@Zino - I am posting our update here because I wasn't able to access the official channel for some reason and want to make sure we are meeting our deadlines as set forth (we can chat this week and have our post moved over there) **Introduction (500 characters)** The Decentral Comedy Skankfest/onboarding promo/MIC Drop 2023 is moving forward. Since our vesting contact was re-approved, we have been having regular updates with the GSS to report milestones. Please see link from GSS to review milestones and achievements: [https://dcl-dao.notion.site/a2cc424f061a4f8e9831546e3b980bd2?v=e27ecb5ec7364946b5148f57b899cb3f](https://) **Highlights** Our vesting contact was resumed on January 15th, 2023. Decentral Comedy has been continuing with the promotion of Decentraland/MIC DROP 2023 – Skankfest Backstage Pass which will be held in DCL on April 1-2, 2023. Event information: FANZ ticket link: [https://app.fanz.events/event/e0x69](https://) Event date: April 1-2, 2023 Event location: Multiple locations in Decentraland: Vegas City, NFT World City, DG Casinos, Decentral Comedy Club. MIC DROP 2023/“Backstage at Skankfest” a. After a successful 2022 MIC DROP Festival Decentral Comedy is bringing back the biggest comedy festival in the Metaverse to Decentraland. MIC DROP 2023 will showcase two days of comedy, including Stand-up/Podcasts and a special showcase dedicated to “Skankfest Backstage Pass” - hosted by comedians Tyler Morrison and John Moses. b. Onboarding fans into the metaverse – Decentral Comedy has been promoting to comedy fans of Skankfest and the Gas Digital Network – the NFT ticket holders of the VIRTUAL PASS TO MIC DROP 2023/SKANKFEST EDITION will receive: • 1x FREE ENTRY to MIC DROP 2023, held on April 1-2, 2023, in Decentraland. • One ticket (ETH wallet/ticket) to be entered into a draw to WIN! Grand Prize: • 2x SKANKFEST VEGAS 2023 ALL ACCESS PASSES + many other door prizes including Mana and DCL wearables! Winners will be announced at the event when it premieres. 2) Other marketing aspects: a. Marketing Plan was re-started on January 15th 2023, DC has been posting a min of 2-3 posts per week + have attended various podcasts and Twitter spaces to promote and plug MIC DROP 2023 and Decentraland as the hub of comedy in the Metaverse. b. Decentraland and Decentral Comedy had exposure in the welcome pack given directly to comics, introducing them to Comedy in Web 3/Decentraland and Decentral Comedy. c. Decentral Comedy and Decentraland is being promoted through GAS Digital online/on their social media [https://gasdigitalnetwork.com/sponsorship/](https://) Starting in March Decentraland/Skankfest backstage pass will be also promoted with an ad prior to podcasts – see GAS DIGITAL reach: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gjnT-MsyyVwHbNbHqVT9Q0bzAnMPCohQ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109520764247618999617&rtpof=true&sd=true](https://) **Blockers** N/A **Next Steps** - Content from Skankfest completed by March 5th, 2023 (show GSS, will debut at MIC DROP 2023) - Continue promoting the “Backstage at Skankfest” event to comedy fans in the Skankfest and Web 3 universe via social media/Gas Digital Network. - Keep promoting the FAN giveaway contest through all marketing avenues available for creating new DCL users with ETH wallets. - 2 Promo videos have already been created; we will still be finalizing our GAS Digital Promo video + our DC onboarding video for new fans setting up a MetaMask wallet + how to access DCL. - Don’t miss MIC DROP 2023/Skankfest Edition LIVE in Decentraland on April 1-2, 2023! Decentral Comedy Team

Decentral Comedy Promo at Skankfest Vegas/Backstage Access to Skankfest for DCL This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0xbfa6d24e6a061e9aea3447163fdfe045177dd40e) Vesting Contract Address: 0xCd9eE54C61F2058084ba126CFaA414743C5274FA The new vesting contract has been created

Dear Community, We previously recommended pausing the vesting contract for this grant. However, we met with Comedy Team and they have since completed the required milestones. In short, * they have presented the [marketing campaign](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FmBWCoB_AFnFM-5b3-DxUcCsKK1FBdLF/view?usp=share_link) regarding goal 1 (steps by steps). * They have shown us the videos, and photos, regarding the content that will be exposed to the Skanfest DCL Experience planned (MIC DROP 2023 SKANKFEST EDITION). (Disclaimer, the content could not be exposed to the public at this moment because could be affected the show planned in February 2023). Another thing to mention is that we have agreed with the Grantee to have clears goals during the next months. So, according to the[ new roadmap](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRqHrp1szP1m_leiojkRIgtPgoADboq_/view?usp=share_link): - They will start the promotion campaign on January 15h - They will show us in March 2023: - 1st teaser - 2nd Teaser - MAIN PROMO video with all details of MIC DROP 2023 - Promo video for “GIVE AWAY/contest” - hype video promoting how to enter the competition - Video on how to get in Decentraland – for new users * The show (MIC DROP 2023 SKANKFEST EDITION) will be on April 15th For these reasons, we recommend that the DAO Committee (@HPrivakos @yemel) resume the vesting contract corresponding to this grant (40.874 DAI to be vested) starting on January 15 with a duration of three months (ending on April 15).

This is all substantive. While this decision is backed by circumstantial evidence, I do believe due process is important. Can you point me in the direction of where I can find these procedures?

If you cannot prove that the grant is being worked on, then it will be paused. It's not revoked, they will get the money if they deliver, but we cannot let them claim the money on the basis of "trust us, we will deliver" and notice at the end of the grant when everything was claimed that they were not actually doing anything under the cover of "It's proprietary".

Where is Decentral Comedy to provide the deliverables to defend themselves to the committee? Since the content they captured is proprietary, I would assume it isn't in public forums. I am not clear on the process from accusation to final decision by the committee to take action on something like this. I haven't been able to get a clear answer, which is concerning with so much on the line for any project in this situation. These decisions can make or break a project/company and shouldn't be taken lightly. Could the committee please provide some clarity on the process that leads to a live grant getting paused and/or revoked? Thank you.

The vesting contract has been paused based on the arguments presented. https://vesting.decentraland.org/#/0xfDb19E60E71cb8CcdEA7F8427DC2056074ef2Aa2

Dear Community The [Grant Support Squad](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=7a236540-d305-11ec-b521-2f98ffa6ccb0) was created to support the grantees in achieving their goals and taking care of the DAO treasury. In this opportunity, I want to draw your attention to the following points in this grant proposal. First of all, I want to thank Decentrland Comedy Team for being always so responsive and collaborative. I don´t have doubts that they are working however the project is losing focus; that´s why I want to clarify the status of this project and a solution proposed solution. * The project has three clear goals: **Goal 1) Market Decentraland as the ONLY Hub for Comedy in the Metaverse.** As we have talked with the grantee, this is an ambitious goal but would be great to accomplish. They wrote in the [update2](https://governance.decentraland.org/update/?id=870206f0-2e03-11ed-b361-67b98a1da2c8) “Promoting the “Backstage at Skankfest” event to comedy fans in the Skankfest and Web 3 universe”, however, we couldn´t see any marketing campaign in your social media yet. https://twitter.com/DecentralComedy https://t.co/V4LKBRJsEG In their landing page there is a section called [“events”](https://decentralcomedy.io/events/) and it published 3 events, but during the time that the events occurred, only 3 unique users jumped into the location published (102 ; - 31).  And from April 29 to November 26 there were only 52 users in your parcels (101-33 / 102-33).  This information proves my point, that goal 1 is very ambitious and the team needs to focus on their marketing campaign if want to accomplish the goal. So, we recommend that the DCL Comedy team has to design a strong marketing campaign, and if they are not familiar with this topic, we or the community could recommend a community manager or an expert in the field. Last but not least, Decentral Comedy doesn't appear in the Skanfest social media either or their hashtags https://skankfest.com/ https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/skankfestvegas/ **In short, we are not seeing any advance regarding this goal.** **Goal 2) Decentral Comedy will have behind-the-scenes access with our very own film crew (including a VR cameraman) to capture a behind-the-scenes experience to be streamed as content into Decentraland - The Decentraland Backstage Pass.** To make this happen the team promised: “Content Streaming + Video Capture: $23,500 We will have a full team onsite to capture content exclusively for Decentraland capturing content (which in turn will encourage the attendee and GAS digital fans to find and try DCL to access that footage) we will also be capturing content with a 3D camera for future use once DCL introduces VR capabilities. Our team will then be executing all postproduction which includes editing, mixing/mastering, and color correction to debut the exclusive content in DCL”, something that was highlighted in update #2 “we will also be capturing content with a 3D camera for future use once DCL introduces VR capabilities. Our team will then be executing all postproduction which includes editing, mixing/mastering, and color correction to debut the exclusive content in DC” this should be there”, and it was on the budget breakdown (“360 VR Recording Equipment (incl. camera, SD cards, Batteries): $1000 Basic Edit, Render, Deliver Hard Copy: 4 hours X $100 = $400”) **We are into month 3 and the community didn´t see anything of this post-production, something that we recommend, the last month to do it as soon as possible.** **Goal 3) An onboarding station for both comics and fans to personally walk them through the experience of what Decentraland has to offer.** According to our recommendation in the last monthly call, you wrote in [update#3](https://governance.decentraland.org/update/?id=870206f1-2e03-11ed-b361-67b98a1da2c8) how was the steps by steps on the onboarding process. **Congratulations!.** On the other hand, according to your last updates, your original roadmap has considerable changes. First, this month should be launched The Skankfest DCL experience but now this would be in December (at least is what you have written). Second, according to [#update 3](https://governance.decentraland.org/update/?id=870206f1-2e03-11ed-b361-67b98a1da2c8), Comedy has a new roadmap with different goals than what you proposed. We are aware that all the projects could have some changes regarding the original proposal; however, the changes should be to accomplish the principal's goals voted for by the community. In this particular case, the community doesn´t vote for what is written in [update#3.](https://governance.decentraland.org/update/?id=870206f1-2e03-11ed-b361-67b98a1da2c8) In conclusion, we recommend that the DAO Committee (@yemel @HPrivakos) should pause the vesting contract until the Grantee could show the deliverables and accomplish the following: - Present the marketing campaign manual to accomplish goal 1 (steps by steps). - Present the results of goal 2 (in videos, photos, and social media publishing) The deadline day to delivery will be February 2023. Thank you for your time. Regards, Zino.

Decentral Comedy Promo at Skankfest Vegas/Backstage Access to Skankfest for DCL This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0xbef99f5f55cf7cdb3a70998c57061b7e1386a9b0) Vesting Contract Address: 0xfDb19E60E71cb8CcdEA7F8427DC2056074ef2Aa2

Decentral Comedy Promo at Skankfest Vegas/Backstage Access to Skankfest for DCL This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0xbef99f5f55cf7cdb3a70998c57061b7e1386a9b0) Vesting Contract Address: 0xfab543219da0cf3232ed3d3c100b00a11e32d447

Replying to my own reply here. I'm going to leave the previous reply up because I fear nothing and bow to no one, but between when I made that reply and now, seanny and I have actually talked both on Canessa/Sinful's weekly Twitter space, and in Twitter DMs. I find it interesting that seanny's one of the more vocal advocates of DAO reform, to prevent situations like this in the future (In the case of an actual malicious actor looking to conduct what amounts to DAO heists), and it makes me hopeful that this was all a series of misunderstandings stacked hyperdimensionally and that we can all get along.

seanny, Thanks for tipping your hand. I'm at least 15 moves ahead of you, because I've incinerated far bigger people/organizations/piles of money for no reason other than my own amusement, and as smart as you think you are, you're not sharp enough to qualify as a decent warm-up. The only hint I'm going to give you: I'm just asking questions. Maybe I should stop looking at two bit rug pulls and start deep diving DAO proposals.

[quote="ZESTYBEAM, post:19, topic:14381"] ethical problems with the MetaArchs business model, which appears to be to almost single-handedly pass DAO proposals on behalf of its own clients so that they can make a bag [/quote] I’ve remained quiet on most of the degrading and obtuse comments made about Metaverse Architects thus far, however, @ZESTYBEAM you summarized some people’s sentiments/assumptions quite well, so if I may, I’d like to address this point. Zesty, please keep in mind that this reply isn’t solely directed towards you, but is rather an open and general reply to all the comments made in similar fashion, over multiple threads and spaces. Between January 2022 and 14th September 2022, we have engaged with, and serviced over 30 different clients in Decentraland alone. All our clients come from extremely diverse backgrounds, and our team of 18 brilliant and enthusiastic individuals work around the clock in trying to meet our clients high expectations and tight deadlines on a daily basis. As a company, we have been involved in two non-profit grants thus far, being: Uncensored Library (Press Freedom) and Mind Easy (Mental Health). These two initiatives have been conducted with **partners**, and not clients, and are social initiatives which we believe can advance an entire use-case in the space. Anyone who has done their due diligence would know that our average client would not require any form of supplementary funding to build out their experiences. On the topic of Decentral Comedy, one must understand that we have long supported Decentral Comedy and their work. It was an easy yes on our end when their team approached us *before* the grant application to support them in building out the experience. Baselessly stating that our business model depends on ‘whaling’ DAO votes to generate revenue is not only false, but unfair on those team members who work diligently to bring new organizations and entities to Decentraland every single day, whilst simultaneously undermining the brilliant development work our architects have been deploying to the platform for the last eight months. If our wallet had significantly less voting power, I highly doubt anyone would have questioned the fact that we were very openly supportive of Decentral Comedy’s project. Herein lays the problem that @Doug-NFTWorld has already pointed out; the system needs revising, as currently, large voting powers are, fundamentally, decisive voting powers. Once again, should the statements on Metaverse Architects’ business model & intent be correct, I find it extremely far fetched to imagine us being vocal and active in the attempts to find tangible solutions for the system’s current shortcomings. I do agree that voting for a grant which you will be a beneficiary of is unethical, **irrespective** of the size of your voting power, which is why we retracted our support of the initial grant proposal which had us as beneficiaries. However, I do not see an ethical problem with supporting a grant that we feel will make Decentraland more competitive in a specific niche. Moreover, I do implore you to question the ethics of consistently throwing baseless, unfair remarks about a team and their intent, without even taking the time to do some due diligence first. Anyone with experience in a corporate environment would know that our level of clientele requires us to consistently go through rigorous KYC, AML and compliance checks, whilst simultaneously having to ensure our accounting is pristine, especially when overlapping regulatory grey areas in audit. Please be mindful before casually making statements such as these, especially when many members of our team (which I have the privilege of working with) have long been part of Decentraland’s ecosystem, and have dedicated a substantial amount of time, energy and effort in innovating in the space.

But do you see the ethical problems with the MetaArchs business model, which appears to be to almost single-handedly pass DAO proposals on behalf of its own clients so that they can make a bag? What's the point of even pretending we have a say in anything, if some whale can pass their own proposals and force Daddy DAO to pay for at least some of their overhead? Why don't "NO" votes negate "YES" votes, like in any proper real world election? That would make the sort of blatant inside dealing that was called out by others a lot harder to pull off.

Votes should be cast based on the merits of the proposal itself. I do see the concern with how top heavy the votes are on this proposal, but keep in mind proposals getting passed or not based on whale votes is a result of the DAO voting mechanism and not the fault of the proposal author.

Decentral Comedy Promo at Skankfest Vegas/Backstage Access to Skankfest for DCL This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 51% 4,227,976 VP (37 votes) * No 49% 4,225,848 VP (66 votes)

We have been in DCL for over a year now, providing free content to the community and have free content lined up until the end of the year - scheduled. The delegation of VP is currently being addressed with the DAO committee, there are VP whales that have exercised there right to vote against us! The main point here is, IS this project right for DCL? We feel strongly that it is - we have addressed all the issues the community put forward, have shown the potential of new users we can onboard and at this point I can say, we are right here out in the open, happy to talk to anyone who is willing to chat. Jade Sebek @ComedyMatriX#5012

[quote="Comedy_MatriX, post:14, topic:14381"] Does he, just like everyone else not have the right to vote for the project? [/quote] They do, yet having the right to and doing the right thing for the community is different. 3 yes votes (MetaArchs, Dougnftworld and mine) would’ve passed this proposal even though the majority of community voted no. Would’ve been different if more people would have changed their minds before a 3.8M vote pushed this proposal up the threshold on its last day with a few hours to end. It may not be but it seems somewhat shady to me.

@Sannin The personnel HAS changed from the previous grant, MetaArchs has nothing to do with this resubmitted project and nothing to gain. We took into consideration the comments of the community, pulled the last grant, we made the changes, removed the build component completely, reduced the amount from the original 120K to what Decentral Comedy needed for the marketing program and resubmitted. Does he, just like everyone else not have the right to vote for the project?

I had changed my vote to yes under the impression personnel had changed from previous proposal. Looks like it has not:  The idea was cool, even though there's no actual development in DCL for it. Changed to No again because I feel community should have a say if a proposal passes or not, and if not then it should not be enforced by lobbying the votes in your favor. GL!

We are really going to have to change the way that grant proposals work just to stop you from abusing your VP power, huh?

Gross indeed... Do not support :face_vomiting:

Gross................. do not support

Sounds really cool. We need comedy in Decentraland. Great job breaking down the timeline and other aspects of this proposal. Sometimes you can get TOO detailed which could make it difficult to meet expectations - flexibility is a good thing for something like this. It would be hard to find someone else in the community to match the industry experience and connections as well as the passion for this endeavor. Good luck to you on it! Hopefully some of those who voted no will change their minds :)

@Sannin Also, the way you put it... "Decentraland, the leading platform for Metaverse Comedy" is way better then the "Hub of Comedy in the Metaverse"... thank you, will rework that in our marketing materials. :)