# Catalyst Town Halls - February 2022 ## 23rd February {% embed url="" %} ### Slides {% embed url="" %} ### After Town Hall Breakout Rooms ### F8 Challenges - Cross Chain Collaborations {% embed url="" %} Tomi Astikainen, Filip Blagojevic and Felix Weber presenting the Project Catalyst Fund 8 Cross Chain Collaboration - Challenge in the Catalyst Swarm After Town Hall on February 23. How might we create connections and collaboration between Cardano and other blockchains in the next six months? The Challenge on Ideascale: ### F8 Challenges - Community Advisor Improvements {% embed url="" %} Jose Miguel De Gamboa presents the Community Advisor Improvements - Challenge in the Catalyst Swarm After Town Hall on February 23. More about the Challenge: To get in touch with the Challenge Team: [https://t.me/+vIUITl-wUPBiMmJh](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description\&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTZuNXdXZ0pySXlDT2VESUdMV3ZMekRkVnhvZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuQ0ZmSlotbHI0Z1NxVXNDMnBNaVVOZjFURC1kQ1FEMWswb2I3UW1JLWx5OEJ2LW45OFdrbGpSZm4zdFlLRGZVRjM4Wkw4S2JRMXV5clNLcVpWYnk0a3lLUS03NFkzVk1xQkU0Y1FDRW5oSGZOUzIwdw\&q=https%3A%2F%2Ft.me%2F%2BvIUITl-wUPBiMmJh\&v=ebyA5dnz0Fk) ### Mini Proposal Workshop #13 {% embed url="" %} Hosted by Tevo Saks and accompanied by Karim Sahyoun, Oussama Benmahmoud, and 3 other Community Members This day we talked about problems related to modern vehicles. If you are interested in participating in a workshop to help others to improve proposals or elaborate on your idea. Join us in this Discord channel: If you are interested to learn more about Mini Proposal Project Management I invite you to check out this public Miro Board: ## 16th February {% embed url="" %} ### Slides {% embed url="" %} ## After Town Hall Breakout Rooms ### Blockchain Governance Principles & Catalyst {% embed url="" %} An overview of the recent paper by Prof Aggelos Kiayias & Philip Lazos. After Town Hall, 16th February 2022. Hosted by Stephen Whitenstall QADAO ### Women & Blockchain: Cross-Chain Relationships and Catalyst Onboarding {% embed url="" %} Session N4: OneUpOneDown Breakout rooms initiative Our goal for this session was to start building a strong layer of coordination between all women initiatives within the Cardano Catalyst community. Discussion on Cross-Chain Relationships and Catalyst Onboarding brought us to the following structure: Structure for AfterTownHall Breakout sessions going forward: 1\. Space to share projects, existing and new initiatives 2\. Deep dive on a specific (pre-agreed) topic 3\. Open discussion to understand needs (which can feed into the deep dive topic). Starting question = what’s blocking you? —--------------------------------- OneUpOneDown is is a highly scalable AI mentor matching platform. Our purpose is to create trusted relationships through mentorship and our focus is particularly on women in business and technology. [https://oneuponedown.org/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description\&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG9Mb0NUOGRPYmtxR2ZuVFdJQ2NxUE0yRnpvZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsazdSa3l3MVozOVp0RHZ0ZVFJeXpzQXJqQktwSmtsVzVLaGk0OFRRQV9YYWRUSXg0YUdoNFJmdlBGSEVVNTlLX1dWWlJSZFFNa0FlWThMSmdSRXl1ZTk0UW16SkJBYU5mbk5BbUM1VGpHMllHSUVFbw\&q=https%3A%2F%2Foneuponedown.org%2F) OneUpOneDown Proposal: “Bring more women to Cardano” ## Community Advisor discussion {% embed url="" %} Kenric Nelson, the former Catalyst Circle representative for the Community Advisor, hosts an After Town Hall breakout room to discuss CA related topics ### Challenge Team Workshop {% embed url="" %} Kriss Baird, the Product owner at Project Catalyst, hosts the second Challenge Team Workshop since the emergence of this new role in Project Catalyst. ## 9th February {% embed url="" %} ### Slides {% embed url="" %} ### After Town Hall Breakout Rooms ### Bringing More Women to Cardano through Mentorship #3 {% embed url="" %} Dzhuliana Nikolova is hosting a room in the After Town Hall on February 9th about bringing more Women into the Cardano Ecosystem through Mentorship. A needed and appreciated Community Initiative. More about Dzhuliana's Mentorship Project: and on the Proposal: ### Catalyst Funding Categories {% embed url="" %} In this session which took place in the After Town Hall on Feb 9th, George Lovegrove introduced his idea of Funding Categories to the Community. A great perspective on the current Catalyst Architecture More about Follow George & Pace on Twitter [https://twitter.com/lovegrovegeo](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description\&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnVFblpLaERZYlAtV2E3OFBVYVo5bnRySkxxQXxBQ3Jtc0trblJ1TXY5ZmpuMFB5eXdVR3FhM1NRbXVDS3V2aGlqdGg5RTJXY0VuQWozWmpERE1FMXZ2QjN6c3RJdXd2eERNUlgwc09WYjdhMVNScWoxcGhBV3pseHFVWEZRYUtRMWlSN0gwT3AzRV9rQ1hyeEY4MA\&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Flovegrovegeo) & [https://twitter.com/cardanopace](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description\&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWM1MTZlSGhubkJsaXloem9XYk1KUlZvNDI0Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttOWg2ckFnNldDM29WMzNOU3hxT2d0dFU5U1FrNUw4RXQzZnJhX0FIYVFiZFA3TE1MQlpwaUlVRTdsRy02V1ZKVExQY2RMcWpKaGo4SjRkSFIzTXYzLU1MdVc5RTFHMW41LXF6cllGV241a3ZVcjlkOA\&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fcardanopace) More about the Funding Categories ### Mini Proposal Workshop #12 {% embed url="" %} Hosted by Tevo Saks and accompanied by Cauê Chianca, Simon Heath, and 5 other Community Members Starting off with a new Fund 8 series. Where the results will take us, what problems we choose will reveal themselves in these workshops. In this video, we moving towards general blockchain education. Problem Statement: Senior Market is a missing platform for educational general blockchain One of the solutions we talked about was about Creating educative Live Sessions to compare blockchain concepts. One of the rare moments in these kinds of sessions, we finished the Title chapter :D If you are interested in participating in a workshop to help others to improve proposals or elaborate on your idea. 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