Week of October 17, 2022
Summary
Eleven out of 14 proposals passed in Cycle #7. Rough math: 13-14K wallets voted on each proposal, which is significantly more than Cycle #6, which itself outpaced Cycle #5. That’s amazing. 
We’re now coming to the end of week 1 of Cycle #8.
Get those delegate approvals and move your proposal to the Roundup thread.
This is the last Voting Cycle of Season 2. We’ll be having an off season and reflection period.
Proposals
The Voting Cycle #8 Roundup thread has already started, with three entries as of today having received the needed delegate approval.
You can view all Cycle #8 proposals — in “draft,” “review,” or “ready” states — by filtering with categories and tags.
In the Forums
Community Mottos brainstorm: there are a few more ideas and contributions — check them out.
The delegate updates category includes the latest reflections and recommendations from @GFXlabs, @OPUser, @polynya, @Bobbay_StableLab, and @Joxes.
“Incentives aren’t having much of an effect in incentivizing user growth,” says polynya, and suggests Governance Committees “start considering the results of previous incentives in greater depth” so as not repeat ineffective approaches.
Synthetix and Phase 0 delegation: @MattL explains the current stance of the Synthetix Ambassadors.
“Don’t make Quest a large criteria for airdrop 2,” says @bangrygoose.
In Discord
Do delegates have to explain when they vote against a Governance Committee recommendation?
Resubmitting a proposal for Cycle #8 after changes have been made requires getting delegate approval again.
Delegates to submit solutions to GitHub: See @lavande’s post detailing an experiment to have delegates submit PRs for solutions to the last-minute-change-to-an-already-approved-proposal problem.
Can OP received via governance fund grants be sold to fund development and R&D, if so stated in a proposal?
Snapshot issues persist for some voters. Here’s the Optimism Foundation’s position.
Check in on the #gov-temp-check channel to respond to proposals looking for feedback.
On Twitter
Play OPCraft!
This week in Optimism.
OP Radio: Autonomous World Building with Lattice.
Governance Calls
There’s a community governance call on Tuesday, October 25, (10am PT / 1 pm ET / 7pm CET) hosted by yours truly. All are welcome.
Join in to reflect on Cycle #7 and help shape Optimism governance. Agenda-in-formation posted here.
Quick Gov Links: Working Constitution | Operating Manual v0.2 | Proposal template | Delegates | Snapshot | Optimism on Boardroom