Season 8 Grants Council Charter amendment

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Proposed Council or Board Lead: Gonna.eth (If a future budget proposal is approved, more on this here)

Please link to any previous work or qualifications to be Council or Board Lead:

  • Atlas Profile
  • Grants Council Reviewer during Season 3.
  • Reviewer and Ops Manager during Season 4 and Season 5.
  • Appointed Grants Council Lead for Season 5
  • Elected Grants Council lead for Season 6.
  • Elected Grants Council lead for Season 7.

Link to community contributions:

Link to relevant work experience:

  • Delegate since OP governance inception.
  • Member of the first committee.
  • Govnerd in Season 5.
  • Govner Maintainer in Season 6.
  • Active participant in RetroPGF processes:
    • Bagholder since RetroPGF 2.
    • Consistently voted on every Retro Funding

Please list any conflicts of interest: EhternautDAO Co-founder

Proposal Type: Grants Council S8 Charter Amendment

Original Proposal: OPerating-manual/Grants Council Charter v0.1.md at main · ethereum-optimism/OPerating-manual · GitHub

Proposed Amendments: Comparing ethereum-optimism:main...Dhannte:patch-4 · ethereum-optimism/OPerating-manual · GitHub

Change log: Please provide a plain English summary of the major changes proposed. Voters should verify that the above linked PR accurately represents the change log described here.

  1. Metric Focus Shift – S7 focused on USD-denominated TVL, while S8 emphasizes ETH-denominated interop usage, AOP, and fee generation—a shift in how impact is measured.
  2. AI + GovNerd Intake – S8 introduces an AI-led intake process with GovNerd oversight; S7 had manual reviews only.
  3. Stricter Reviewer Criteria – S8 sets a higher bar for reviewers: deep Interop + DeFi experience, track record, and protocol connections. S7 had broader, less specific criteria.
  4. Resignation & COI Rules – S8 expands resignation notice, conflict disclosures, and replacement protocols. S7 mentioned these lightly, without process details.

If this proposal is approved, the above linked PR will be merged into the canonical version of the Charter hosted in github and the changes will go into effect at the start of the next Season.

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I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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Cyber, as a member of the chain delegate program with sufficient voting power, believes this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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We are an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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The SEEDGov delegation, as we have communicated here, being an Optimism delegation with sufficient voting power, we believe this proposal is ready to move towards a vote.

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I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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We are an Optimism Delegate with sufficient voting power and we believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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I am an Optimism delegate with sufficient voting power and we believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.

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There is a small contradiction in the changes:

45.Elected members serve for two terms and may seek re-election for future terms

143.All Grants Council members must stand for re-election at the start of a new Season if they wish to continue serving

Please clarify, does voting take place every season or are members elected for 2 seasons?

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For two seasons (Season 8 and 9). Will tag him so he can correct it: @Gonna.eth

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This is a good information

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The following reflects the views of L2BEAT’s governance team, composed of @kaereste, @Sinkas, and @Manugotsuka, and it’s based on their combined research, fact-checking, and ideation.

We are voting FOR the proposal.

All the proposed changes to Season 8’s charter appear reasonable, and we appreciate the incremental improvements made across the board.

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Elected members will serve for two terms. If they wish to continue after the two terms they must stand for re-election at the start of the new season.

thank you for the feedback!

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