Hi everyone - It is absolutely within reason for any delegate to chose to abstain on this or any other Code of Conduct Violation votes. We have taken feedback that the process of all delegates being asked to vote on these issues is undesireable into account and are proposing a Code of Conduct Council to eliminate this responsibility for delegates in the immediate future (provided the Council’s budget is approved in this voting cycle.)
To address concerns that the Code of Conduct will operate behind closed doors:
- All Council members will be publicly elected and are subject to removal at any time if they abuse their position on the Council
- All Council decisions will be published each voting cycle, allowing individual enforcement decisions to be monitored and vetoed by the Token House if believed to be inappropriate
- All Council members must be re-elected at the beginning of each Season and the continuation of the Code of Conduct Council itself will be subject to approval in Season 6
- It is a requirement to have completed Gravity DAO’s conflict resolution training before serving on the Council. We welcome members of Gravity DAO to nominate themselves as Council members as well.
This is an initial experiment and we may find that this is not the optimal, long-term solution, but the intention is to experiment with alternatives that reduce the role of the Foundation and individual delegates in this process going forward.
Finally, the intent of these proposals is not to cancel anyone. Delegates may decide to vote “no” or “abstain,” in which case no suspension would take place. Please also keep in mind that a suspension is for a temporary period of 3 months, after which point a suspended delegate may resume activity in the community.