And do we really need all three? ... YES! We do need all three in my opinion, let me tell you why.

"Normie Talk" - an idea that may go nowhere...

One of the things I have heard most often since being on the working group of the @steemalliance is the confusion that the Community Foundation (which the Steem Alliance group is trying to help the community build), The Steem DAO (worker proposal system being built by blocktrades) and The Steem Business Alliance (@steemba) are all essentially the same thing and therefore, all three are not needed.

I believe this confusion comes from the three sort of making a public appearance around the same time, even though The Steem Business Alliance had been in the works since November and I assume Blocktrades had been planning some sort of worker proposal system for a bit as well. BUT the community heard about them all within a few weeks, and they all do three serve similar purposes, while being vastly different in their scopes as well as how they will work exactly.

I felt it might be beneficial to just explain my understanding of the three, their differences and how they all could work together in an easy to understand way. You know... Normie Talk.

This is NOT an extremely in-depth and technical look into the projects. It’s just an overview of what the ideas behind them are, in an easy to understand manner. You know, like we are having a beer and I am explaining it to you ;)

I hope this helps a few grasp the idea of the projects and see how they all will benefit the community vastly, while complimenting each other quite well.

Want More Info?

I am not a part of either the Steem Business Alliance or The Steem DAO, but have had the opportunity to discuss both projects with the individuals behind them, and this is just my personal understanding based on that.

Please see the individual projects for more detailed information

Town Hall Recordings That May Help

I had the pleasure of speaking with both projects (or representatives from the projects) on a few of the @steemalliance town hall meetings. These will give you more information from those individuals themselves, so please do have a listen (just be sure to fast forward through my ramblings and just get to the good stuff).

- Town Hall w/@starkerz from @oracle-d and one of the founders of The Steem Business Alliance

Detailed information for The Steem Business Alliance can be found on the @steemba blog, and look out for an update coming this week.

- Town Hall w/@blocktrades who is developing The Steem DAO (worker proposal system)

Updates for the Steem.DAO can be found on the @blocktrades blog. They are already in test phase of the UI and it looks like they are making some really great progress.

Have you registered to vote yet?

If you do have interest in the Community Foundation that the @steemalliance group is helping to establish, be sure to register to vote.. or you won't be able to vote in the upcoming election that will decide the structure of the foundation (as in- what it will look like, how it will work and who will be involved).

You only have until Thursday! You can register and read the structure proposals...

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What's Next?

As promised, I will be trying to work my way through the proposals to make them easy to explain and possibly showcase the differences. So, register to vote.. and then we have over a week to break them all down so we can all make informed decisions.

Any specific questions you would like to see answered?

This "Normie Talk" is an idea of explaining some things in an easy to understand way and in video format... if you think it is beneficial, let me know.. as well as what you would like to see covered in the future.

thanks for listening to me ramble...

Much Love and Steem On,

Justine