[PIP-44] Expand and Enhance SCCOC and Empower it to Close Staffing Gaps

authors: @larrythecucumber, @leekuanjew, @cerunos

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Abstract

This proposal aims to give our protocol the means to grow further, by seeking to:

• Expand, Enhance, and Empower the Select Committee on Continuing Operations and Compensation (SCCOC).
  • Expand: from a 7-member body with minority DAO-elected membership to a 9-member body that's majority DAO-elected.
  • Enhance: into a "standing committee" i.e. a committee with a permanent mandate and a rotating membership.
  • Empower: from a narrow set of discrete mandates to holding the "power of the purse" when it comes to all personnel matters of the DAO, including the Core team.
• Authorise the appropriation of a budget of $2.5M to the SCCOC, until 1-Sep-2022.
• Call for a by-election for the additional DAO-elected membership to the SCCOC.

Proposal

This proposal is to Empower, Expand, and Enhance SCCOC, established by PIP-39, as follows:

Empower the SCCOC with the "power of the purse" - $2.5M/year

Empower the SCCOC with discretionary contributor spending powers (e.g. funding of Core team, Periphery squads, contractors, marketing, event organization/sponsorship).

• the permanent mandate of the SCCOC will be "to ensure the availability of a competitive and willing pool of talent to run and contribute to the DAO". This includes but is not limited to:
  • administering the talent management Budget of the DAO; apportioning it between Core, Periphery, and Other categories of contributors; and overseeing recruitment for these roles
  • setting standards for compensation plans and packages, including tiers, titles, and salary bands for contributors
  • setting hiring, retention, and firing processes for core contributors as well as rules for the procurement and engagement of non-permanent contributors.
  • investigating all matters relating to human resource management as well as auditing the Treasury in order to carry out its reporting duties.
  • as the "power of the purse" originates from the DAO, the DAO will retain power, via the PIP mechanism, to appropriate funds and earmark them to/from the SCCOC.
• the SCCOC will also have the duty to report to the community at regular intervals (quarterly, at minimum) on the state and progress of matters under its mandate. For this purpose, it will elect a Secretary from amongst its community-elected members who will be responsible to collect and publish the SCCOC's official reports.
  • as the SCCOC will, in the discharge of its mandate, engage in some form of administrative rulemaking for the DAO, a "comment period" shall be required before each rule is adopted where DAO members shall be able to give their input for the SCCOC's consideration. The comment period shall not be less than 3 days unless the SCCOC unanimously approves otherwise for exceptional circumstances.
• an inaugural budget of $2.5M is requested for the inaugural term i.e. until 1-Sep-2022.

Expand the SCCOC to a majority of DAO-elected members

SCCOC is currently a 7-seat body (current members listed above).

• SCCOC to become a 9-seat collegiate body:
  • 3 Core team members
    • Larry and 2 other Core team members, appointed by Larry.
  • 6 DAO-elected members
    • 3 already-elected by the DAO: @merpenduous, @cerunos, and @cipio.
    • 3 additional members from the DAO, to be elected in a special by-election, following an internal nominating process.

Enhance the SCCOC to "standing committee" status

SCCOC will be a permanent organ of the DILL DAO, with rotating membership but a perpetual mandate.

• DAO-elected SCCOC members to have a term of 1 year.
  • Term for those elected will end on 1-Sep-2022.
    • There are no term limits, members can stand for Nomination again.
    • Nominations will run from 1-Jul-2022 to 15-Jul every year.
    • Election Day will be 1-Aug every year.
    • Winners will assume their seats for the new term on 1-Sep when the handover will take place.
• Whenever members cannot serve for their whole terms, a by-election will occur within 1 month of the resignation or removal of an existing member. Winners serve the remainder of the term.
• Elected members of the SCCOC can be removed as follows:
  • due to inactivity, no elected member of the SCCOC may exhibit high levels of absenteeism or dereliction of duty. A motion can be passed by the SCCOC to remove the member in question.
  • due to a conflict of interest, no elected member of the SCCOC may be involved in an official capacity in the running or governance of another protocol. A motion can be passed by the SCCOC to remove the member in question.
  • due to special circumstances, at the discretion of the DAO. Using the PIP mechanism, a motion of censorship shall go into effect immediately and remove the member(s) in question if it passes as a PIP, according to regular rules of governance at the time.

Vote

This is a binary vote. The option that wins a simple majority of the casted votes will be implemented by the DAO.

• For: "Proceed with Proposal"
• Against: "Do Nothing"

Thank you for reading and your participation. And as always...