Topic : Shade Warrior Program Proposal & Grant Request V1.0
Proposer : Melch18 (Shade Discord Moderator - Propose “Community Manager”)
Propose Date : 6/20/22
This proposal is here to outline the purpose, achievements, goals/KPIs & Shade Spartans responsible for building the Shade Warrior Community Program
Shade Warrior Platform (signup/login): Images below - link soon
Shade Warrior Handbook (missions to complete): Click Here to View
- Purpose of the Warrior Program:
The Shade Warrior Program exists to spread awareness of Shade Protocol, increase Discord community engagement, foster community growth & retention through trackable key performance indicators (KPIs) as well as filter high performers into Shade teams (dev, design, etc) & the Community DAO. The Warrior Program will give the Shade core team a direct community who actively participates in Shade’s marketing initiatives (increase social media presence, recruit talent & provide a presence at local IRL events). Consistent recruiting of Shade Protocol fans into the program will provide direction to actively contribute to the community & the chance to grow into a low contributing level, larger team hired position or Community DAO position.
- Notable Achievements from the Last Period:
Melch18 attended Dcentral Austin 2022 to recruit IRL for Warrior Program (self funded)
Warrior Handbook created (self funded)
Trackable QR codes created to Shade Linktree for Warrior Program Recruitment (self funded)
Warrior website/platform created by BigBoy61 w/ all functionality, ready for testing (self funded)
Moderated and helped grow Discord community from 2,500 to 9,400 prior to launch of program
Warrior Program ranks/points created & implemented in Discord with multiple bots
Weekly Discord community meeting started to welcome new members & answer questions
Two Discord moderators brought on board (bigboy61 & Sanyar)
- Performance Indicators by Which the Team Can Be Held Accountable:
No. of Warriors in the program ()
No. of Warriors added from previous funding period ()
No. of Missions completed from previous funding period ()
- Shade Spartans Responsible for this Program:
Melch18 = project lead & program creator, warrior handbook creator, artwork creator, program operator (onboarding warriors, validating/rejecting completed missions, removing spammers), recruit at IRL & digital events, create bi-daily mission, recruit warriors to team (dev, design, etc), hold bi-weekly meetings with mods, add dapp specific missions, weekly meeting w/ dalts
BigBoy61 = Discord Moderator duties, Warrior Platform creator & curator (built the entire warrior website), program operator
Sanyar = Discord Moderator duties & Warrior program operator
Roadmap
-Budget Request for Funding Period (07/01/2022 - 09/31/2022 (3 months)):
Melch18 asks for a budget for the compensated leadership role, two onboarding warrior roles, program hosting fees & a discretionary amount to reward high achieving community members
My ask is in USD, calculated to SHD on the day the proposal goes to review. USD if the value of SHD has changed by +/- 7% if/when this proposal is approved.
Project Lead & Creator:
Melch18 - $50/h - 20 hours per week - $4000 / month
-Discord Community Manager since 12/1/2021 (interviewed w/ Dalts & Carter)
-Designed & built the Shade Discord (bots, functionality, points/ranks, security)
-Held weekly meetings with Dalts for 6+ months aligning community & marketing efforts
-Held monthly meetings with two community mods to organize Discord efforts
-6+ months holding the “Onboarding Agent” position with SCRT Awareness Committee running
the program, recruiting agents, leading the university outreach & presenting to the schools
-Self funded trip to Dcentral Austin to work Shade booth generating 12 networking leads in 2 days
-Two years field sales experience closing over $1.2 million and 120 deals, two years phone sales experience closing and managing a $6 million dollar portfolio
-Built 2 successful start ups 1) phone app with over 3,000 unique active users and paying customers (no marketing budget) closing partnerships with the 2nd largest marathon series in the world 2) building real estate investing company employing 5+ doing over $500,000/annually
Two Onboarding Warriors:
Bigboy61 - 12.5 hours/week at 20$/h - $1000 / month
-Shade Moderator for 6+ months
-Architect & maintain the Warrior Program website & functionality
-Onboard warriors into program, validate missions completed, reject/reward points
-Continue moderating Shade Discord Server & recruit for warrior program
Sanyar - 12.5 hours/week at 20$/h - $1000 / month
-Shade Moderator for 6+ months
-Onboard warriors into program, validate missions completed, reject/reward points
-Continue moderating Shade Discord Server & recruit for warrior program
Fees & Discretionary Funds: (as program grows, cost/request would grow as well)
Hosting Fees (Amazon Web Services - Bigboy61) - $249/month (3 month total $747)
Domain Names (1) (shadewarriors.com) - $12/year
Email Server (ability to run reports & edit database) - $45/year
Shade Warrior of the Month $300/month - ( 3 month total $900)
Shade Warrior Mission Rewards @ Moderators Discretion $465/month (3 month total $1,395)
Onboarding Warriors (2) - $2,000/month (3 month total $6,000)
Project Lead (1) - $4,000/month (3 month total $12,000)
**Items for future development:
- Beginning of program rewards points to tokens awarded will be at moderator discretion. As program grows a formal points to token ratio will be publicly created
- Any discretionary funds not earned by warriors will be tracked in each proposal and rolled into the next funding periods request **
Total Budget Request for Current Funding Period:
Monthly $7,033
Three Month Total $21,099
Price of Shade = $8.15 (2,589 Token Request = 0.19% of grant fund)
Images of Shadewarriors website that will run this program