provides 1-on-1 sessions: https://linktr.ee/CatalystSchool

Catalyst Circle

Reading about Catalyst Circle for the first time? It is The Human Sensor Array of Project Catalyst. Want to have a high level overview of current list of prioritised problems? Follow this link. 
 

Few changes. New and old faces. Catalyst Circle is deep in discussions and brainstorming/ideation sessions these days. Trying to navigate what path forward looks like and where opportunities lay - to make it more effective and impactful platform for the Catalyst Ecosystem. You can listen more about the intent and current update via this timestamped segment from Harris Warren (Head of Governance at IO). 

Caught my attention!
 

Curious where to start lurking around? There are many opportunities where to begin. Some of which you can find above. Find more links via here. 

Number of the week - 100

There are now more than 100 projects with self reported completions. What a milestone! With almost half of all projects being funded in just last round - this number is expected to start rising in the coming months. Can't wait to see all the great stuff people are working on.

Curious to see which projects are these? Check out this link to see the complete picture of funded projects to date. Videos especially are a very exciting way to learn more. You can also retweet this graphic here or reshare on linked in here. 
 

Get in touch

And that's a wrap. Let's talk Catalyst & governance via twitter, or telegram, or reddit, or wherever is your home online and keep conversations engaging on these very important topics.

Enjoy your weekend ahead!

Danny & the Project Catalyst team

Daniel Ribar
Community at Project Catalyst & Governance