For: 3 | Against: 0 | Abstain: 1

+abstain If I'm against nouns and sponsorships then I should probably be against this one too ...but still figuring out from my POV why Base feels like an exception here. Nouns always feels very case by case, but I'm still mulling this one over so I'm not just against the tide for no strong reason. — @indexcard.eth

+for with exception that I'd like to see effort in quantifying the impact for nouns. I agree with index that sponsorships feel like they have ambiguous EV so it would be nice to try to quantify — @frog

+for — @symbiotech.eth

+for Based & Nounish, great collaboration 🤝 — @0xishal

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The nouniverse has voted through $NOGS ⌐◨-◨

FOR: 55 AGAINST: 1

33600 $NOGS have been shared among the participants.

For: 6 | Against: 0 | Abstain: 0

For

• 0xmonografia | "Let's do it! ⌐◨-◨"

abstaining bc I love hackathons and the funding model generally but don't understand the mandates well enough around the round, whether it biases for Base-related projects or is supportive of work amplifying other L2s/L1 etc. Depending on the details, its possible i would feel very wtf about Nouns directly subsidizing a corporate-sponsored ecosystem, even though I understand well how they are likely an important strategic ally in the near-term.

Lot of questions & general skepticism about the economic structure behind Base but will leave it there for now.
don't doubt there will have some great output; look fwd

Easy yes! What could be more nounish than supporting builders? While I understand the concerns and agree that this could be even bigger with a marketing strategy to bring attention to Nouns, I also think that just contributing to the prize pool is pretty great narratively. Thank you, Drew, for proposing it.

Onchain summer had a big impact last year- we should be a part of that. I hear the critiques but it's not a big bet and imo that should come into consideration here.. Appreciate drew bringing us into the fold.

The Nouncil has spoken.

We discuss all Nouns proposals every week in our Discord https://discord.gg/fdjJpMeV6K. The calls are public and all are welcome!

You can find previous call recordings here: https://nouncil.notion.site/30328df718424f17a623859018497fc2?v=806b5234a2a34b619c3d5028bcd879f0&pvs=4

Nouncil has voted in overwhelming support of sponsoring the Onchain Summer Buildathon, recognizing it as an excellent opportunity. Voters appreciate the potential for positive, non-financial applications and commend the leadership of the Base team. Despite some concerns about centralization and the specifics of deliverables, the majority believe this is a positive proposal.

FOR - 32 VOTES

mindtoasted | "Hell YEAH"

imwylin | *"voting for, with the disclosure that Coinbase has flown me to Washington DC/ provided accommodations twice and had me on stage as a speaker, with another thing upcoming.

i'm also a bit hesitant about Base. Jesse, Brian Armstrong and the Base team give great vibes, the grants for builders are awesome. As much as I think Brian operates from a place of seeking individual liberty and securing the right to transact freely, have deep respect for him leading the charge of making the workplace an apolitical mission-focused space, and appreciate a16z's support for him/ those principles, I do worry about the centralization of the blockchain based internet on an L2 which is a revenue driver for a publicly traded company subject to regulatory scrutiny

hoping to see a push for non-financial applications, ie: ResearchHub/ DeSci, DePIN, private peer-to-peer transactions, and other postive-sum, incentive shifting mechanisms to solve real-world infrastructure & human rights issues from the team"*

benbodhi | "yes.⌐◨-◨"

bigshotklim | "One of the best opportunities to expand reach in and outside of web3"

sqx.pcc | "havent read, but i like the title."

AGAINST - 1 VOTES

peterpandam | *""NounsDAO would be included in all Onchain Summer communications, be listed as a primary supporter, receive Nouns branding on the Unplugged track and the ability to run workshops, and have a representative from Nouns as a hackathon judge."

deliverables are weak for the ask. who is running workshops? who is the judge? this prop needs more people listed as involved imo.

sponsoring the event may bring more awareness to Nouns but what is going to make the builders nounish?"*

ABSTAINS - 2 VOTES

I generally think this proposal is a healthy ask and a typical sponsorship.

However I do agree with Peter and Brennen that the proposal is lacking more thought towards how ⌐◨-◨ are integrated and how we capture potential attention that is coming our way. But that missing part might just be due to the blurred lines of who is proposing: Drew as the agent for Nouns or Drew as the agent for Base.

The answer is likely: both. Which is a sweet spot to be in for all parties.

Since this is a sponsorship, it's up to us to build out "the rest of the funnel".

I'm excited for onchain summer and hope to see a lot of contributions coming from the wider ecosystem and or initiatives that aim at capturing and expanding on the momentum the campaign is anticipating!

from nounsfe: For: 3 | Against: 0 | Abstain: 0

lunari: after being on warpcast, and interacting on the L2 Base-chain for the past few months, I'm super confident in this proposal! ....having flashbacks to the 2021-2022 web3 art/photography space, and the high-risk high-reward entry it took to mint something then... Base feels like the current crux of creative freedom on-chain. It would be awesome to see us support that :] (especially while encouraging a larger nounish presence both onchain and irl!). Personally, I'm always going to be a fan of the details, and proposals with lots of showmanship/pageantry (if anything just so we can be more emotionally invested or follow socials no matter the outcome), so +1 on peter here w/ jess. A nudge into the rabbit hole of the DAO might work great if added to this sponsorship, and encourage extra yummy sprinkles of ✨⌐noun-ish✨ on top of the current and future building

jesscas: sounds good, hope that there will be more details about the hackathon like peter has mentioned, excited to see what people will build!

Super Based ⌐◨-◨

I like on chain. and I like summer.

unsure what a buildathon is. but something cool will probably come out of it.

details are scant and lack of details has lead to inconsistent completion in the past. more control in this situation.

On Chain Summer. LFG.

No brainer. ⌐◨-◨

Truthfully, im not a huge fan of sponsorships. In most cases where we are asked to pay for someone to slap noggles on a thing im against. It feels empty, soulless and mostly waters down what i love about the brand.

But this is not quite that! The exception imo is when someone or something already value-aligned wants to collaborate and the ask is relatively modest. So im for sponsoring Base and Onchain Summer.

Aside — To Peters point, the prop is very light on info, but i think that is fine when:

• The proposer is known, has a strong track record w nouns and there is real social cost to underdelivering
• The ask is modest-ish

The onchain all season train is ontrack! I am a yes in all languages. 🪬✨

Onchain summer gave birth to BasePaint and many other cool projects. I feel like having Nouns mentioned around is good for the brand.

Excited about Onchain Summer! Base team has proven excellent and trustworthy.

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Seems like a win - win. Seems like Nouns might get some based exposure through this!

Agree with the concerns of making sure there is attribution for the donation towards the prize pool. Yes, specifications around where the ⌐◨-◨ would be seen would have been preferable.

However, I have seen the Base team multiple times over recognize, support and spotlight builders within this community and elsewhere without any kind of donation made or without those highlighted even knowing it was coming, so I trust that this will happen even if it was not specified in the prop.

while i understand peter’s sentiment and even will’s point about our standwithcrypto contribution getting very little visibility (often not showing on leaderboard bc we sent funds directly rather than minting to reduce gas cost loss which was significant back then) with the base team specifically i feel differently

base team obviously has jesse, wilson, and drew who are huge genuine nouns fans and it shows. they added noggles to the massively minted based introduced nft without anything in return (we didn’t pay for that). the entire base team wore noggles and took a team photo and put it on farcaster as like a voluntarily positive expression towards nouns at some point? of course it’s a back and forth of reciprocal authenticity. we did a sponsorship with basepaint bc we just thought basepaint was epic. my point here is that i feel a bit differently here given the context and history compared to if the same was coming from another generic crypto brand.

i’m very happy for nouns to be a flagship sponsor of base’a onchain hackathon and trust that drew and the base team will do nouns’ sponsorship justice.

yes, yes, yes, and yes. let's help make this the best onchain summer ever. nounspace is stoked to help to onchain millions of users alongside nouns and a growing # of amazing projects this summer. bullish onchain summer, bullish nouns, and will be more bullish on both if this prop passes ⌐◨-◨ ☀️

100% would want to fund onchain summer, but do we get build boards with noggles or whats our big win?

We should be more critical of props that don't have equal delivery of value, even if they come from valid sources. Aka hold all proposals more or less to the same value structures.

Based & Nounish.

It's evident that Nouns has a pretty solid footing on Base, and it's great that we're thinking about funding builders. However, the proposal seems a bit light on details, especially concerning who's running the workshops and who's judging the hackathon. Will these roles be filled if no one else steps up? Will there be additional funding for these tasks?

"Thanks to Nouns for providing the prizing!"

However, what is the follow-up here? I'm curious about what steps we're taking to get builders really hooked on what Nouns is all about. How do we plan to encourage them to dive deeper?

Hell yeah! Builders gonna build, and they'll do so with nouns!

Loads of trust in Drew & Base but agree with Will's thoughts here

This is a great opportunity to surface Nouns in front of more builders. I’m in favor.

I’d flag that Nouns’s track record of getting prominent billing in corporate sponsorship initiatives, such as in Stand With Crypto, has not been great. Nouns mentions post-sponsorship have frequently been lower visibility than expected, and sometimes forgotten altogether.

I trust the Base team to do right by Nouns, but I would have significantly more hesitation in the future if Nouns continues to have low visibility after approving corporate sponsorships.

Easy yes. Echoing lilfrog: maybe have a small part of the prop allocated to post-event documentation/socials etc

100% in support of this. I agree it's opportunity to attract net-new builders but would love if we could quantify this after the hackathon ends somehow to know how successful we were

I’m a huge yes to supporting this. The price tag to contribute is good and I think nouns being a core supporter is an awesome initiative.