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title: 'Raid Guild Round Table Notes: 6/17/2021'
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# Raid Guild Round Table Notes: 6/17/2021

I started to take notes around 15 minutes in, so was trying to summarize some of the previous conversation.

## Education and Leveling Up

- RG needs Solidity devs!
    - How could we structure a process for members to level up their skills (especially in high demand skill areas?)
- What would sponsored education experiences look like?
    - Web3 Critical Skills
    - The Graph
    - How can we scaffold and structure guild members leveling up skills (especially in needed areas)

## Contract to Hire Model

- Hire the guild → guild assigns 1 or 2 devs → company hires devs → 10% of the dev's annual salary goes to the guild
    - Would want to look into this coming from the client as a surcharge, not a cut to the dev's salary
- Would create an exit flow of talent, but this may be what many of our clients are looking for — could be a good pathway for members who don't want to be freelancers
- Would then want to make sure we're able to replace talent that goes out, especially with much needed skills such as Solidity
- Recent clients have been looking for talent, but RG isn't a recruiting agency. This could be a path to pursue
- Could also be structured as a longer term project such as a 2 year project → full-time hire after longer term engagement (Excalibur client?)
- RG members are freelancers, and aren't necessarily looking for this type of model (single company employment)
- This type of model is becoming more popular (agencies are losing talent to groups with a similar model to RG — *sourcing agencies*)
    - Talent goes and sits on a *bench* doing internal projects or personal development while waiting to be sourced for a longer term project / company placement

## Raids, Raids, Raids!

- **ETHDenver**
    - Would be fun to have a Raid Guild party during ETHDenver!
    - *Blood of Moloch* recipe → brewer in Denver
- **OrochiDAO**
    - Sponsor them → become a member of the DAO → throw a party!
- **Cleric Revamp**
    - Revamping the process for taking new clients
    - Admin processes such as setting up escrow taking a lot of time
    - Focusing on getting higher paying clients for extended durations
        - Often these clients need a *stepping stone* that could lead to larger projects
        - Many *Excalibur* clients often require progression
        - Consultations and smaller raids boost client confidence
    - Cleric → PM handoff could be clarified and refined
- **New Cohort**
    - Will do another one but need time to regrouping
    - Potentially do a new cohort in July or August
    - Folks willing to contribute to the process
    - We can try to implement some of the newer processes such as sponsorship for the next cohort
    - Can use this as an opportunity to reboot some of our models
        - Guild at a point where we can level up processes since RG has an established reputation
- **Season 1 Projects**
    - *web3template* and *cohort site*
        - RIP funding once at point for more generalized template (could be a DAOhaus or UberHaus grant)
    - Participants getting paid via RIPs — have cohort apprentices go through process of requesting funds from the *Season 1 DAO Guild Bank*
- **Series LLC**
    - Individual raids to be individual Series LLCs?
        - What would the process be? Internal discussion → proposal
        - What are the steps for this to materialize?
    - May need to update existing LLC paperwork to point to the xDAI DAO
    - Escrow process could be automated
        - Escrow spins up an *operating agreement* and inject the Series LLC into it during this process
- **EthCC**
    - [https://ethcc.io/](https://ethcc.io/)
        - Anyone attending?
        - Funding for raid-representatives?
    - Will have a keg of *Blood of Moloch*!
        - Painting the keg? Banners?
        - What is the cost for 1 keg?
- **$RAID Token Talk**
    - Fill out the Airtable form if you want tokens!
    - Check out the **#rip-raid-token** channel for updates and if you're available to help (5-10 hours over next few weeks)
        - There are tasks to be done!
        - React devs needed
        - Check out the Trello board and self-assign tasks if able to help
    - What is the pulse on $RAID token? Any concerns?
    - Clients who pay the 500 consultation xDAI fee can move forward in the consultation queue by acquiring additional $RAID tokens (auction queue)
    - Token will need to have utility and value → priority access to services is a way to do this
        - Token tied to demand for guild services, and this could be a way to measure this
        - Loyalty system and representation of "aggressive demand" for RG services
        - How do you quantify how many clients want to hire RG?

## Resources

- [Raid Round-up: 6/15/2021](https://hackmd.io/0_XoX3j9Rj6bBYqpKQQZGQ)
- [https://raidguild.operatingagreement.eth.link/](https://raidguild.operatingagreement.eth.link/)