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# DAK BYLAWS

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### **§ 0 Purpose of the DAK Bylaws**

The purpose of the **DAK bylaws** is to be the primary reference text guiding all discussions and votes of DAK members as members of the DAK as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).

### **§ 1 Purpose of the DAK**

**§ 1.1** \
The purpose of the **DAK** is to promote the fine arts and to inspire interest in experimental contemporary art.\
It fulfills that purpose in particular through:

* organizing, producing and funding art exhibitions, presentations and screenings
* organizing art related talks, panels and workshops
* organizing the sale of editions (especially [cryptocollectibles/NFTs](https://www.are.na/nick-koppenhagen/cryptocollectibles))&#x20;

**§ 1.2** \
The DAK is a selfless organization; its chief aim is not profitability. The DAK funds shall only be used for purposes that are in line with its bylaws.

### **§ 3 The General Assembly**&#x20;

A virtual **General Assembly** takes place \[biannually] in \[...] and \[...] of every calendar year. The General Assembly is hosted by the Coordinating Board. The General Assembly is a public event for all members of the DAK to discuss past and future actions of the DAK over voice, video and drinks. All General Assemblies are recorded and made publicly available to the general public by the Coordinating Board. At the end of the General Assembly all DAK members interested in serving on the Coordinating Board do a brief presentation and an on-chain vote is initiated for all coordinating board candidates. The three DAK members voted in will serve as the new Coordinating Board for the next \[six months], at which time another Coordinating Board will be elected.

### **§ 4 The Coordinating Board**

The **Coordinating Board** is the DAKs institutional entity responsible for the following administrative actions:

* planning and hosting the General Assembly
* initiating allocation proposals in accordance with the merit token allocation guidelines stated in §6.

### **§ 5 Voting Token: VT**

The DAK voting token – **VT** – is a non-consumable token giving weight to the votes of DAK members.

### **§ 6 Manual Voting Token** Allocation Guidelines

**§ 6.1** \
Twenty-four hours before every General Assembly an on-chain vote for the allocation of voting tokens (VT) is created by the Coordinating Board to award DAK members for the work they have done since the last token allocation. All allocation proposals have to be in in accordance with the guidelines stated in **§6.2-§6.4**. The planned allocation is posted one week before the vote to the \[#allocation] DAK Discord channel.

**§ 6.2 VT for Participation**\
&#xNAN;_&#x31;. Joining the_ [_DAK Discord server_](https://discord.gg/GbY9S6J) _and posting your Metamask Ethereum address to the \[#allocation] Discord channel = \[10] VT_

**§ 6.3 VT for Work**\
&#xNAN;_&#x31;. Design and writing services = \[X] VT_ \
_2. Serving on the Coordinating Board for one term = \[200] VT_ \
_3. Clerical work (social media, newsletter, outreach) = \[X] VT_\
_4. Organizing/Doing a DAK show as an artist or curator = \[500] VT_\
_5. Onboard a person to the DAK = \[10] VT_&#x20;

**§ 6.4 VT for Monetary Contributions**\
&#xNAN;_&#x56;T is allocated to DAK members who contribute monetarily to the DAK wallet. The amount of VT a DAK member gets per \[$] contributed starts at 1 VT per 1\[$] and decreases exponentially with the first \[$] contributed over \[500$] with an annual reset of the return function._

### **§ 7 Voting**

To deal with potential voter apathy a standard decreasing quorum is used for all the DAK votes.

### **§ 8 Proposals**

At any time DAK members can make a proposal to get funding for an art exhibition or other art related project. To make a proposal the following steps have to be taken:

1. The proposer creates a public but closed Are.na channel containing the following documents:
   1. Detailed project description
   2. Cost estimate (with reasonable installments)
   3. Further research materials (texts, images, videos, websites etc.)
2. The proposing member announces the intention to make a proposal in the #proposals channel on the DAK Discord server and posts the link to the earlier created Are.na channel. From there discussions begin for the proposed project with everyone.
3. The proposer initiates a vote for funding over the first installment of the estimated amount via the [DAO interface](https://mainnet.aragon.org/#/kunstverein).

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