Operating Budget Template

Operating Budget Template

It is recommended that you add a poll to the bottom of your budget proposal asking the community if they believe your proposal is ready to move to a vote.

Proposed Lead: Name

Proposed Operating Budget: X OP (+/- relative to previous Season)

Contact Info: Email

Council Charter:

  • Please link to the governance approved Charter for Season 8 hosted on Github here

Breakdown of Council Operating Budget:

  • Please note, this Operating Budget will be for Season 8 and Season 9. This includes the Season 9 Reflection Period.

Member Stipends [unlocked, superfluid stream]:

  • Number of members = XXXX OP (+/- from last Season)
    • Please break down # by sub-committee, if applicable
    • Please indicate any leadership roles to be designated among members (ie. Ops Lead, Comms Lead, etc.)
    • Please explain any increase or decrease since last Season
    • It is strongly recommended that teams not exceed 7 members, but may support up to 14 if split into smaller teams. It is highly discouraged for teams to be larger than 14 (link to DAO Design Principles)
  • Lead = XXXX OP (+/- from last Season)
    • Please explain any increase or decrease since last Season

Optional Sections

Operating Budget (locked for one year):

  • OP to use to provision products or services from external sources or third-parties, as needed. This is optional.

Retroactive Budget (locked for one year):

  • A portion of the OP budget to be used to reward members at the end of their term based on a pre-defined Evaluation Algorithm that attempts to measure the performance/impact of individual members beyond execution on their defined responsibilities. This is optional.

Multisig Management, if relevant (unlocked):

How should governance participants assess impact?

In order to avoid bureaucracy, KPIs should measure outcomes, not inputs or process.

User Experience KPIs:

  • XYZ
  • XYZ
  • XYZ

Performance KPIs:

  • XYZ
  • XYZ
  • XYZ

Examples

  • You can reference the Milestone and Metric KPIs here
  • You can reference the Developer Advisory Board KPIs here
  • You can reference the Grants Council KPIs here

Consistent with other reward allocations, all rewards will be subject to KYC and claims flow process.

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