@arlettemsalase thanks for your reply finally. I would like to stress that I have no problem with conferences but I'm a contracts guy and I feel that some of the numbers are substantial here to say the least. You are the beneficiary of $50,100 in 2024 alone. I see that you are busy with 2 jobs and had an unfortunate health issue above. I am sorry to hear this. But at the same time it is your own choice to receive Valueplan funds, and a quite substantial amount to promote Hive. So if it is too much for you then you should maybe take a break from them.
I think the very least you can do is write about your events in detail and how you got on at them, the connections you made and a list of potential investors to follow up on. With all that is going on in your life why do you volunteer for these events by the way? With 2 jobs and a recent health issue is it worth it? I take it, unlike the other cryptocurrencies, Hive is not giving you a financial incentive to go to these conferences other than your travel expenses, food? Is this not the case? Seems alot to take onboard given your situation and on top of that not get paid for it? You must really love Hive to be doing it for nothing.
You spoke about being an ambassador for another crypto company called Polkadot and your friend who is a Binance angel. This is really interesting to me. Polkadot is 16th in the ranking on Coin Market Cap. I'm a big fan of its founder Gavin Wood. He is from my part of the world. I know a few guys who worked under him. Binance is in a different stratosphere when it comes to marketing funding so any expenses your angel friends is incurring should not be compared to what the norm is. Hive is 367th on Coin Market Cap. 367th!!!! And by receiving over 50,000 HBD YTD, this has to come with a large responsibility on your part, not GP , not any of the other project managers. You are one of the people relied upon to build your networks at these events and take Hive up the ladder to where the likes of Polkadot are. You are the face of Hive at these conferences. If we take out the two Valueplan project managers, you are actually 4th highest funded person YTD so this brings with it significant responsibility on your shoulders and an expectancy to supply the community feedback on your events. I am not talking about photos of a group of you and your colleagues sitting down in a nice restaurant. I would be more interested in whether we are establishing business connections and onboarding new users.
I have asked you only one question so far but off the top of my head there is one transaction in August that attracted my attention. This one.
I know from the photos of the event in Rio that there were only these little Hive stickers and wristbands as merch at the event. This was confirmed by one of the attendees at the event. Can I ask you what the 6,784.00 HBD was spent on if these two merch items were the only merch at the events? I would say costing up the stickers and the wristbands we are talking 300-400 HBD at the most for these inexpensive products. Could you get back to me around this please as I must be missing something? Thanks a million @arlettemsalase and thanks for finally getting back to me.