As a graduate of the Onboarding Pilot program (V1) on the Social Media Fellowship team, I wanted to provide my own personal experiences from V1, and how I believe that V2 will enhance the experience of applicants to become valued contributors to the DAO, regardless if they are selected to become Fellows or not.
In V1, as a participant it felt (other than our own group who had an awesome Gandalf; @zer8) that we were very much on our own - we didn’t have a lot of interaction as individuals with the onboarding team. We had to figure it out, what were the goals and how to accomplish them. Sink or swim, basically.
As already stated in comments by delegates above, you recognize that it’s very difficult to navigate and actively engage with the DAO to become a valued contributor. Impossible, from a newer person’s experience without understanding how to navigate through-out the DAO, getting real hands-on experience and interacting with delegates to build relationships.
In this proposal, the team has really focused on a curriculum that has real meat to it, and with clear KPI’s and goals for the participants to strive for. The high valued personalized of the pre and post interviews, very defined goals of the participating delegates and service providers needs from the participants, I feel will not only create a positive experience with the DAO for these applicants, but also provide them with a roadmap to become long-term contributors.