Unsolicited advice
Telegram group
Each round operator without existing Telegram group should establish one.
A single group OR dedicated threads for things like shilling / techical support / gm / memes. Best of both worlds: start small and if the traffic overflows then decide. But definitely establish a direct line for grantees to ask questions.
Independent review
Another piece of unsolicited advice is independence of the assessment. I know it is more convenient to operate on a single Google Sheet but it can lead to “group think” and ratings / eligibility being influenced by seeing other answers. I strongly recommend independent ratings. Could be as simple as “duplicate sheet” and “enforcement on the social layer” by not looking how other rate the projects.
(this is high trust environment, people running the round know and trust each other)
Honest feedback / transparent review
After independent review is reconciled, totally possible to remove the names of individual jurors and public the results in the spirit of transparency and integrity.
“shill it forward”
Something that works well (idea cross-pollinated from CCN) is “shill it forward”. On the Twitter Spaces you are more than welcome to promote a project, it just cannot belongs to you.
Extra points for early submission
Another idea cross-polinated from CCN is the bonus for early bird or penalty for late submissions. This is to ensure smooth (on time) acceptance
Proposed VS retroactive
To avoid any potential future debates, worth stating explictly if the grant is for the proposed work or retroactive.
Established VS new
Sometimes there is a rule “projects neeed to be at least … old”
Sometimes you want to encourage new proposals, new ideas, from credible people with accountability and reputation.
Or maybe in order to establish project self-funding / bootstrapping / skin in the game required? Could be either, depending on circumstances and capital / time / energy / effort required to initiate a project.
Apppeals VS decision is final?
Maybe. Could be both. Finality means less work, less drama, faster turnaround.
Default suite of tools
Karma GAP: https://gap.karmahq.xyz/
Hypercerts: https://www.hypercerts.org/
DeVouch: https://devouch.xyz/
OpenSource observer (that’s mostly for the core rounds, as they focus on OSS)
Think 10x
My personal favourite: THINK BIGGER
Thread in this theme: How might we scale Gitcoin's Impact from $50mm GMV to $500m GMV? 📈
Limit the round to up to … projects
This is to ensure ROI on time / energy / effort. Or maybe not? Currently I see GG rounds as popularity contest. But I also understand that good marketing is a good proxy for execution and real-life adoption. I recentlly flipped to like QF: