# The sCoop - Contributor Newsletter - 2021.09.22 Wednesday

**URL:** <https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/the-scoop-contributor-newsletter-2021-09-22-wednesday/2741>\
**Category:** sCoop\
**Created:** [22 September 2021 20:30 UTC](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/the-scoop-contributor-newsletter-2021-09-22-wednesday/2741 "2021-09-22T20:30:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mel.eth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/gov.indexcoop.com/mel.eth/32/3539_2.png) [@mel.eth](https://gov.indexcoop.com/u/mel.eth)\
**Post date:** [22 September 2021 20:30 UTC](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/the-scoop-contributor-newsletter-2021-09-22-wednesday/2741/1 "2021-09-22T20:30:27Z")

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## **The sCoop**

_Fresh Owlpha, curated daily._ _This is [@HOWweDAO](https://twitter.com/howwedao)._ ([previous issue](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/the-scoop-contributor-newsletter-2021-09-21-tuesday/2728))

_Today we had the Business Development WG and Leadership Forum meetings. Don’t miss the Index 2.0 Workshops tomorrow and Friday!_

**Calls to Action:**

- **[Working Group](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/working-groups-v1-1/1824) Proposal deadline for Q4: October 4, 2021** (questions to @anon10525910)
- [IIP-XY - Removal of Funding Council wallet and hive up into the Operations account](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/iip-xy-removal-of-funding-council-wallet-and-hive-up-into-the-operations-account/2736) by @ElliottWatts
- [Request for Feedback: Index Coop KPIs v2.0](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/request-for-feedback-index-coop-kpis-v2-0/2733) by @jdcook
- [Proposal: Asia Pacific Working Group (APWG)](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/proposal-asia-pacific-working-group-apwg/2691) by @lee0007 **(current appeal for feedback!)**
- [Proposal : Robot Index Working Group (RIWG)](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/proposal-robot-index-working-group-riwg/2705) by @Monportefeuille

**Context Corner:**

- [Trust and impact in the Index Coop](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/trust-and-impact-in-the-index-coop/1661) by @Pepperoni_Joe
- [Work Team Analysis for iROBOT](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/work-team-analysis-for-irobot/2720) by @catjam

**Product Spotlight: (new section!)**

- [IIP-71-Final : Launching the Robot Index (iRobot)](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/iip-xx-final-launching-the-robot-index-irobot/2739) by @Monportefeuille
- [Gather around, it’s time for some Product Working Group Lore… (AKA PWG Season 1 and 2 report)](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/gather-around-it-s-time-for-some-product-working-group-lore-aka-pwg-season-1-and-2-report/2738) by @overanalyser
- [IIP-XX: Launch Polygon Diversified Index (PDI)](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/iip-xx-launch-polygon-diversified-index-pdi/2709) by @Mringz @Ahuja @AsifKhan and Hamzah Khan

**Business Development WG** (17 attendees) [notion](https://www.notion.so/Business-Development-Board-c14e9903841d40bf95841be7af1ca0fe)  
Opener: _Where would you like to contribute besides Index Coop?_ No repeat answers, DAOs named spanned DeFi and NFT/entertainment. The only one I didn’t recognize was [Big Head Club](https://www.bighead.club/) by [@EricJorgenson](https://twitter.com/EricJorgenson) and when I went to check it out and plugged in my email I received an auspicious toast that stated: “This is the beginning of the rest of your life.” . . . who knew!? I’m excited. What a time to be alive. Moving along . . .

@Mringz at the conn, but @oneski22 further kicked-off the meeting with a live-update from Mainnet '21 in NYC! Noted was that Index Coop is heavy on integrations and otherwise have a lot of constituent protocols within our indexing products; Aave and Compound were highlighted. Besides some great meetings with our various VC partners, a [heartwarming tweet](https://twitter.com/khamzah22/status/1440163242106523654?s=20) from the Hamza over at Polygon who I had the pleasure of meeting earlier this week.

DAO Treasury sales have been **STRONG** with Nexus Mutual looking to add DPI to their capital pool, interest from NFTX, and Barnbridge and Shapeshift likely closing soon. @funkmasterflex gave a huge shout, fully backed by @Mringz, to the team coordinating these efforts.

While APAC Owls have been [fleshing out the details of a WG](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/proposal-asia-pacific-working-group-apwg/2691), swoop on over to the [APAC BD channel](https://discord.gg/zWf5SSQb) to jump into the conversation in the meantime. The current vertical within BDWG hasn’t slowed pace in the meantime with a ton of useful research ongoing, and many integrations and potential listings advancing.

And finally, some non-APAC integration teasers: Vesper Vault, FRAX\>\<FUSE, DPI:ETH Barnbrige Vault . . . ~fin~

**Leadership Forum** (22 attendees)  
@afromac took us through the high-level initiatives and cross-functional announcements this week. @fallow8 gave a quick recap of @Metfanmike and @setoshi’s speaking engagement at Mainnet this past Monday, noting that the conversation was interesting and Index Coop was well represented; hopefully a recording will become available soon. There are two upcoming Index 2.0 workshops, with Thursday covering trust-levels and compensation, and Friday covering representation and diversity.

@anon10525910 outlined the deadlines for the next Funding Council Grant with the **final date for Working Group approval being October 4, 2021**. Some discussion on interim-funding for new WGs that are created during Q4 with forthcoming guidance in the forum. There was also some discussion around funding interim and cross-functional initiatives with both Growth WG and POC WG initially viewed as ideal umbrellas under which to house such an initiative.

@nic has flagged that he’s working toward building consensus around how to approach _community_ in what has historically been a product-centric DAO. No discussion on this specifically within the forum yet, but if you have thoughts on this please reach out to @nic.

**Thursday Meetings:** (UTC/1-hr, UON)  
[1000](https://meet.google.com/yyr-jsvz-dwa) - New Joiner [APAC]  
[1600](https://meet.google.com/tpy-pdji-owk) - Owl Levels and Compensation [Index 2.0] (1.5-hrs)  
[1700](https://discord.com/invite/Sf5HDAGmZ7) - [Conversations with the Coop](https://indexcoop.substack.com/)- [Evan Van Ness](https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness), Ethereum OG (drop questions [here](https://discord.com/channels/762061559744299010/856716626552291328/889971518916935771))  
[1900](https://meet.google.com/ndy-zqip-gri) - Growth WG Meeting  
**OOO:** @MrMadila thru Sep 24, @Pepperoni_Joe thru Sep 24, @Mringz (limited capacity) thru Sep 24

**Daily DAOwlpha:** “‘DeFi’ is just ‘finance’ if you’re in college.” - @funkmasterflex _(during discussion on integrating with university groups on today’s BDWG call)_

Hoot!  
- @mel.eth

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IDK where @funkmasterflex came from but he has been KILLING IT! 🚀

We need a video of Mainnet speaking ASAP - stoked to watch it

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**Author:** ![funkmasterflex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/gov.indexcoop.com/funkmasterflex/32/1853_2.png) [@funkmasterflex](https://gov.indexcoop.com/u/funkmasterflex)\
**Post date:** [22 September 2021 21:27 UTC](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/the-scoop-contributor-newsletter-2021-09-22-wednesday/2741/3 "2021-09-22T21:27:35Z")

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Thanks homies. Standing on the shoulders of giants 💪