# Season 6: Guide to Season 6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Metagovernance\ **Tags:** season-6\ **Created:** [May 10, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-guide-to-season-6/8113 "2024-05-10T12:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/3/399c2cdab1be9e0c1ae7481c939f977574c28f5e.svg) [@system](https://gov.optimism.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-guide-to-season-6/8113/1 "2024-05-10T12:37:25Z")
_Thanks to members of the [Feedback Commission](https://gov.optimism.io/t/introducing-the-collective-feedback-commission/7863) for providing input and feedback on Season 6 drafts._ # Guide to Season 6 🎉 * * * **Season 6 begins on June 27th and runs through December 11th. Grant applications open on July 18th and run every 3 weeks through December. You can find all dates on the [public governance calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_4hui70itm089e7t8q50heh1kno%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe%2FBerlin).** **All details about what happens between now and then are in the [Reflection Period Voting Guide](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-voting-guide/8130).** Don’t want to read? Watch the [Season 6 Overview](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mAWfVMQkG0O_aWdPRtk5ojHuMXhsAgNg/view) from the Token House Community Call on 5/14. **Time stamps** 06:50 - Lavande gives S6 overview 28:55 - Ben gives overview of Blockspace Charter Framework 52:32 - Brief Q&A at the end * * * ## Acknowledging Season 5 Contributions Delegates are rewarded retroactively for their participation in the Token House. You can find retro rewards for Season 5 [here](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-5-retro-governance-participation-rewards/8105). Rewards are made in accordance with a new [Collective Rewards Framework](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-collective-reward-framework/8112), which is the first step in transitioning this responsibility to a Budget Board, likely to be elected in Season 7. * * * ## How did we get here? Seasons 1 - 5 - **Season 1 Theme:** Genesis and unstructured community grants - **[Season 2 Theme:](https://gov.optimism.io/t/committees-next-steps-for-season-2/3436)** Establishing structure with grant committees - **[Season 3 Theme:](https://gov.optimism.io/t/guide-to-season-3-course-correcting/3942)** Refining structure with the Grants Council - **[Season 4 Theme:](https://gov.optimism.io/t/guide-to-season-4-as-a-collective/5886)** Working as a Collective (Introduction of Missions, Intents, and Trust Tiers) - **[Season 5 Theme:](https://gov.optimism.io/t/guide-to-season-5/6894)** Governance resiliency (Introduction of the Security Council, Law of Chains, Developer Advisory Board, and Anticapture Commission) ## Season 6 Theme: Optimizing to support the Superchain 🔴 🔵 🟡 ⚪ 🔴 As you can see above, [Season 5](https://gov.optimism.io/t/guide-to-season-5/6894/13) introduced many new programs. In Season 6, we’ll pause to reflect and refine these programs, optimizing them to support strategic goals for the Superchain. Throughout Season 6, we also aim to provide more transparency into key milestones for transferring more control over the governance system to the community via various public roadmaps. These proposals are based on 100’s of pieces of feedback documented by the Foundation throughout the Season, reports and analysis conducted by the community, periodic feedback surveys, public feedback threads, the [Collective Feedback Commission](https://gov.optimism.io/t/introducing-the-collective-feedback-commission/7863), [retrospectives](https://gov.optimism.io/tags/c/elected-reps/council-communication-threads/70/retrospective) conducted by community representatives, etc. * * * ## **[Intents](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-intents-ratification/8104/2)** _Intents are high level strategic goals the entire Collective works towards. Each Intent has a target metric indicating what success looks like for each Intent._ - **Season 5:** Intents applied to the entire Collective but specified that the Governance Fund was only meant to support OP Mainnet. The Foundation set 3 out of 4 Intents, and the community set Intent #3: Improve the Consumer Experience. - **Season 6:** The Foundation will propose all Intents, which will now be ratified by governance. Intents will apply to the entire Collective. The Governance Fund will support the Superchain but will no longer support _technical_ decentralization under Intent #1. - You can see the Foundation’s Suggested Mission Requests under each Intent [here](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-suggested-mission-requests/8107/2). ![🧰 Asset Container (4)](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/f/ff192b6911a9190dc3a0981567e8a70b4727ac03.png) ## Intent 1: Progress Towards Decentralization _In Season 6, Intent #1 encompasses both governance and technical decentralization. In Season 5, it only encompassed technical decentralization._ - **[Developer Advisory Board Renewal (DAB)](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-developer-advisory-board-renewal/8099):** - [**Anticapture Commission Amendments (ACC):**](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-anticapture-commission-amendment/8124) - [**Code of Conduct Rescoping:**](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-code-of-conduct-rescoping-2/8101) The Code of Conduct has been rescoped multiple times since the end of Season 4, based on continuous learnings. Please reference [CoC Rescoping #2](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-code-of-conduct-rescoping-2/8101) to understand the option to [renew the Code of Conduct Council](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-code-of-conduct-council-renewal/8100) for an additional Season. - **NEW in Season 6: Continuous Transition of Governance Power to the Community:** ## Intent 2: **Bring Chains to the Superchain** - **[Chain Delegation Program Amendments (CDP):](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-chain-delegation-program-amendment/8125/2)** ## Intent 3: **Grow Application Developers on the Superchain** _Missions grants are made out of the Governance Fund and support the Collective’s strategic Intents. Select delegates can make a Mission Request outlining the specific types of grants they’d like the Governance Fund to make._ - **[Mission Requests v2.5](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-missions-v2-5/8106/2):** - **Season 5:** We iterated on the Mission Request process in Season 5. You can read the full retrospective [here](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-5-missions-v2-retrospective/8103). - **Season 6:** Members of the Grants Council and Collective Feedback Commission will be able to create Mission Requests, subject to Token House approval. The application process will be simplified and refined based on grant applicant user research and closer collaboration with the Grants Council. As always, v2.5 will be treated as an experiment to re-assessed at the end of Season 6. See also: As last year, the Foundation will share an Annual Budget Report and delegates may choose to put forward proposals for [Inflation Adjustment](https://gov.optimism.io/t/inflation-adjustment-proposal-template/5923). * * * #### Some other changes you might notice in Season 6: - [**Collective Rewards Framework**](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-collective-reward-framework/8112/2) - Trust Tiers - Open Design Process - The govNERDs - Steady State [Governance Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=Y19mbm10Z3VoNm5vbzZxZ2JuaTJncGVyaWQ0a0Bncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t) * * * ### **See the [Season 6 Reflection Period Guide](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-reflection-period-guide/8130) for detailed outline of what you’ll need to do during the Reflection Period!** Citizens will be asked to opt-in to participate in governance in Season 6, more details soon! We understand delegates have other commitments and may need to step away. Please see the [Delegate Resignation Process](https://gov.optimism.io/t/delegate-resignation-process/8127). --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-guide-to-season-6/8113)._