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title: Ritual of Ranks
tags: Build DAO Masons
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## Ritual of Ranks

This document is to flesh out the designs for roles and ranks within DAO Masons. It can may also inform decisions on revokable roles which can be controlled using HATs protocol.

Roles can be broken down into a few classes as follows.

- DAO Members
- Community Roles
- Project Roles
- Client Roles
- Quest Roles

## Role Templates

The following are examples of how a role may look:

### Projects Role Template

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#### Role: Project Contributor

**Purpose:** To contribute to the development and completion of projects

**Accountabilities:**

- Participate in project planning and development
- Complete assigned tasks on time and to the best of one's ability
- Communicate effectively with the project lead and other team members

**Criteria for Success:**

- Successful completion of assigned tasks
- Positive feedback from project lead and team members
- Positive impact on the project as a whole

**Badge Reward:** Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the project lead and added to the individual's total reputation score upon project completion.

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#### Role: Project Lead

**Purpose:** Lead and manage projects

**Accountabilities:**

- Develop project plans and timelines
- Assign tasks and responsibilities to team members
- Monitor project progress and make adjustments as necessary
- Ensure project completion to the best of one's ability

**Criteria for Success:

- Successful completion of project within budget and on time
- Positive feedback from team members and the DAO
- Positive impact on the DAO as a whole

**Badge Reward:** Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the project lead and added to the individual's total reputation score upon project completion.

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#### Role: Project Manager

**Purpose:** To manage and oversee the project management process within the project

**Accountabilities:**

- Develop and implement project management policies and procedures
- Monitor and report on project progress to the DAO
- Provide support and guidance to project leads

**Criteria for Success:**

- Successful completion of projects within budget and on time
- Positive feedback from project leads and the DAO
- Positive impact on the DAO as a whole

**Badge Reward:** Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the project lead and added to the individual's total reputation score upon project completion.

### Community Role Template

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#### Role: Community Stewards

**Purpose:** To actively participate in and contribute to the community within the DAO

**Accountabilities:**

- Participate in community discussions and events
- Provide support and assistance to other community members
- Represent the DAO in a positive manner

**Criteria for Success:**

- Active participation in community discussions and events
- Positive feedback from other community members
- Positive impact on the community as a whole

Badge Reward: Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the DAO and added to the individual's total reputation score upon achieving a specific role or other DAO-decided parameter.

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#### Role: Community Moderator (Wardens)

Purpose: To moderate and manage community discussions and events within the DAO
Accountabilities:

- Monitor community discussions and events for inappropriate behavior or content
- Enforce community guidelines and rules
-Provide support and assistance to community members

**Criteria for Success:**

- Effective moderation of community discussions and events
- Positive feedback from community members
- Positive impact on the community as a whole

**Badge Reward:** Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the DAO and added to the individual's total reputation score upon achieving a specific role or other DAO-decided parameter.

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#### Role: Community Ambassador (Deacon)

**Purpose:** To represent and promote the DAO within the larger community

**Accountabilities:**

- Represents the DAO at events and conferences, irl and or online
- Promote the DAO on social media and other platforms
- Provide feedback and insights to the DAO on community sentiment and trends

**Criteria for Success:**

- Positive representation of the DAO at events and conferences
- Positive impact on the DAO's reputation and community growth
- Positive feedback from the DAO and community members

Badge Reward: Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the DAO and added to the individual's total reputation score upon achieving a specific role or other DAO-decided parameter.

### Knowledge Role Template

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#### Role: Quest Leader

Purpose: To lead and manage quests within the DAO

**Accountabilities:**

- Proposes quest to DAO
- Develop quest plans and timelines
- Assign tasks and responsibilities to quest participants
- Monitor quest progress and make adjustments as necessary
- Ensure quest completion to the best of one's ability

**Criteria for Success:**

- Successful completion of quest by most participants.
- Positive feedback from quest participants and the DAO
- Positive impact on the DAO as a whole

Badge Reward: Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the quest leader and added to the individual's total reputation score upon quest completion.

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**Role: Quest Participant**

Purpose: To actively participate in and complete quests within the DAO

**Accountabilities:**

- Complete assigned tasks on time and to the best of one's ability
- Communicate effectively with the quest leader and other participants
- Represent the DAO in a positive manner

**Criteria for Success:**

- Successful completion of assigned tasks
- Positive feedback from quest leader and participants
- Positive impact on the quest as a whole

Badge Reward: Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the quest leader and added to the individual's total reputation score upon quest completion.

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### Role: Quest Reviewer

**Purpose:** To review and assess completed quests.

**Accountabilities:**

- Review completed quests and assess participant performance
- Provide feedback and recommendations to the DAO on quest performance
- Ensure that quests meet the standards set by the DAO

**Criteria for Success:**

- Accurate and fair assessment of quest performance
- Positive feedback from the DAO and quest participants
- Positive impact on the overall quality and effectiveness of the quest program

Badge Reward: Badge (SBT) with predetermined reputation points assigned, to be minted by the DAO and added to the individual's total reputation score upon achieving a specific role or other DAO-decided parameter.

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### Quest Roles

Follows mostly the same conventions as the project roles. It can be built into the rep system that in order to recieve the NFT at the completion of the quest, they must hold the role. More on that next.

## Reputation and Roles

As projects complete and reputation tokens in the form of SBTs are assigned, within the metadata can include assigned weights for reputation. This can very based on role played. For example someone may have wrote a tweet thread promoting the project, For this they may get something like 1 reputation point for the project and a project promoter SBT, with that point in the metadata.
Somebodey that has made a substantial contribution to the project, such as Main Solidity Dev, may get 10 reputation points assigned to them.
Every role may have some pre determined reputation attached to it as well. Example, in the described "Community Roles" somebody that attains the "100 Posts" role may recieve an SBT corresponding to the aquired role with 1 reputation point.

For more on Reputation please see the [Badges](https://hackmd.io/@boilerrat/H1oqJ3oqj/edit) doc.