Welcome back for another issue of The Bulletin Bored, where I provide news, analytics, and other information on the Apecoin DAO. As we turn the page to June, two more elections are on the horizen. The first rounds of both (Special Council & Governance Steward) elections begin in 10 days. You can head over to the Forum to read the candidates’ profiles and ask them questions.

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• Application profiles for Governance Working Group Stewards are being posted to the Forum as they pass KYC; check them out here

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• The first round of elections for Special Council and Governance Stewards are 10 days away

ICYMI, I post a thread every Tuesday which highlights where each proposal is at in the AIP Process. Please note these threads are not meant to replace the Transparency Report from AIP-121 the DAO Administrator (WebSlinger) is tasked with.

While WebSlinger’s report will provide clarity on fund allocation for each approved AIP, my reports are a way for the community to better understand where AIPs are at in the process and track milestones.

Have something else you would like to see tracked? Let me know in the comments below or reach out to me on Twitter.

In last week’s newsletter, I mentioned waning voter participation and how the number of wallets voting each week has been declining since February. This past week continued that trend as one proposal had the lowest voter turnout we have seen in the history of the DAO.

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There are three proposals in the Live Voting stage this week. Voting ends at 6 PM PST on Wednesday 6/7. You can vote on Snapshot here.

AIP-238: Mecha Chaotic: Forge - Add chaos to your PFP

The author states this proposal would “power everything that [he does] for the next year.” The author is currently working on a project called “The Forge,” which includes the author going from community to community making traits with them. Community members would collaborate with the author to make and choose traits to use on their PFPs in “The Forge.”

The author mentions they would promote themself, Mecha Chaotic, and ApeCoin. The following features would be added as part of this proposal:

• User Experience

  • Flexible Pay: Ability to pay with Ethereum, ApeCoin, USDC, etc…

  • Ability to mint, but Mecha Chaotic NFT would provide a discount

  • Randomize trait button

  • Remove last trait button

  • Remove all traits button

  • Trait search functionality

  • Updated trait page format

  • Trait category filters

• Allow guest artists to create traits and sell them through “The Forge”

  • UI for guest artists to create collection files

  • A repository for artists to upload trait image files

• Allow for Trait Rarity (ex. limited uses per trait)

  • Limited supply of traits

  • Premium traits

The overall cost would be 19,000 ApeCoin, broken down as follows:

• Production Planning (500 ApeCoin)

• Add Variable payment system (500 ApeCoin)

• Add quality of life UI elements (1,000 ApeCoin)

• Art for UI (1,000 ApeCoin)

• Add Trait Rarity System (4,000 ApeCoin)

• Add Guest artist functionality (6,000 ApeCoin)

• Administrative Costs (6,000 ApeCoin)

You can find the full proposal, including a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

AIP-245: Working Group Charter - Metaverse

This proposal requests to establish the Metaverse Working Group. The charter includes the following:

• Mandate & Scope

  • Support content creators and builders in the Otherside

  • Facilitate ApeCoin adoption in Metaverses beyond the Otherside

  • Provide regular updates to the DAO community on the group’s operations and its outcomes

• Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)

  • Develop a strategy for the purchase and usage of DAO-owned Metaverse assets

  • Lay the groundwork to become a lead resource for ODK integrations (based on publicly available information)

  • Lay the groundwork for an Esports Initiative to explore professional Metaverse gaming opportunities (does not include gambling)

• Initiatives

  • Outreach to projects and creators

  • Improbable “Miniverse Dive Bar”

  • Otherside content development

  • Uplift content creators

  • Create spaces for content creators and the community to come together

  • Metaverse gaming development

  • Champion art, media, culture

  • Champion data ownership and identity

• Reporting Requirements

  • Monthly progress updates on Initiatives

  • Quarterly reports on the DAO and greater Metaverse

• Steward Information

  • Would be elected by the Ape Assembly

• Budget

  • Elected Stewards would propose a separate budget

The overall cost would be $0 (with a budget to be proposed separately if this AIP were to pass).

Disclaimer: I am listed as an author on this AIP due to my role as a WG0 Steward

You can find the full proposal, including a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

AIP-256: ApeCoin DAO Mission Statement

This proposal is a resubmission of AIP-191. The new version seeks to empower the DAO to vote on a mission statement from a collection of 8 different community submitted and selected options.

If this proposal were to pass, the author would schedule and host three mission statement workshops over a three-week timespan.

• Workshop 1: Twitter Space to review process thus far, review survey info, and announce call-to-action for submissions from community to be posted in a Forum General Post

• Workshop 2: Discord Call to review submissions and narrow down to the top 8 options through a week of emoji voting. Those with the most reactions would win.

• Workshop 3: Twitter Space to announce the 8 finalists and have them share their mission statements prior to sending them to a DAO-wide vote

The author would socialize the mission statement finalists including native-speaker translations in Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, French (both written and on video where possible). The 8 mission statement finalists would be sent to a DAO-wide vote where the community would have the option to select one mission statement or a “none of the above” option.

The overall cost would be 1 ApeCoin.

You can find the full proposal, including a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

The were three proposals that completed the voting process last Wednesday. Here are the final results for each:

AIP-195: Forever Apes // Upgrade #6 // ApeCoin Media Collective - Connecting Communities And Creators

AIP-235: ApeTalent // Beyond Talent: Building the Future

AIP-244: DAZE Micro Grants

Thanks for reading this week’s edition! As mentioned above, a lot of ideas are being proposed on the Discourse forum nearly every day. If you have one of your own and are unsure where to begin, please reach out to me so I can help you get started.

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