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title: Polygon Ecosystem
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title: Polygon Ecosystem
tags: Grants
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## Grant Information

* Name: Polygon DAO
* Website: https://polygon.community/#/developers
* Application Link: 
* Contact:
* Forums:
* Github:
* Twitter:
* Telegram:
* Discord:
* Blog: https://polygon.technology/blog/category/dao
## Questions to Ask

### Contact Questions

- Do we have a contact there?
 
    - [ ] Yes (+2)
    - [ ] No (-2)
    - [x] Maybe (0) 

- Who?

    

- Who at DAOhaus has this contact?

    - Ven has a contact there and has been in discussion however this application is focused on a DAO grant which there may not be a contact

- Are they willing to use their clout for this grant?
 
    - [ ] Yes (+2)
    - [ ] No (-1)
    - [x] Maybe (0) 
 
### Grant Information

#### Details

1. Is DAOhaus deployed on the blockchain this project uses?
 
    - [ ] Yes(+5)
    - [x] No(-5)
    - [ ] Not Required(+5)

2. Is the project on an EVM chain?
    
    - [x] Yes(+5)
    - [ ] No(-20)
    - [ ] Not relevant in this case(+2)

3. Is gnosis safe deployed on the chain?

    - [x] Yes(+2)
    - [ ] No(-2)
    - [ ] Not relevant in this case(+2)

4. Is the graph available?

    - [x] Yes(+5)
    - [ ] No(-20)
    - [ ] Not relevant in this case(+2) 

5. Does this grant pay for deployment and support on the required evm blockchain?

    - [ ] Yes(+10)
    - [ ] No(-5)
    - [ ] Not required(+5)
    - [ ] No and it will be required(-10)
    - [x] Maybe(0)

6. What size grants are available?
    
    - [ ] up to 10k(+2)
    - [x] 10K to 50K(+3)
    - [ ] 50K to 100K(+5)
    - [ ] 100K to 250K(+8)
    - [ ] 250K - 500K(+13)
    - [ ] 500k - 1 Million(+21)
    - [ ] Greater than 1 million(+34)

7. What is the application process like?
    
    - [x] Forum Post(0)
    - [ ] Typeform(0)
    - [ ] Other(0)

8. What stages are required after initial application?
    
    - [ ] Stage 2 Forum Post(0)
    - [ ] Stage 3 Forum Post(0)
    - [ ] Onchain Proposal(0)
    - [x] Meetings/presentations(0)

9. Are all the resources to complete application readily available? (ie slide deck, statistics, diagrams etc.)?
    
    - [ ] Yes(+3)
    - [ ] No(-1)
    - [x] Maybe(0)

10. If no, how difficult would it be to create the required resource?

    - [ ] Easy(+3)
    - [x] Relatively Easy(+2)
    - [ ] Somewhat Difficult(-1)
    - [ ] Very Difficult(-5)

11. Estimated time frame to prepare proposal?
 
    - [ ] Less than one day(+3)
    - [ ] One day to under 1 week(+2)
    - [x] One to Two Weeks(+1)
    - [ ] Two weeks to a month(0)
    - [ ] 1 month to 2 months(-1)
    - [ ] Greater than 2 months(-3)
    - [ ] Unknown(0) 

12. Estimated time frame to start to completion?
 
    - [ ] Less than 1 month(+15)
    - [x] 1 - 2 Months(10)
    - [ ] 2-3 months(-5)
    - [ ] Greater than 3 month(-10)
    - [ ] Unknown(-5)

13. Is the community active? *An inactive community increases difficulty to reach quorum* 
    
    - [ ] Yes(+6)
    - [x] No(-6)
    - [ ] Unsure(0)

> [name=boilerrat]Forum posts appear fairly inactive in the grants category. I did see something. There is a possibility that grants are paid in vouchers for projects to use in the ecosystem, which probably isn't what we are looking fot if that's the case.

14. Are there any requirements after completion of grants? ie KPI's, performance targets etc.
    
    - [ ] Yes(+2)
    - [ ] No(-2)
    - [x] Unsure(0)


15. How much effort will be required to maintain these requirements?
   
    - [ ] Little Effort(+3)
    - [ ] Moderate Effort(-1)
    - [ ] A Lot of Effort(-3)
    - [x] Unknown(-2) 

16. Is there a person or team that will look after this?
    
    - [ ] Yes(+3)
    - [ ] No(-3)
    - [x] Unsure(-3)

17. What is the tech debt after initial shipping?
    
    - [x] Little Effort 2
    - [ ] Moderate Effort -1
    - [ ] A lot of effort -2
    - [ ] unknown -3
    - [ ] Not relevant 0

18. How long would our technical involvement be required?

    - [ ] No time required +10
    - [x] One Month +5
    - [x] 2-3 Months 0
    - [ ] 3-6 Months -5
    - [ ] 6 Months to a year -10
    - [ ] In it for life -15

#### Public Goods

19. Will this grant aide in accomplishing the mission of DAOhaus as a public good?
    - [x] Yes(+4)
    - [ ] No(-4)
    - [ ] Maybe(0)

- Explain:
    
    - spreading the word and teaching developers to use DAOhaus tooling.
    
    
    

20. Does this grant aide DAOhaus protocol?
    
    - [x] Yes(+10)
    - [ ] No(-2)
    - [ ] Maybe(0)


- Briefly explain how:
    
    - same as previous answer
    


#### Problem Being Solved

21. Does this grant support a request for proposal on the host platform?
    
    - [ ] Yes(+2)
    - [x] No(-2)
    - [ ] Unknown(0)

22. Are there competing solutions?
    
    - [x] Yes(-1)
    - [ ] No(+1)
    - [ ] Unsure(0)

- List the competition:
    
    - Aragon seems to be the DAO framework used by the DAO
    

23. Can we do it better?
    
    - [x] Yes(+2) 
    - [ ] Not really(-2)
    - [ ] unsure(0)

#### Dev Team

24. Will this grant require a dev team?

    - [ ] Yes(-2)
    - [ ] No(+15)
    - [x] Maybe(0)

25. Is there a team in available to work on this project?

    - [x] Yes(+5)
    - [ ] No(-10)
    - [ ] Maybe(0)
    - [ ] Not required(+2)

26. Who is available?
 
    - DAOmasons
   
27. Are more people required?

    - [ ] Yes(-2)
    - [x] No(+2)
    - [ ] Maybe(0)

28. What roles are required to fill out team?
    
    - See previous iterations with Celo
    

29. Will it be relatively easy to find people to fill these roles?
    
    - [x] Should be no problem(+3)
    - [ ] Chances are likely but not for sure(+2)
    - [ ] maybe(0)
    - [ ] might be hard(-2)
    - [ ] This will be difficult roles to fill(-3)



30. How long would it take to complete this project (aprox.)?

    - [ ] Less than a week(+2)
    - [ ] 1 month(+1)
    - [x] 1 to 2 months(0)
    - [x] 2 to 3 months(-1)
    - [ ] greater than 3 month(-2)


31. Is there a question above you would like to override?
    - [ ] Yes
    - [x] No
        - Enter Number:
        - Reason:
        - Points to override with (can be +or-):

32. Is there another question above you would like to override?
    - [ ] Yes
    - [x] No
        - Enter Number:
        - Reason:
        - Points to override with (can be +or-):

33. Additional comments or overriding factors:
    
    - :



### Results

Total Score 1-30: 41
Total Score 1-32: 41

Max Score: 131 (90-41)
Min Score: -142 (42-41=83)
Median: -11

Closer to min than max, so that's not a positive. 

Average Score: 
% Above Average:

- Is there potential to improve this score:
    - [x] Yes
    - [ ] No
    - [ ] Unsure

> [name=boilerrat]Getting to know if there is a connection to the community would be helpful, to draw attention to any proposals we will make.

- Should a proposal proceed?

    - [ ] Yes
    - [ ] No
    - [x] More work required to decide
      
- Should this be placed under DNR?
    - [ ] Yes
    - [x] No 

- Team working on application:
    - Grant Seekers


- What is required to make this application a success?
    - Attention from Polygon DAO Community.
    - A Quality curriculum and deicated people to deliver. 
- What Resources are required?
    - Curriculum modified from Celo
    - Technical curriculum developed  
- How is this to be obtained?
    -  We make it

 




