[MS] DOT #1634 - Politecnico di Milano, Blockchain & Web3 Observatory 2025 Partnership

https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1634

A partnership is proposed with Politecnico di Milano’s Blockchain & Web3 Observatory for 2025.
The Politecnico is a top-ranked university in Italy for Engineering and Technology.
The Observatory helps businesses, researchers, and policymakers work together on blockchain.
The partnership aims to help Polkadot grow in Europe by working with regulators, businesses, and developers.
Benefits include research, workshops, and visibility for Polkadot.
The total cost is around $59,240, managed by the Polkadot Community Foundation.
Polkadot Italia, a team of four, will coordinate the partnership.
They focus on growing Polkadot’s presence in Italy through events and education.

12Hi...E9N3

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Aye

PoliMi is an excellent university and being able to have Polkadot in an institutional event hosted there is worthwhile to fund.

167Y...TY9F

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Aye

This could be spearheaded into other regions! lets get into the Medialab @MIT!

14gM...deVb

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Nay

Not sure about the benefits for polkadot and can not understand why another fund to PCF.

1xzc...1bX6

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Abstain

We feel partial. On one side, this seems like a good experiment to try. On the other hand, we are uncertain about the impact of these university initiatives.

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Aye

Interested to look at this as an experiment and gauge the return to Polkadot.

12Kt...DCoJ

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Nay

this feels like a high-cost slice of a larger request that may require more funding down the line. it's hard to justify nearly $20k just for coordination efforts, or the need for PCF to be involved when the marketing bounty could be used. if a legal entity is truly required, it may be better to explore other events/avenues for growth as $12k for a signature seems hard to defend when those funds could drive far broader reach through programmatic/social campaigns or other channels.

12s6...nE8h

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Abstain

Looks reasonable to us, but we can see how some might want more details on expected outcomes before fully supporting or rejecting the proposal. Plus, isn't this a subject for MB instead?

14Gn...YLEh

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Abstain

I believe that the team that is driving the proposal is a good team to achieve objectives, however, I am not entirely sure that we can achieve great results from this alliance. I remain in abstain.

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