16: Post Council Reflections, DAO Charters, & Affordable Housing // Alex

With the conclusion of the initial CityDAO Council 30-Day term, it has been an exciting week for us. There were 21 citizens who were elected and put up their time to work relentlessly on building up the official CityDAO charter. Currently the CityDAO Charter draft is undergoing its review. And gracing our show for today is Alex, who is one of the 21 citizens elected as a CityDAO council and has completed his term along with the other council members. For this episode, we are going to tackle the issue of post council reflections, affordable housing, forming charters in DAOs, the definition of ownership within the context of a DAO, and many more. Aside from being actively involved in CityDAO, Alex is an architect and he is currently building a fire station.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

• 1:58 Since being a member of the CityDAO council for eight months, it has been a wild ride for Alex and he has learned so much from this experience.
• 4:18 An article about ownership is what brought Alex into cryptocurrency.
• 5:38 Learning about Security Tokens, Alex relates this to affordable housing.
• 7:36 Alex explains his Staircase Concept.
• 8:36 Eric tries to provide his own explanation about Alex’s Staircase concept.
• 10:42 Investing in properties is getting a little out of control, according to Alex.
• 13:18 Alex shares his vision for CityDAO and decentralized land ownership.
• 19:44 There is a new guild forming within CityDAO that is called Public Affairs, which aims to reach out to regulators and people in local positions.
• 21:00 Being an architect, Alex has a background in community sessions and the inner workings of the planning process. Currently, he is building a fire station.
• 23:00 For Alex, one of the challenges of CityDAO is that it is moving slower when dealing with physical stuff.
• 24:20 When Eric explores other DAOs, he gets a different feel and vibe from each DAO.
• 25:21 If Alex starts a DAO and creates a new charter, there are some things that he would do differently.
• 26:55 For Eric, DAO is a mission statement and it is something that we want to achieve. Being a full DAO cannot be achieved on day one.
• 28:14 Alex provides a timetable for when the charter goes up for actual voting.
• 29:20 This ongoing narrative of DAOs taking over all companies in the future, Alex does not agree with it.
• 31:54 Alex has a mix of visions for CityDAO in the next 12 or 24 months.
• 37:53 For his last message, Alex reiterates the idea of voicing out your ideas, saying what’s on your mind, and getting involved.

Key Points from the Interview:

1. “There is this narrative of DAOs are going to eat the world and take over all companies. I don’t think that should be the case, I don’t think DAOs are the right fit for everything. Some things are better off as a company.”
2. “I’m trying to condense a vision that I have and the best tagline would have been or would be Own Your City. You know, like, how can we give residents of a place the most ownership and access to the place they use every day, their homes, where they work.”

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