Here in lies the problem. Cardano is an engineering project. The solutions to problems are predominantly fixed by code and software engineers. There is relatively very little a non-engineering entity can contribute to an engineering project.
Ignoring engineering, I believe these should be the ‘strategy verticals’ for a non engineering roadmap:
- Funding (DAPPs, Defi, Engineering solutions)
- Marketing (Summits/Conferences. Website)
- Reporting news/information (Social media / website)
- Community support (Social media / website)
- Legislation?
I think the ‘actions’ in any roadmap/strategy/plan should be prioritised because some things are not important at all, but are listed alongside incredibly important things. To establish what is the priority the community can vote on the actions. Personally I think the dates should be removed. A lot of the ‘actions’ will be continuous, and it’s hard to project or establish how long different actions will take without knowing how many people are working on those actions.
If you do the above, then the contents of the ‘roadmap’ become ‘Cardano Improvement Proposals’(CIPs). Dor Garbash accounced the Catalyst Project and Voting app at the summit: https://gyazo.com/02e639011c8528c0ffcc16ed69972a07
So there is already an engineering solution being built where literally any strategy or actionable solutions within those strategies can be proposed, funded and voted on by the community when Voltaire is released. Which would make a roadmap obsolete. I guess that is why Charles referred you to him.
Also the purpose of the Cardano Foundation becomes obsolete, and the solution to that obsoleteness is again an engineering solution: Make the Cardano Foundation a Digital Autonomous Organisation (DAO) so the community have access to the significant amount of funds (apparently owned by the community) currently locked up with Cardano Foundation.
We as a community can’t achieve that. Charles said on telegram he is hiring a dedicated product manager specifically to look into implementing a DAO, and he is hiring a lobbyist to try to get legislation passed for legal rights. So I trust he will sort that out in the future.
Assuming the Cardano Foundation will continue as they are, what is in our control as a community? Marketing/reporting/community support begin with a good source of concise information: a website or a wiki.
If CF refuses to do anything about the current website, which seems to be the case. I believe the current non engineering priority should be to make an alternative ‘community’ website or wiki that contains the information the official website should contain. Most importantly what the current website needs:
- On social media I see the same questions asked again and again: Collect the reoccurring questions and write the solutions in a FAQ on the website.
- A News portal / or twitter account that gives updates about what is going on, and the latest announcements. This will require the community speaking and interviewing with engineers like Dor Garbash (like you do in The Cardano effect)
- Show a link to IOHK and EMURGOs teams.