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title: 'PG WG sync | May 10, 2022'

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# PG WG sync | May 10, 2022

### Attendees
ricmoo.eth, avsa.eth, sumedha.eth, anthonyware.eth, cerrestation.eth, matoken.eth, alisha.eth, trent.eth, Tim Beiko. 

### Agenda

- Welcome and ENS updates
    - The ENS airdrop claim closed on May 5th. All unclaimed tokens were swept back to the DAO treasury (~5m $ENS). 

1. Protocol Guild temp check 
    - trent.eth and Tim Beiko, from the EF. Note: **The Protocol Guild** (TPG) is completely separate. 
    - TPG context: https://protocol-guild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
    - Distribution of tokens, like $ENS, to Ethereum devs based on how long they have been contributing plus a vesting component looking to the future - a split contract + a vesting contract.
    - Tokens from prominent projects and L2s to transfer some **upside** from projects to devs; Lido has already committed. Looking for ENS, Uniswap, Maker, DYDX to contribute to a 12 month pilot program.

Q. Can devs leave and come back? 
A. Would be put to the TPG community to decide. 

Q. List is has a heavy client focus. What about the Remix team and web3js?
A. There is a second layer. For now, it will focus on the protocol layer. There can be several guilds in the future. Level of granularity is preferred. 

Q. Target for first year pilot?
A. Approx $25m from 4 or 5 projects

#### Steward Debrief 
Q. Are the PGs stewards broadly supportive of The Protocol Guild submitting a DAO-wide proposal to use a portion of unclaimed $ENS from the airdrop towards a 12 month pilot of their program?
A. No objections. To the extent that this request is for $ENS to distribute governance rights and a stake in projects built on the infrastructure created by these contributors, the PGs WG is supportive. Need to discuss more details and think more broadly about how the DAO is thinking about using, if at all, the unclaimed $ENS. 

Q. Any other ecosystem projects that might benefit from a similar grant?
A. Yes. Nomic, plus other ENS integration projects as well as infrastructure/tools that ENS uses/relies on to function. 

#### Next Steps
Stewards to suggest projects over the next week. Reach out to Delegates and TNL for suggestions. Projects that feel like they are due an allocation from ENS can self-nominate by replying in the comments below. Community members can also nominate projects. 

Reach out to other DAO working group stewards to temp check on how they are thinking about the unclaimed $ENS, if at all. 

3. Update on [PublicGoods.notion.site](https://publicgoods.notion.site/) and bounties
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4. Grants structure
    a. waves?
    b. amount for remainder of the term?
    c. retroactive suggestions from community?
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