# Nouncil Proposal #2

**TLDR**
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Nouncil is asking for **106.6 ETH** to fund:

 - Operating Costs (2022 Q3/Q4, 2023 Q1)
 - Nouncil Community Grants

**Nouncil** is a council of Nounish Builders. We provide a home for Nounish community and a democratic voice in Nouns DAO governance. 
 - Are you a Nounish Builder? [**Apply to Nouncil**](https://form.addressform.io/f/nouncil-apply-for-membership)
 - Own a Noun? [**Delegate your Nouns to Nouncil.eth**](https://nouns.wtf/delegate?to=0xcc2688350d29623e2a0844cc8885f9050f0f6ed5)
 - Links: [Website](https://nouncil.wtf/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/nouncil),  [Nouns Agora](https://nounsagora.com/delegate/nouncil.eth),  [Collective Profile](https://collective.xyz/nouns/@nouncil.eth)


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**Nouncil Highlights**
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 - 94 current Nouncillors
 - Voted on 94 Nouns DAO props ([Record of Votes]((https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vj7yLxh7VK4TpfN8o8N7oeL-OJb6aYwkx5KegwDPEWg/edit#gid=78755314)))
 - 98% vote participation in Nouns DAO
 - 2 x weekly Nouncil calls discussing Nouns DAO props and news
[Meeting Notes and Recordings](https://www.notion.so/nouncil/Nouncil-Meetings-dbff29c92b794573a3d5124be66aea3b)
 - Voted on most Prop House rounds (12 in total) including Launchpad, Combinator, and Mandates. We use [RankedVote](https://rankedvote.co/) for internal polling.
 - Maintained [Nouncil.wtf](https://nouncil.wtf) and the docs on it
 - Hosted [Tooling Calls](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX8vKnglYWQUzzhoh1dMuY63OAxcaFLzb) (Conversations with builders of Web 3.0 tools)
 - Created [Nouncil Proposal Incubator](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-kuzF7OJeBsfBWG4llRj-Vn9oC7mJheOboM9CMSAZ44/edit#gid=0) (Proposal workshop and development in Discord)
 - Submitted 9 proposals to Nouns DAO:
 6 passed ([67](https://nouns.wtf/vote/67), [77](https://nouns.wtf/vote/77), [91](https://nouns.wtf/vote/91), [100](https://nouns.wtf/vote/100), [139](https://nouns.wtf/vote/139), [144](https://nouns.wtf/vote/144))
3 defeated ([121](https://nouns.wtf/vote/121), [136](https://nouns.wtf/vote/136), [141](https://nouns.wtf/vote/141))

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**Operating Budget (2022 Q3 to 2023 Q1) - 55 ETH**
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Nouncillors discuss and vote on Nouns DAO props on a volunteer basis. Contributions to Nouncil above and beyond that are funded from our general Operating Budget. This is regularly administered via retroactive Coordinapes. See [Nouncil Proposal #1](https://nouns.wtf/vote/67) for a breakdown of what's allowed in our operating costs.

**Prior Funding**

Operating Costs - 2022 - Q1 - 10 ETH
 - [Work Summaries](https://hackmd.io/_1mqJUi0SraJ61o-6IQ71g)
 - [Fund Allocations](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LNVP0DBLPdoxgRy6Cb0egU7TSaljkheJ0idT_JP6koY/edit#gid=1104529391)

Operating Costs - 2022 - Q2 - 12.2 ETH
 - [Work Summaries](https://hackmd.io/NkGCNyY9Rl60GULewpkV_w)
 - [Fund Allocations](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQ85Z4xa6Tn8GjnkFRZIU5tU1EeC4t5eoLjMrqUmOwA/edit#gid=1524644448)

**Funds Requested - 55 ETH**
  
 - Operating Costs - 2022 - Q3 - 16 ETH
*- 16 ETH round administered at end of Q3*
 - Operating Costs - 2022 Q4 - 2023 Q1 - 39 ETH
*- 6.5 ETH x 6 rounds administered once per month 2022 Q4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) through 2023 Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar).


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**Nouncil Community Grants - 51.6 ETH**
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Nouncils Community Grant Pilot (described in [Nouncil Proposal #1](https://nouns.wtf/vote/67)) was a wild success and an extremely efficient use of ETH to proliferate Nouns. 28 ETH was permissionlessly given to Nouncillors and spent on 18 different projects. 

We held art contests, selfie contests, coloring contests, made hats, merch, jackets, stickers, built web apps, covered cities in Nounish posters, projected art on buildings, created weird 3D videos, distributed POAPs, created NFT collections, manufactured a smoking paper box, and assisted in the development of a "herb garden" facility.

 - [Twitter Thread of Project Highlights](https://twitter.com/nouncil/status/1571956714915733504)
 - [Notion - Full Project Summaries](https://www.notion.so/nouncil/d194d028bb394a03862b20495815b767?v=83c697a1e80348509083df6bae6ecf44)
 - [Noggles ⌐◨-◨ Art Contest website](https://noggles-art-contest.vercel.app/) by [Noadz](https://twitter.com/thenoadz) (one of a multitude of contests)

To be eligible a Nouncillor must have been Nouncillors for at least 2 months and maintained a vote participation rate of 69% or more. As of October 1 this is 43 nouncillors [(proof)](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1on8f5Cmt497xFT7HnDc19cUTt5kIUXU9s5Mn_GAriEg/edit#gid=656549161).

A public call will be held to determine the admin team, who will be voted in.

**Funds Requested - 51.6 ETH**
 - Community Grant Round 2 - 43 ETH
   - *1 ETH x 43 eligible Nouncillors*
 - Admin Costs - 4.3 ETH
   - Coordinating allocations, delegations, and maintaining records
   - Processing payments to Nouncillors
   - Dilligence and observations on ongoing projects
   - Collecting final reports on activity
   - Reporting on success of proposals
 - Marketing Costs - 4.3 ETH
   - will be spent at the discretion of the team managing it, but could include things such as: wrap up Twitter Spaces, interviews with select projects, summary article with highlights / media / quotes, video production

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**Proposed Transactions**
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transfer **106.6 ETH** to **nouncil.eth**

Outcome: EXECUTED