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ApeCoin DAO - Special Council Elections - Term Beginning July 2024
DESCRIPTION
The election process for the ApeCoin DAO was established in AIP-138, which outlines the process for an equal and fair opportunity to be elected to the Special Council. These 5 candidates were selected from the conclusion of the nomination process. In this vote, the top 2 will be elected to the Special Council. The term shall begin July 1, 2024, and will last for one (1) year.
OVERALL COST
Each Special Council member shall receive compensation as stated in AIP-350, or $125,000 USD for the term.
ELECTION CANDIDATES
Listed in alphabetical order:
- AaronHaber: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aaronhaber-special-council-nomination-07-2024/23979
- JasonJape: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/jasonjape-special-council-nomination-07-2024/23981
- LeilaS: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/leilas-special-council-nomination-07-2024/23982
- mo_ezz14: https: //forum.apecoin.com/t/mo-ezz14-special-council-nomination-07-2024/23984
- Waabam: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/waabam-special-council-nomination-07-2024/23988
LINK TO THE NOMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT:
https://forum.apecoin.com/t/election-announcement-special-council-nominations/23543
PROPOSALS
Link to AIP-426: Special Council Future Election Requirement and Role Clarification: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-426-special-council-future-election-requirement-and-role-clarification/23463
Link to AIP-350: Shaping Success: Building a Stronger Future with new Special Council Pay: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-350-shaping-success-building-a-stronger-future-with-new-special-council-pay/19265
Link to AIP-138: The Special Council Election Process: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-138-the-special-council-election-process/8850
Link to AIP-1: Proposing the DAO Process: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-1-proposing-the-dao-process/39
The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.
AIP-417: IP Ecosystem with CLIP Powered by ApeCoin
ABSTRACT
The proposal aims to support the Community-Led IP ecosystem (CLIP), powered by ApeCoin, dedicated to empowering web3 creators, brands, and enthusiasts in the digital ownership landscape. CLIPStarter, our flagship platform, will serve as the innovation, fostering collaboration, and driving the commercialisation of NFT IP assets. Through crowdfunding for community projects, virtual exhibitions, collectibles, loyalty programs, and strategic partnerships, CLIP will pave the way for NFT IP to transcend mere collectibles and become powerful engines of commerce.
CLIP will be implemented based on ApeChain. While ApeChain is the infrastructure that scales $APE and support the growth of ApeCoin ecosystem, CLIP will become the IP licensing engineer on top of ApeChain and be among the first few dAPP on ApeChain with real business operations.
We will setup a dedicated APE Team to serve ApeCoin DAO and ApeChain:
- Identify opportunities with new brands and partners to collaborate with ApeCoin DAO and ApeChain
- Promote ApeCoin to all existing ecosystem partners to raise brand awareness and integrate ApeCoin into entertainment & lifestyle sectors such as movies, video games as skin, traits, characters, F&B, etc.
- Proactively develop high-end collectables with existing brand partners, exclusively for ApeCoin DAO members
- Develop pinnacle experience with brand partners, exclusively available to ApeCoin DAO members.
- Connect Made-By-Ape (MBA) products with sales channels and promote brand awareness for MBA builders.
- To encourage ApeCoin holders to migrate their $APE to ApeChain, our loyalty system shall provide a multiplier to our participants who holds $APE on ApeChain.
- A CLIP ecosystem grant will be setup to provide initial funds for qualified creators if they are willing to
- Adopt ApeChain as the core blockchain infrastructure technology to their projects, and/or
- include and promote ApeCoin in their projects (subject to ApeCoin DAO final approval);
Any projects receiving the CLIP ecosystem grant will have to contribute a certain percentage of their Net Revenue to the Ape Foundation This will be able to attract high quality projects, as well as strong Web3 communities such as Mocaverse, Pudgy Penguin, etc., to the CLIP and APE ecosystem.
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM
CLIP will provide a platform for any builders to showcase and promote their IP and projects, fostering collaboration and driving innovation within the ApeCoin DAO ecosystem. By empowering creators and brands to leverage the power of NFTs, CLIP will attract new users and drive adoption of ApeCoin as a valuable digital asset. Additionally, by facilitating partnerships and collaborations, CLIP will enhance the visibility and credibility of ApeCoin DAO, positioning it as a hub for digital creativity and innovation. Since ApeCoin aims to be the leader of Web3, this platform powered by ApeCoin will help build IPs around it and make ApeCoin achieve its goals. This will also be a very powerful business applications running on ApeChain and help driving the growth of the ApeCoin ecosystem.
ApeCoin Foundation shall receive:
- 50% of the Net Revenue generated by the APE Team
- Branding Integration opportunities into all the CLIP’s featured projects that potentially will create millions of impressions, as a means to promote ApeCoin and ApeChain.
- Revenue contributions from projects supported by the CLIP ecosystem grant.
- 500 limited-edition branded collectables, licensed with Mocaverse NFT, will be distributed to ApeCoin DAO’s community members as exclusive rewards.
- 500 limited-edition branded collectables licensed with BAYC NFT, will be distributed to ApeCoin DAO’s community members as exclusive rewards.
- 50 conference tickets hosted by CLIP, providing ApeCoin DAO with opportunities to engage with industry leaders and stakeholders.
- All these collectables and tickets will be distributed to the top 1,000 active ApeCoin DAO’s participants based on the CLIP’s loyalty system. Anyone holding $APE on ApeChain will receive a multiplier.
OVERALL COST
Total amount requested from the ApeCoin Ecosystem Fund: 2,750,000 ApeCoin
PROPOSAL
Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-417-ip-ecosystem-with-clip-powered-by-apecoin/22886
The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.
AIP-380: Swamp Gaming: Let’s pave the road to onboard millions of gamers
ABSTRACT
We are requesting $492,000 to establish Swamp Gaming as a premiere gaming entertainment brand. In return, the ApeCoin DAO will receive a 5% stake in our company, along with a 20% share of the revenue. This will be accomplished by transforming Kungarna into a mass proliferation and onboarding vehicle for the ApeCoin DAO ecosystem. With a commitment to self sustainability we will be utilizing tried and true methods for revenue generation which have been successful for Kungarna over the last 7 years. We look forward to the opportunity of onboarding the next million ApeCoin fans.
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM
We firmly believe that we can contribute to bringing unparalleled coverage, viewership, and attention to the ApeCoin ecosystem, with the goal of onboarding creators and gamers.
In 2023 our creators and gamers boasted a collective following of more than 32.2 million fans, garnering an impressive 2.7 billion views. As we venture into 2024, we have assembled a strong roster and are planning a huge expansion!
The rebranding of Kungarna into Swamp Gaming is set to propel our community to the forefront of the gaming industry, instantly establishing us as one of the largest gaming brands on a global scale. Our combined reach will encompass millions of followers and generate billions of views across our rebranded social media platforms, marking a significant milestone in ApeCoin DAO’s journey to metaverse and gaming.
OVERALL COST
Editors & Designers: $30,000 Swamp House: $99,000 Operational Costs: $113,000 Gaming events: $40,000 Creators & Gamers: $110,000 Swamp Gaming Ownership: $100,000
Total:$492,000
PROPOSAL
Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-380-swamp-gaming-let-s-pave-the-road-to-onboard-millions-of-gamers/19985
The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.
AIP-379: Thank APE - Phase II: Amplifying a Movement
ABSTRACT
ApeCoin must create value now. To do that, we must attract, fund, and coordinate the best talent to address our DAO’s biggest needs. Speed and accuracy matter. Trust matters. Automation and decentralization matter. Utility is essential.
Thank APE - Phase II is a one-year initiative that proposes to:
- Continuously sense into the biggest needs and opportunities for ApeCoin DAO
- Attract, fund, and coordinate the best talent to quickly respond to those needs
- Incentivize community members to engage and support value-creating projects
Initially funded nearly a year ago, Thank APE has attracted, funded, and coordinated more talent to create value for ApeCoin DAO than the rest of our DAO AIP process - combined. And we’ve done it with less than 0.4% of the treasury.
Thank APE's Motivation: We are Apes. Our motivation is to create enormous value for ApeCoin DAO - by rewarding and recognizing valuable decentralized contributions to our DAO. We’ve been doing this since our first Thank APE Proposal AIP-124 passed almost a year ago.
Our motivation - combined with our tech and expertise, and your partnership - has helped support significant accomplishments since we launched in April of this year. We’ve done it all through a bear market, decreasing ApeCoin value, and wide-ranging coordination problems in the DAO:
Recently, big proposals have passed that reflect a shared realization that we must create more value now. Examples include AIP-297, AIP-304 , and AIP-317 - all of which are seeking to shake things up and help build value in new, big ways for our DAO.
While the impact of these proposals isn’t yet known, the DAO recognized they we must invest to ignite an ecosystem whose future depends on us. Thank APE is proposing another big bet - one that, we believe, addresses the biggest need in the DAO:
We must create greater value, utility, and efficiency in our DAO now.
To do that, our Thank APE - Phase II will support effective decision-making and allocation of resources - and attract, fund, and coordinate top talent that quickly addresses the biggest needs in the DAO.
- Our DAO has passed some proposals - but few have created significant impact yet.
- Our DAO has organized into various groups - but much is still left to be desired.
- Our DAO has built some things - but not enough people use them and none generate revenue.
Thank APE has already been a consistent force in ApeCoin DAO fixated on solving this massive need. We’ve funded and coordinated the building of hundreds of projects creating value in alignment with the feedback of our community and the needs of our DAO.
Background: Our ApeCoin community was founded with a simple mission of driving culture forward into the metaverse. This mission requires building a thriving ecosystem around our culture and community.
A year ago, we had a treasury war chest valued in the billions. Today that same treasury is valued at a fraction of what it was. This is largely because the DAO has generally had a hard time consistently attracting top talent to contribute to our ecosystem.
There is a simple reason for this: Passing an AIP in our DAO environment is hard. It requires that a builder also be a diplomat and a salesperson, not get paid for months, and - at times - put themselves in the crosshairs of public misinformation campaigns from people with their own interests.
Top builders don't need to put themselves through that kind of pain. They can fund their projects in easier ways than our AIP process provides. For example, ThriveCoin is funded by well-recognized web3 VCs, all of which provided an easiest, less stressful path than passing an ApeCoin AIP.
Thank APE has been changing this.
Through Thank APE, top builders have been able to quickly and easily contribute to ApeCoin DAO in ways that are aligned with the biggest needs of our DAO. The impact is that we've attracted thousands of new contributors that has resulted in hundreds of new projects for ApeCoin DAO.
This is just the beginning. With Phase II, we are doubling down on everything that's worked, making our tech even more accessible and extensible, and focusing all of our energy on attracting greater builders from across our ecosystem to build with ApeCoin!
With Phase II, we are proposing to take a bigger role in helping our ApeCoin community create greater value, efficiency, and utility now. Our shared future requires that we get this right.
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM
ApeCoin must expand the size of our talent pool and continue to create more and more value now. This requires being faster, better, and bolder.
Thank APE is proposing to expand our role as a trusted party in maximizing value creation for our DAO - and doing it in a way that ensures greater utility, value, and efficiency across our decentralized community. The benefit to the ApeCoin ecosystem will be:
- Greater community-wide clarity about the biggest needs of our ecosystem
- Quick, precise funding of decentralized talent to address our biggest needs
- Incentives for members to use and engage projects addressing our biggest needs
We expect to predominately serve three areas of known ecosystem needs (the details of which will be further clarified in the continuous Sense process described below):
- Tech builders: e.g. development teams, developers, etc.
- Culture builders: e.g. influencers, artists, writers, events, local communities, etc.
- Small businesses: e.g. online and offline merchants, service providers, etc.
** If ApeChain is funded, we intend to be a strong support for onboarding and building on ApeChain.
** We intend to give special consideration to projects that drive revenue for the ApeCoin ecosystem.
OVERALL COST
We request 4.2M APE for a 1-year deployment. Like with Phase I, the proposal is 100% Performance-based.
- 80% of requested funds allocated back to the ApeCoin community for value-creating contributions.
- 20% allocated to service provider fees.
Below is an overview of how we expect to allocate funds for Phase 2 over one year (final allocations clarified during ongoing Sense processes, which all community members can influence):
3.36 million APE allocated back to the community in the form of rewards. Includes:
- 1.68M to Tech Builders
- 1.18M to Culture Builders
- 500k to Small Businesses
- 336k to Emerging Opportunities
840k APE allocated to ThriveCoin, Thank APE Board, and other support services. Includes:
305k - Protocol and Platform Design & Development
- Product Architecture, Design, and Management - 70k
- Backend Development Support - 90k
- Dashboard / UI Development Support - 50k
- UI/UX Design - 10k
- QA - 20k
- Admin Dashboard UI Development - 25k
- Smart Contract Development - 20k
- Smart Contract Audit - 20k (third party)
400k - Deployment Support, Partnerships, Community, Legal
- Community Project Manager - 60k
- Integrations / Contributions Specialist - 60k
- Community Relations / Support - 60k
- Community Management / Moderation - 60k
- Data Analyst - 40k
- Funding Allocator - 60k
- Event Management - 40k
- Legal - 20k
75k - Hosting Costs
- AWS Infrastructure Costs - 60k
- Blockchain Indexing / Data Storage - 15k
60k - Thank APE Board Members not part of the APE Foundation
PROPOSAL
Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-379-thank-ape-phase-ii-amplifying-a-movement/20324
The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.