AIP-552: Pausing Special Council elections pending the outcome of the Governance Revamp AIP vote

The below contents are duplicated from the ApeCoin DAO Snapshot:

https://snapshot.org/#/apecoin.eth/proposal/0xb7427d98eb7a3cd4d52e4b038c9034a50a1f647fd462e27e1cc454fe047b6e21

Members will vote with BAYC/MAYC on our Apes+ Snapshot. Delegated voting will then be done on the ApeCoin DAO Snapshot with the apesplusdao.eth wallet.

Votes are meant as:

For every 1 BAYC = 1 Vote

For everyone 1 MAYC = 1 Vote

i.e. 2 BAYCs and 3 MAYCs = 5 votes total

Make your voices heard Apes 🍌

------------ ApeCoin DAO AIP Snapshot Contents ------------

PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION The APE Foundation has recently posted a proposal to revamp ApeCoin DAO governance, entitled “ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp”. That proposal would eliminate Special Council elections, sunsetting the role of Special Council entirely. It can be found here: ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp

https://forum.apecoin.com/t/apechain-on-chain-apecoin-dao-governance-revamp/26936

This AIP proposes to pause Special Council elections, pending the outcome of the proposal entitled “ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp”.

BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM This proposal benefits the ApeCoin ecosystem by respecting the time, resources, and energy of the ApeCoin DAO community members who might wish to run for Special Council, as well as the time, resources, and energy of ApeCoin DAO community members who might wish to vote for and learn about Special Council nominees.

OVERALL COST Total amount requested from the ApeCoin Ecosystem Fund = $0.

PROPOSAL Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-552-pausing-special-council-elections-pending-the-outcome-of-the-governance-revamp-aip-vote/26822

The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.