Week of September 5, 2022
Summary
We’re now in the first week of Voting Cycle #6, with new proposals being crafted and set before the community. @ben-chain has summarized governance process changes from the reflection period and Voting Cycle #5, re-iterated the purpose and goals of the Governance Fund, and provided a look ahead to the full Season 2.
Four Governance Committees have been established and will begin their work this Cycle. @lavande has provided guidance for the committees. Expect feedback from each committee before the third day of third week of this Cycle; committees will post their recommendations in dedicated threads, such as this one. This week’s governance call (Tuesday, September 13, 5PM GMT) may include discussion of how the committees will distribute their work.
Proposals
A number of proposals have been submitted for community review — collected in this thread.
Those proposals that are marked “[Review]” by this Tuesday, 7PM GMT will enter the second week of the Cycle, which consists of delegate feedback.
A retrospective and brief analysis of proposals approved in Season 1 has been posted by @jackanorak.
Provide your feedback on Governance Fund proposals being drafted for this Cycle.
In the Forums
A serious, lengthy, and at times heated debate about Governance Committees took place in the forums and on Discord. It concerned, among other things, the level of expertise needed to participate fruitfully in committees, whether someone should be able to serve on more than one committee, and whether proposed committee members should or should not have abstained from voting on committee proposals.
Keep questions and considerations in mind as we proceed through Season 2. Governance Committees are an experiment limited (for the moment) to this Season, after which the community will reflect on their utility.
Should protocols be discouraged from borrowing against their granted OP?
@diligit asks that we use the filters on the the delegate information page to promote “diversification of voting power and more decentralization.”
In Discord
A quick overview of Season 2 Cycles and dates is provided by @lavande.
There were issues in Voting Cycle #5 with certain multi-sig wallets not being able to cast their votes, and questions about how votes not counted would have affected the outcome.
Given the above problem, there were requests to approve all five proposed Governance Committees. The Optimism Foundation ultimately decided to stay with the original plan of four committees, as explained fully here.
Here’s another good discussion among delegates about whether those who were on proposed Governance Committees should or should not have abstained from voting on committees.
On Twitter
- Optimists are in Berlin for @dappcon_berlin and ETHBerlin. Here’s where they’ll be.
- The URL for the list of OP Summer incentives programs has changed.
Governance Calls
Join the next call, hosted by @michael, on September 13 (5PM GMT). The agenda is posted in this thread.
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