Intro👋

• GM GM!
• Lots of excitement and appreciation from artists who were selected to showcase their work in NYC
• Town Hall may shift to every other week instead of weekly with non Town Hall Friday’s being open mic for the community to ask questions and chat

RugDAO Council🏛

• Today is the deadline for all DAO governance frameworks to be completed internally which was officially completed after today’s council call
  • Starting on June 17th, the community will be able to view and submit feedback on the frameworks
• Creator sub committee put together two frameworks
  • Content creators and platform guidelines
  • Grant proposal platform for creators to secure funding to grow their audiences and brand
• Kimberly, partnership committee
  • Thinking about how we can add utility and value to Rug Radio
  • Standards that influence who we partner with
  • Reward system/bounties for securing partnerships
  • Guardrails so that a partner can’t take control of the ecosystem and ensuring we’re doing ethically sound things

“Even just looking at my inbox today, it’s a ton of meeting invites for Rug Radio for things that we want to do.” - Daito, voting committee

“If we get this right, it could have ramifications for the future of Web3 and decentralized media platforms.” - Jess, creator committee

Team & Content Updates✍️

• Patrick
  • Creator documents and website sections
    • “Why host with Rug Radio?”
    • Host Application
    • Getting Started guide
    • Brand Guidelines
  • Tools
    • Downloading and syndication tools for pushing content to various platforms
    • Webflow developer is working on new, fresh things for the website
    • Bildr is making incredible progress on the content platform
    • After NFT.NYC, we’ll open everything up to more creators with lots more benefits and tools opening in July
  • Written Content
    • Amazing group of writers to create timely, accurate content in a variety of different styles
    • Section of the website where each author will have their own author page in addition to all of the articles that they have written
• Amie
  • Working with a developer based in Brazil to enhance the website and create the artist page that will feature artists from the Rug Radio event in NYC
  • Working with a graphic designer to create fresh graphics and marketing materials

“It’s an amazing relief to see such good quality people come to the table.” - Patrick

NFT NYC🗽

• Locations
  • SuperChief Gallery
    • June 20th - 22nd
    • Showcasing art from photographers and Rug Radio holders with cocktails and vibes in the evening
  • 477 Broadway (Soho)
    • June 21st - 22nd from 10am - 4pm
    • Huge loft where we’ll have breakfast, speakers, and a meet & greet with the team and other Rug Radio community members
      • Montreal bagels only (Sorry Keith😉)
      • Afterwards, we’ll go to the Superchief Gallery for drinks, art, and vibes from 4pm - 7pm
  • If you’re interested in sponsoring the event, let us know!

Bildr Updates🏗

• Mark and Drew join us LIVE from Consensus🔥
• For the host side, the functionality is pretty much completely in place and we’re going to start onboarding hosts onto the platform soon
  • Meeting with Patrick to ensure the platform will meet the needs of the creators and testing it
• Once the host side is in place, we’re going to bring in the community to test the platform from a user perspective and iterate based on feedback

“I’m pretty excited about what we’re building, and I think once people see it, they’ll be equally excited.” - Drew

Miscellaneous💬

• Meetings to hire a Head of Partnerships have started and we should have someone soon
• We’re seeing a larger number of Web2 brands entering the Web3 space
  • Rug Radio x Lacoste coming next week👀
• Updates from Jean Carlos
  • Working with tokenproof and support with claiming tickets for NYC
  • Reaching out to artists who were selected to showcase their work in NYC
    • Check your email & DM’s if you’re a Rug Radio holder and submitted your art!
    • We’ll be providing branded templates for you to share your art on social media and adding your work to the website
• If you think that there’s something that you’re good at and think you could help us with, reach out in the Discord!