How do collaborative events empower creativity? After a game of Respect we explore the new Optimism Fractal notion site, review a first season retrospective, and extend the weekly event for community growth 🙌🏽🪴
Date: January 15th, 2024
Show Notes
Table of Contents
- Show Notes
- Optimism Discourse
- Timestamps
- Feedback
- Optimism Fractal Retrospective
- Season 1 Retrospective by Hodlon
- Community Shared Resources
- Optimism Fractal Season 1 Retrospective
- Respect-based Executive Contract (OREC)
- Tweets
- Related Posts
- OF 10: Consensus Gaming
- OF 9: Impact Scores
- Introducing the Respect Game
Optimism Discourse
- Moving forward, weekly promotional governance posts will be shared within a thread called ‘Optimism Fractal Weekly Events’
Timestamps
0:00 - Dan introduces the Optimism Fractal event and welcomes all the attendees including Christina who is new
0:40 Dan gives presentation, shares screen and provides a comprehensive overview explaining the format of the Respect Game, how it will be played during the event, and the process of splitting into breakout rooms to share contributions
6:28 breakout room
9:24 Nuno worked with online voting. Shares detailed update about a recent meeting he participated in with the mayor of a town in Portugal, where he discussed adopting crypto payments across the town using web3 and spread awareness about the benefits. Went on podcast to talk about on line voting.
12:57 Tadas provides summary of contributions. Update on a new article he recently wrote describing an idea around a Respect-based Executive Contract for Optimism Fractal as an evolution of the governance structure. Explains about legislative and executive branch for the community. Developing design# for alternative distribution.
17:38 Dan shares screen, created a shared Notion page for Optimism Fractal for team collaboration. Details notion page in depth. Did promotions, applied with NFTs to We Heart the Art Optimism competition, meetings with the Optimystics team and preparation for the agenda, Mission Request page for Optimism. Eden fractal more collaborations w optimism fractal
22:02 Bitbeckers shares several updates including collaborations with Voice ex and Public Nouns on token-gated funding workflows, upcoming workshops related to Hypercerts, and meetings exploring integrations and partnerships. Working on governance model with Hypercerts
25:25 Nuno explains it’s hard to choose between Tadas and Dan as the top contributor.
26:40 Dan agrees it’s hard to access but explains how after time, voting respect is given fairly, we do our best. We aim to take lots of measurements over time measurement is more precise. Rankings: Level 6 -Tadas , Level 5 -Dan , Level 4 -Nuno, Level 3 - bitbeckers
38:04 Consensus reached. After discussing perspectives on weighting documentation versus development work, the group finalizes the consensus ranking in the Optimism Fractal app
44:48 Bitbeckers asks Tadas about governance article, spoke about separation of powers, Tadas explains legislative and executive powers. Group has conversation on this topic
48:45 Gudasol joins the call
49:00 Group having fun times
54:20 Going back to main room after finishing up the Respect Game. Dan welcomes everyone. Asks new attendes tgoughts on meeting.
56:32 Christina meeting was very sweet, will come back
57:44 Vlad great to meet optimism community members
58:11 Hodlon shares his Optimism Fractal Season 1 Retrospective report full of useful feedback and perspectives. Posting it on discord, happy to share thoughts
1:02:17 Dan demonstrates the new Optimism Fractal Notion page by sharing his screen, then walks through the overall structure and contents including all the documented projects, tasks, and ideas. Dan asks if anyone would like access to notion page to let him know
1:13:46 Rosmari thanks everyone, optimism really charges her up, likes what’s happening. Thanks Dan for notion site. Looking forward to read Hodlons retrospective
1:15:40 Dan reads community engagement and comments in the chat
1:16:23 Hodlon suggests structuring 1 hour for the Respect Game activity itself, then optionally having extra time afterward for more open-ended discussions. Giving people choice to opt in of out of extra time. Likes Dans notion site with tasks and project lists.
1:18:29 Dan emphasizes the importance of maintaining event timeliness, sticking to the allotted timeframe, and being respectful of attendees' schedules
1:21:40 Dan clarifies that anyone is welcome to join and participate regardless of not directly contributing to Optimism yet. Just by joining the event participants are helping Optimism
1:22:57 Dan clarifies that the Optimystics team directly received funding from retroPGF distribution, but Optimism Fractal as a community did not
1:24:22 Dan mentions ideas about participants contributing to Optimism Fractal getting rewarded from RetroPGF and other initiatives
1:25:00 Dan proposes standardizing the meeting format going forward by keeping 1 hour for the core Respect Game, then having an optional 30-minute open discussion after called Optimism Fractal Brainstorming
1:27:07 Grow Optimism" together to close out the positive and collaborative meeting
Feedback
Christina (BorrowLucid | Chones)
Feedback by Christina was shared during the event at 56:32. Christina mentioned that the meeting was very sweet, she sees why people like to come back 57:44 Vlad great to meet optimism community members
1:16:23 Hodlon suggests structuring 1 hour for the Respect Game activity itself, then optionally having extra time afterward for more open-ended discussions. Giving people choice to opt in of out of extra time. Likes Dans notion site with tasks and project lists.
Optimism Fractal Retrospective
Season 1 Retrospective by Hodlon
Hodlon, a highly respected community player, has written a Season 1 Retrospective about Optimism Fractal. He contributes by providing a personal overview of the 12-week bootstrapping phase that will end in January 2024. The focus of the retrospective is on improving the game, especially in protecting it against attacks at scale, with the aim to provoke the growth and strengthening of the Optimism Fractal community. The retrospective is formed of the following main parts:
Respect Game Improvements
Respect Game Thought Experiments
Attack Vectors
Meta Governance
Respect Game Outside of OPF
Optimism Fractal Quests
Community Shared Resources
Optimism Fractal Season 1 Retrospective
Hodlon shares his Optimism Fractal Season 1 Retrospective report. You can find more information in the section above.
Respect-based Executive Contract (OREC)
Tadas shares Optimistic Respect-based Executive Contract (OREC) article (https://adaptable-oxygen-176.notion.site/OREC-e991e5b8025c4170948b7e20bbfbb2bd). He provides an update on OREC article at 12:57. He mentions that it describes an idea around a Respect-based Executive Contract for Optimism Fractal as an evolution of the governance structure. Tadas goes further to explain about legislative and executive branches for the community.
Tweets
Invitation to join Eden Fractal and Optimism Fractal events
We Heart the Art
Related Posts
OF 10: Consensus Gaming
How do we award innovators building a protopian future? We play the Respect Game with open source tools to evaluate impact, build relationships, and foster collaborations in Optimism 🛠️ ❤️🔥
OF 9: Impact Scores
What’s the best way to evaluate public goods? In our last event of the year we meet optimists, play a fun consensus game to rank each others contributions, and brainstorm about the future of Optimism Fractal 💫
Introducing the Respect Game
The Respect Game is an elegant social game that anyone can play to grow their community. This profoundly helpful consensus game is at the heart of Optimism Fractal and our work at Optimystics 🤍