Welcome!

July Dash Latam MNO Report now available (with a private look into our Slack!): https://youtu.be/p5s-HCc1ybA

15 purchases with Dash in 5 cities across 3 Latam nations showing real people (vlog playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL92ognmkx-f5a99mHYiNPqgKTpQeNK6wk

Dash Growth in Latam Measured by Active Android Wallets (real Google Play Store data): http://dash.ist/2019/07/07/dash-growth-in-latam-measured-by-active-android-wallets/

And here is a new Dash Watch report: https://reports.dashwatch.org/JUL19/dash-latam-colombia-201905.pdf

I just got word a supermarket on the Venezuela-Colombia border spontaneously added Dash to its weekly flyers!

https://www.reddit.com/r/dashpay/comments/cipyzs/supermarket_on_venezuelacolombia_border/

Making it happen. Great job. Great person.

Thanks Blake.

Dash Watch May 26th 2019 Report on
Dash Colombia by georgedonnelly
https://dashwatchbeta.org/r/MAY19/dash-colombia-201902

I urge everyone to vote yes for this proposal. George has proven his dedication to Dash and getting Dash adopted in particular. He's very open about how he runs his project, he's continually developing and brainstorming new strategies, he has put more foot-time on the ground than just about anyone, and he's getting great results. In case anyone forgot, George and his team have single-handedly pushed Colombia into second place in Dash adoption, and he's doing it in an economy that doesn't have the economic desperation that Venezuela has. Lastly, when George set his goals, they were the first goals he set, he had no history to pull from. The important question isn't whether he met these best-guess goals, but whether he made substantial progress, which he clearly did. The longer he works, the more accurate his goals will be. The direct adoption in Colombia, and maybe even more importantly, the remittance channel from Colombia to Venezuela, are too important to let slide. Please vote yes.

Thank you.

I have taken it upon myself to visit as many merchants as possible this month to buy goods and services and verify that they actually accept Dash. There are two new merchants right here in Sabaneta, walking distance from my home. All of the merchants that I have visited thus far this month are new to me. So far, the experience has been excellent as every merchant has accepted Dash. I encourage MNOs to review my twitter feed for a long list of photos of my visits: https://twitter.com/dash_red_games

Congratulations to the Dash Latam team in Colombia for a job well done!

Thank you, Edward, your active use of Dash to buy needed products and services at the Dash merchants in Medellín is a great help to our efforts, not to mention an example of putting your money where your mouth is. Kudos!

Couple of questions:

- What has been learned from the failure of the latam team to achieve the stated targets last time around of 25 transactions per day, 2500 wallet installs and 650 active merchants? All 3 KPI targets have been missed by a substantial margin.

- What is being done differently going forwards to ensure these new KPI targets of 50 transactions per day, 4000 wallet installs and 750 active merchants have a realistic chance of being achieved?

Thanks

Walter

Thanks for your questions.

The goals of 25 transactions per day, 650 active merchants and 2500 active Android wallet installs are for 31 May 2019.

The period for which we set those goals has not ended. I do not assume that we are going to fail, as you suggest. Instead, I continue to work hard every day to give the DAO the best results I can. I am not going to interrupt that work to buy into anyone's premature failure narrative.

Right now, tracker.pagacondash.com is showing about 13 transactions per day. This does not count wallet-to-wallet transactions. Similar projects, some better funded over longer periods of time, at best evidence half of that, last time I checked.

Our current merchant total is about 610. This does not include merchants in process or pending submission to CRM. Active wallets is probably nearing 2,000.

If we fall short of our goals, which is always a possibility, I will be happy to take public responsibility for such a failure and publish my analysis and corrective actions. You are welcome to schedule an appointment for 8AM 1 Jun 2019 to rake us over the coals via videocall or even live YouTube broadcast.

But until then, we are not taking our eyes off the goals.

Another yes from me, we need to tie all these loose ends that are already partially funded and in progress together. This team has demonstrated that they can deliver on promise.

Thanks for your support!

Yes from me.

Thanks for your support!