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i too share a bit of the sentiment that this prop might be better split up a bit to validate the thesis and execution a bit more (we don’t often go from 0 to $200k esp in the current mkt environment) but i’m voting yes bc i think this prop has the important higher order bit right which is that network society community / popup cities <> nouns is a direction we should strongly encourage and foster and that those spaces are INCREDIBLY rich environments for future nouners, builders, and fans.
that fact is evidenced by the fact that carlos is willing to put down a list of nouners that he onboarded (net new buyers) and is willing to be judged on that metric for his current proposed prop as well. what other IRL activation prop has proposed to be judged in that way? but it makes sense. if you walk into like a edge city / zuzalu type context then the density of ppl that are already living an ethereum / onchain life is 100x an average nft conference. also it’s just not the eth exposure, it’s the particular blend of appreciation for sovereignty, experimentation, fringe communities that make them a perfect environment to find future nouns citizens.
what i hoped to see more from this prop actually (and maybe carlos can still weave it in) is to try to drive more existing nouns fans and builders to come to and meet at these pop up cities and live and work together. a lot of nouns ppl have deep connections and are willing to travel to meet and spend time together. they will likely very much love these environments naturally. also what better way to convince ppl nouns is special and awesome than for there to be actual nouns sub communities present at these places? so my hope is carlos can play a role in trying to drive nouns folks to all come to one or two of these places and then use some of the budge to create a shared space or coordinate events like dinners and happy hours type things for those ppl to feel like they aren’t going into these spaces blind and rather have a nouns community there that’s excited for them to join. i’ll probably be at a few of these as well! thinking of popping in sometime at the edge city one in thailand, zugarden after devcon also in thailand, and possibly network school as well to support balaji and the network state movement.
(also side note the line items are big so i don’t know if totally right from ROI perspective but there is something that i like about nouns subsidizing something tangible and really beneficial to the resident of these popup cities like childcare and saunas rather than like some sponsorship package where your logo just appears on many marketing material)
anyways, excited and supportive!