Why the ambassadors NYC meet up got me so excited and why Dillon is our natural choice of a leader ! Popa Bogdan Follow Apr 21, 2018 · 5 min read

Before I start this , let me introduce myself: I am Bogdan Popa, a romanian living in London UK. I’ve been with kin since the TDE and went like many of you from excitement to disappointment and then excitement again. This is my first medium article so bear with me, I am working to become better every day:) When Yoel, our community manager sent me the confirmation email telling me that i will be part of the NYC Kin Meet up early April i got mixed feelings. I was super happy to be a part of it, but worried about how an online community can engage in real life and be creative in such a short period of time. After our NYC arrival and a great meatball dinner in a cool Soho bar with some of the guys, it took me a little to fully get it. The connection was real , all these guys flying from 4 continents had a common purpose: to promote kin , the crypto project many of you spent time watching closely in the last months. And we all have a story that brought us to NYC, so Yoel gave us the opportunity to stand up and share a few words about us. By the way, the moderation team is way cooler in real life than you thought and a bonus..they cannot ban you in real life :)))

Kindrome with a shoot

Passing a piece of knitting wool from one to another we shared our short biographies, our fun facts and we created a network of stories. As the vast majority of us were just a reddit , twitter or telegram username without a face , getting to see each other was kind of emotional. But one guy stood out as the most anticipated face to know. Dillon King, aka The Kin Yoda, one of our community’s most engaged members. Starting as a reddit contributor and also moving to telegram, Dillon managed to stand out as a clear and positive voice, slaying FUD like a pro.

“And then we moon”

And his respect among the community members was noticed also by the coindesk reporter Brady Dale:

“ And it was clear that certain levels of rapport had been established. This particular hit home during the (not really necessary) ice-breaking round when one community member in particular introduced himself. ’Hi, I’m Dillon, ’ Baltimore’s Dillon King said. Everyone broke into applause. ’And I don’t actually look like Yoda.’ ”

So you say kik is a dead app?

So probably many of you asked yourselves …what is an ambassador??!! Well, we tried to get an answer and found out that an ambassador is the mortar to link the bricks while building the Kin Foundation. Our mission is to be here and help each new member with the information they need in order to understand why kin is so special. But such a big group needs leaders and Dillon seem to me the best candidate to articulate our thoughts into content. I would like your feedback on this. I always considered that the easiest choices in life are the natural ones, and having Dillon as a strong voice to link around seems that way. I would like Ted to see this and transform his respect for Dillon’s work into a chance for him to be part of the team.

Moving forward, the ambassadors will work on: developing content (articles, audio, video) to educate the newcomers, hosting meet ups in their local relevant communities(targeting big cities first) and many others. So if you think you want help us grow the communities and you think you are relevant for the community and also here for the long run …who knows…maybe you will be the next kin ambassador.