Developer Advisory Board - Season 7 Operating Budget

As a member of the Collective Feedback Commission, I have been asked to provide feedback on the DAB Season 7 Operating Budget.

The Developer Advisory Board (DAB) plays a critical role for the OP Collective, especially given the intent for Season 7. As such, I believe that the DAB operating budget being approved by the Token House is extremely important for the success of Optimism in Season 7 — not only to support the intent, but to progress governance along the decentralisation roadmap. The increased responsibilities (and corresponding budgets for those roles) seem reasonable when benchmarked against the Grants Council, which I think is the most comparable council.

New Roles
I appreciate you have listed UX and Performance KPIs. As a note for the future, it would be great to see a thorough evaluation of the new roles (Foundation Mission Team and Mission Scouts) in the retrospective to ensure that the roles have impact that is aligned with the budget.

Bonus Payment
Could you share some insight into the considerations for the Bonus Payment? I understand there’s not yet a defined framework for its distribution, and that discussions with other Council Leads are planned. However, I’m curious about your initial thoughts—are you leaning towards linking the Bonus Payment to impact, similar to Retro Rounds, or is it more likely to be tied to meeting the DAB’s KPIs? Given that this payment represents a significant portion of the DAB’s budget for Season 7, any preliminary thoughts you have would be helpful.