Thanks all for your contributions to this valuable discussion.
Just to build on some points shared by Jack earlier and to provide a view on behalf of the (hopefully) incoming Foundation team and directors:
- We agree that the fundamental building blocks outlined here are an essential part of connecting the whole DAO. Note that when we say DAO we mean the collective network-wide organization that encompasses PNI, PNF, and any other Pocket stakeholder. No matter what we are working on as part of Pocket we need to have this shared organisational DNA of mission, values and goals. We want all the DAO’s contributors to be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled: where we share the same understanding of what Pocket is and what we are striving for, while retaining our individual autonomy and creativity to deliver on those ambitions
- There are existing elements of mission, values, goals that we can use as a basis for a new set of discussions to take this forward. The Constitution contains a mission and set of Principles (values) for the DAO to adhere to and previously these were defined by PNI which has also internally defined its own values and goals
- Given the increasing role of PNF in stewarding the DAO, a Q1 2023 goal of ours is to lead the discussions and work needed to exit Q1 with this defined “Pocket DNA” including mission, values, ambitions and some priorities.
- We plan to introduce a recurring ritual of “Seasons” into the DAO. Seasons will be a common period of months which can align the whole DAO around key priorities and provide the type of detailed metrics and KPIs described above. Perhaps most importantly, Seasons provide natural points for us to review what progress and success we had in delivering on these within the period. We realise this is a new concept and will expand on the idea of Seasons more in the new year.
Hopefully this provides some response to the outlined questions. While PNF will take the lead in facilitating the above exercises, this is really a set of community wide initiatives for which we are simply stewards, and conversations like this thread and in the Den are all welcome contributions to the broader alignment effort. We look forward to the people in this thread and the whole community participating, and welcome any other questions, suggestions or feedback related to this. Thanks again for pushing this discussion and it is great to see our thinking so well aligned.