The poster seems awesome and organising a hackathon in East-Asia reads great! However we will vote nay in this for the following reasons:

1. There is no mention on any Build Asia 2023 channels about this hackathon. If you are close to this organisation a mention of an upcoming event would be great.
2. You ignored the discussion to engage with a specific bounty for events/hackathons. why?
3. It would be great to get confirmation from the Parity DevRel Team, as the identity is less than 10 days old.

If new proofs come to light, we will change our vote.

Hello there, I'm part of the Parity Marcomms team and perhaps I can chime in and help to clarify some of your questions:

1. I had a meeting with the Buidl Asia organizer last week as we are also exploring the potential opportunities for the Polkadot Ecosystem at the event. During our conversation, the HackaDot event was mentioned multiple times and was highly supported by the organizer. I believe an official comms is in the planning just a matter of time. I would also imagine that official comms will only come once the proposal is confirmed.

2. Although I'm not part of the DevRel team, but I can confirm that both Parity Marcomms team and the DevRel team has been working closely with the Poster - providing feedback and input on the event.

Korea is a very important market for Polkadot to tap into and I hope the HackaDot event will just be the start of many more initiative for region.

I hope my answers clarify some of your questions.

Hello team,

Good initiative,

However, we are voting Nay due to the magnitude of the amount requested and the potential market effects of liquidating such amounts in a relatively short period of time.

We would like to see certain level of coordination between this proposal and some others versing on the hackathon topic, so there are checks in place to ensure there is not too much schedule overlap, the overall public is kept motivated, and market conditions are kept relatively stable.

Additionally, it has been suggested that Polkadot Bounty 17 could be a more adequate / organised option to funding this proposal, which we agree with.

Regards

Miloš

Nay Due to huge amount.

There have been a few comments regarding nay votes due to the huge upfront asking amount.

Quite a bit of discussion is going on regarding the use of payout bounties to alleviate the problems associated with upfront payments and ensure voter confidence.

Perhaps this would be an interesting route for this proposal to ensure token holder support.

Dear team,

The location of the event is one of the best choices as it is a hub for technological innovations and has a vibrant tech community. Moreover, the idea of a hackathon as the type of event is a great opportunity for participants to showcase their skills and creativity by building amazing projects within a short timeframe. This event has a lot of potential to bring the new developers to the Polkadot ecosystem.

However, there are a few points that I do not agree with. I do not think that asking for funding from the treasury is a good idea. I agree with the comment above "there is a dedicated Polkadot Bounty 17 that could be a more adequate/organised option to funding this proposal".

Organization of event this size is not an easy task and it needs an adequate preparation. I hope you will take the advice and start the planning process early as it can help you avoid last-minute challenges and ensure that everything runs smoothly. By taking these steps, you can ensure that the hackathon event is well-organized, engaging, and successful.

Kind regards,

SB

I didn't comment in the Discussion phase due to a busy schedule, but I always take a look at these on-chain referendums as I also do videos on them (at least once a week on a language channel, sometimes twice) and as of recently I started covering one video a week on my english Youtube channel so I also vote to tell my viewers the reason behind my vote.

What I like about this proposal:

• Very clear structure of costs and I think every event / conference / hackathon organiser should follow the same so congrats on doing this! It's also something I will consider for myself in the future and I think this kind of structure with associated costs works best for anyone reviewing it.

• Over $50k goes to the prize for the Developers which is how it should be. After all, this event is for Devs to build something cool and they should be rewarded for their time and effort, considering it is tough to get Devs to build something useful in Web3.

What I don't like about this proposal:

• That it's being launched on the Kusama Open Gov. I totally understand you want to skip the queue and not take the Polkadot route because of the long wait (28 days on chain) and I also understand that because it's a Hackathon you can't apply for Bounty funds from Zoe (Global Polkadot Ambassador) but to me, because the asking amount is so huge, I feel like it is definitely not appropriate to reach out to Kusama for this.

Just imagine that there were 20 Hackathons across the globe all doing the same as you, what would happen to the Kusama treasury? Yes, that's right, it would be empty and it would take a long time to refill small amounts which means nobody else would be able to get funding because of the Hackathons draining it.

Sorry, but I strongly insist you take the Polkadot route for this proposal even if it means waiting 28 days because the Polkadot treasury can stomach this kind of funding so to me, this is a strong Nay, however, when and if you will decide to take the Polkadot route, I will happily support you there as I like the idea, I just don't like the path you took.

I hope you understand where I'm coming from.

Regards,

Claudio