ETH 86: Eden Fractal Season 13 Strategy & Growth

How does a community turn four and a half years of governance experiments into sustainable and lasting impact? Eden Town Hall opens Season 13 with a discussion on strategy, funding and attendance, where community members reconnect after the break, settle into the new 14 UTC meeting time, and set expectations for the season ahead 🌱 Dan lays out a plan built on respect trees for prioritizing projects and allocating capital, a firmament pilot for secure documentation, and an upcoming nonprofit connecting fundraising to the governance processes built so far. Zaal proposes running Eden Fractal sessions at other times so ZAO Fractal members can join, shares his ZAO Artizen group and its match funding cycle, and makes the case for social posts proposed through Respect and approved by councilors. Rosmari asks which attendance metrics will represent the community to grants and donors, while Tadas argues attendance is what gives Respect distribution its legitimacy and suggests delegate meetings alongside general meetings for newcomers. Guest Miss EV joins from Community of Communities to share how her Artizen raised over $10,600 in eight hours and how the Wave WarZ charity battles fund a vocational school in Africa This meeting was held on Sept 10th Learn More: Join Events: luma.com/edencreators Telegram Group: t.me/edenfractal Website: edenfractal.com Timestamps 0:00 Dan welcomes everyone back from the break and opens Eden Town Hall 86 to kick off Season 13 0:43 Dan notes the new times, with Town Hall at 14 UTC and the Respect Game at 15 UTC 1:18 Dan opens the floor and notes that all four participants hold council seats to approve proposals 2:23 Dan welcomes Tadas, Rosmari and Zaal back and asks about their break 3:25 Tadas asks everyone for updates and for concrete expectations of where the season should go 3:57 Zaal raises the idea of Eden Fractal sessions at other times, hosted by other people and open to Zao Fractal members 5:34 Zaal asks what defines an Eden Fractal game, including quorum minimums and how it differs from Zao Fractal 7:30 Rosmari summarizes Zaal's idea of promoting Eden Fractal in other groups and letting more people host 10:02 Dan shares his strategy for the season, building on four and a half years of foundations toward sustainability and scale 11:07 Dan explains how he organized the work over the break around project priorities and an entity that can raise and allocate funding 11:56 Dan revisits respect trees for prioritizing projects and describes a firmament pilot supporting the upcoming nonprofit 12:37 Dan reflects on years of volunteer effort and the shift toward fundraising, tools and educational materials 13:37 Dan responds to the multiple event times idea, noting Timothy raised it and the design work it still needs 14:47 Zaal offers to add everyone to his ZAO Artizen group and explains the match funding cycle 15:46 Zaal asks who runs the social accounts and proposes a weekly meeting on the posting schedule and automations 17:04 Dan confirms that Rosmari and he run the accounts and describes the Paragraph newsletter project 18:44 Zaal proposes Friday marketing meetings and a vision of posting to socials based on Respect earned 20:07 Zaal suggests using Respect to propose posts on Eden Fractal socials, with councilors approving them 21:56 Dan separates the work into manual promotion improvements and longer term promotional infrastructure 23:45 Dan shares an educational infrastructure idea around transcript analysis, inspired by Zaal's GM Farcaster interview 26:11 Rosmari raises attendance at Eden Fractal events and asks which metrics will represent the community for grants and donors 30:04 Tadas argues attendance is key to a fractal's legitimacy because Respect distribution depends on how many people build consensus 31:23 Dan describes the balance with onboarding costs and why he scaled back promotions 32:32 Miss EV joins the call and Zaal introduces her along with her experience on Artizen 33:31 Rosmari adds that social capital matters too, since people from Zao Fractal arrive with background 36:24 Tadas compares Epoch 1 and Epoch 2 and suggests delegate meetings alongside general meetings for newcomers 37:50 Dan supports onboarding events and considers making some town halls introductory and others more advanced 39:16 Miss EV introduces herself and shares that her Artizen raised over $10,600 in its first eight hours 40:46 Miss EV describes founding Community of Communities and the Wave Wars charity music battles with Zaal 41:10 Miss EV explains the Poly Raiders work keeping girls in school in Africa by selling their art as NFTs on Base 42:32 Miss EV shares the goal of building a vocational school, with just under $35,000 raised toward $80,000 48:28 Dan asks Tadas about respect splits and invites him to share contributions from the break 50:39 Dan closes the town hall and notes the next one on Thursday, September 24