[BIP-629] Balancer DAO Service Provider & Grantee Standards

Summary

This proposal updates [BIP-372] that adopted Standards for the DAO's service providers and adds the grantees to abide.

I. Service Provider (SP) agrees to protect the resiliency of the DAO and promote its growth by adhering to basic ecosystem standards. SP agrees to use best efforts to adhere to the following:

1. Ecosystem Values
2. DAO Accountability Guidelines * This includes adhering to any contract terms covered by an agreement the Foundation/OpCo needs to sign for SP’s work
3. Dos and Donts of Business Development and Marketing
4. To prevent fraud, theft and token manipulation as much as possible
5. To protect the confidentiality and privacy of data and information received in the course of Balancer work. For example, adhering to the Data Retention Policy for communications and NDA (need-to-know only sharing).

II. Grantee agrees to protect the resiliency of the DAO and promote its growth by adhering to basic ecosystem standards. Grantee agrees to use best efforts to adhere to the following:

1. Ecosystem Values
2. DAO Code of Conduct * This includes adhering to any contract terms covered by an agreement the Foundation/OpCo needs to sign for grantees work
3. To prevent fraud, theft and token manipulation as much as possible by reporting issues to Balancer OpCo as needed
4. For marketing or promoting the Balancer protocol, to do so within community ethos to be fair, transparency and accurate
5. To protect the confidentiality and privacy of data and information received in the course of ant Balancer ecosystem work.
6. To operate in a manner that would not cause the grantee or a member of the Balancer ecosystem to be in violation of any laws or regulations and provide the necessary information to confirm this. This includes verification of key project members, legal entities, and anyone with access to the wallet receiving any grant funds.

Specification

If approved, these standards apply to all current and future SPs and grantees.