Some thoughts on minimizing governance debt without getting distracted - OpenDataforWeb3/Resources GitHub Wiki

As discussed briefly on Discord, with the completion of the Data Builders hackathon - we can look forward to the immediate priorities:

  • Sandbox project support
  • Running a stack -
  • Founding Sponsors

ALSO - however - we should be careful not to accumulate too much centralization or governance debt.

As of early February 2023, we have an informal governance structure.

The multi-sig is secured as a 2/3 - epowell101, DisruptionJoe, and Tigress.

We then have an ODC Jedi group that emerged from those that were attending meetings frequently and otherwise active. The ODC Jedi is a role on the ODC Discord.

We then have roles across Github & the Google calendar and otherwise. These may not be consistent with the ODC Jedi role.

Additionally, epowell101 and Baoki are each currently paid by Gitcoin however dedicate much of their time to the ODC.

And most work is organized into workgroups, which are self-organized on Discord.

For now - we can build organically from the existing Discord organization.

  1. A write-up of what it means to be a ODC Jedi
  2. Making consistent the roles across the ODC Jedis
  3. A write-up of how someone becomes a ODC Jedi

Once the founding sponsors become more engaged - we will expect to have them involved in our governance. We mostly need to be transparent and efficient as we continue to build towards sustainability in February, March and April of 2023