Catalyst-Coordinator Hub Proposal

Challenge

F7: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

Ideascale Link

IdeaScalecardano.ideascale.com

Problem statement

Proposers funded by Catalyst lack a collaborative layer to answer FAQ questions, leave feedback and raise issues.

Solution

Implement a collaborative layer, a community hub, to welcome funded proposers to Catalyst and provide support.

Background

A key Prioritized Problem handed over to Catalyst Circle V2 was "Cohort: Almost non existing "collaborative layer" to welcome newcomers" ( https://catalyst-swarm.gitbook.io/catalyst-circle/activities/catalyst-prioritized-problems-trello#cohort-almost-non-existing-collaborative-layer-to-welcome-newcomers ).

To begin to address this problem, to gather feedback and to track issues Stephen Whitenstall set up a Catalyst Coordinator GitBook for problem-sensing the Funded Cohort process in November 2021.

This was announced at Fund 7 Town Hall #3 on 1st December 2021.

Catalyst Coordinator GitBook

The Catalyst Coordinator GitBook (https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-coordinator/) provides :

• A useful FAQ for funded proposers - https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-coordinator/

• A means to gather feedback for Catalyst Circle and the community - https://quality-assurance-dao.gitbook.io/catalyst-coordinator/feedback

• A reference tool for the Coordinator community.

Catalyst Coordinator Feedback Repository

A GitHub Repository documents and tracks issues raised by the funded proposer community - https://github.com/Catalyst-Coordinator/Feedback/issues

Budget

The total budget for this proposal was a modest $4,350. This covered maintenance of the GitBook and backend GitHub repository for 3 months at $ 3,150 and engagement on social media (Telegram/Discord) over 3 months for $ 1,200. The actual work period lasted between November 2021 and February 2022.

Maintenance

Regular updates over 3 months (21 hours per month) to add content

$50 per hour for 63 hours (21 x 3) = $ 3,150

Engagement

Promotion, engagement and communication on social media (Twitter, Telegram, Youtube, Discord, Reddit).

2 hours per week for 3 months = 24 hours = $50 hour for 24 hours = $ 1,200

Total: $4,350

Expenditure

Date	Transaction Type	Amount	Note	Balance
23rd February 2022	ADA Received	1	Test Transaction	1
9th March 2022	ADA Received	1576	Fund Release	1577
13th March 2022	ADA Sent	1567	Transfer to Fiat	9.82

KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

• Amount of material added to the GitBook

• Feedback received for Catalyst Circle and the community

• Amount of commentary on GitBook and on social media

• Page views and dwell time

• Number of issues from the Coordinator community that are raised and explored by Catalyst Circle.

Roadmap

Prior to funding

The Catalyst Coordinator GitBook and GitHub is currently being maintained.

Once Funded (February to April 2022)

Once funded, Catalyst Coordinator GitBook and GitHub will sustain communications, provide a documentation platform and a means to gather feedback for the funded proposer community.