Everything you need to know about the Community Leadership Track

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Hooray 🎉 You’re interested in the Community Leadership Track! Let's get started with showing you what this track is all about, who would be a great fit for this path, and where this exciting road will take you. In the following, you can learn more about the Contributor Program as well as the Community Leadership Track.

<aside> 📢 Be sure to join Connext's official Discord server to receive updates about the CL track: https://discord.gg/connext, you can find us in the #cl-track channel.

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What is the Contributor Program all about?

The Contributor Program is a way for leaders in the community to step up and help push Connext forward in different ways. Connext’s official announcement gives you a detailed explanation of what the Contributor Program is. Here’s a summary:

The Contributor Program is a community incentive program designed to encourage community members of different backgrounds and skillsets to steward and take ownership of key aspects of our ecosystem. The program consists of 5 Tracks (Community Leadership, Builders, Content & Education, Routers, and Grants), that are operated by Track Operators; experienced leaders within the community that are not part of the core team.

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Participants of the program will be given points based on the quality of their contributions to the ecosystem using evaluation criteria developed by Track Operators. When the NEXT token goes live, we plan to submit a proposal to the Connext DAO to retroactively reward participants proportional to points received.

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Overview of the Community Leadership Track

The Community Leadership Track takes you on the journey of becoming a true Community Leader – someone who helps building and maintaining the Connext community!

Community Leaders are the face of Connext to the community. They provide outstanding support to users, communicate updates and relevant information about Connext, and generally serve and protect the community leading by example.

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• Community Moderators [CM]: Communicate, moderate and provide support to their localized community.
• Ambassadors [AMB]: This role is suited for influencers or key members of different crypto communities. Ambassadors help create content and raise awareness about Connext in their communities.
• Community Administrators [CA]: Oversee Community Operations (and therefore CMs and AMBs), provide general support and write documentation on Community Administration and Moderation. Suited for CMs or Ambassadors that want to take it to the next level. </aside>

Some of the tasks that CLs do include:

• Providing support for users using Connext Bridge and other apps that are part of the Connext Ecosystem
• Creating, leading and educating communities based on language or region
• Organizing and participating in events (Q&As, AMAs, live presentations, community calls, meetups, etc.)
• Promoting Connext’s values and vision