Boring Annual Awards

PROPOSAL NAME:

Boring Awards

TEAM DESCRIPTION:

Chris Jourdan (Captain Zwingli) will be leading this initiative. It’s a passion project for Chris who has extensive experience in creating recognition programs and delivering awards while emceeing conferences.

In addition to creating recognition and awards programs for leading franchise brands, Chris has also hosted and recognized hundreds of crypto and web3 industry leaders across several Spaces on X and podcasts.

  1. “Coffee with Captain - powered by $APE” a leading daily morning show with over 700 episodes
  2. Welcome Wednesday Space with Welcome Apes
  3. “Live from the Bodega” with BAYC & Illa featuring four MBA brands

@ChrisJourdan on X

PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION:

This proposal is to create an ongoing member recognition and annual awards program.

This proposal is to establish the program and only include reasonable cost for plaques / awards. Additional AIPs may follow to create a budget for additional prizes for award recipients, as well as the funding of an annual “winner’s circle” cruise or trip, or add-on to ApeFest.

BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM:

This proposal will benefit the ecosystem in many ways and has the potential to be one of the most impactful AIPs in regards to impact per $ape.

Many individuals will work harder, contribute more, and go above and beyond for recognition. For some it’s a greater motivator than any amount of money.

Not to mention, just a nice low-cost way to show our appreciation to members who do go above and beyond for the club.

DEFINITIONS:

Define any words or phrases within your submission that are unique to the proposal, new to the APE Community, and/or industry-specific.

STEPS TO IMPLEMENT:

Outline the steps to implement your proposal.

  • Project to start upon passing of this AIP. 2024 awards to be awarded during Art Basel in December. 2025 Awards will be awarded at ApeFest 2025. This proposal will cover program implementation and 2 years of awards, after which time a renewal AIP will be needed.
  • Discussion period to ideate more and finalize the AIP prior to going to vote.
  • Costs in this AIP will be 100% direct costs related to the physical awards production and shipping costs

REPORTING EXPECTATIONS:

A spreadsheet accounting for the costs of the awards will be provided. Any surplus of funds will be put towards “the awards ceremony” at ApeFest 2025.

(note - no costs are for an actual ceremony are considered or assumed at this time - rather we will plan to partner with another existing side event to announce and present the awards at)

OVERALL COST:

Total amount requested from the ApeCoin Ecosystem Fund = 5,000 $ape

~2,500 $ape to cover the cost of 2024 awards and shipping and the remainder will cover the cost of 2025 awards.

Proposed Awards - please add additional ideas in the discussion

BAYC Member of the Year / MVP
Newcomer of the Year / Rookie of the Year
Artist of the Year
MBA Builder of the Year
Club Ambassador of the Year
Content Creator of the Year
Vibes / Spirit Award
Most Engaged Member / Reply Guy of the Year
Volunteer of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
Yuga Club Leadership Award (awarded to most impactful Yuga employee, in regards to their positive impact on the club)

Need to discuss voting for the awards. Should it be:

1 $ape = 1 vote
1 wallet with $ape = 1 vote
1 Ape or Mutant = 1 vote

Thoughts?

I knda like this tbh…

Low cost. Good way to unify the community with something fun to rally around. I would just hope to see some steady marketing around it, so that we make sure that people actually know what it is and care about it.

Funnn.

AC

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No rewards for DAO members

  • Best commentator
  • Poorest performance committee
  • Best performance committee
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:white_check_mark: Kapow! Good idea. I’m in :+1:

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Big fan of this idea – low cost, high fun. Motivational tool to recognize those already driving value in the ecosystem and perhaps a low cost causative agent to tip the scales to compel others to start creating and taking on more. Morale boost as well and just a fun event for all to show appreciation to the leaders and builders that often get taken for granted.

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Love the concept. Would love to see this expanded beyond just the BAYC community but the entire ApeCoinDAO community.

Also, formally request we rename this “The Yachties” :rofl:

(Naming credit to @dortgod )

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Cool idea.

I hope that nobody sees this as demotivation if they weren’t voted for a certain award.

Would include a few Apecoin-related awards:

  • DAO Contributer of the Year

And also some for other yuga nft collections and maybe others who are actively involved in the DAO:

  • Otherside Member of the Year
  • Moonbirds Member of the Year
  • 10KTF Member of the Year
  • Meebits Member of the Year

The question is how deep you would go with the awards and whether you want to focus on the BAYC community or the yuga ecosystem.

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I like the idea,
however, we must remember that not only Ape-s are members of the DAO, and the awards should go to everyone.
Therefore, surveillance must be extensive and clearly visible , because our members are in different projects

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Great Idea. Positive community event. Low cost and great social activity. Fully support!

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Hi @CaptainZwingli ,

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-@Facilitators

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Very good idea
i’ll join Mak on the extension to apedao members but only 512 ppl have the status (and large part are BAYC members)
I guess a slight update in that way will not deeply change the spirit and cost of this proposal

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Hi ApeCoin DAO Community,

@CaptainZwingli has requested to extend the community discussion period for this AIP idea. This topic will automatically close a further 7 days from now. We encourage the community to continue to engage in thoughtful discussions through constructive criticism, honest feedback, and helpful suggestions.

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Hi @CaptainZwingli ,

The community feedback period for your proposal would be ending in roughly 24 hours.

  • If you’re content with the feedback received, your next steps are to finalize your proposal using the AIP Draft Template.
  • A moderator will reach out to the author to finalize the AIP Draft. Upon receipt of the final Draft, we will review and provide instructions on the next steps.
  • Are you ready to proceed to the next phase or do you wish to extend community discussion for another 7 days?

We look forward to hearing from you.

-@Facilitators

This topic was automatically closed after 7 days. New replies are no longer allowed.

Hi @CaptainZwingli ,

Thank you for your ideas [and the ApeCoin DAO community for the insightful discussions].

A moderator will reach out to the author to finalize the AIP Draft using the appropriate template.

  • Once the AIP Draft is confirmed by the author and meets all DAO-approved guidelines, it will receive an AIP ID number and move forward for Draft Analysis Review.
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Follow this Topic as further updates will be posted here in the comments. In accordance with DAO-approved guidelines, if the author does not respond within 30 days, the proposal will be automatically transferred to the Withdrawn category, and the author can re-submit the idea.

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Hi ApeCoin DAO Community,

This Topic has been rejected based on the DAO-approved guidelines due to no response in the last 30 days. The Topic may be submitted again by any user and upon approval, will be open for 7 days for community discussions.

This Topic will move and remain in the Withdrawn AIPs category.

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