[PROPOSAL #68][ACCEPTED] Make Cosmos Hub the Lead Sponsor of Cosmoverse 2022
Summary: If this proposal passes, 2600 ATOM will be allocated to the Cosmoverse team - making the ATOM community the lead sponsor of the Cosmoverse Conference 2022. Cosmoverse is an annual conference with the goal to unite Cosmonauts from all over the world. The Cosmos Hub was the first lead supporter for Cosmoverse 2021 and we would like to keep it that way for this one as well. Description: Cosmoverse 2022 is a community-organized conference that will take place in Medellín, Colombia on September 27 & 28, 2022. Our goal is to unite the Cosmos community from all across the globe and get them into one room with leading Cosmos builders. Around the main conference days, we will organize side-events, workshops, and afterparties, which will extend Cosmoverse into a week-long experience. Cosmoverse keeps a strong community spirit. There won’t be any VIP areas or exclusive sections. Attendees will have direct access to Cosmos thought leaders and core developers. Cosmoverse is organized by Cosmonauts, for Cosmonauts. Where do the funds go? The sponsorship will help us finance the Cosmoverse conference. The main costs include: • Conference venue • F&B (conference +…
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My only issue with this proposal is, I do not support funding for an after party. This strictly benefits community members who are able to travel to the conference. It does not provide any good for the community members who are unable to travel but at they’re expense.
The after party should be added as an extra to the ticket price but not included.
Thanks for your answer! Sorry, we didn’t make that clear. We will have separate sponsors for the afterparty. The funds from this proposal will mainly be used to pay for the venue, F&B, and Audio&Visuals.
Thank you for clarifying.
Sponsorship sounds mutually beneficial. Do you have a budget breakdown for the allocation of funds?
We haven’t received the final quotes yet - but costs for the venue, F&B, and Audio & Visuals alone are already above 6 figures. We expect the costs to grow even more over the coming months as more ideas come to our minds. We are dedicated to making this the best Cosmos experience ever!
Proposal up already? Seems rushed and kind of irresponsible given you are asking for an arbitrary number of funds for an unspecified budget plan for an event with an unspecified number of attendees. How you are spending 50+ grand in dollars a day for food, venue, and audio-visuals, in Columbia, is important information that I believe the community deserves to know if you asking us to fund it.
Also, your proposal doesn’t even specify that this money will be allocated for food, venue, and audio-visual. Instead it seems to indicate that legal fees, the after party, and marketing costs are related to this proposal, even though you have on this forum stated otherwise. This seems dishonest.
A final note, your proposal reads like advertising.
You can do better.
Voting: “No.”
Hey all!
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Can you say more about the Hub’s representation in the conference?
Cosmos Prop 68# - Voted no.
Why should we sponsor Cosmoverse, we are too early for the fun part, there is a lot of work to be done.
2600 ATOM Can be used to hire more Devs and build interchain security faster.q
To benfit ATOM we need to develop more token utility and not to sponser after parties.
For Marketing you need bring new users to the ecosystem from outside, internal marketing and parties are useless right now.
#ATOM #CosmosEcosystem #COSMOVERSE #CosmosEVM #Evmos @Cryptocito
Hope you’re not holding you breath. Looks like he isn’t interested in engaging with the community here. A bit odd considering he’s part of organizing a soon-to-be community sponsored event that’s supposed to increase engagement. But then again, why would he bother? The community voted to give him money and pretty much all he had to say was “trust me, it’ll be awesome.”
This is a tough one. I see the benefit to growing the name recognition of cosmos and making cosmoverse an epic affair, but I also think in these early stages of growth we need to be careful about wasting money. I don’t know.