43 / Pooja
Guest speaker Pooja Ranjan, Herder-in-chief at Ethereum Cat Herders, discusses how the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) process has evolved over time and how to make the community more reflective of the world.
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Edit these notes…- Guest speaker Pooja Ranjan, Herder-in-chief at Ethereum Cat Herders https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
- Pooja got involved in the ecosystem via EtherWorld https://etherworld.co
- Peek an EIP https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9iiIwTRtLDYcEWONs2Q3A/videos
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EtherWorld https://etherworld.co/
- Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) process is how standards get born in the Ethereum ecosystem https://ethereum.org/en/eips/
- Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians is key forum for EIPs https://ethereum-magicians.org
- How has EIP process evolved over time?
- How did Pooja learn how to run meetings in such an organized and inclusive way?
- Objective of ETH Cat Herders is to be inclusive, allowing anyone who wants to be part of the community to have ways to contribute
- Co-hosted the Merge viewing party with Ethereum Foundation, Bankless, Daily Gwei, and other ecosystem media
- Ethereum Cat Herder’s Discord https://discord.io/EthCatHerders
- Workstreams have been created for specific areas, such as wallet devs – should we consider something similar for NFT-related EIPs?}
- How to make the community more reflective of the whole world? Still many circles are dominated by white dudes from rich countries.
- Some circles are more diverse, like NFT art
- Since mostly remote-first, could be a good opportunity for moms who want to return to work after focusing on raising kids for a few years
- Internship opportunities with Ethereum Cat Herders