10: CityDAO Diversity & Thailand // Citizen’s Series #3 – Elmo

Welcome again to the third episode of the Citizen’s Series here in the CityDAO Podcast. The Citizen’s Series is where citizens of CityDAO become a guest on this show and we get to know them a little bit more. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, Elmo is a very active CityDAO citizen who can usually be seen at our CityDAO discord channel. If you want to participate more and connect with Elmo or other CityDAO citizens, please visit our discord channel. Elmo has been recently elected as one of the CityDAO Council Members and he was the most voted candidate during the election. Aside from being a CityDAO citizen and council member, Elmo is a freelance tutor teaching high school students in Thailand.

One of the greatest things about CityDAO is that it has a diverse geographic location of its citizens, which means that people from all across the world can own legally enforceable governance rights over this piece of land that we purchased in Wyoming. This is the first time that it has happened at this level and everyone in CityDAO is very excited to be a part of this project.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

• 1:34 Elmo is from Thailand and he is a newly elected CityDAO council member. He is extremely active in CityDAO and he can be seen mostly in the CityDAO discord channel.
• 2:39 Because of Covid, Elmo is mostly staying inside his home in Bangkok.
• 3:14 Eric went to Chiang Mai and watched some Muay Thai fights. He also went to Bangkok to do a tour of the major Muay Thai stadiums.
• 4:44 Elmo took up Business Administration but he admits that he has absolutely no interest in this field of study. However, in high school, he was passionate about history and education.
• 6:07 On his regular day, when Elmo is not focusing on CityDAO, he is working as a freelance tutor for high school students.
• 7:11 Last year, Elmo discovered CityDAO. He shares the story of how he stumbled upon CityDAO.
• 9:42 According to Elmo, about 200 to 300 people in Thailand are into CityDAO.
• 10:35 When Eric went into a movie theater in Thailand, there was a tribute song to the king of Thailand before the movie started. Eric continues to share the story of his unique experience in Thailand.
• 14:00 Cryptocurrency is accepted by most Thailanders like Elmo. Also, Thailand has passed a new law requiring a 15% tax on every crypto transaction.
• 17:18 Eric talks about the current political scene in Canada and what is happening there now.
• 19:06 Property rights in Thailand are pretty much the same as property rights in North America.
• 20:19 The most talked about subject by the CityDAO community in Thailand is to leave the country.
• 22:22 Moving to another country, the most challenging thing for Thailanders is to have a large sum of money.
• 23:36 Being elected as a CityDAO council member, Elmo feels overly excited to be a part of this organization.
• 25:34 Elmo shares the whole process of the CityDAO council member election.
• 28:20 As a CityDAO council member, Elmo has several top priorities that he is working on today.
• 29:39 Elmo talks about his vision for CityDAO in the future.
• 32:04 Many Thailanders are very open to the idea of DAOs.
• 36:14 The biggest lesson that Elmo has learned as a member of the CityDAO community is having a true connection with people from all over the world in a meaningful way.

Key Points from the Interview:

1. “CityDAO is a city that everyone in the world can join and find opportunity that suit them most.”
2. “I think the bigger lesson that I learned is that now we are decentralized and we can actually connect with each other, and that is for me truly awesome.”

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