# \[READY TO VOTE\] Governance Mentorship Program Mission Request **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance Fund Missions\ **Tags:** season-5\ **Created:** [January 6, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315 "2024-01-06T08:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackanorak](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/jackanorak/32/1633_2.png) [@jackanorak](https://gov.optimism.io/u/jackanorak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/21 "2024-01-31T01:13:32Z")
i really don’t think we need a course for this we just need people to show up and recognize the stakes and you don’t need 40k OP to get a few delegates to lead others around; i’d do it for free. we already hold several types of office hours. > [@jengajojo](#): > > - Onchain proof: Participants will receive attestations upon completion of each class, underscoring their learning and involvement. > - Interactive Quizzes: At the end of each workshop, interactive Kahoot quizzes or tailored questionnaires will be provided. These assessments are designed to evaluate the participants’ understanding and knowledge acquisition from each session. > - Practical-activity: At the end of most workshops, participants are required to undertake a governance activity, to apply its knowledge. > - Incentive mechanism: Accepted participants that attend at least 75% of the sessions and successfully complete the activities will be compensated 100 OP. This ensures commitment and maximizes the likelihood of effective learning and active participation in governa I am pretty confident these will accomplish exactly none of the real objectives of our intent, and this mission request almost acknowledges this because the impact measurements are entirely irrrelevant > [@jengajojo](#): > > - Number of participants who completed the GMP. > - Number of participants who reported an increase in understanding of governance processes. > - Number of participants who reported feeling more comfortable participating in governance decisions. > - Feedback from participants on the effectiveness of the GMP This is just assembling people who are being compensated for their time for a survey so they can say “yeah idk this was okay” I think without a real hypothesis behind work like this it’d be a waste to put out this mission request as is. ---
**Author:** ![AdvantageBlockchain](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/advantageblockchain/32/6673_2.png) [@AdvantageBlockchain](https://gov.optimism.io/u/AdvantageBlockchain)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/22 "2024-01-31T15:10:31Z")
As a relatively new delegate, we see great value in a mentorship program, if done with integrity. We believe @jackanorak brings up strong points, and could see this being much less impactful if it simply revolves around quizzes and surveys. A mentor/menteeship program that actually develops stronger relationships throughout the OP collective could be very valuable long term. This could be a generational program, where mentees are encouraged to eventually find and onboard their own mentee, thus making them a new mentor, and creating a chain of families within the collective to better pass down information, value, and access to opportunities. Granted this evolves into the full bodied mentorship program we are optimistically envisioning, AB will approve, and would love to participate & help contribute. Approval - I am an [Optimism delegate 1](https://vote.optimism.io/delegates/0x7110d94153ccbf0a6f9d11527648549516b4c809) with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote. ---
**Author:** ![jengajojo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/jengajojo/32/8397_2.png) [@jengajojo](https://gov.optimism.io/u/jengajojo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/23 "2024-01-31T15:25:28Z")
Thank you for the feedback @AdvantageBlockchain I just want to clarify that quizzes and surveys are > [@jengajojo](#): > > The following activities are **suggested** by this mission request, **however delegates are free to innovate around these ideas.** and hence the applicants are free to innovate around their own ideas and leverage their expertise to take full advantage of various delivery methods. > [@AdvantageBlockchain](#): > > a generational program, where mentees are encouraged to eventually find and onboard their own mentee, thus making them a new mentor, and creating a chain of families within the collective to better pass down information, value, and access to opportunities. This is definitely the goal ---
**Author:** ![jackanorak](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/jackanorak/32/1633_2.png) [@jackanorak](https://gov.optimism.io/u/jackanorak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/24 "2024-01-31T15:36:18Z")
> [@jengajojo](#): > > I just want to clarify that quizzes and surveys are > > > [@jengajojo](#): > > > > The following activities are **suggested** by this mission request, **however delegates are free to innovate around these ideas.** this isn’t exactly true. below is what’s required: > [@jengajojo](#): > > - Identify experienced community members who are willing to participate in the GMP. > - **Develop a curriculum** that covers the complexities of governance, the significance of proposals, and how individual contributions matter. > - Create a schedule for one-on-one sessions, workshops, AMA sessions, and community calls. > - Identify underrepresented groups within the Optimism community and reach out to them to encourage participation. > - **Conduct periodic surveys** and feedback sessions to improve the program This isn’t just a mentorship program – it’s another one of those lessons with required input and collaboration from delegates. And there aren’t even standards around them. - What is the hypothesis behind requiring a curriculum (presumably with quizzes) rather than simply organizing delegates to help - Who contstitutes underrrepresented groups, and who is responsible for determining that the groups labeled as underrepresented are in fact underrepresented? - What is the purpose behind _several_ mentorship programs, which is what’s implied by multiple grants going out? - “\* Create a schedule for one-on-one sessions, workshops, AMA sessions, and community calls.” isn’t this a little redundant? - What/whom would the OP be funding? Yes there is design space here but presumably there is some sort of expectation behind the sizing that is offered - How are you getting buyin from high-context delegates? ---
**Author:** ![jengajojo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/jengajojo/32/8397_2.png) [@jengajojo](https://gov.optimism.io/u/jengajojo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/25 "2024-02-02T08:31:41Z")
Thank you for the feedback. The goal behind a curriculum is to have a structure behind activities, which can then be evaluated against the results of each independent initiative. Having multiple programs allows for a diversity of initiaitves which enables the collective to gather variety of data and feedback on which methodologies are effective in the long run. The OP will be used to compensate for the time of the delegates who will design and deliver this initiative, cost of tooling, other unexpected expenses and incentivising attendees to complete the program. While I agree that there is no consensus around under-represented groups, it is upto each applicant to pitch what they believe is the audience in question and for the GC to make a decision on whether that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![v3naru\_Curia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/v3naru_curia/32/8159_2.png) [@v3naru\_Curia](https://gov.optimism.io/u/v3naru_Curia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/26 "2024-02-02T09:42:36Z")
I am an [Optimism delegate](https://vote.optimism.io/delegates/curia-delegates.eth) with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote. ---
**Author:** ![Gonna.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/gonna.eth/32/3379_2.png) [@Gonna.eth](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Gonna.eth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/27 "2024-02-05T14:09:05Z")
Hi @jengajojo is this budget going to be locked for 1 year for applicants? Or is it going to follow the no-sale rule and be distributed to users? ---
**Author:** ![jengajojo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/jengajojo/32/8397_2.png) [@jengajojo](https://gov.optimism.io/u/jengajojo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/28 "2024-02-05T18:06:45Z")
I suggest that the tokens are locked for 1 year ---
**Author:** ![ray](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/ray/32/7737_2.png) [@ray](https://gov.optimism.io/u/ray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/29 "2024-02-06T09:24:55Z")
LXDAO has been doing something similar, and we are glad to participate ---
**Author:** ![Gonna.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/gonna.eth/32/3379_2.png) [@Gonna.eth](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Gonna.eth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/30 "2024-02-07T13:07:08Z")
This is my personal opinion and has no relation with GovNerd, Grants Council or any other group I’m part of. I remember EthernautDAO giving 3k OP a year ago to every mentor who trained a senior developer from web2 to blockchain developer in optimism. I feel 10k OP for a delegate to do a one-on-one training is huge, contrasting governance training with senior protocol developers this should be less than 1k for each mentor. The coordination of these mentorships was not an easy thing (very time-consuming), I wonder who is going to track all this with no payment or if the MR considers a management budget. ---
**Author:** ![Gonna.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/gonna.eth/32/3379_2.png) [@Gonna.eth](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Gonna.eth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/31 "2024-02-07T13:12:21Z")
The Grants Council has opened early submissions as an Indication of Interest for this mission request [here](https://app.charmverse.io/op-grants/proposals/new?template=2ee526f2-20a1-4cfc-9fcb-12035ab45f40) For your application to be considered, the Mission request must pass the Token House vote on February 14th. Early submissions will not be considered if a Mission Request is not approved on the 14th. ---
**Author:** ![Michael](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/michael/32/2489_2.png) [@Michael](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Michael)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/32 "2024-02-07T18:14:20Z")
Love the idea but think the amount may be a little bit high, I’ll be abstaining from approval on this one. ---
**Author:** ![brichis](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/brichis/32/10892_2.png) [@brichis](https://gov.optimism.io/u/brichis)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/33 "2024-02-07T21:09:57Z")
GM @jengajojo! We’re working on the final list for Mission Requests, but I have a question. I can’t find DAOStewards on the list, nor the address mentioned in the [Google Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sC3CncWklX_J8ojsbFfyB0vaL4VDkJp-uuQGB5fq32M/edit?usp=sharing). Could you confirm if you’ve changed the wallet? > [@jengajojo](#): > > **Proposing Delegate:** [DAOStewards](https://vote.optimism.io/delegate/0xc2490D220419ACdCeD68428Ac413c8483d08D1AB) Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Gonna.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/gonna.eth/32/3379_2.png) [@Gonna.eth](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Gonna.eth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/34 "2024-02-08T12:14:02Z")
@hirokennelly @thinkDecade @jengajojo We need to know if [DAOStewards](https://vote.optimism.io/delegate/0xc2490D220419ACdCeD68428Ac413c8483d08D1AB) is the only delegate address you have or if you can provide one inside the [top 100 delegates](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sC3CncWklX_J8ojsbFfyB0vaL4VDkJp-uuQGB5fq32M/edit#gid=0) for this Mission Request to be official. The address provided in the link 0xc2490D220419ACdCeD68428Ac413c8483d08D1AB is not part of the [top 100 delegates](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sC3CncWklX_J8ojsbFfyB0vaL4VDkJp-uuQGB5fq32M/edit#gid=0) enabled to propose a Mission Request. ---
**Author:** ![jengajojo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/jengajojo/32/8397_2.png) [@jengajojo](https://gov.optimism.io/u/jengajojo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/35 "2024-02-08T13:21:00Z")
Hey @Gonna.eth @brichis I referred to this dashboard [Optimism Governance Dashboard by Curia | Delegate](https://optimism.curiahub.xyz/delegate) for the top 100, i did not know that there is another list for this. We do not have any other address. I’d like to request one of the top 100 delegates to sponsor this mission. ---
**Author:** ![Gonna.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/gonna.eth/32/3379_2.png) [@Gonna.eth](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Gonna.eth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/36 "2024-02-08T15:30:21Z")
Solved, the mission request will move to token house vote sorry for the inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![Romko.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/romko.eth/32/7494_2.png) [@Romko.eth](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Romko.eth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/37 "2024-02-12T09:36:35Z")
Hi @jengajojo and DAOStewards team, your Delegate Mission Request for the Governance Mentorship Program (GMP) under DAOStewards 9 is a well-structured proposal that aligns closely with Intent 4: Improve governance accessibility. The program’s comprehensive approach towards demystifying governance processes and increasing participation is commendable. > [@jengajojo](#): > > **Baseline grant amount:** 40,000 OP > > **Should this Foundation Mission be fulfilled by one or multiple applicants:** up to 4 Its like 4 teams? Or 4 People? ---
**Author:** ![jengajojo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/jengajojo/32/8397_2.png) [@jengajojo](https://gov.optimism.io/u/jengajojo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/38 "2024-02-12T09:52:36Z")
Thank you. It’s 4 applicants in total. Applicants can be individuals or teams ---
**Author:** ![Yuriy\_Teslya](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/yuriy_teslya/32/8123_2.png) [@Yuriy\_Teslya](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Yuriy_Teslya)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/39 "2024-02-12T14:09:37Z")
Hello @jengajojo . That’s a very interesting idea. I would like to see it in action. ---
**Author:** ![Honey\_Barny](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/honey_barny/32/8139_2.png) [@Honey\_Barny](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Honey_Barny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315/40 "2024-02-13T17:19:44Z")
I’d love to see this Governance Mentorship Program in action. It’s a forward-thinking initiative that not only aligns with the intent of improving governance accessibility but also has the potential to create a more vibrant, informed, and engaged Optimism community. [Previous page](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315.md?page=1) [Next page](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-to-vote-governance-mentorship-program-mission-request/7315.md?page=3)