I will post some thoughts on how we can improve the ambassador program moving forward at a later date where I have some more time to fully write them up, but due to the time-sensitive nature of compensation payments Iāll note here now that I donāt have issue making the payouts as initially discussed due to reasoning below:
Based on the duties and responsibilities as noted in the initial thread ( [RFC] Hop DAO Ambassador Program - 
Hop Ecosystem - Hop), it seems the four ādutiesā were attended to, or at least attempted to be done within the constraints of the other DAOs. As we found out, some of the ādutiesā were beyond the scope of the project as it stood. Or impossible to do due to the other DAO rules. From what Iāve heard and seen it seems that anything not accomplished was not due to lack of trying.
That said, it was a little disappointing to see the lack of delegate threads & updates in the form of quarterly reporting. This is probably something to look more into as the moves into the future. The lack of quarterly reporting seemed to have left any updates occurring on the bi-weekly calls, which will be completely missed for those who canāt attend. Or even for those who attend, we then lack a place to reference back too. That then leaves us in a situation like thisā¦ Given the payment amount and responsibilities, there really is no excuse not to be doing this type of reporting.
While I donāt necessarily want to set precedent that ignoring certain stated duties of the program can be handwaved when it comes to payment, I also think itās clear any initial run of a program is going to have speedbumps along the way. As such, an imperfect output realistically is expected. The ambassadors all looked to have put in a good-faith effort given the challenges faced, and while I was hoping for more (non-biweekly call) communicationā¦ I donāt think that alone is enough to not pay out / reduce the payout.