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|**Proponent**|[`12gMhxHw8QjEwLQvnqsmMVY1z5gFa54vND74aMUbhhwN6mJR`][subscan:user:pandres95//polkadot]|
|**Date**|15/02/2024|
|**Amount**| `217.2437202987` DOT|

## Short description

Hello everyone!

On last december I developed a [Matrix Bot][gh:fellowship-referenda-bot] that announces in a weekly basis which referenda related to RFCs is ongoing on the Fellowship. Initially designed and developed to solve a very specific problem: of people not being able to keep up to the ongoing without the noise the main fellowship channel implies, and free of curation bias — as it is a bot, now it's a great explorer tool that fellows can use to find out the discussions ongoing on the week, go to the links of proposals and even get the link to the RFC pull request on GitHub.

![][ipfs:bafybeihgzs6g6whpd6djo4625s27wh7adub3pukjbyhd7kj744nfshzqva]

Since then, I've been developing this solution for the community self-funded, and I aim to let it have a future. I'm requesting `$1,600` (@ `7.365` DOT / EMA7) as retroactive for 32 hours of work in this project that's currently being used by members in the Polkadot Fellowship.

## Future Outlook

Of course, this won't be the end of it. A series of proposals for improving it and making it WAY more useful than it already is are underway:

- Decentralizing the bot by making it a Light Client.
- Updating voting count of referenda based of on-chain events.
- Using ML to summarize RFCs and give people insights.
- Opening threads for people to discuss in the [Fellowship RFCs Referenda channel][#fellowship-rfcs:bloque.team].
- Personalized digest based on interests of every member, sent daily or weekly via DM.
- More bots and channels! One for every type of referenda (Runtimes, XCM calls, RFCs, Help Desk, etc.).

[subscan:user:pandres95//polkadot]: https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/12gMhxHw8QjEwLQvnqsmMVY1z5gFa54vND74aMUbhhwN6mJR

[gh:fellowship-referenda-bot]: https://github.com/pandres95/fellowship-referenda-bot
[ipfs:bafybeihgzs6g6whpd6djo4625s27wh7adub3pukjbyhd7kj744nfshzqva]: https://bafybeihgzs6g6whpd6djo4625s27wh7adub3pukjbyhd7kj744nfshzqva.ipfs.nftstorage.link/
[#fellowship-rfcs:bloque.team]: https://matrix.to/#/#fellowship-rfcs:bloque.team

- **Problem Statement:** Developing a Matrix Bot to track ongoing referenda related to RFCs in the Fellowship to address the challenge of keeping up with discussions without curation bias.
- **Significance:** Enhancing community engagement and transparency by providing a tool for members to stay informed about ongoing discussions.
- **Proposed Solution:** Requesting $1,600 for 32 hours of work to support the development and maintenance of the Matrix Bot.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Enhancements include decentralizing the bot, updating voting counts based on on-chain events, using ML for summarizing RFCs, and providing personalized digests for members.

Requested: 0.21 undefined

#624 Retroactive funding for developing the RFCs Referenda Bot