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+# Akash Network - Design Special Interest Group (SIG) - Meeting #21
+
+## Agenda
+
+- Website updates and issues
+- Recent and upcoming events
+- YouTube working group update
+- Zealy missions update
+
+
+## Meeting details
+- Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
+- Time: 08:00 AM PT (Pacific Time)
+- [Recording](https://rb6ghk5hubdwgm4s2todp2hvnwi55k6mtld6kyrrp222miwf7a6q.arweave.net/iHxjq6egR2MzktTcN-j1bZHeq8yax-ViMX61piLF-D0)
+- [Transcript](#transcript)
+
+## Participants
+- Denis Lelic
+- Robert Del Rey
+- Tyler Wright (mentioned, not confirmed as speaking)
+- Copeland Bomzy
+- John Doe
+- Jovan Popovic
+
+
+## Meeting Notes
+
+- Denis Lelic reported on website progress:
+  - Several website issues have been resolved
+  - New Pull Requests are in progress to enhance user experience
+  - Link to Akash network repository issues was shared in the chat for reference
+
+### Events Update
+
+- Denis Lelic provided an overview of recent and upcoming events:
+  - Korean Blockchain Week was held in early September
+  - Token2049 in Singapore is scheduled for the upcoming week
+  - Massari and Rey Summit are planned for the end of September
+  - Permissionless and Cosmosverse events are scheduled for the following month
+- SIG design has been actively supporting these events by providing:
+  - Merchandise
+  - Giveaway items
+  - Booth designs
+
+### Swag Shop Redesign
+
+- Denis Lelic discussed plans for updating the Akash swag shop:
+  - The shop will continue to use Shopify as the platform
+  - Plans include refreshing the available items
+  - A theme change is being considered to improve visual appeal
+  - The overall goal is to elevate all brand touchpoints
+
+### YouTube Working Group Update
+
+- Robert Del Rey presented progress on the YouTube initiative:
+  - Demonstrated a new video thumbnail and intro design for Steering Committee calls
+  - Current focus is on uploading and formatting Steering Committee call videos
+  - Plans are in place to upload 3-5 videos with different concepts (currently set as unlisted)
+  - The working group includes Robert, Tyler, and potentially other members
+  - Future phases will involve expanding to different types of video content
+
+### Zealy Missions Update
+
+- Robert Del Rey provided an overview of the new Zealy initiative:
+  - A new mission called "Akash Swag Designer" has been launched
+  - The mission offers rewards for up to 10 winners
+  - Each winner can receive 15 AKT as a reward
+  - As of the meeting, 86 submissions were pending review
+  - Example submissions were discussed, highlighting quality and creativity variations
+  - A new rule was added: "AI generated content submissions will not be accepted"
+  - Community members are encouraged to submit original, creative designs for various merchandise types
+
+### Community Engagement
+
+- Denis Lelic noted increased community participation:
+  - Various working groups have seen growth in member involvement
+  - Community members are actively contributing to solving issues and improving the ecosystem
+- Upcoming working group meetings were announced:
+  - Akash Website working group meeting scheduled for next Thursday
+  - Zealy working group meeting planned for next Monday
+  - YouTube working group meeting set for next Tuesday
+- A link to the Akash community calendar was shared for easy access to meeting schedules
+
+## Action Items
+
+- Denis Lelic to review and provide feedback on Zealy swag design submissions
+- Robert Del Rey to continue overseeing and developing the YouTube and Zealy initiatives
+- Denis Lelic to finalize designs for upcoming events, including Token2049 and others
+- SIG design to continue supporting upcoming events with necessary design assets
+- Consider adding a clear statement about AI-generated content not being accepted for Zealy missions
+- Explore options for updating the Akash swag shop website
+
+# **Transcript**
+
+Denis Lelic: Hey, everybody, and welcome to. Today's Sick Design meeting SIG design is a special interest group dedicated just for design related things. And we meet on a monthly basis, where we discuss everything. Design related that's happening around Akash network. So just as usual I'm just gonna cover a couple of things that were happening in the past. So
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+Denis Lelic: Some website issues. were assault and we have a couple of new PRs that are kind of just one second. I just want to share the
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+Denis Lelic: just wanted to share the link to the old issues, so some of the issues already have been solved and we have a couple of new PRs that are hopefully gonna enhance the user experience across the website. So anyone who's interested or who might be looking at this recording, I dropped the
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+Denis Lelic: Akash network repo, and link to the issues. So, please have a look. The next thing would be events. It's been a busy month for events. A lot of them happening this September. so,
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+Denis Lelic: some of the core team members and as well community members were attending Korean Blockchain week in the beginning of this month. And next week, we have token 249 happening in Singapore and the end of the month, there's Masari and Rey Summit happening at the same time. So sick design, kind of supported all of these events with either, merge, giveaways, booth, designs, anything. Basically that's been requested by Events So yeah, using month ahead and as well. Next month, there's going to be
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+Denis Lelic: Some events as I think Permissionless and Cosmos are happening. So yeah, a lot of work has been done on that front and while I was talking about the website I just realized I'm missed one thing and hopefully we're going to cover that. In the next month and that's the Swag shop redesign. So I'm thinking we're still gonna use the shopify. We're just going to update the items, maybe change the theme to another one. Make it a bit more visually pleasing. And yeah, we're just trying to elevate all the brand touchpoints.
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+Denis Lelic: I'm home. Okay, The next one, we covered website. We covered events. But I want to hand it out to Robert and Robert was involved in a newly formed group Akash, YouTube working group. And another one, which is working for easily and Robert's been pretty much Involved there and leading the whole thing with Tyler, I guess as well. So both of them are here. If you guys want to talk about it, please go ahead.
+
+Robert Del Rey: Sure, thanks. Denis. Let me start off with YouTube.
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+Robert Del Rey: so, Let me share my screen. I speak better visually. Let's say I would recover Dennis if you don't mind.
+
+Robert Del Rey: So here you can see the YouTube studio for a cast YouTube channel. This is a video I uploaded yesterday just to see how the designs would look in YouTube and in the screen. So, first off is the thumbnail. So you can see, it's very simple talking about the steering company. Call number one in that India, Cash logo. I don't know if I can. Put it bigger. it's a bigger there, so yeah, really simple. But the magic is, when you click On this video to watch it, let me open up on your tab now. This is typical video. We try to put up together an intro card about these.
+
+
+### 00:05:00
+
+Robert Del Rey: About these calls or this kind of videos, so this one specifically for You say a steering code, you see a steering comedy. And also says, Community call and the date. Since it's a monthly called, BS and I picture out to be as by the way, is also helping a lot with this. I'm just putting it together, but he's the guy living in the feedback and everything
+
+Denis Lelic: Hey, Sorry to jump in.
+
+Robert Del Rey: What?
+
+Denis Lelic: Can you just switch the tab?
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+Robert Del Rey: man, I'm so sorry. Thank you for flying then it's one second. No, what happened there? I just share one tablet, specifically instead of the window. This question should work better. Let me know when you're into the YouTube video.
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+Robert Del Rey: Okay, infinite mirror with one So as I was saying Yeah the thumbnail is super simple. When you click it, it jumps kind of the same thumbnail. Just with this information is different. It says, Community calls. It's monthly. We just added a month in the year. This one was the first call. Ever. I don know I don't see the description here, but I will go into Latina second. But yeah, when you click on next, we transition today,
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+Robert Del Rey: I hope you were able to hear that. So yeah, it's we can simple intro, the five seconds and it jumps right into the call. I actually edited a little bit because the recording has started and then it was just like saying You want to take it off on you. So the yield right into these. I guess this is more related to the YouTube working group called. This Is Not much related to designs. But yeah, I just wanted to show off a little bit, the design for this kind, of course, and that thumbnail. And the other one is about Seeley. Maybe if you have questions About YouTube, we can answer those. And then we can get to see.
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+Denis Lelic: True. Thanks Robert for sharing that. Are you planning to do more videos? Not just the steering committing.
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+Robert Del Rey: In the next places of this program, we definitely want to Upload more videos and different kinds of videos. But at the moment, we're working in these stating community called videos, specifically So yeah, next week in the YouTube working group called It's Next Tuesday, I guess we're gonna go over that and see the next steps At the moment. I'm planning to upload three to five videos with different ideas These videos are only listed so nobody else can see them. Yes. Just And yeah that's basically hope I covered your question, man.
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah, For those who, Were not able to attend these meetings. So, part of the working group is you Tyler I guess as well. Yes, I know he was involved in creating the graphics. So anyone else you want to mention?
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+Robert Del Rey: Probably as well. he joins The YouTube called many calls and usually, we have one new community member going in and looking around. so yeah, that's basically
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+Denis Lelic: Sounds good. Yeah, I've been pretty busy with just designing some of these events stuff lately. But I think what the most attention is gonna for this month, There's gonna be around. I pretty much wrapped up token, funny, 249. So I'm just waiting to finalize some things for the sorry and I'll join as well. I want to be part of that group and hopefully I'll attend more meetings. So sorry for not being there.
+
+Robert Del Rey: A certified and
+
+
+### 00:10:00
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah. We can move to Zealy, I guess, unless Tyler has something to say, but
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+Robert Del Rey: I see thumbs All right. Thanks.
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+Robert Del Rey: I will take over the screen again, then It's used to thank…
+
+Denis Lelic: Sure, go ahead.
+
+Robert Del Rey: It's just to show off the Cash slug designer mission to give a little context on city for those listening. The recording. This is a community initiative, and we basically have missions to Motivate People To get involved in the different areas of a cache. There are missions about building on a cache deploying a stock on a cache. Creating Content of Arakash and now we're doing something new. And it's about having the community members design. the cash swag, we want to see their talent. So we came up with this, mission up to 10 winners. We'll wait this
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+Robert Del Rey: and yeah, there is a 1580 rewards, so we had a few. You can see here, we have five submissions already for this missions. Maybe we can go over them and so you can have a look and stuff, be awesome. If you can have a look to this missions.
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah, please share.
+
+Robert Del Rey: Go let me filter here. You can see we have 86 mission spending review so it's really easy, we're happy for that. So I really** filter Give me one second.
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+Denis Lelic: Sounds good.
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+Robert Del Rey: On the same side. So I designed okay.
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+Robert Del Rey: Viewquest claims. All right, as you can see, we also are prone to having a spamming submissions. You can spot them. Maybe right away like This is not even on a T-shirt. So yeah.
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+Robert Del Rey: we're talking for example in the mission description, we told people that They can design, whatever. As long as it's appealing, right. But they can create T-shirts, stickers, hoodies, and any other form of merchandise. So get creative. So yeah, this is the last submissions we got so far. It's a mall Apparently. They can upload up to five images of their designs. Believe that something good to know.
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+Robert Del Rey: Here says they're all around some computer. But I Wrong on coffee, whatever. But you run on coffee, I guess. I don't know if it's a cash we want some coffee or maybe both. Okay, I can see here. I catch No, that's nice. yeah, I it. I would post possibly maybe reject this one. And let's see what we have here. Okay.
+
+Robert Del Rey: I can give you access to this Denis and you can specifically review the missions yourself, although I know you are super busy. so,
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah, I can have a look, although this one is AI, so I'm not sure if we should take any AI submissions.
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+Robert Del Rey: Yeah, that one. It's Super Ai. I believe I should add that as I said that I really first,…
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah.
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+Robert Del Rey: the only one I missed. No Ais stopped.
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+Robert Del Rey: All right, then we have here. Okay This is a high as well but it looks a bit better. The letters,…
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah.
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+Robert Del Rey: give it away, always for me.
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+Denis Lelic: The thing is we can't use these as printfiles to producing anything anyway. So
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+Robert Del Rey: These are the example of his family submissions, they really like we don't read.
+
+Denis Lelic: Yeah.
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+Robert Del Rey: This was first of the first submission we got. It's a very simple bank. I don't know if I love it. But I kind of like it.
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah, simple, but it works.
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+Robert Del Rey: Let's actually so yeah, that was sort of designs, feel free to drop your ideas. maybe if you have ideas about designs, you can drop them in the designs working group shots. maybe that way Denis, it's easier for you to maybe have a look. If questions are posted in the designs questions, right? Well.
+
+Denis Lelic: Yeah.
+
+
+### 00:15:00
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+Robert Del Rey: You're? Briefly.
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+Denis Lelic: I mean.
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+Robert Del Rey: Go ahead and
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah, yeah. What I would add maybe just like a one sentence that says something about.
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+Denis Lelic: AI generated graphics. So I believe some of them would be good, but it's kind of hard to reproduce them. It's either low rest. there's no vectors in there. So to print them on a certain application. I've T-shirt up or anything, so maybe just some one sentence. That's kind of like Mentioning that we can't accept AI. And generated graphics.
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+Robert Del Rey: You guided Man, your wish is my command. I just added AI generated content. Submissions will not be accepted. Really. That's your work.
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+Denis Lelic: Right.
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+Robert Del Rey: I just added to the mission right now
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+Denis Lelic: Maybe we can just do a shout out in sick design. If anyone is willing to join And do some of these.
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+Denis Lelic: I'm missions, I guess.
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+Denis Lelic: They're cool.
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+Robert Del Rey: Sounds good.
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah.
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+Denis Lelic: Yeah.
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+Robert Del Rey: Then it's what one last thing since I have the mic already. Let me reveal the secret call for this meeting. in most of the working group calls, we have a secret word, which you can Add to a cash ceiling for a chance to earn extra points or extra 80s. So the secret word for the design Seek call it sgger. You can listen it now or in the recording and enter Swag Swag. And you can get extra points on City.
+
+Denis Lelic: Should it be capitalized or…
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+Robert Del Rey: All right, that's all for me. that is thanks again.
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+Denis Lelic: lowercase? Doesn't matter.
+
+Robert Del Rey: No matter.
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+Denis Lelic: Okay, Yeah, thanks Robert for all the updates. A lot of the work you've put in both of those groups. So we appreciate you. Since a lot of team members have been traveling in the previous week, some of them are still traveling either back home or to the next events. I suggest I keep this meeting a bit shorter than usual.
+
+Denis Lelic: maybe a call to action to join working group meetings for either YouTube website is something as well. There was a lot of participation. In the previous meetings, We have a lot of new community members that are willing to contribute in either. So many new issues, fixing some of the stuff on the website, It's happening as well on the console side. the product side. So I know a lot of people are not in this meeting, but if anyone's listening or watching this recording, just want to thank you for
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+Denis Lelic: Either participating in the meetings or just trying to solve some of these issues. So, yeah, communities not just growing, but being just actively involved in different kind of groups. Let me just see when is the next meeting happening for the poor green group. and yeah, next Thursday, there's a working group meeting happening for
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+Denis Lelic: Akash website. there's a working group Zealing meeting happening next Monday, And Akash YouTube meeting happening Tuesday. So if anyone is interesting to join any of these meetings, let me just share the calendar really quickly.
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+Denis Lelic: So I drop a link right here in the Chat section. When you click on it, just give it a little scroll and you'll see the Akash community groups and the calendars. So you can also subscribe to the calendar. So you won't miss any of these meetings.
+
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+### 00:20:00
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+Denis Lelic: So Thanks for joining today. We'll see each other either on discord or github or many different channels we use. So, thanks again for joining. And I appreciate you.
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+Denis Lelic: Have a good day, bye-bye.
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+Robert Del Rey: Things that stay safe, guys.