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# Mol LeArt's Handbook
Mol LeArt is a no-code platform for creators to build a portfolio of NFTs, where creators can mint, sell, manage, and control NFTs.

## Motivation
Humans are creative creatures, we use our brains to dream up fantastical and impossible ideas. Creators bring these ideas to life through mediums like paintings, music, writing, and more. Many of our favorite stories and memories are because of art. We love these things so much we’re willing to pay for them, sometimes at tremendous valuations.

The problem is, art has traditionally been guarded by gatekeepers, the middlemen like galleries and brokers which offer little to no transparency when art gets sold and resold. As a result, when art is sold at higher and higher multiples, artists don’t get a piece of those profits. The phrase “starving artist” is a stereotype that is often associated with creatives but it doesn’t have to be this way.

At Mol LeArt, creators are able to tokenize their work and retain a number of controls pertaining to how the token is used, even after it is sold. Our goal is to expand the set of controls available to artists so that they no longer need to rely on third parties to engage in commercial activities. Like putting a pilot in the cockpit with different switches and knobs for controlling the direction of an aircraft, Mol puts the power back in the hands of the artists.


## Governance

**Organization**
Mol is currently organized using Moloch v2 on xDAI. For a complete list of members, please see [Mol LeArt on DAOhaus](https://app.daohaus.club/dao/0x64/0x905def314a0999df58960486ab4d7048dee53f8f).

Members should regularly vote on proposals related to:
- Membership for prospective members
- Mol's fee from primary and secondary sales
- Monthly contribution distributions

**Earning DAO Shares**
For monthly distribution of DAO shares, Mol will submit proposals on the first day of each month to reward those that made contributions the month before. DAO shares may be earned by participating in community activities.

## Roles
Mol currently has a few roles to select from. Each member has one primary role. For example, audsssy identifies as Builder > Mol > Artist.

**Artist**
Artists contribute to the creative commons by experimenting with DAO NFTs. Each member gets a factory by default to mint whatever she wants, except for content not protected under freedom of speech. Any new factory request requires members to submit a proposal for voting.

Each mint rewards governance token, up to a monthly cap of 100 shares. Some options to calculating exchange rate could be:
- Mint 100 NFT per month to receive monthly cap of 100 shares
- Mint 10 NFT per month to receive monthly cap of 100 shares

*Artist Quest* - Design a logo for Mol
*Monthly distribution* - 100 shares

**Builder**
Builders contribute to the creative commons by building out the infrastructure that supports the commons. Please see the Roadmap section for more on Mol's infrastructure.

Existing Builder class:
- Designer
- Front end
- Smart contract

*Builder Quest* - TBD
*Monthly distribution - 100 shares*

**Community**
Community always finds a way to support Mol LeArt, including attending Mol's weekly community call. 100 DAO shares will be proportionally distributed on a monthly basis based on community call attendance.

*Community Quest*
1. Ghostmint NFTs for friends and family that are unaware of Web3 and Mol will cover your gas for minting 🍬
2. Build a [gallery in CV](https://www.cryptovoxels.com/parcels/1300)

*Monthly distribution - 100 shares*

**Initial Contributors**
To recognize their contribution for jumpstarting Mol, Initial Contributors will receive a one-time sum of 100 shares, including 10 shares from membership admission.

*One time distribution - 100 shares*

## Roadmap
Scale of Importance: 1 - 5 highest.

**Front End** (5)

Community Vault based on MolVault
Artist portfolio management & social graph

**Smart Contract** (4)

MolVault
MolGamma and its variations

**Community** (4)

Community building
Content creation
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MolLeArt)
- [Substack](https://molleart.substack.com/publish?utm_source=menu)

**GovOps** (1)

Moloch v2x ([v2x repo](https://github.com/lexDAO/moloch))

## Prospective Members
We welcome anyone to participate, build, and manage this creative commons. To join, please follow the steps below:

1. Fill out this form
2. Join Mol’s Discord
3. Follow Mol on Twitter
4. Submit a membership proposal to Mol on Pokemol on xDAI ([guide](https://molleart.substack.com/p/mols-onboarding-guide))
5. Build, mint NFTs, or do both!