Submitted by AlabasterJefferson#6585, AlabasterJefferson.eth

TL;DR

A process to increase proposal quality and get more voters interested

After the week-long run of a Free-For-All proposal system on Snapshot.org, it is proposed we have proposals go through three steps in order to drive more voter engagement and have more expected information in every proposal:

• Preproposal - Discord engagement to decide if an idea is ready to be a proposal
• Preliminary proposal - A snapshot DinoEgg weighted vote on if a proposal should go to a formal vote
• Final vote - A second snapshot DinoEgg weighted vote that ends in a terminal decision

Inspired by US congressional system and Doodlebank DAO

How does this help the Dino Babies in Space Community Fund?

The Dino Babies in Space Community Fund is based around fractionalized management and large-scale membership engagement. We discovered during our first-week run that the large-scale member engagement was not happening organically on Snapshot spaces. It is our conviction that if we rooted the initial refinement period (preproposal) on discord, we could get more members to last through the entire voting process.

How does this improve our members’ experience?

We believe that members who are deeply involved in all parts of the NFT process will get more out of the experience. Voting and participating in the decentralized part of the NFT project is a core function and where much of the value is derived in the project. It is our conviction that if we make the voting experience more present on discord, and more clearly defined process-wise that we will get more member involvement and thus have more members achieve a richer experience.

If this succeeds, how do we know this action accomplished its goals?

Success on this project will be defined as the active members in each discord preproposal channel and the total number of votes on each snapshot proposal. We know we succeeded if more members are engaging and engagement is continually growing.

The function of each step

The following are the functions of each step in the proposal process

Preproposal - Discord Engagement

In preproposal, anyone can submit a proposal through our submission form. The form will ask you to write up the best explanation you can for your proposal using the following questions. As a community, it is our responsibility to help understand the goal of the proposal, and the proposer is expected to help craft the story on why this should happen.

Preproposal Form

This may look familiar to this proposal right above

• Your discord ID
• Your wallet ID
• What is the title of your proposal
• Which category does this proposal fall into
  • A fund investment
  • Community improvement
  • Show improvement
  • Other
• Summary of the desired result, what do you want to happen?
• How does this follow the vision of the Dino Babies in Space community fund?
• How does this improve our members’ experience?
• If this succeeds, how do we know this action accomplished its goals?
• Timeline? When do you want this to start and if it has an end date
• Cost
  • 0eth
  • less than 5eth
  • 5-15eth
  • greater than 15eth

In the DinoBabies NFT Discord Server, a unique discord channel will be made for discussing the submitted proposal.

Unique discord channel and progression vote

At any point or after 3 days of discussion, a vote will be called on discord: Should this proposal go to a Preliminary Vote? And have three voting options:

1. Yes the idea is ready
2. This still needs refinement
3. No All discord Ziggy holders and Dino Egg holders can vote at this stage. The discord account must be verified.

Preliminary Vote - First Snapshot Vote

With a minimum of 24 hours after the discord channel closes, the preliminary proposal is presented on the Snapshot.org Dino Babies in Space Community Wallet Space. This 24 hour gap allows members to choose their delegates or collect their eggs before the snapshot is taken.

When the proposal is created on Snapshot.org, a snapshot is taken of all DinoEgg holders. This is done so no members can game the system and flaw the vote if they are losing votes later on.

For two days, Snapshot.org will host a vote from members on if this idea should go to full quorum voting. Members are asked to evaluate if they like the idea and if this will help improve the Dino Babies in Space project as a whole.

There are 4 options presented in this vote

• Yes, go to final vote
• No, do not go to final vote
• This idea needs more refinement
• Abstain

How does this differ from discord vote?

In discord vote, all discord members are 1 vote and they are voting if the idea makes sense to invest real blockchain resources into executing.

Why is this not the final step?

There are four reasons, mirroring both the US Congressional Process and DoodleBank:

• There can be many options the proposal is actually presenting and the proposal needs final votes on multiple elements
• Members who thought the proposal was strong may still think this idea is not good
• An idea may have felt complete on discord, but now on snapshot, it appears unrefined
• Members who represent a large holding of eggs may only be represented as one member of discord

What does abstain mean?

An Abstain vote means you want to get voting to quorum, but do not have an opinion either way on the proposal.

Quorum needs

8% of actively circulated Dino Eggs must be accounted for to consider this vote complete. If less than 8% vote, this proposal will go back to discord for a redraw.

The calculation for Active Circulated Eggs is: [Total eggs accounted for in vote] / [3,000,000 - {total eggs in distribution wallet}]

Final Vote

If a proposal makes it from preliminary approval to final vote, the final proposal is uploaded to snapshot with all terminal states on a 3 day voting period.

A terminal state is the end of that proposal’s lifecycle no matter the result. Many proposals will have more than Yes and No options so we are letting the proposal writer and moderation team decide on what the voting options may be.

On a passing vote

If a final vote passes, it is the obligation of the Dino Council to effectuate the proposal in as timely of a manner as possible. We will work with the proposal writer and the community to make sure we are matching the goal of the proposal.

On a failing vote

If the majority vote ignoring abstains is No, the proposal is officially over without taking action. The proposal writer is encouraged to go on a cooldown before proposing something similar.

If the majority vote does not meet quorum, the proposal is also officially a failed vote. However, the Dino Council will be more lenient on the repurposing of the same content for a new proposal.

Quorum needs

There are five unique proposal types that have different quorum needs:

• Proposals that do not require an investment of Ethereum and do not change fundamental aspects of the project or the show.
  • Quorum needed 8% +Proposals that require investment under 5eth
  • Quorum needed 10%
• Proposals that require investment between 5-15eth
  • Quorum needed 14%
• Proposals that require investment over 15eth
  • Quorum needed 18%
• Proposals that fundamentally change the structure of the NFT Project, Community Wallet or Show
  • Quorum needed 22%