To get started, the next steps are to establish:

• The matching pool amount
• Token that will be paid out for matching
• Max matching cap per grant (% of total pool) if desired
• Theme/name of round
• Who from your team will be responsible for deploying the round, reviewing/approving grants, handling disputes, paying out, etc
• Begin building a marketing plan (runbook linked below)
• https://gitcoin.notion.site/Gitcoin-Partner-Marketing-Runbook-Toolkit-ab5821fd8bf44185ba0421896ae62d62

And finally to begin crafting your eligibility criteria. For reference, here are the platform wide rules we set for the January Alpha Rounds, along with the specific eligibility criteria for each of the 3 sub rounds:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I4U3RA-q9ZW_Mtlz-EiFtj4YZTkPEwebQSKbEZlCfdY/edit?usp=sharing

In early April we will walk you through the steps for setting up and deploying your round on the new protocol 🙂