Ambassador Fellowship

Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship

On Dec. 5, 2024, Ref. 1267 was executed to enact a new Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship.

The goal is to create a programme that encompasses the learnings from programmes 1.0 and 2.0 and marry that with the wide ranging community feedback that had been offered throughout the course of the last year, particularly in the past few months.

Ref. 1287 has also passed, which funds the startup of the program, and creates an advisory board, consisting of:

• Basti Köcher, Lead Developer, Parity Technologies
• Chrissy Hill, Chief Legal Officer and Interim Chief Operating Officer, Parity Technologies
• Christoph Kampitsch, CEO, Scytale Digital
• Felix, Ambassador, Cardano
• Joe Petrowski, Web3 Foundation
• John Linden, Founder / CEO, Mythical Games
• Kai C. Chng, Private Polkadot Investor and Founder / CEO, Bram Capital
• Mister Cole, Polkadot Moderator
• Otar Shakarishvili, Project Advisor and Governance Specialist, Just Open Source
• Radha Dasari, Technical Education Lead, Web3 Foundation
• Rob, Director, Parity Technologies
• Seraya Takahashi, Technical Grants Evaluator, Web3 Foundation
• Shawn Tabrizi, Lead Developer, Parity Technologies

Tip

The Manifesto for the ambassador program is here.

Note

Also see the Polkadot Form discussion post for more information on the Project Phoenix effort.

An initial seeding of ambassadors is happening now (Ranks 1-4), followed by open onboarding later in 2025.

See this form to find instructions on how to participate in the initial seeding: Seeding Instructions

Levels

The following levels have been taken from Draft 5.0 of the Manifesto (linked above).

No.	Key Area of Appraisal	Expected At	Example Action
1	Online Engagement	Ranks I–VI	Community Forums and Chat Channels, Social Media, Podcasts, Live Spaces
2	Offline Engagement	Ranks II–VI	Event Attendance, Meetups, Hosting, Speaking
3	Governance	Ranks II–VI	OpenGov voting, Proposal Submission, Advocacy and Onboarding [retail and whales], Delegations
4	Community Growth and Sustainability	Ranks III–VI	Onboarding Retail Customers, DevRel, Ambassador Fellowship Growth and Retention, Educational Tool and Material Development
5	External Partnerships	Ranks IV–VI	Enterprise adoption, Cross-Chain partnerships, Investors, Government lobbying, Institutional user onboarding
6	Executive Responsibilities and Mentorship	Ranks V–VI	Ambassador Fellowship Development, Polkadot Strategy, Governance Engagement

Brief History

In January of 2024, the original Polkadot Ambassador Program was decentralized and turned over the to community.

Initial On-Chain Collective

The Ambassador Program was proposed as an on-chain collective in Ref. 487.

This became active during the Summer of 2024, and 21 Head Ambassadors were elected. Referenda relating to the original Head Ambassadors can be found on Subsquare in the Fellowship Admin track.

This effort was replaced by Project Phoenix around the beginning of Q4 2024.

Second On-Chain Collective (Project Phoenix)

Project Phoenix is working to reform the Ambassador Collective into a structure similar to the Technical Fellowship. This effort involves separating funding from rank advancement in the ambassador program. For more information about the effort, see the links above.