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# MetaPod Qualifiers Planning Doc

> Event Format: Watch Top 20 live pitches & shortlist to top 10	
	
### Short MetaPod introduction (5 min)

Program Deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mU2NCEFB_mALHOncBfPHLyvi0PHQJTx4jdndDMLHD1s/edit?usp=sharing

MetaPod is a hybrid accelerator program, inspired by the collaborative energy of MCON, aimed at onboarding and accelerate new DAOs, communities, projects & contributors into the Ethereum ecosystem.

We still don’t know the true power of DAOs, but we are certain they will play a pivotol role in evolving the way we work in the coming years. 


Communities Are Difficult to Build

> They often lack the ability to coordinate, are unstainble, and have challenges retaining contributors. 

> We beleive that IRL is better, we found this to particularly true at MCON 2021. 

Being in the same room is a better environment for learning new things, generating ideas & finding aligned people to create new models together. 

**Jeremy:** Is a core contributor to DAOhaus and a member of the MetaCartel, focused on systems design, DAO operations and community engagement.

He's been heading up operations for the MetaPod Launch and designing DAO and community strategies for DAO-to-DAO relations.


**Amos:** Is core contributor at DAOhaus, leading the Rangers (community-side) & supporting the Magesmiths (product) workstreams. 

He's been heading up on our comms for MetaPod, event planning & the designing of the Accelerator Program which will follow 2 weeks the IRL event in Denver starting March 7th. 

- Helmass: Operations, Coordination, Partnerships / IndexCoop, MetaCartel Grants, GringottsDAO.

- Myself: A born DAOist, proped up by the MetaCartel, RaidGuild, and DAOhaus threading the needle between evangelism and advocacy for the adoption of Web3 technology. 


- With support from our program allies, Rome, BolierRat.

- If you have questions ask them in Discord on the Discussion channel, @tag the person who is speaking if you have questions during / or after the pitch.


### Voting mechanics (5 min) Gym Qualifers 

- All MetaGuides, Sponsors, Allies, Advisors, & Pilot Program Ops roels have 10 votes each, voting will be open during the pitches as well as following the event this weekend. You have until Sunday to get you final votes in (that's 11:59pm MST). Program participants will not be able to vote for obvious reasons. It's is key that you use all 10 of your votes to give the teams presenting the best chance of making it to Denver. 

- Ecosystem Partners 
    - RaidGuild  
    - MetaGammaDelta
    - Tally 
    - YAP DAO 
    - Gitcoin 
    - Rare Pizzas 
    - Mystic Whales 

- Sponsor shoutouts	(10 min) 2 minutes each
    - Present
        - MetaCartel Ventures 
        - Seed Club Ventures 
        - Balance 
        - Dystopia Labs 
        - DAOhaus 
    - Not Present - shoutouts needed
        - Protocol Labs 
        - 1Hive 
        - Giveth 
        - POAP
        - TALLY 


## 20 pitches (2m x 20)	(50 min) 

We'll be using a bell reminder to keep people on track, and give everyone a chance to get through their proposal. You all will be able to see who is up next by checking the speakers channel. Without further adui 

1. Starting us off is Ava from ARTXV 🚦 
2. irlart from IRL Underground
3. ~~Zico, Podast~~ 
4. The Young Kid Warrior from Shenanigans
5. hotkartoffel from DAOnative
6. ~~Lucija from Crypto Cheetahs~~
7. Disruption Joe from Gitcoin
8. mattwright.eth from the wgmi community
9. angelo from Build_
10. g2entgroup from Creative Platform
11. patricia infinity from In This Land
12. Dozier from Animas Festival
13. shunkakinoki from Light
14. shugo from φ (Phi)
15. kohei.eth from Compy
16. Sinjun from Buy Back Our Attention
17. Natalie, Logan & Ryan from Wolverine Blockchain
18. Tap.eth from POAPathon
19. nintynick from Rep Grind
20. neuroplastic1 from Resilience DAO

## Post Event: 
- Next Steps: Impish + Volunteer 5 min
- Top 10 Announcements on Monday 

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During the week of 28 Jan, we should shortlist 20 participants for Discord shortlisting, filtering out:	

	
Among those that passed the initial filters, we filter out for the top 20 (maximum) for the following criteria:	
	
Problem statement:	How valid / big is this problem?
Proposed solution: 	How suitable is the solution in solving the problem?
Team: 	Is the team well-suited to executing this?
Pitch: 	Does the pitch make you feel excited?
	

	
Voting mechanics:	
- We can create a voting-channel without discussions, but only emoji reactions for the 20 submissions.	
- Audience can discuss and hangout in general chat, but voting will be done in the voting channel.	
- Submissions with top 10 votes get shortlisted	
	
Instructions for Top 10 winners	
- Create 10slides in PDF format for 5 minute pitch (Problem, Solution, Team)	
- Send PDF in by 14 February & all slides are final	
- Product demo should be pre-recorded as a GIF	