15 Mar 22 update: Volunteers for pilot hubs

This page has link for volunteers to join pilot hubs as well as detailed guidelines on how the hubs would work

Introduction

As a part of the implantation of governance referendum voted late last year, I am seeking 9 volunteers from the Seeds community (min 6, max any number, but 9 would be great!) to form the pilot 3 Neighbourhood hubs, described in part 1 of the proposal. These hubs, each with 3 facilitators will invite up to 30 newbies / members on discord / Telegram (after asking the usual introductory questions), onboard (i.e. answer their questions, help with transactions) and help them become Residents by requesting newbies to send invites to other newbies they’ve identified. After 59 days, they will conduct citizenship ceremonies (zoom / offline after video recordings – more on this below). Existing residents intending to become Citizens can join any of these Hubs by reaching out to these hub facilitators (The list will be provided later on). These pilot hubs will carry on their work parallel to the community initiatives, implying people can continue to invite their friends separately. Newbies who don’t wish to be a part of the hubs can also continue their own journey of understanding of the ecosystem till the system changes are implemented.

Am I eligible to become a hub facilitator?

Any citizen (as long as there is no documented literature in the frauds thread connected to them) is welcome to become a hub facilitator, but priority will be given to people with Ambassador badges (to possibly understand how new community badges in part 3 of the proposal could be created). If there are more than 9 names, the additional names will join a backup list and can replace the original facilitator when they are exhausted or can’t continue. Additional hubs are expected to be formed in the future depending on the number of newbies and hub volunteers.

How will hubs be formed?

The pilot process will be managed by multiple people (i.e. without updating blockchain). I'm collecting the names of people through the google form below, seeking to know priorities. The pilot 3 hubs will simply be based on their motivation behind their SEEDS involvement. In future (refer to figure above), as we get more hub facilitators and newbie members, additional hubs will be formed on the basis of these priorities as well as other factors like the number of volunteers and number of newbies. The questionnaire will direct you to join one of the hubs. Volunteers are requested to join these hubs on the server Neil (MoM) has created with 3 hub threads (Link will be provided after the responses).

Citizenship ceremonies:

Each hub can organise citizenship ceremonies on any day, as per the convenience of all three hub facilitators and the Resident(s) intending to move up as a Citizen. These can be offline or online, subject to verifications by all three hub facilitators. Here are the recommended ceremony options:

A. The first is for all three facilitators to conduct a short Zoom video interaction for any Resident spending 59 days in the system, recording their journey highlights with SEEDS. This link needs to be updated on a memo field, which will be created by Nik. Video-camera on Zoom can be switched off if newbies provide a social media link, verified by all three hub facilitators

B. The Second option is for physical ceremonies, where at least 1 hub facilitator can physically meet newbies face to face (while the others join them through a Zoom recording), a recording of which should be posted in memo fields later on. Video-camera may be switched off if newbies provide a social media link, verified by all three hub facilitators

C. The third option is for physical ceremonies (e.g. in places without internet), as long as the Resident’s social media account has been verified by all three hub facilitators.

Rewards:

Despite budget issues, the SEEDS Changemakers programme is happily sponsoring 2000 Seeds to the Hub facilitators team for every person that becomes a Citizen, completes the Partnerism course (this can be completed in 3-4 hours), and joins a regenerative project in SEEDS within 3 months of Neighbourhood officially commencing. (NOTE: These rewards are only for pilot hubs, rewards for future hubs will be discussed after the economics proposal is implemented. The total number of 2000 Seed rewards is limited to 100)

Next Steps (How to register as a volunteer for pilot hubs)

Please complete the google form below with your details to join the pilot hubs as a facilitator. You should get your hub name and link to Hub Server after you submit your responses (Please follow the instructions on the page because Google Script is slow). I will provide more information as I come across these. Please reach out to me if you have any questions https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEwGcYO1Vy_dPOJQBirkcjjWjhr3rANFuFdmutCMcP4m1Htg/viewform