First and foremost, we want to express our sincere gratitude for the support and resources invested in the NerdOS delegation. Your contributions have allowed us to build a better and consistent brand presence on our social media channels, establish a team of leaders dedicated to different community areas, and work towards our long-term goals.
The NerdOS delegation is presenting for your consideration a proposal to release backpay funds for expenses related to our ETHDenver endeavor. This proposal covers the following:
Graphics Creation for NERD Delegation logo
EthOSxETHDenver Marketing/Promotion (T-shirts/Stickers)
Hotel Costs
We, the NerdOS delegation, participated quite successfully in ETHDenver's 2023 Hackathon and represented EthOS through promotional items and direct developer conversations and meetings. We stayed for the duration of the 10-day ETHDenver Hackathon, although some of us were only able to be present partially, either for the first half or the last half. However, there was always a consistent presence.
Our stated goal was to "maximize the brand presence of EthOS in the event and to ensure that our participation is well-received by the community," and we achieved that quite successfully. We also learned some lessons for future endeavors and hackathons on how to better represent EthOS at these events.
Stickers and sticker designs were excellently received, and we saw many developers with the cross-branded NerdxEthOS stickers on their laptops, which they see every day.
T-Shirts help us look uniform in our efforts, especially if we're walking together.
The next event should include a booth to concentrate a spot for developers to come and ask about EthOS and its technical capabilities.
Sponsoring a bounty at future hackathons would be a fantastic way to showcase the EthreansOS stack and see some interesting products come out of it, and likely have the best R&R.
We are committed to sharing our experience at ETHDenver with the EthereansOS community through our social media channels and chats. Our focus will be on providing a clear and comprehensive communication strategy that covers the user's journey and explains how new people can get to know EthOS and the Nerd Delegation.
We met with Buidl Guidl, Lens, Optimism, Chainlink (and many others) in person and had discussions about EthOS and its use cases, often directly with developers.
We formed a hacker team and successfully submitted a project. Our intent was to win a bounty at the hackathon, which usually requires developing something related to the bounty. However, a successful bounty win looks good for Nerd, and because of our close relationship to EthOS, looks good for you all too. [Rewrite this to focus on our submissions-At0x]
As in our previous proposal, we went over the finances that would be required to attend, not accounting for flights, etc., which the delegation offered up on their own. Therefore, we request your support to provide us with the financial resources needed to backpay those who incurred the debt on their own dime upfront in relation to hotels and marketing materials.
Here is the cost breakdown for this proposal:
Since the start of the year, the Nerd Delegation has been working with a content distribution team called CoinAquarium. which is writing crypto-related news. We have an agreement where Nerd is advising to improve their content and editorial quality while promoting the EthereansOS protocol through educational content and coverage of their latest happenings. We intend to grow a strong brand of content distribution to help increase the reach of EthOS promotional efforts.
AirBnB for NERD Hackerhouse : 1600$ USD
NERD powered by EthOS promotional material 588 $USD
CoinAquarium Partnership Jan/Feb/March 1500USD
Total 3688 USD // 2.62 ETH@1400
We hope you see our dedication to the relationship between Nerd and EthOS. We believe the best way to do that is to interest developer share first, and the rest will follow. This was the first step, and quite educational, for how to accomplish this goal better in the future, on top of being a success in its own right.
Best regards,
The NerdOS Delegation