PIP21: Legal Team Season 2 Budget Proposal (v2.0)

PIP21: Legal Team Season 2 Budget Proposal Author: MatterTurbulent#5161 Reviewer: Chidi#5925 Required Quorum: 100M $PEOPLE (if votes don’t reach the quorum, the proposal will need to receive 90% approval to pass). Vote Duration: 5 days Required budget for the season: 88,000 $PEOPLE

(After this budget was rejected we invited the community to provide input over three Contributor Calls and Fireside chats. The Legal Team submits this updated version of the budget.)

Every DAO should have a subunit dedicated to improving governance and organisational policies. The major accomplishment of the Legal Team in Season 1 was to research and produce the PeopleDAO Constitution v1.0. The team set the following goals for PeopleDAO Season 2:

Amend the Constitution -- Both our DAO and web3 are evolving at an accelerated rate. Our Constitution needs to keep pace with this growth. The Legal Team will lead an amendment process this season, beginning with public commentary and engaging topics such as improving governance and formalizing new teams. The Amendments will ensure our Constitution remains a source of stability with its set of clear policies.

Report on DAO legal wrappers -- The regulatory environment around DAOs is shifting and new cases are being brought to court, which may have implications for DAOs and liability. Being unincorporated does not necessarily shield PeopleDAO from liability or taxation. The Legal Team commits to assembling a short report comparing different legal wrappers for DAOs, and drawing on expert opinion.

Conflict Mediation Workshops - Disputes, disagreements, and conflicts occur in all types of human relationships and coordination. Mediation can prevent conflicts and peacefully resolve disputes. The Legal Team plans on organising two virtual workshops that will pin-point the common sources of conflict and dispute in DAOs and also highlight the best ways to de-escalate and resolve these conflicts. POAPs will also be issued to the attendees after the completion of the workshops.

The Legal Team is asking for some discretionary funds in case any other pressing tasks appear, such as impromptu conflict mediation.

The Legal Team has assembled the following budget: Amendment Process = 20,000 $PEOPLE Legal Wrapper Report = 18,000 $PEOPLE Conflict Mediation Workshops = 20,000 $PEOPLE Discretionary Funding = 30,000 $PEOPLE Total = 88,000 $PEOPLE

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11H9JopS82nzZuKfplBczlrab0gvJKGTO34zaUI3u4cs/edit#gid=0

Vote “YES” to approve the Legal Team budget. Vote "NO" to reject the Legal Team budget.