Welcome to your latest Unlock DAO update! Apologies for missing out on some recent summaries, but I am back! This edition is packed with progress, the power of collaboration, and a few hurdles that we overcame like a little breeze. Let's get to it!

Julien provided us with the most recent updates around the work of the core team:

• During our call, Julien addressed the recent downtime caused by a hosting provider issue, ensuring the website and API endpoints are back online and minting is available again.

• Julien reported ongoing GitHub and database cleanup, with a focus on completing the migration by week’s end. This matters especially because of our upcoming collaboration with Scout Game. Stay tuned for that one!

• Plans are underway to consolidate protocol fees from all chains back to the DAO on Base, streamlining treasury management. This is a labor-intensive undertaking and requires some focus and care. Time will be needed to see this revision through.

• The most requested feature from recent events is the ability to add more event managers directly from the event page, which is under active product discussion but can't be addressed immediately.

• Role NFT Designs
  Leah Sams delivered her final role design artworks, including layered files and time-lapse videos for social media. Multiple frame options allow for flexible use with personal NFTs. Next steps include minting our role-based membership NFTs with Unlock and launching our organizational tree using Hats Protocol. Exciting!

• Role Proposal Feedback
  Trigs is gathering community input for a new role proposal, exploring both public and anonymous feedback mechanisms to ensure comfort and inclusivity. He will be putting up his proposal for the position of Steward for Member Relations and Governance soon. Make sure to provide feedback before the time comes in the related Discord thread.

• Burner x DSC x Unlock
  Conversations are currently ongoing to determine the best course of action. Burner is a fascinating device, and we see benefits for users such as the Digital Spenders Club. We will keep you posted on what is coming next in this collaboration.

• BlockChain Developer Festival Proposal
  David Lumala and his team, who are organizing the next Blockchain Developer Festival in Kampala, joined to present their final proposal, which is now active on our Tally voting platform. Thank you to the Tally family for taking care of a tiny bug we encountered with this specific proposal 💜

• Arbifuel Application
  Our recent application to Arbifuel was sadly declined. Nonetheless, we appreciate that Arbitrum DAO took the time to respond.

• Arbitrum Grant Second Milestone
  We heard back from Arbitrum DAO via our intimate chat group on Telegram. Questions were asked about the timing and delay of our commitments, which I explained as best and honestly as possible. Anas, our contact person, told me that Arbitrum DAO should be back with a final response soon via email. We are looking forward to hearing their response and hopefully many more collaborations of this kind with them!

• Ninja Promo x Unlock
  Ceci, our Steward for Marketing & Communications, is preparing an additional influencer marketing campaign with Ninja Promo. Together with David, we took time to analyze a list of possible KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) and price ranges to align them with the soon-to-be-published budget proposal. We will keep you posted on more defined news around this topic soon!

• CommunityOne Proposal
  The DAO approved the CommunityOne bot. Julien and I will aim to get the bot up and running starting next week at the latest. Let's see how it feels to have a little robot around DAO operations.

• Video Challenge
  Want to become a visible face of the DAO on our socials? We have a small pilot video project that we would like to involve DAO members in. Answer the three questions listed in the challenge on the #kudos or #marketing channel on Discord and post all four short videos in there for further editing. Video creation will be rewarded with $UP and hence a stronger voice in our protocol's future!

Here’s how you can get involved this week:

1. Vote on our active Tally (onchain) proposal(s) here.

2. Revise or comment on the following Discord chats:
   - Blockchain Festival Kampala
   - Video Challenge

3. Share our social media posts and engage with campaigns across X, LinkedIn, Farcaster, YouTube, and TikTok—let’s amplify our message together!

Making the world progress where it otherwise couldn't is by empowering regular people with powerful tools! This is what we, along with all other open-tech, decentralized, and peer-governed projects, are doing. You are part of this incredible revolution! Keep supporting this mission by being a member of this DAO, with small and grand gestures to carry that message out wide and far into the world!

More exciting updates will arrive soon in your inbox, so stay tuned and most importantly ...

Your Lead Steward

Stella