Just doing a little writing here of my vision for what D_D PGG can do and become:
The Developer DAO Public Goods Guild is a group with the goal of advancing the state of Public Goods globally and building a better future for humanity. Public Goods include Free and Open Source Software but also anything that can be enjoyed without diminishing the opportunity for others to enjoy it - like a Library, or fresh air. D_D PGG will focus on Digital Public Goods around developers to start, but it’s important to recognize the value of being embedded in the wider Public Goods discourse. Digital Public Goods alone will not be enough to build a better world, but they’re a great start, and a good focus for Public Goods work at Developer DAO.
The main pathways to achieving this goal (Building a better world with Public Goods) will be:
- collecting large scale funding to support Public Goods projects/initiatives/teams/builders, a staff to remain sustainable in doing so, and of course for a major portion of funding to flow into the D_D endowment
- strategically supporting Public Goods in generating opportunities and deployments that will create significant impact on human lives
- giving significant individualized and personalized support to champions and leaders working on Public Goods (like one might expect from a top-tier accelerator)
- collaborating with Public Goods groups already doing amazing work, like Gitcoin’s Public Goods Funding workstream, with both their funding and granting operations (Gitcoin Grants Rounds, which I hope will include a D_D round funded by PGG - maybe GR17?
), as well as their media and outreach operations (Public Goods Are Good, Public Goods curricula like Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases. [I contributed to this on behalf of D_D already]). Other PG groups like the PG working group at ENS, other upcoming Public Goods DAOs, etc.
We will get experimental, we will get creative, and we will have a great time doing serious work building a better world together <3
I have started a #public-goods-guild channel in our D_D Discord server to host more discussion, and will be hosting regular syncs to get this flywheel spinning. Please join us! 3pm et Mondays