@cadillion thank you for outlining a concrete path forward; yes, most revenue recently has been tied to Burner sales and activations as opposed to artists/NFTs. I believe this is a great proposal as it’s demonstrative of the dedication of committed $CITIZENs to continue to pursue goals under the original Charter, UNAA, and Declaration of Open Secrets
I should note that I don’t believe that this vote should be blocked by requiring consensus as to whether or not a specific plan like this one has merit. I think we should proceed with establishing a clear mandate on whether the DAO should dissolve entirely based on its existing progress and mission OR it should instead institute a ragequit mechanism for those who wish to leave.
If you are on the fence because you don’t believe that any proposed plan is viable, I don’t believe these posts should be perceived as a pitch for you to stay. I would much rather have excited, invested $CITIZENs who want to remain regardless of what the exact future plan is vs. disgruntled $CITIZENs holding others hostage to executing a plan (who may or may not be actively contributing themselves).
I am skeptical in the idea of a community association without the DAO; if the DAO dissolves entirely so be it, it would be nice to remove commitments to maintaining a ghost town Discord/forum/webpage.
I believe that Cabin is a great example (thanks @grin for sharing your take), however, they had established a much more tightly knit IRL community than KONG Land and conversely had very real overhead for continuing to operate the DAO entity.
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On a different tack –
Although I don’t think now is the time to establish what a surviving KONG Land should focus on, I might propose another path that is more in line with subsidizing tools and providing free chips for makers like @Dr.Datamosh and @Mattaglass. As creators they are already actively making and selling things and thus by supporting them with free tools we don’t need to spin up a full business function.
We might also solicit existing $CITIZENs who otherwise are non-technical to offer chips to specific segments that they already operate in (e.g. potentially someone in the gold space?) assuming that we fund tools that satisfy immediate business demand.
My proposal doesn’t directly dovetail with the network state side of KONG Land, however, I believe we could create a small tax on the use of KONG Land tooling/ERS components to fund future network state initiatives. The creation of tools would be the primary use of remaining treasury funds.
I could also see a pared down DAO that instead focuses on monetizing remaining treasury through defi, investing in curated IRL salons for $CITIZENs and serves as an intellectual platform to explore how the ultimate goals of KONG Land might be achieved (e.g. Praxis has been an idea for quite a while now and they are demonstrating the necessity of raising massive amounts of capital to realize their vision). I don’t think most $CITIZENs would like this approach but I think it’s worth outlining.
