I will be voting FOR this proposal in Snapshot.
I do believe there is a gap for projects that are beginning to grow and this type of support is something that has to be tackled. This proposal will ultimately help in growing the community of builders. Other ecosystems could have limited teams to give this support, Arbitrum’s advantage should be our structure and community expertise. We should leverage this.
I also think the Events Budget is an ideal funding mechanism, as it was approved, it tried to “get protocols building on Arbitrum aligned with the overall events strategy.” The Events Budget also passed with the idea to “enable the DAO to move more nimbly while also getting better pricing”. This proposal will be launched at ETHDenver and culminate in ETHCC which could help sustain momentum between events.
A traditional conference approach is normally more expensive than what is being proposed here. Additionally, this program will span several months, produce documented resources, and create infrastructure for future builder support which I think is positive overall for the ecosystem.