[quote="Eibriel, post:3, topic:16989"] First, is not clear what this points are conditioning. * In order to receive the grant in the first place? * In order to take the proposal as valid? * In order to keep receiving funds once the grant is enacted? (prevent a revocation or pause) [/quote] Thanks for pointing this out, I'll clarify this on the Governance Proposal. There should be a new question in the aplication form inquiring about the budget breakdown. In order to keep receiving funds the grantee should follow all the points in the mentioned list, such as following the code of ethics, terms of use, content policy; providing regular updates and be responsive to official communications. [quote="Eibriel, post:3, topic:16989"] Second, I think if this points are a Must, and the fate of a grant could depend on them, they should be more explicit. * How is the personnel declared? What information is needed? * What elements should the budget breakdown include? What is the level of detail needed? * How should be readmap expressed? With what level of detail? * What should de monthly updates include? * When should be de video provided? What information should it include? Some technical requirements? (language, duration) [/quote] At the moment I imagine the questions about personnel, budget and roadmap as textareas in the application form. The designers of the governance squad might came up with a better interface to load such information. I like the suggestions you proposed, they can be included in the documentation and also a helper text on the application form. I also agree with the recomended video specs, I'll add it to the proposal. [quote="Doug-NFTWorld, post:4, topic:16989, full:true"] Declaring personnel: 1. Puts members of the team in the spotlight that may not wish to have the exposure 2. Encourages poaching. Business owners like myself spend a lot of time and money in vetting out freelancers 3. Isnt always possible because some personnel may not commit to the project until AFTER the proposal is passed 4. Takes away freedom to make personnel decisions during the course of the grant. @yemel Maybe I’m overthinking this. If declaring personnel as “NFT World” is acceptable then I’m on board. Is this the case? Or are you proposing that the names of every individual team member be declared? (in which case I’m against for all the reasons above) [/quote] The personnel question will stay as is right now, an open question in the application form and a suggested format to follow. It might evolve to a better UI, but you could still just put the name of one company. It will be up to the community to decide what is enough, case by case. [quote="Doug-NFTWorld, post:5, topic:16989, full:true"] Return on Investment is extremely hard to predict for early stage projects. Requiring this will encourage pie-in-the-sky estimates that will mostly be wrong when compared against actual results afterward. [/quote] The Accelerator category aims to give funding to private companies or revenue-generating initiatives asking for funding from the DAO in exchange of something. There will be a question in the application form addressing the revenue share scheme or value proposition for the DAO. The performance metric should be value generated back to the DAO. The return of the investment is the metric that must be measured, an objective value delivered to the DAO. For example, $$ generated back to the DAO. [quote="Doug-NFTWorld, post:6, topic:16989, full:true"] Participation in DAO Town Halls and Discord server should not be required given the hostility that has taken root in these places. Monthly updates via the forum, monthly meetings with DAO Committee, and a video presentation at the halfway point is sufficient. [/quote] Agree. If the video update is mandatory, it can be casted on the Town Hall and it would be optional for the grantee to join and answer question. It's a must to update progress monthly and be responsible to official communications. [quote="Tudamoon, post:8, topic:16989"] I also would like to see pre-emptive questions for these topics to have less friction from the community, including myself. If we can have the grant proposer answer these questions more clearly, and it is a standard on the submission form. It will make it less of a big deal to answer. However, there are some community members who are intimidated and fearful of asking the grant proposers they know these types of questions. It will release unnecessary tension. [/quote] Agree, the form questions and helper text should be revisited to encourage more clarity in their answers. The task to improve the questions and input format should be delegated to the governance squad.

[quote="Eibriel, post:3, topic:16989"] First, is not clear what this points are conditioning. * In order to receive the grant in the first place? * In order to take the proposal as valid? * In order to keep receiving funds once the grant is enacted? (prevent a revocation or pause) Second, I think if this points are a Must, and the fate of a grant could depend on them, they should be more explicit. * How is the personnel declared? What information is needed? * What elements should the budget breakdown include? What is the level of detail needed? * How should be readmap expressed? With what level of detail? * What should de monthly updates include? * When should be de video provided? What information should it include? Some technical requirements? (language, duration) [/quote] I agree with this. I also would like to see pre-emptive questions for these topics to have less friction from the community, including myself. If we can have the grant proposer answer these questions more clearly, and it is a standard on the submission form. It will make it less of a big deal to answer. However, there are some community members who are intimidated and fearful of asking the grant proposers they know these types of questions. It will release unnecessary tension.

DAO Grants Program - New Categories & Requirements This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 94% 5,432,209 VP (41 votes) * No 6% 362,048 VP (5 votes)

Participation in DAO Town Halls and Discord server should not be required given the hostility that has taken root in these places. Monthly updates via the forum, monthly meetings with DAO Committee, and a video presentation at the halfway point is sufficient.

Return on Investment is extremely hard to predict for early stage projects. Requiring this will encourage pie-in-the-sky estimates that will mostly be wrong when compared against actual results afterward.

Declaring personnel: 1. Puts members of the team in the spotlight that may not wish to have the exposure 2. Encourages poaching. Business owners like myself spend a lot of time and money in vetting out freelancers 3. Isnt always possible because some personnel may not commit to the project until AFTER the proposal is passed 4. Takes away freedom to make personnel decisions during the course of the grant. @yemel Maybe I'm overthinking this. If declaring personnel as "NFT World" is acceptable then I'm on board. Is this the case? Or are you proposing that the names of every individual team member be declared? (in which case I'm against for all the reasons above)

Voting **No** on this one. I feel the following section needs way more detail: > Every grant must: > >1. Comply with Decentraland’s Content Policy, Terms of Use, and Code of Ethics. >2. Declare personnel, budget breakdown, and roadmap. >3. Provide monthly updates on the Governance dApp. >4. Provide a presentation in a video format to be shared publicly. >5. Be responsive to DAO Committee and Core Unit communications. First, is not clear what this points are conditioning. - In order to receive the grant in the first place? - In order to take the proposal as valid? - In order to keep receiving funds once the grant is enacted? (prevent a revocation or pause) Second, I think if this points are a Must, and the fate of a grant could depend on them, they should be more explicit. - How is the personnel declared? What information is needed? - What elements should the budget breakdown include? What is the level of detail needed? - How should be readmap expressed? With what level of detail? - What should de monthly updates include? - When should be de video provided? What information should it include? Some technical requirements? (language, duration) **Some ideas** **Personnel:** Must include: Name or Nickname, Link to social media or portfolio, short bio Example: Ana, twitter/ana, 10 years of experience with SD7 **Budget breakdown:** Cashflow detailed month by month, including amount expected to take from the Vesting Contract on that month (this will be fixed in most cases), and *approximated* amount spent on different categories (personnel, services, fees, taxes, honoraries). Example |Month 1|Month 2|Month 3| |-|-|-| |In:| |DAO: $10000|DAO: $10000|DAO: $10000| |Out:| |Personnel: $4000|Personnel: $4000|Personnel: $5000| |Fees: $500|Fees: $500|Fees: $0| |Prizes: $0|Prizes: $0|Prizes: $15000| |Total: $4500|Total: $4500|Total: $21000| **Roadmap:** The roadmap should include the list of tasks to complete, by Month, including information about how critical is the task (some tasks must be completed, and others can be completed) and how flexible is the timeline for that task. Example |Tasks|Is Critical|Schedule| |-|-|-| |Month 1| |Create building|Yes|Can be completed next month| |Month 2| |Publish wearables|Yes|Must be completed this month| |Month 3| |Competition Event|Yes|| |Distribute POAP|No|We can use wearables instead of POAPs| **Video:** - Must be provided half way the development, min duration 2 minutes, max 5 minutes. - Must include information about the progress, showing images backing it up. - Should include at least 1 person speaking (no need to show the face) - Must be in English (spoken or subtitles)

Thanks for all the comments and feedback shared on [the forum post](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/draft-restructuring-the-grants-program/16810). Below are some examples of grants for each category: **1- Core Unit** [DAO Governance Squad](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=524fb800-d532-11ec-b521-2f98ffa6ccb0) , [DAO Facilitation Squad](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=f8b699c0-e810-11ec-82d9-d917cdd158ac) , [DAO Grant Support Squad](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=7a236540-d305-11ec-b521-2f98ffa6ccb0) , [Verified Partners Registry](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=81af5b00-02e6-11ed-8f44-ef1722f0509f) , [Financial Statements](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=a31bfa40-ed02-11ec-aa01-87bd234b340d) **2- Platform** [DCL Edit](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=4b6bb7e0-eed8-11ec-aa01-87bd234b340d) , [VR Client](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=8fe0e0a0-d62b-11ec-b521-2f98ffa6ccb0) , [Genesis City Top-Down Map](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=4fad3e80-e74b-11ec-82d9-d917cdd158ac) , [2D Client](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=1959b490-f726-11ec-805c-77efd746e6b7) , [DCL Metrics](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=ac2b57f0-12ac-11ed-affb-95d45c2147f8) , [DCL Closet](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=42cc9f20-2239-11ed-b4a9-178eb7bc02f5) , [Mobile App](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=73b27280-fd23-11ec-a32a-859962cd3c29) , [Low Latency Streaming](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=858cd0a0-0c18-11ed-92a2-218eab5ea42b) . **3- Documentation** [Wearable creation and submission tutorials](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=91ebcb80-e8a5-11ec-82d9-d917cdd158ac) , [Community Module: Solitare](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=13e979f0-27dc-11ed-ac99-5bece7edccd0) , [Community Module: Checkers](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=f79cfc20-41fb-11ec-be0c-afec86cba5e5) , [Community Module: Parkour Creation Kit](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=5701b9c0-8d25-11ec-b2d8-691324a163a7) **4- In-World Content** [Vroomway](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=9b0c5c80-c4eb-11ec-86b8-5dac6b550fc4) , [Dice Masters](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=f67f9bc0-2dfc-11ed-b361-67b98a1da2c8) , [8MetaBalls](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=a847c6e0-c6d6-11ec-90c9-11bf3c6f4ca1) , [WonderZone](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=6557be60-5f59-11ec-8188-4352ce3d30e7) , [Wilderness](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=73921310-c519-11ec-86b8-5dac6b550fc4) , [Vueltta](http://vueltta/) , [MoCDA](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=04d93380-f233-11ec-aa01-87bd234b340d) , [Filmrare](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=20fa0450-9067-11ec-831d-95af4f79cd2a) , [Mental Health Support](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=af9ca2d0-b808-11ec-903a-6546e8793cef) **5- Social Media Content** [SinfulMeatStick](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=18c27260-17fb-11ed-affb-95d45c2147f8) , [Chinese speaking community](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=9c9aea50-e79e-11ec-82d9-d917cdd158ac) , [Portuguese speaking community](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=3bd44390-ab9b-11ec-87a7-6d2a41508231) , [The Decentraland Report](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=29468410-dc00-11eb-9110-69b867ba991b) **,** [Decentraland NOW](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=c2432ca0-2f1e-11ed-b361-67b98a1da2c8) **6- Sponsorship** [IRL Meetup MCON2022](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=a70d0a50-1e75-11ed-9342-4f244be49f84) , [Builder Competitions](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=8befa660-f6f2-11ec-805c-77efd746e6b7) , [Join the Blender Development Fund](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=7890f630-3ceb-11ec-be0c-afec86cba5e5) , [Metaverse Journalism Hackathon](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=a735d7c0-eb1f-11ec-82d9-d917cdd158ac) , [IRL.LAND ETHDenver 2022](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=69fd4d60-6777-11ec-8188-4352ce3d30e7) **7- Accelerator** [DCL Real Estate](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=0c233e00-18ef-11ed-96c7-2fa07c6df25b) , [WeMeta](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=5c5d12f0-8dea-11ec-9794-c9ea21a9ed8f) , [Fanz](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=83634560-a3d7-11ec-831d-95af4f79cd2a) .