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# DAO Operatives Whitepaper

## Communicorns list

- You
- Lkngtn
- Peterpan
- Niran
- Peth
- Drew Harding
- James Waugh
- Sky Minert
- Phillip Silva
- Aaron Soskin
- Zayi (MGD)
- Vanilla
- Ann Wilmott
- Alex (PieDao)
- Paslar


### Abstract
Over the metaverse, there has risen a nameless group of individuals that have built critical infrastructure for fighting Moloch. These special humans breathe life into DAOs. I call them `DAO Operatives`(name needs to change).  With no guide rails, these few have each manifested unreplicable skills toward maintaining DAOs. This is my attempt to capture the instance of these Moloch fighters, and create more throughout the DAOspace. Some could look at this document as instructions, others as guidelines. The primary thing I hope to convey is the processes these rare DAO operatives utilize to take Moloch out from its roots.


### Background

During my time working on [SHE](https://she.energy), I have become increasingly aware of the importance of `DAO Operatives`, as well as the (increasingly) scarce amount of them. Over the last year, I have tried training a `DAO Operatives`, splitting `DAO Operative` tasks, abandoning the `DAO Operative` role, and transitioning a project manager into a `DAO Operative`. All have, more or less, failed for different reasons. This document is not about the What, Why, and How of the failures. 

However, if I were to distill the problem down to a single point, I'd say "lack of knowledge". Now, each person I thought would fit the role were incredibly intelligent individuals, with past successes organizing people. This is not a knock on "their" knowledge as individuals, per se, but the lack of knowledge available from the perch the rested atop to do their job. My faulty assumption that a DAO was a company caused me to hire looking for outward thinkers, idea pushers with solid people skills. Someone not afraid to put pen to paper. Someone who could talk and write to people. All great qualities, and some `DAO operatives` have them. However, these skills are not enough to separate the weak from the chaff.