Season 8 Reflection Period Guide

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Season 8 Reflection Period Guide

Please note the new protocol upgrade process will go into effect starting August 1st.

June 12th - June 18th: Reflect

June 19th - June 25th: Review

  • Register to vote as a Citizen in Season 8 - learn more about eligibility in the docs
  • Familiarize yourself with the Season 8 Intent
  • Feedback
    • Any governance participation may provide feedback on proposal drafts posted to the forum. Governance participation may also choose to facilitate calls to further discuss proposals with authors.
  • Approve

    • Delegates or Citizens’ must provide approvals on proposals not authored by the Foundation or Budget Board by posting the below phrase in a comment under a proposal draft

      ”I am an Optimism delegate [link to your delegate commitment] with sufficient voting power and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote."

      ”I am an Optimism Citizen [link to your attestation] and I believe this proposal is ready to move to a vote.”

      Each of the below proposals requires 4 approvals by June 25th at 19:00 GMT in order to move to a vote in for Special Voting Cycle #39a.

      • Any charters put forth by prospective Leads (Token House Delegates)
      • Any amendment to the Anticapture Commission Charter (Token House Delegates)

June 26 - July 2: Vote

Voting Cycle #39a

July 3 - July 9: Vote

Voting Cycle #39b

July 3 - July 14: Nominate & Review

  • Anyone that would like to run to be a Council or Board member may self-nominate themselves on OP Atlas before July 14th at 19:00 GMT.
  • Any operating budgets put forth during this period will also require approvals before July 16th at 19:00 GMT
  • If applicable
    • Grants Council (Delegates)
    • Milestones and Metrics Council (Delegates)
    • Security Council (Delegates)
    • Developer Advisory Board (Delegates + Citizens)

July 24th - July 30th: Vote

Voting Cycle #39c

Elections, as applicable:

  • Grants Council [Link to be added] (Token House)
  • Milestones and Metrics Council [Link to be added] (Token House)
  • Developer Advisory Board [Link to be added] (Token House + Citizens’ House)

Operating Budgets, as applicable:

  • Grants Council [Link] (Token House)
  • Milestones and Metrics Council [Link](Token House)
  • Developer Advisory Board [Link] (Token House + Citizens’ House)
  • Security Council [Link](Token House)

Missions (optimistic approval):

Amendments (if applicable)

  • ACC
  • CDP

July 31: Season 8 Starts!

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It’s problematic that council leads are being elected before final budget board allocations are known. This sequencing forces candidates to commit without visibility into the actual resources they’ll have to execute.

The Budget Board proposal introduces a 2.3M OP ceiling across all DAO operations, but this confirmation arrives at the same time a lead is elected. This puts incoming leads in a reactive position, unable to present realistic plans, negotiate scope, or decline the role based on insufficient resources.

If we want council leads to be accountable and strategic, they need clarity on the operating constraints before committing to lead roles. Otherwise, we risk setting up leadership for failure, or worse, deterring strong candidates from applying.

Leads should be elected after the budget is approved. Anyone can still propose charter changes early, but the vote for leads should happen once we know how much OP they’ll manage. This way, candidates know what they’re signing up for and can plan properly.

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I agree - Leads should be elected after the budget is approved

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The reason for this sequencing is to allow for the onchain transfers of the budgets to be made to a multisig managed by the elected Leads. Otherwise, the onchain transfer would be made to a multisig managed by the Foundation, and we would add the Leads as signers afterwards. @ben-chain can speak to longer term solutions, but that is why the sequencing is as such in Season 8.

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Are funds immediately needed for other councils? Grant Council does not, and this can be solved in the first cycle after budget approvals.

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Budget approvals will execute onchain this Season

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