Quantum Biology DAO DP-27 — "Operations Budget for 2026" Proposal, v1.0

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DP-27: Quantum Biology DAO “Operations Budget for 2026” Proposal, v1.0

Quantum Biology DAO Development Proposal - 027 (QBIO DP-27)

Title: Quantum Biology DAO “Operations Budget for 2026” Proposal

Drafted text here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_dbetqHY_jENjdKT3KRw3TaEs_RUFYqXvx0jo5A-NYU/edit?usp=sharing.

Summary

This development proposal allocates $10,000 for the Quantum Biology DAO’s 2026 operations budget. This budget will cover website and email hosting, merchandise store expenses, quarterly community contributions, legal fees, taxes, and other elements reasonably considered to fall under “DAO operations.” Actual expenses will be reported to the DAO.

Background

The Quantum Biology DAO’s annual budget for 2026 (DP-23) was blocked in Feb 2026. Subsequently, the DAO is seeking to pass items originally envisioned for that budget individually. This item was requested by the current DAO Operations working group leader, Jennilyn Gaitan.

Description

1. Approval of $10,000 for DAO operations. $10,000 USDC will be allocated from the DAO treasury to the “2026 Operations Budget.”

2. 2026 Operations Budget used for DAO operations. Funds from the 2026 Operations Budget will be used to cover DAO operations, which includes website and email hosting, merchandise store expenses, quarterly community contributions, legal fees, taxes, and other elements reasonably considered to fall under DAO operations.

3. Covers Feb 2026 through Jan 2027. Expenditures from the 2026 Operations Budget will cover only expenses that occur between Feb 2026 and Jan 2027, inclusive.

4. Decision making for 2026 Operations Budget. For expenditures of less than $1,000 USD from the 2026 Operations Budget, decisions will be made by the relevant working group leaders, in consultation with DAO Core Contributors. For expenditures of $1,000 or greater, decisions will be made in the following way: first, the leader of the relevant working group will make a recommendation to the DAO community in the weekly DAO community call; second, the DAO community will discuss such recommendations and alternatives; and third, DAO Core Contributors will decide the matter via majority vote.

When budget funds are allocated to a specific use, power to determine specific expenditures may be delegated to relevant parties at that time. So, for instance, if the DAO decides to allocate $10,000 to a project, the DAO may also delegate specific decision making around the expenditure of that $10,000 to the project’s leader(s).

5. Logistics for transfer of funds. Funds allocated to specific purposes will be paid out in USDC or ETH at the request of the recipient. If the DAO does not have enough of the relevant token available at the time of the transfer, the DAO will trade USDC for ETH or ETH for USDC, as the case requires, prior to the transfer.

6. Logistics for community rewards. When contributors to the DAO are rewarded for community participation, they may elect to receive the reward in QBIO or USDC. If a contributor chooses to be compensated in QBIO, the amount of QBIO will be determined by the amount of USDC they would have received at the time of the award decision multiplied by the QBIO spot price on Uniswap. If the DAO does not have enough of the relevant token available at the time of the transfer, the DAO will trade USDC for QBIO or QBIO for USDC, as the case requires, prior to the transfer.

7. Previous operations budget closed. All DAO expenditures on Operations for the period February 2026-January 2027 shall be taken from the budget described in this proposal. The DAO’s 2025 budget, with respect to operations, is now considered closed; no further funds may be taken from it.

8. Further operations allocations require a DAO proposal. Any further allocation of funds from the Quantum Biology DAO treasury to DAO Operations, may only occur via a formal proposal passed by the DAO.

9. Reporting expenses. The leader of DAO’s Operations working group will report actual expenses spent from the 2026 Operations Budget to the DAO.

Statement

The DAO benefits from having email, a merchandise store, community rewards, and other things covered under “Operations.” Having a budget allocated to these things is necessary if the DAO is to pay for them.