Forum to Quorum

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Two months ago I started @gnars_dao and have done ~ 16.5 ETH in NFT sales. Now I've convinced @nounsdao to give us 69 ETH to sponsor extreme athletes! nouns.wtf/vote/51 Here's exactly HOW we went from "forum to quorum" so you can too:

But first, some background... I've a long history with skateboarding and building communities. About 15 years ago I started one that became really popular. We held events, raised money for charity, sponsored skaters, released artist collabs and even made wearing helmets cool.

Early December last year, I was having coffee with a good mate of mine, who happens to be an NFT collector too. I was picking his brain about DAOs and expressing my interest and somehow we landed on Nouns and CC0 in general. Soon enough I was riffing "Skate or DAO" on my iPad.

Didn't sleep that night. I wondered what my old skate community would've been like if DAOs were a thing. Nouns DAO was all I could think about but the idea of my own DAO was daunting. So I started working on Gnars to simply answer one burning question: Do I... Skate or DAO?

Then one Friday in early January, what was then @skateordao got its first DM from none other than @punk4156 himself. It was the boost of confidence I needed, especially after being so clueless about navigating the whole CC0 thing.

I'd previously said on discord the "first skateboard headed noun [...] is mine!" January 27 rolls around and Noun 189 appeared, along with a couple DMs and Discord pings... "You're up." I scrambled to raise the funds, purchased skateordao.eth and prepared to bid. 89.89 ETH..!

Despite having just spent more than the value of my mum's home, I was comfy as could be, proposal ideas flowing. But at first I lacked the courage to publish a proposal. I was afraid I might seem blindly ambitious. A thread by @lilnounsdao changed that: twitter.com/lilnounsdao/status/1505013032652615684

Within @nounsdao there's lots of talk about culture, and rightfully so, we're busy proliferating the meme ⌐◨-◨ Pondering the thread, it was Lil Noun's framing of SUBculture that helped me join the dots. I wasn't alone... ie. Subcultures as Sub-DAOs: twitter.com/0xigami/status/1511602069739737091

A month or so earlier, I had proposed @nounsathletes to @nounsgrants and got 3 ETH for a proof of concept. 👇 Where my HOW begins 👇 Small Grants was perfect for testing the waters.. A reasonably small ask proved sufficient to sign our first athlete! discourse.nouns.wtf/t/small-grants-nouns-athletes/731

Preparation for my on-chain proposal and a much bigger 69 ETH ask began with a rough draft on @hackmdio that I shared with some Nouners. I then posted it in the proposal-ideas channel on Nouns discord and fielded some questions from the community. !vibe twitter.com/i/status/1511602075955650561/video/1

I took the feedback received and mulled it over with some friends – a sanity check. After a few more passes I copied over my markdown onto the Nouns forum. I used lots of data, plenty of detail and specifics and most importantly, I told a story.

This step was the most nerve wracking. All that was left was pushing the proposal on chain. As a Noun owner I can submit proposals myself. If you don't have a Noun, don't worry, you can get a Nouner to sponsor your proposal. My DMs are open, so hmu! nouns.wtf/vote/51

Key takeaways: 1. You likely belong to a subculture 2. Probably have domain expertise 3. Try "get a vibe check real quick" 4. Proof of concept @nounsgrants 5. Get feedback on a rough draft 6. Publish - discourse.nouns.wtf 7. Get a Nouner to sponsor you Erupting with ideas?

Perhaps like I was, you're feeling a little apprehensive, suffering from impostor syndrome, or maybe you're just skeptical. In that case, on my website the ever so helpful @blownedeth has gone deeper on this topic so you don't have to. Worth a read! art.haus/sub-dao-culture