Hello, Unicorn DAO team. Here are some reasons why I vote no: * I think we could spend this money on organic content to make our platform more valuable and attract more players rather than being present at a physical event. * I don't think a single event should cost $75k to the DAO. I also think $749 for a ticket is expensive. * If we want a pride week, why not give the money to already established communities for them to host it? I think there are many content creators who can perfectly run these types of events in Decentraland and there is no need to spend 75k. Not only is going to engage better (I prefer a community focused on DCL rather than an external entity) but also we could have a big amount of activities to do. It's a reality, events made by entities not-related to Decentraland are usually boring and there is not too much to do. Let's have pride week run by the community.

I love cash labs~ Are you able to clarify a transparent budget for this event? Lol

hey @cash thanks for your input. 1. This proposal states that the $75k is strictly for the NFT.NYC and not continual or developmental events in DCL. Can we get a list of the DCL Queer Creators that you already have booked for this event? Are any of them being represented in panels, promo material, or in physical galleries? 2. There needs to be more information given about who will be representing DCL directly. With so many vendors, sponsors, and attendees how are you guaranteeing that we stand out with the proposed budget when most of the budget is for infrastructure for the physical event. It looks like the "digital gallery" is purely for the event to be projected at the physical venue. 3 & 4. Is this separate from this proposal? I'm confused. I've reached out via Twitter for more clarification. Thanks!

Hi @michi et all- I just wanted to chime in- I'm David Cash from Cash Labs and I'm working with UnicornDAO directly- I also work closely with the DCL Foundation and have worked on a ton of activations in DCL over the past few years. I really want to echo one of Shibu 's points and reflect on the positive aspects of this which may not have been fleshed out or described as best as they could be: 1) The proposed IRL and URL events would promote LGBTQIA+, Queer, NB, and other female-identifying creatives active in Decentraland! @NikkiFuego I curate a ton for DCL and many platforms and have a gallery in the crypto valley district and I would love to promote your work! I can say with certainty that UnicornDAO have the same intentions and want to promote LGBTQIA+ artists in the Decentraland community via this event! This means presenting your work in the most professional means possible at the best event at NFT.NYC and exposing it to some of the biggest collectors in the NFT space. I think this is a really valuable possibility! 2) This would be the only official Decentraland activation at NFT.NYC- Nearly every company, community, and organization in the space will be represented during the largest event in the Web3 space. I think it would be really exciting if this DAO vote could facilitate Decentraland being represented at one of the hottest events at NFT.NYC- Beyond that, I think that this event would provide incredible exposure and promotion for female and LGBTQIA+ members of the DCL community. And to make it even better, this is all happening in New York City during pride month- while DCL is activating our pride month- it feels like perfect synergy. 3) As Shibu mentioned, Beyond the IRL event, UnicornDAO has committed to launching a gallery show and concert in DCL as programming for pride! This is a huge value add to our community, especially considering the inclusion of queer icons Pussyriot (google them if you're not familiar), and I really would love to see this happen! Also worth mentioning that this gallery show would exclusively and purposefully highlight work from LGBTQIA+, female, and NB artists, and they would love to include as many incredible members of the DCL community as possible in both their URL and IRL curations. 4) Finally- I have spoken with the UnicornDAO team directly and it is worth mentioning that they are dedicated to continuing to offer ongoing programming for the LGBTQIA+ community both IRL, around the world, and in the metaverse. They would love to continue to plan future DCL programming via gallery shows, panel series, concerts and more! And I'm excited to help them explore these possibilities. I am a fellow member of the queer community, identify as non-binary, and am also a long-standing member of the Decentraland community. I want to help UnicornDAO do this the right way- so if anyone would like to make any suggestions for improvements on this proposal or would like to be involved in any way, please reach out to me directly. My twitter is @ davidcash888

I'll echo some of what @michi is saying... what makes DCL so great, aside from the original intentions and build of decentralization that was created, **is the community**. And to truly understand it you must experience it. Its a place that breeds creativity and allows for so many opportunities, regardless of your background. It allows anyone to find and create a voice for themselves. And so often that voice can come from experiencing the landscape and the communities that have built it — from long before, those that are building it now, and then those that want to build the future of it. This community and platform wants nothing more than to uplift and give space to those who do not have their own, and give space for people to find themselves. To take ownership of their lives without the systems and burdens of the IRL structures. But this space is still growing and trying to build within itself. So I find it very confusing as to why this proposal, in no way wants to take part in this community, but yet will ask for a large amount of money, to be used outside of the platform only. Especially without a real plan to showcase what there is here in DCL, both in the people, art, and opportunities. That means I agree with @NikkiFuego too. The DAO works to fund DCL and what can help build and grow DCL and its communities. I do not see how directly impactful this event will be. We do welcome you to come jump in anytime tho! There's always something going on, somewhere new to see, and I'm sure any one of us in the comments are more than happy to show ya'll around. Just reach out to us! Because as much as we may have been challenging much of this proposal here in the comments, we are a very kind and engaging lot, and we do love new frens.

Hey Zoe and @unicorndao , thanks for taking the time to reply and I really appreciate everything you're doing for the communities in RL. First off I want to echo the community in saying I would love you to be part of Decentraland, bring events and have some amazing engagement into the space. In fact I want more of UnicornDao here and opportunities for more events like this sponsored by Decentraland. > I’d be delighted to share my final budget with your team, here is where it currently stands: Venue rental: $70,000.00 USD Decor/Furniture Rental & Custom Art: $18,000.00 Staff, Freelance + Contractors: $25,000.00 A/V Rentals + Projection Mapping: $15,000.00 **Digital Art Gallery: Custom Fabrication, Display Technology & Servers: $15,000.00** Talent & Local Performers: $30,000.00 Insurance: $2,000.00 So confirming this is your budget overview I'm assuming the $15,000 is Decentraland event? > Our events budget is reliant upon sponsors who wish to participate as this is the initial launch of our first NFTNYC prototype event. We are donating proceeds to organizations that are otherwise usually not represented, such as Planned Parenthood & ones that are illegal in over 20 states in the US, helping marginalized communities that are directly impacted. This is the first mention of charities this event is supporting. Is the proceeds for the charity donations coming from artwork sales, sponsorship, donations on the day? I think there is a lot of noise in this proposal which can make it tricky to see the facts and I can see there's a lot of effort going into this event but I would love if you could join our space. I think there is a lot of support around and we can come together as a community to best approach empowering the community. > Anyway, this money is being spent for one purpose only. To create a new world, where anyone identifying as a women, from a marginalized community or a member of the queer community can let their voices, power and genius break free of the margins and stand side by side with the overwhelming viewpoints of cis white men. The key concern is transparency around a 75k donation/sponsorship/grant to the Unicorn DAO. Currently it looks like a transfer of funds from the Decentraland DAO to Unicorn DAO. In a decentralised space I shouldn't need to call you for budget details, email you for clearer information. It should be present in the proposal. Pride is about coming together and I'm so proud this community is welcoming and will support anyone entering regardless of gender and race. I honestly invite UnicornDao to hold an event in the space and see how everyone comes together and openly engages. You can see from this proposal the community is strong and we unite to build~ Then after checking out the platform and if you're still interested, request a sponsorship/grant/funding with community support in my personal opinion. Always feel free to reach out if you want to connect~

@unicorndao Thanks, I'll be keeping my vote (little VP) as a no since this isn't really impacting DCL and its Queer members directly. I think you would have saved a lot of face and confusion had you stated in the beginning "We do not plan to display any DCL Queer Creators during this event" What you're doing is a huge grand event and that's great, but DCL isn't a VC Firm. There are plenty of grants outside of our DAO that would happily donate to events like this regardless of whether it benefits them or not. DCL is still growing and if grants aren't being used to further that growth or development, for me, it doesn't make sense to vote.

Our events budget is reliant upon sponsors who wish to participate as this is the initial launch of our first NFTNYC prototype event. We are donating proceeds to organizations that are otherwise usually not represented, such as Planned Parenthood & ones that are illegal in over 20 states in the US, helping marginalized communities that are directly impacted. We are planning a multi sensorial/immersive event which is not as simple or inexpensive as one may visualize. It's more than a digital gallery. Our creative directors & even producers want to push the envelope of how we’ve experienced past events in the space. With support of our sponsors, it fosters talent, our vision for the production and the entire operation which we aspire to be a top notch event. Our DAO members raised funds on behalf of supporting artists with their careers in the web3 + nft space as many have not had the easiest time working in the web2 or traditional arts world prior. With the funds raised (outside the event that celebrates their art on a monumental scale) we are implementing our initial raise to support artists and support our inclusive lgbtiq+ full time employees, contractors, and all involved in UnicornX, the DAO, and the future of UnicornRiot. As you know, start ups take time, effort and faith in helping us evolve our organization. The event is celebrating the beginning of our project publicly. We’ve been discussing internally how to bridge the gap between physical and digital activations as we’d like all that follow our journey to participate along the way, one that is a safe space for our employees, creators, fans, the entire network of UnicornDAO. We hope you understand where we are coming from and see the good we’re trying to structure in the current world as it stands & future. NFTNYC is just one iteration of what you’ll see Unicorn blossom into around the world. We all remember and look back on our mentors or the people that believed in us. We hope to create something that brings joy and connection to the arts + technology.

Hi @unicorndao I appreciate you getting back to replying to all of us, but I still think you haven't addressed the biggest question at hand. How will this event impact DCL Queer community directly? Are you guys exhibiting DCL Creators projects? I'm a prominent Drag Queen in the DCL Community, and so are a few others, and I don't see their names listed at this event or any names from the DCL Community at this event. While I understand the representation of ALL Queer people is important, this has to be a mutual relationship. That's what is making it look like "pinkwashing" or a "cash grab".

Hello Decentraland! I am Zoe Nightingale, who has taken over events for UnicornDAO. I think I can answer a lot of your questions at once. I have created events for Paradigm, Zora, Uniswap and Franctional, Sundance, Coachella, Art Basel, Burning man, Tribeca Film Festival…..and I am here to answer any questions you may have about our budget. First things first, I can assure you that every dollar of this grant will go to celebrating queer artists and the rise of the feminine energy in the NFT space. We are allowing people from many disparate worlds to come together on this night, over 2500 - vogue dancers, drag queens, renewable fashion designers, non binary rock stars, trans artists in every shape and size will come together to celebrate alongside trandiotnal investors, VC’s and guys who still wear a phone outside their pants and the conference badge around their neck at dinner. We will use the best in tech art and music to literally create another world. Projection Mapping, 20,000 lumen count projectors, tech rentals + labor, a headlining lineup of queer talent, staff, venue, decor + furniture rental, AV quickly adds up to over 75K. I'd be delighted to share my final budget with your team, here is where it currently stands: Venue rental: $70,000.00 USD Decor/Furniture Rental & Custom Art: $18,000.00 Staff, Freelance + Contractors: $25,000.00 A/V Rentals + Projection Mapping: $15,000.00 Digital Art Gallery: Custom Fabrication, Display Technology & Servers: $15,000.00 Talent & Local Performers: $30,000.00 Insurance: $2,000.00 As we are in the process of finalizing our NFT gallery, artists, musicians, fabrication, and set design, there’s really no point in sharing right now as it is in flux. The budget will change drastically within the next two weeks, so I’d be happy to send it then. If that isn’t sufficient, I am happy to hop on a conference call with any concerned members about budget allocation. I can walk you through what it takes to produce an event of this caliber in New York City, pay people overly fair wages and have a portion of your budget still go to charities supporting queer communities. Anyway, this money is being spent for one purpose only. To create a new world, where anyone identifying as a women, from a marginalized community or a member of the queer community can let their voices, power and genius break free of the margins and stand side by side with the overwhelming viewpoints of cis white men. Web3 needs this - the metaverse needs this, and creating something this disruptive, takes time and resources. So, we hope you’ll join us on our mission. If not, we hope to work with you in the future. My email is Zoe@zerospace.co - feel free to reach out to me with direct questions about the budget, Thank you!

Hi NikkiFuego, We hear your frustration and appreciate you taking the time to comment- First of all- we’re sorry to hear about your grant. We would love to hear more about your play-to-earn game and see if we might be able to support you in any way. That being said- we really don’t want our intentions to be misconstrued- We don’t use the words “LGBTQIA+” and “NB” as buzzwords as we, the entire advisory board of the Unicorn DAO, identify as Queer people ourselves. That being said, we also are not asking for money from artists to exhibit! We agree that would be a cash grab and would not be positive for the community- Most events during NFT.NYC will be sponsored. Many of the sponsors at play are organizations who, at some point, have been accused of Pinkwashing. The Decentraland DAO was granted with a 10-year vesting contract worth 222,000,000 MANA starting on Feb 19, 2020. Instead of asking for money from a major corporation, we, as a DAO ourselves, wanted to petition other communities to help raise available funds to launch this multi-faceted activation. Not only is this a massive opportunity to help sell the works of dozens of LGBTQIA+ artists live in New York during one of the largest Web3 events in the world. It’s also a chance for communities like ours, like the Decentraland Community, the World of Women community, and many others, to come together IRL and collectively make some positive change. We would love to hear your thoughts on these comments and, as always, are more than open to initiating a dialogue with you to ensure that your voice is heard via our programming at this event and in our events in the future. Don’t hesitate to reach out - We are on Twitter @unicorndao_xxx

Hi Michi! We appreciate your thoughtful response- We don’t want our intentions to be misconstrued so we wanted to give this response some thought- As a collective of LGBTQ+ creatives, we’ve turned to crowdfund via organic community support in place of working with massive corporations. We detest pinkwashing by major organizations both in and outside of the Web3 space and want to show that major cultural events can be produced by the community for the community. We apologize that our message felt like it came with “terms and conditions.” We, as a DAO ourselves, wanted to petition the community directly for these funds instead of going through traditional routes. We would put on this event with or without sponsorships- and will still cover 50% of costs ourselves, via past funds raised, but without additional funds, we would not be able to throw an event at this scale. We are taking over a massive venue, engaging in promotion and PR services for our sponsors, and much more all with the goal of providing a platform to artists and our community. As a part of this, we seek to promote and empower LGBTQIA+ identifying artists active in Decentraland, such as yourself, and encourage you to connect with us directly! We are a relatively new organization but we as a group of individuals have been collectively been fighting for Queer rights for decades. Multiple of our founding members have been jailed for their activism in support of the LGBTQIA+ community, yet still, we stand strong fighting for our rights. It should be mentioned that the crux of this and all of our events is always the promotion and empowerment of LGBTQIA+, NB, and female-identifying individuals. This specific event at NFT.NYC will be held in collaboration with a number of Web3 naive communities, promoting the LGBTQIA+, NB, and female-identifying artists and creatives in each of their respective tribes. While some gallery events are indeed “inexpensive to set up,” we seek to empower Queer, Trans, NB, and Female-identifying artists by exhibiting their work in an incredible venue to potential buyers. This pride month, we aim to help more artists in our community sell their work. Both the IRL event in NYC and the metaverse event we intend to put on in Decentraland will have the goal of supporting and promoting the sales of LGBTQIA+, NB, and Women Artists. Beyond this, we want to bridge the gap between virtual worlds, which we deem crucial to creative remote queer communities, and physical spaces, such as our event in NYC. We want to join forces directly with the Decentraland community to make this happen and hope to open up dialogues with many of you to ensure that your voices are being heard via our programming at this event and in our events in the future. Don’t hesitate to reach out - We are on Twitter @unicorndao_xxx

After reading the discourse between the community and the response from UnicornDao, I do not feel you adequately explained how 75k will be used for a one night event. I agree with the concerns adressed by the LGBTQIA+ DCL creators, community and allies in this thread. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community myself, a single event does not pique my interest or satisfy the ongoing needs for this community. A lot of buzz words to capture atention, very little information on how this actually supports (ongoing) the artsists already creating in this space, with a lot of emphasis on how it benefits the specfic agenda of UnicornDAO. Feels like a cash grab and pandering. Will the dozens of artists you're bringing into the metaverse for this event continue to engage and add value moving forward or are these just attendees to a concert. Until the concerns mentioned by the seasoned, dedicated and talented creators above are adressed, my vote is a NO and urge those who voted yes to be more analytical of this proposal.

Thank you @Shibu and others that have taken a deeper look and adjusted their votes to reflect. And agree @Shibu, we would most definitely LOVE to see UnicornDAO in DCL! I've been following them since before I even saw this proposal, and really love the idea behind their visions. But without a clear plan that shows how it will add that value, and then work to create an ecosystem of people and creators from the community and beyond, I do not see how I can vote yes at this moment.

Same as @yemel. Thanks for the input @michi! If the funds are going to be used for just a party i think it's no go but on the other hand i feel the involvement of @unicorndao and its community within the DCL ecosystem it is a great thing! *"From there, we will bring in dozens of incredible Women, Non-Binary, and LGBTQIA+ artists into our space, creating a Utopic safe space in the metaverse where we can host a concert featuring Pussy Riot and potentially some of our other DAO members."* If the funds are going to be used for creating a cool build on Decentraland, doing diverse and constant activities adding value for the community with some clear schedules of things to happen i'll happily change my vote to yes!

Even though my original post is still flagged as spam for some unknown reason, thank you @yemel. As a gender queer person and someone who lives and creates in LGBTQIA+ spaces IRL, it's important we bring safety, transparency, and support to our community. Even more so as we create what these spaces are here in DCL. Too often people want to co-opt a movement (like celebrating just the month of June), and not think about the impacts those actions might have beyond the month, even if all intentions are good and hopeful. We welcome anyone who wants to work together to create this, but unfortunately this proposal lacks a lot of awareness and connection to DCL to truly benefit us the future we are all trying to build here.

After reading the discussion I decided to change my vote to NO.

Hi @unicorndao. Sharing my thoughts as well, as I 100% also agree with what the lot on what has been said in the comments here — @michi + more. As a gender queer person who entered DCL 2 months ago now, I've have learned many things, and will continue to do so. But what I've learned the most is, no matter who you are — whether an individual or a brand — you must DYOR and really get involved and learn the space to truly respect, so you can know the best ways to contribute to it. After all, this is a place built to be for the people, by the people, correct? Looking over the proposal to start, I do not see a single member on the UnicornDAO team who is connected to any part of DCL or the community. Nor do I see much LGTBQIA+ representation or recognition from the team on just a quick scroll of socials. So from those two merits alone, I'll vote NO. Because as a queer person in the space, I do not see how I will benefit from this at all, except to maybe attend a cool party in NYC where I live, or know Grimes is involved, who I'm a stan of. LOL Then from a deeper read with no real clear budget breakdowns, it's hard to understand the intentions of how the money will move in the benefit of all parties, but more specifically DCL and it's community of people who have been building what it is today. If you do some research on DOA proposals here in DCL, you'll see this is something requested often and almost required for a lot of proposal approvals. I have been working hard over the last few months to learn all I can about DCL, and really find my place in the community, and then add to it, and I can't help but I feel a huge disconnect to this proposal. I can respect what UnicornDAO wants to do in general, have known of y'all before this proposal, and had been following what you all were doing. But even then, I was met with vagueness around what the hopes of the UnicornDAO are besides art NFTs and auctions. I think if you truly want to get more women and LGBTQIA+ people into web3, community and education are the first steps. Not parties and brand recognition. Happy to be challenged on any of this, as discourse and collaboration are the keys to a truly decentralized project or platform. And do please provide any clarity on what I am unclear about as well.

wut? $75,000 for this? Strongly against it. Second @michi's @Doki's @NikkiFuego's and @notHoly's concerns here. Seems like a copy-pasta proposal for a cash grab. We should have way higher standards in our community. Some feedback for the creator of the proposal: - give more specifics on how you're spending the money. - less sefl-marketing, more description of how your proposal will positively impact our community (not yours). - for example, the "specification" section just talks about UnicornDAO and merely mentions "Cash Labs will help us lease plots of land, deploy the build, and go through any other technical steps necessary to launch our virtual event." s a specification of the use of funds. If you expect 75k USD from the DAO you should at least show your detailed plans. - roadmap and milestones should actually include a roadmap and milestones, with dates a specifics on deliverables. what does "Massive virtual curated art show" mean? when is it happening? - same with "Activating during NFT.NYC" you don't even mention when the event is happening!! @yemel @Shibu come on... you really voted yes here? btw... let's see how long it takes for this UnicornDAO community to call us "anti-LGBT" or "anti-feminist" for critizising their proposal and asking how they'll use the DCL DAO's money. :rage: It just makes me so angry when people use social causes to push vague or undefined projects.

I don't see any good reasons why the DAO should allocate 75 thousand dollars, the amount is considerable, the community would like to see a more detailed calculation of what you are going to spend this money on, because now it looks vague.

I am open to changing my NO vote to YES after I hear the questions answered by @michi , @NikkiFuego , and @Doki . Thanks look forward to it!

@unicorndao i am also very interested to hear your response to what seems like a valid criticism of this proposal

Hey, @unicorndao you are using words like "LGBTQIA+" and "Non-binary" as buzz words to draw away from the questions at hand. Every "gallery" that I've been a part of as an LGBTQIA+ person has been free because thats what inclusivity means. I'm all for people partnering with our community and brining exposure, but as @michi stated, there are terms and conditions and it seems like a total cash grab. As someone who worked really hard to get 2.2M VP on my own proposal without the single help of a "whale", it's really disheartening to see a proposal like this having support from @yemel and burner wallets. I was criticized and bullied for asking for money to build a brand new play-to-earn game that directly impacts and provides support to the community. But you're able to come in with a third of the copy of a proposal, no budget, and no clear mapping for $15k more. And to not meet any resistance except those you're claiming to include, says a lot. I had a strong budget laid out and that wasn't sufficient enough so I was forced to update it and break it down dollar for dollar. Am I missing a backlink somewhere in the proposal? I've been in business far too long to believe this isn't a cash grab and full of ulterior motives. If your event is so state of the art and your collections are so valuable, why do you need to charge for inclusivity? Is that really inclusive after all? 16 votes are sufficient to fork out $75k??????????????????????????????????? So could 16 votes fork out $1 Million if they wanted to? Why is the @dao not marketing the proposals more? Why aren't they posting them on Twitter for people to see? Maybe because they know 90% of their stuff wouldn't pass if they did. Otherwise, why wouldn't you promote it? Aren't we trying to grow the DAO and provide for the community? Not take from it? Gorl....

This is interesting. I personally don't support any grants that doesn't have a clean budget outline even if it is a project for a community I'm a part of so I won't be voting on this. From reading this proposal I can't understand why and where $75k is being used. It doesn't take $75k to run an event for one night. I'd love to know how you're coming in to empower the LGBTQ+ community and women in Decentraland because reading this and being a part of those communities... I don't really feel like you're bringing anything that is empowering to us.

Thanks for the reply, I feel some of my concerns around cost vs gain weren't really answered. Currently this proposal looks to be not very beneficial to the community. Considering Decentraland will provide it's own merch, Web3/Metaverse representation to NB nft arists, women and LGBTIQ+ are exclusive to Decentraland paying for it is disappointing to be honest. At the moment creators representing the communities you're claiming to empower are paying out of pocket to empower creators, represent pride and lately a lot of brands are coming in on the guise of empowerment/pride and profiting or boosting their own brand strategy while contributing little to nothing to the community. Two of your DAO members have a net worth together of 33 million and some of the initiatives getting implemented in the metaverse are from local creators. This isn't a critique agains UnicornDAO but my view on this proposal. This has the backing of large voters like @yemel , @Shibu and possibly the foundation so will probably pass but it's a shame your queer empowerment comes with terms and conditions and personally feel terrible seeing things like this get funding as it comes across as a cash grab. If this project needs 75k funding to run a gallery event (which is usually very cheap to set up), logo and brand placement at an event in RL it's surprising considering a clear budget or spending cant be provided makes this seem in-genuine to NB, women and the LGBTIQ community. A grant of this amount could fund education in the space and awareness for 6 months to a year but in this case it will fund a single event with ambiguous benefits to the @dao and platform. Would love to get some feedback from more people of the decentrand community currently working towards empowering the groups you're looking to profit from~ @Doki @NikkiFuego @NewJenerationGaming