Request for Proposal: Cayman Islands Administrator for the APE Foundation

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Hi All,

The WG0 Stewards would like to clarify a few things. First, this RFP is for a contract term of one year. It is the expectation of the WG0 Stewards that the process of extending this agreement, or determining the next administrator, will occur three months prior to the expiration of this contract.

Second, the WG0 Stewards Analysis included on the Snapshot voting page was specified in the “Proposal evaluations by points system” task mentioned in the RFP Timeline. As part of a transparent RFP process, the analysis was the opportunity for the Stewards to provide insight into our experience with each bidding group through multiple discussions, interviews, emails and calls over the past three weeks. The analysis and scores are not a binding decision, but rather a quantification of our experience with the bidders. Every DAO member has the opportunity to perform their own due diligence on the bids and make their own voting decision.

We publicly communicated the intent to share our evaluation numerous times – through the official ApeCoin twitter, through the WG0 Discord, and here on Discourse. We evaluated the bidders to be equal in all but the category of Knowledge / Skill Requirement & Work Experience. We awarded higher points to WebSlinger in this category for a number of tangible and intangible reasons. Namely:

  1. WebSlinger’s team had more extensive experience within the Crypto / Web3 environment, including one team member having over 145 Fintech patents.

  2. WebSlinger expressed consistent interest and a keen desire to decentralize DAO roles and responsibilities to the community, showing a heightened understanding of the immediate goals of ApeCoin DAO.

  3. WebSlinger’s bid represented a single point of contact for ease of communications and logistics with Working Groups and the APE Foundation.

  4. WebSlinger’s bid involved CFO services being provided by a global firm (Crestbridge).

  5. A lack of a website by Lemma, a statement they would not be responsible for instances where the previous provider does not provide a complete hand-over, in addition to inconsistency of proposed costs and timeline were deductions against the PAL group.

We believe both groups are competent, accomplished, and can fulfill the needs of the APE Foundation Administrator RFP otherwise they would have not been put to a vote. This is a complicated process, but we encourage every DAO member to ask as many questions as they desire before making a voting selection. There will be an additional Twitter Space tomorrow at 3 PM PST to hear from the Bidders before voting closes.

We hope to see you all there.

Waabam, on behalf of the WG0 Stewards

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