Community updates

DAA Council stuff

09/21/2021	@DegenerateApeAcademy Community voted 85% to 15% that Exiled Apes will not be able to vote for the Council election.
	Vote for inclusion of ExiledApes to DAA still TBD

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Community milestones

^{sorted from Latest to Oldest}

• @RogueSharkTank announced their support of Exiled Apes by creating rare Exiled class in their upcoming mint.
• With help of @statikdev finally added our very own sales-bot X1-L0 to Discord server.
• The Inaugural Exiled Community Art Contest & Creative Extravaganza! launched.
• Airdrop from @SolCryptoGreeks to all Exiled Ape holders.
• 1^st merch item launched with accompanying giwaway.
• Airdrop of @SolerPowerNFT to 250 Exiled Ape holders before their mint. Rest of the exiles received their Cute Alien right after their mint finished.
• Created a starter template using the Metaplex Candy Machine that other projects in the Solana ecosystem can use to launch minting website with more confidence.
• Partnered with @ShroomZ_NFT to create an entire Exiled set of their NFTs to be airdropped to all Exiled Ape holders.
• Adopted a real-life Ape named Popi.
• Created a custom NFT as a gift for Paris Hilton.
• Held a giveaway for one of the Exiled Apes.
• Worked with @SolanaGangNFT to create a custom Exiled Ape NFT giveaway.
• Produced a concept for a short film that highlights the history of the Exiled Apes.
• Worked with marketplaces to have our Exiled Apes listed and create more liquidity.
• Communicated with rarity sites to get the Exiled Apes rarity traits posted.
• Structured the want to buy and want to sell channels on Discord with community appointed @Middlemen as well as a trade-vouch system to facilitate safe trades.
• Created a design team on discord that recreates Blanks (NFTs without any images) as well as creates custom NFTs for giveaways and partnerships.
• Launched a website to provide more information and back story on the Exiled Ape community.
• Started a community on discord and Github where the engineers in the community can publicly share and validate the code for our applications.
• Worked with a YouTuber to create a video tutorial on how to use our validation tool
• Created an Exiled Ape validation website by scraping blockchain data for valid token mint addresses on the night of the first mint.
• Created the Exiled Ape Community

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Stories

What are Exiled Apes?

Exiled apes are the community behind the first 719 NFTs of Degenerate Ape Academy minted on the initial release.

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