Proposal: Arbitrum Sponsorship at RWA Paris 2025

[paulofonseca]

I’m not defending the funding of this specific proposal. If this goes to a vote I’m still not sure if I would vote For or Against.

I just wanted to clarify that yours and @Curia comment that I quoted above could be read as misinformation by others. The DAO does not have a cap to spend money on events.

Also, regarding this:

@pedrob

In my opinion, this proposal does not follow the proper procedures to receive funding through either of these channels. The first, due to timing, as it should have requested funds during Season 2. The second, due to the type of proposed sponsorship.

I disagree. It can be argued that this proposal for sponsoring NFT Paris is actually perfectly suited to be funded by the Events Budget, because, as you quoted from the original proposal:

@Entropy

Our proposed Events strategy should focus on 2 key categories:

1. Delegate Gatherings aimed at streamlining operations through in-person meetups such as a delegate retreat.
2. Ecosystem Growth Events to foster innovation and community engagement, ideally coinciding with other major crypto conferences (specifically ETHDenver, Bitcoin 2025: Las Vegas, EthCC, among other potential events) at the same location. These events can include, but are not limited to:

• Virtual hackathons
• Non-crypto conference presence (RustConf, CES, etc.)
• In-person hackathons
• Side events
• Sponsorships of major events
• Arbitrum Days around the world (not just EthCC)
• Educational workshops (Stylus & Orbit)

The proposed breakfast could be seen as a Delegate Gathering mentioned in point 1, and NFT Paris can be considered a major events that we would like to sponsor, making it part of the “Sponsoring of major events” in point 2.

So I believe this proposal is following the correct procedure to get funding from Arbitrum DAO, and is doubly suited to get funding from the 2025 Events budget since it complies with both key categories in the original proposal. So, in my opinion, this proposal is actually a great example of a service provider looking to get funded by Arbitrum DAO.