Hey Franklin,
Thanks for that question, happy to provide some clarity.
With Orb being sunsetted, a lot of the ecosystem liaison and these administrative/“HR stuff” were left behind, so they all got picked up by the Maxis, as we usually do when things need taking. @SparkleLatte was the person running many of these tasks, and Orb also had an in-house counselor (20h/w) that currently moved to OpCo (5h/w) to work alongside the ecosystem council.
First engagement with the Ecosystem can happen in many ways. We encourage mainly Discord access and the #get-involved channel leading to our Notion page, where a newbie can find the shared vision + learn more about the framework we are currently dealing with. That Typeform will get to us, and we’ll DM, conduct 1:1 calls, respond to any questions and learn more about the contributor’s ideas on how to contribute. If that goes well and they become a regular contributor, they’ll be granted the Baller role.
Sorry if this was perceived like Solar was taking care of, but rather it’s been very organic since the Operation subDAO (@Mkflow27 was the person who conducted my onboarding process at the time, actually).
This was our first quarter without Coordinape, that was the tool we used for measuring value-add contributions (the DAO used it for +1,5y). After this epoch, I’d like to write a small report with a few learnings and we can exchange a few with the Meditators case-study.
Now that Beethoven has taken on community development (ambassadors and such), we expect the Baller role will see more action from marketing-folks and creatives that no longer have room under the Maxis (we only kept the Balancer Report and the Gov Recap in-house).
In that way, we can focus on more on the ecosystem stuff Orb has left behind (but, for a dent of its cost 
). Going beyond the Baller role, we have a much more comprehensive set of tools to make sure contributors are talking to each other. This includes managing various channels and working to improve how information is shared, as appropriate.