Hey, Kate!
Of course, I would expect nothing less from you than an engaging dialogue about how this could provide value to Centrifuge. I will work through your questions / comments in the same order in which you left them:
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While I realize that in a very real sense this is a “regional” association, as I noted in the proposal Florida is a massive state and ranks higher than most countries on many metrics, economic and otherwise. It has a ton of political and economic power here in the U.S., and many of the relationships we would develop through our membership would undoubtedly be business oriented.
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I have asked Sam (founder and president) to create an account so that he may participate in the conversation on our forum, but the first thing that comes to my mind is the board seat that comes with the enterprise level membership. As an Active Contributor to the Centrifuge DAO myself, I would love to work closely with the rest of our members to ensure we can shape that value creation in a collaborative manner. I realize this is not a concrete example per se, but beyond this I believe having the opportunity to interface with other members who are running blockchain businesses and are interested in the tokenization of RWAs would be a great place to start. But even beyond those existing businesses, we might be able to approach traditional businesses that are curious about blockchain and talk to them about the benefits of tokenization, especially with more illiquid assets that could then be used to generate other financial opportunities such as collateral for getting loans.
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This is perhaps due to me thinking on my own what would benefit Centrifuge, so I can see how my chosen language is a bit limiting. The previous bill in Florida that dealt with DAOs specifically was looking into how they could be used to facilitate business dealings or otherwise become businesses until themselves, which is why I thought it relevant to this proposal.
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To answer your questions, the simple answer is a resounding YES. In fact, just this past Tuesday and Wednesday Sam got me into the N40 Digital Asset Summit, and most of the attendees came from family office backgrounds that are looking for steady/safe returns in the space, so introducing them to products such as Anemoy’s T-bill funds would be a great option. Even if these investors are not FBBA members, they are certainly FBBA “adjacent” and Sam has a lot of connections to wealthy investors all throughout the state of Florida.
I would also love to hear from others as well, and I hope that these comments reflect that this membership is not solely about policy advocacy. As noted in the draft, I want to be the conduit through which I can serve the Centrifuge team and DAO as someone who has taken a keen interest in both over the last 2+ years.
And you’re more than welcome, Kate! I appreciate you engaging with me and the proposal 