Week of November 7, 2022
Summary
We’ve reached the end of Voting Cycle #8 — and Season 2. Thirteen out of 18 proposals were approved in this last round. We’re now in the “Off Season,” which ends on November 16.
Read and respond to the Optimism Foundation’s Guide to Season 3, which puts forward new ideas, approaches, and proposals concerning the delegate code of conduct, the Governance Fund charter, and retroactive delegate awards, among other things. (Proposals are covered below.)
Reflection Period: November 17 - December 7
Special Voting Cycle # 9a: December 8 - December 21
Proposals
Moving to a Grants Council: A draft proposal from the Foundation to “restructure the grants process to overcome the challenges faced by committees, improve the proposer experience, create accountability for grant recipients, and reduce delegate workload.”
Protocol Delegation Program: Another draft proposal from the Foundation to “allow protocols to have a voice in governance without self-delegating grants.”
Both of the above proposals will be voted on in Special Voting Cycle # 9a.
In the Forums
Delegate communication. Voting Cycle #8 and seasonal updates from GFX Labs and @Gonna.eth.
Is it time for on-chain OP voting? @GFXlabs and @millie get the discussion started.
Retroactive delegate awards for Seasons 1 & 2 are explained here.
The Season 2 feedback thread continues.
Incentives to address voter apathy. The discussion continues.
Delegate accountability. Karma shares progress on its grant-funded dashboard — check it out.
In Discord
The #gov-monitoring channel has been created to “discuss the monitoring and oversight of Optimism governance.”
Here’s what to do if you had any issues voting on Snapshot during Cycle #8.
The allocation of retroactive rewards for Governance Committee members has been shared.
On Twitter
Here’s Optimism’s weekly update, which has a link to OP Radio #7 (Motorheadz Nostalgic NFT Collection).
How do you shuffle a deck of cards on the blockchain? A thread by @norswap.
Cycle #8 voting decisions laid out and explained, by @lefterisjp.
Governance Calls
- Here’s a recap of last week’s community call, hosted by @michael, with a link to the recording if you missed it.
- And here’s a recording of last Wednesday’s call with the Optimism Foundation about the Guide to Season 3: Course Correcting.
Quick Gov Links: Working Constitution | Operating Manual v0.2 | Proposal template | Delegates | Snapshot | Optimism on Boardroom