LatamDAO
Overview
Latin America is a vast territory full of opportunities and needs where blockchain and web3 can provide solutions that make a real difference in people’s lives. The instruments offered by blockchain, which in other countries are a luxury (commodity), in Latin America are a necessity to protect themselves from political drifts and inflationary practices in their economies.
Latin Americans have a strong sense of community, they tend to live focused on creating wealth and safeguarding their savings to be able to face a changing environment and with few tools to face unforeseen events (health expenses, unforeseen housing expenses, etc.). With a population that exceeds 660 million inhabitants, barely more than half are in the banking system.
Due to these particular circumstances, Latin America offers enormous opportunities for adoption and growth for the blockchain and is one of the territories on the planet with the greatest need for a change towards a radically fair economy. And that is the mission of LatamDAO, to bring our latinamerican brothers and sisters to our ecosystem, offer them ways to build wealth, scout new developers and builders to web3 and incentivize the decentralization via DAOs to reach transparency, efficiency and democracy as a new paradigm to productivity.
Our mandate
Education:
We are going to focus our educational efforts on three main environments:
-Builders/Developers
Recruitment of developers and builders to create and release Web3 products and bring people from Web2 to web3. Our work in the communities of the region will seek synergy with other projects in our ecosystem, such as the ZKU.
-DAO
We are going to promote the adoption of DAOs as a new productive paradigm didactically, highlighting the regional roots in autonomous organizations, but evangelizing about the opportunities presented by DAOs in the culture of transparency, efficiency and decentralization.
-Validators
We are going to promote the creation and launching of validators nodes in the region via events, workshops and small events as TGI oriented to validators.
Growth Through Engagement:
All LatamDAO actions will encourage not only the growth but also the strengthening of our community.
As a continental organization we are going to promote the formation of regional DAOs in Latin American countries as well as mentor different communities and teams that are being formed in the region. Through different channels we will keep the community informed and engaged and we will be a bridge between the different initiatives and products of Harmony to expand the participation of Latin Americans and promote the sense of belonging of our community.
Diversity
We are committed to the faithful representation of the Latin American community in the DAO. For this reason, we reinforce gender parity in the team and our actions will be focused on balancing the presence of voices that are traditionally outside the Blockchain environment.
Also, in a proper sense of Latin America, we include and keep our focus in the Caribbean and Brasil, with no language barrier but a borderless sense of community that shares roots, history and struggles.
Schedule of activities for the first three (3) mandates of the DAO:
• Q1:
-Development of Smart Contracts and for the constitution of LatamDAO.
-Host two (2) Meetings in a University in Venezuela with a capacity of approximately 50 people each, aimed to Web2 developers.
-Host a Hackathon in Venezuela – with the support of a reputed local institution as a top university in the country.
-Host three TGI meet ups in Venezuela and another country in the region.
-Scout and start sponsorship agreements with at least 6 hackathons for 2022 in different cities in Latin America (focused in the Caribbean, Central America, South of the continent and The Andes region).
-Help and mentor the launching of Brazil DAO, Caribbean DAO, Colombian DAO, México DAO, and Venezuela DAO.
-Launch Telegram, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, etc. accounts. With the purpose of reaching a large community and building engagement.
-Creating swag to be distributed within the attendees of our events.
-Deciding and starting the work for the host of the forthcoming events in other countries in Latam for the next mandates.
Note: Venezuela is the country with most adoption of blockchain in the region, that is why we are going to start developing events in that country. After the first mandate, Venezuela DAO should take the work in the country with our support.
• Q2:
-Host 1 meeting in Mexico sponsored by LatamDAO with 50 people (could be co-sponsored by Mexico DAO scaling the attendees). (Online streamed as well).
-Host 1 meeting in other country of the region (aiming a caribbean country, Colombia, Honduras, Argentina or Chile). (Online streamed as well).
-Co-sponsor TGI meet ups in 3 countries of the region.
-Sponsor 3 hackathons in the region.
-Expand the community and reinforce the engagement in our communication channels (Telegram, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, etc.).
-Reach the community, help and mentor the launching for regional DAOs in 3 more countries in the region.
-Co-sponsor a Harmony big event in a Latam city (tentative: Mexico City).
-Create a LatamDAO validator node.
• Q3:
-Host 1 meeting in Colombia sponsored by LatamDAO with 50 people (could be co-sponsored by Colombia DAO scaling the attendees). (Online streamed as well).
-Host 1 meeting in other country of the region (aiming a caribbean country, Honduras, Argentina, Brasil, Chile or Ecuador). (Online streamed as well).
-Co-sponsor TGI meet ups in 3 countries of the region.
-Sponsor 3 hackathons in the region.
-Expand the community and reinforce the engagement in our communication channels (Telegram, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, etc.).
-Reach the community, help and mentor the launching for regional DAOs in 3 more countries in the region.
-Co-sponsor a Harmony big event in a Latam city (tentative: Bogota).
Metrics for the first mandate (Q1)
-2 events with 100 attendees in total (50 each).
-1 Hackathon with 50 attendees.
-3 TGI’s events with 75 attendees (30 each).
-6 twitter spaces hosted.
-Expand of the community in Telegram, twitter and discord.
-Bring 100 developers to ZKU.
The Team
Claudio is a Civil Engineer with a Master’s degree in Finance, holding the position for more than 15 years as CFO at INTERCONCRET C. A. A Company dedicated to the construction and development of large-scale public and private projects in Venezuela. He is fond of Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. He is a lover of Japanese food and music.
Fernando is a Civil Engineer and BIM specialist with a knack for tech. He’s been involved in the crypto space since 2014 as a miner / trader, and later as a consultant for a crypto mining solution’s company. You can find him on his yoga mat when he’s not flipping NFTs.
Camila is a creative. She has studies in international affairs. She’s also an astrologer and a lover of esoteric wisdom. She’s deeply interested in the link between the new era of human consciousness and blockchain. She looks forward to supporting all the DAO activities and their impact.
Rafael from Caracas has a degree in Business administration and management, currently director of Soluciones Financieras Chinchin CA the first licensed FINTECH of Venezuela. He is also director of a Seaweed Farming company to fight global warming and save the oceans with a sustainable activity.
Doris Hernandez is a former Chief of Product and founder of Dippii - A web3 creator tools platform. Most of her expertise is focus on building successful marketplaces in Latam with more than 100k users.
Bianca is from Brasil, she’s a psychology student, graduates this year, by the University of Brasilia. She’s involved in Gravity DAO as a conflict manager and she’s on research for how to introduce psychology on web3 space.
Godiva is an award-winning social entrepreneur from Jamaica. She has been in the edtech space for 7 years and has 10+ years experience with technology integration in international development having worked with organizations like UNESCO, IDB, IEEE and USAID. Currently, she is the founder & CEO of STEAMHouse, an edtech venture which specializes in STEM education in the Caribbean.
Hector Ricardi is Validator of HoundOne. Previously worked as Country Marketing Operations for an IT company, current governor of the Validator DAO.
José Couto is a journalist with a Master’s degree in sociology and semiotics in the Universidad Computense de Madrid. Jose Couto is a Harmony’s contributor for the spanish and latinamerican community and has a vast expertise working in areas of social impact.
Budget (Q1)
| ITEM | DESCRIPCION | TYPE | QNTY | UNIT PRICE $ | TOTAL $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Development of LatamDAO smart contract | Unit | 1 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 2 | Host two (2) Meetings with a capacity approximately 50 people each, aimed to developers | Event | 2 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| 3 | TGI’s meet ups | Event | 3 | 2,000 | 6,000 |
| 4 | Host a Hackathon | Event | 1 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 5 | Design of sponsorship plan to future hackathons in different countries in Latam | Hours | 20 | 75 | 1,500 |
| 6 | Swag | Kit | 300 | 50 | 15,000 |
| 7 | Graphic design | Unit | 50 | 40 | 2,000 |
| 8 | Signage | Unit | 10 | 150 | 1,500 |
| 9 | First mandate governors remuneration (avg. 5 hours/week) | Hours | 540 | 75 | 40,500 |
| 10 | First mandate governors remuneration for calls and online meetings (avg. 3 hours/week) | Hours | 324 | 35 | 11,340 |
| 11 | Travel expenses | Unit | TBD | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Sub-total | $ 142,840 | ||||
| 12 | 5% Safety net | Glob | 1 | 7,142 | 7,142 |
| TOTAL | $ 149,982 |
Proposal ask
We are asking for $150,000 to develop the DAO.
