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# Focus On Call - Episode #9
April 13th, 2022

## Agenda

- [00:00](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI): Intro with Retro
- [00:36](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=36): Discussion and Questions with Søren Peter Nielsen, Hans Henrik Hoffmeyer, and Payam Samarghandi.
- [51:15](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=3075): Outro

## Video

<https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI>

## Introduction

### Retro

#### Agenda and Preamble
[00:00](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI)

- Welcome everyone to episode #9 of Focus On. I am Retro, a contributor with the Sustainable Ecosystem Scaling CU. Juan, our facilitator, joins me. 
- Today, we are excited to host the Dai Foundation for a CU update. We are joined by the facilitator Søren Peter Nielsen and two Dai Foundation Board members, Hans Henrik Hoffmeyer and Payam Samarghandi. 
- For other episodes of FO, please [check the forum](https://forum.makerdao.com/search?q=focus%20on).

## Discussion

### Søren Peter Nielsen, Hans Henrik Hoffmeyer, and Payam Samarghandi.

[00:36](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=36)

![Dai Foundation Update](https://i.imgur.com/sv70Ch3.png)

![Agenda](https://i.imgur.com/ewUt9yy.png)

![Recap: Why Dai Foundation](https://i.imgur.com/oC4MIhz.png)

![Dai Foundation](https://i.imgur.com/vvGQpWn.png)

![IP includes](https://i.imgur.com/HI26FVa.png)

![Dai Foundation Core Unit](https://i.imgur.com/7kCyTuP.png)

![Selected topics from Q1 update](https://i.imgur.com/U36XMss.png)

![What is a Danish Foundation?](https://i.imgur.com/zzyLKLk.png)

![What is a Danish Foundation?](https://i.imgur.com/bYju3Ux.png)

![General Requirements to Board of Trustee Members](https://i.imgur.com/wb2Ae8Z.png)

![If Appointed](https://i.imgur.com/OH1cUea.png)

![Next steps](https://i.imgur.com/TGm6vcU.png)

![Ask the Board anything](https://i.imgur.com/jn9GSqd.png)

![See more / contact](https://i.imgur.com/iF4EiJb.png)

## Questions 
[36:28 - Tadeo: Is all the work done with Maker funding considered a public good?](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=2188)

[38:18 - Asad Khan: How does the Foundation verify that the CUs are contributing their IP to the Foundation? What happens when a CU is offboarded?](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=2298)

[40:47 - Tyler Rihn: Does the Dai Foundation have an opinion on a potential feature of a multi-Dai protocol?](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=2447)

[44:25 - Tadeo: Can CU members also be board members?](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=2665)

[48:07 - Kianga Daverington: Is there any information about the Foundation grants and application process on a website or posted publically?](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=2887)

[49:43 - Juan: What is the best way for the community to reach out and ask questions?](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=2983)

## Closing Comment

### Juan

#### Outro
[51:15](https://youtu.be/GDj-tHBrKhI?t=3075)

- Thanks again, Payam, Hans, and Søren, for being here. It was great having you, as always. Thank you, Retro, for the great screen management. Thanks to the community for attending and for the great questions. It was great having you. 

## Credits

- Kunfu-po produced this summary.
- @gala produced this summary.
- Everyone who spoke and presented on the call, listed in the headers.