Here’s the (somewhat delayed) update for Week 13! You can also find these on our notion site at the link below:
Voting Cycle Status
Current Cycle: #35
- Voting Period active: April 3-9 at 19:00 GMT
- Two Protocol Upgrade Proposals currently active:
- Upgrade Proposal #14: Isthmus L1 Contracts + MT-Cannon
- Upgrade Proposal #15: Isthmus Hard Fork (contingent upon passing of UP #14)
- Final 48-hour voting reminder scheduled for Monday, April 7th
- Citizens’ House veto period will follow: April 10-16
- DAB working on detailed summaries for both protocol upgrades
Last Week Recap
- Working Group 1 (WG1) completed Skills-Based Intake Survey for wannabe-govNERDs
- Working Group 2 (WG2) focusing on updates to Core govNERDs Assignments page
- Marcus created and maintains delegates tracker spreadsheet for monitoring top 100 delegate approvals
- Alex published the Voting Cycle Guide for #35
- Foundation distributed mid-point season surveys - due EOD Friday, April 4th
- Bunnic shared the Optimism GovGPT AI tool for testing
In Progress
- Developing Mentorship-Led Task Matching system
- Pairing core govNERDs with wannabes based on skills survey results
- Creating one-on-one screening calls to validate social skills
- Exploring unified notification system across Discord/Telegram
- Addressing duplication issues with announcements
- Evaluating options for centralized posting with channel tagging
- Creating High-Impact Educational Content
- Preparing interview summary of Lavande’s governance explanations
- Planning visual explainers of complex governance concepts
- Working with Megalod on future Voter Guest onboarding optimization
- Exploring dedicated Telegram group for consolidated updates
Coming Up This Week
- Pumbi interviewing Lavande on Wednesday - all govNERDs invited to attend
- Voting for Cycle #35 Protocol Upgrades concludes April 9th
- Bleu team meeting on govQuests integration confirmed for April 15th at 18:00 GMT
Notes & Reminders
- ACC and DAB are actively monitoring Protocol Upgrade proposals and providing feedback
- Retro Funding rewards expected to be distributed this Thursday per Julian
- New bounty idea being developed for governance research and proposal analysis
- Core govNERDs discussing contribution path progression improvement with Foundation
Questions? Contact me on Telegram (@sovsignal) or tag me on Discord on the #govnerd-general channel. Stay Optimistic 