Working Group Framework Proposal

Context

This proposal updates Fingerprints organizational design, simplifying its structure through the introduction of the Working Group Framework.

Working Groups will become the basic unit for organizing and dividing work within the DAO, to be proposed directly by Fingerprints members.

The new model aims to achieve the following effects:

• grant more freedom and flexibility for working members to self-organize;
• improve the competitiveness of Fingerprints when seeking to attract and retain talent;
• reduce the frequency of DAO-wide voting for daily expenses and other work-related affairs;
• allow for easier and tailored tinkering of the DAOs working groups;
• introduce a simpler, more decentralized and more flexible organizational design.

Proposal

Working Group Framework

1. Working groups are the basic units of contributors and resources with shared objectives and responsibilities;

   a. working groups must be proposed by Fingerprints members following a standardized formation proposal template;

   b. working groups must have clear activities, responsibilities, KPIs, and budget requirements to be specified in its formation proposal;

   c. attributions must be high-level and open-ended to allow for work flexibility within the working group;

   d. working groups are free to self-organize, having full discretion over compensation schemes, hierarchies and budget allocations;

   e. working groups are encouraged (though not required) to establish open structures that allow for decentralized cooperation and provide equal opportunities to newcomers wishing to join the work;

   f. working group formation proposals must be approved via Snapshot.

2. Each working group must elect a facilitator to be its main governance representative, responsible for facilitating the interface with the rest of the DAO;

   a. facilitators don’t hold any special power by default, although it might be granted in the formation proposal;

   b. each working group’s Facilitator will be responsible for reporting requirements;

   c. participation in community calls and other unstructured types of reporting are expected from Facilitators;

3. Working groups will have a review term — to be specified in the formation proposal — after which their performance must be reviewed and their continuation approved or rejected by the DAO;

   a. renewal of working group operations will require submission of a renewal proposal , similar in content to the formation proposal, detailing deliverables and budget requirements;

4. Working groups can be dissolved at any moment by a Snapshot vote;

   a. operational and financial obligations relative to the working group will be honored by the DAO until the end of the month in which the dissolution gets approved.

Funding

1. Funds shall be transferred from a dedicated Opex vault to each working group in a pay-as-you-go schedule, to be specified in the formation (or renewal) proposal;

2. Working groups are expected to adopt adequate security measures when safeguarding their funds;

3. Any excess funds must be returned to the Opex vault at the end of the review term.