RFP-2026: Annual Community Council Ratification

Term: April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027

Abstract

This proposal asks the Radiant DAO community to ratify four (4) nominees to serve on the Radiant Community Council for a 12-month term beginning April 1, 2026, and ending March 31, 2027.

The Community Council serves as a governance coordination body that helps translate DAO decisions - the community decisions - into operational execution across governance processes, contributor coordination, roadmap stewardship, and ecosystem engagement.

As Radiant continues evolving toward a DeFi 3.0 capital infrastructure designed to support allocator and institutional capital, governance maturity, transparency, and operational accountability become increasingly important. The Community Council structure provides a publicly elected layer of coordination and stewardship that helps ensure community decisions move from discussion to implementation.

Full nomination statements and candidate details, along with the 6-week community deliberation, are available in this forum thread:

Motivation

Radiant’s Community Council was originally established to strengthen governance coordination and transparency during a period of protocol recovery and restructuring.

Many DeFi protocols rely on informal contributor groups or opaque off-chain coordination to implement governance decisions. Radiant instead adopted a governance structure that introduces several features that remain relatively uncommon in DeFi:

• Public nomination and election process

• Defined governance and coordination responsibilities

• Fixed service terms with annual re-election

• Clear accountability to the DAO community

These mechanisms help ensure that governance decisions are not only voted on but also executed in a transparent and accountable manner.

For ecosystem partners and capital allocators evaluating protocol governance, structures such as elected councils, transparent nomination processes, and defined operational responsibilities represent meaningful indicators of governance maturity. Taken together with the reinforced security framework that now includes DeFi’s first protocol-native capital protection and deterministic loss handling (Guardian & guardianLP), Radiant aims to be a serious DeFi 3.0 standard bearer.

The Community Council does not replace DAO governance. Instead, it serves as a coordination layer that helps ensure community-approved initiatives, including protocol upgrades, ecosystem partnerships, security initiatives, and roadmap priorities, are implemented effectively.

This proposal continues the Community Council structure by asking the DAO to ratify the 2026 Council slate for the next 12-month term.

Specification (nominee snapshots)

If this proposal passes, the following nominees will serve as the Radiant Community Council for the period: April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027

Daniel / Novin

Daniel has been a principal architect behind several of Radiant’s most significant structural and technical developments during the protocol’s recovery phase.

He led the formalization of Radiant’s SECOPS framework, establishing stronger operational security practices and helping institutionalize the protocol’s security posture.

Daniel has also led the improvements of protocol economics and helped advance Radiant’s capital architecture through the dual-infrastructure integration across Aave and Morpho, as well as the development of the Guardian fund and gLP, a composable yield-bearing token designed to capitalize and tokenize the protocol’s auto-reimbursing Guardian Fund.

His work has focused on building durable capital infrastructure that aligns depositor protection, capital efficiency, and long-term protocol sustainability.

Hung Vu

Hung currently serves as DAO Administrator and a member of Radiant’s inaugural Community Council. Over the past year, he has helped coordinate governance operations across the full lifecycle of proposals, from forum discussion through Snapshot voting and on-chain execution. His responsibilities have also included leading marketing and communications initiatives, supporting contributor and technical hiring efforts, and coordinating ecosystem engagement as Radiant repositioned toward allocator and institutional capital markets.

Hung has also facilitated the community-driven 2026 roadmap process, gathering input from contributors and community members while ensuring proposed initiatives are organized into actionable requirements, sequenced realistically, and aligned with protocol priorities. He also brings Web2 executive discipline and tech experience.

chrispearcx

chrispearcx is a 5-year crypto data analyst and DeFi researcher, and has worked with top DEX and CEX.

chrispearcx has been part of Radiant’s journey from the beginning and was significantly impacted by the Oct 24 exploit. He would love to support the Council with data-driven governance: tracking TVL quality, user behavior, incentive efficiency, and risk exposure to inform proposals and decisions. I can help design clear analytics around gLP, treasury usage, and growth initiatives so tradeoffs are visible and measurable. I also bring experience translating protocol metrics into narratives that resonate with partners, allocators, and contributors - bridging data, governance, and execution.

cptgrumpus

cptgrumpus was nominated by Gertrud / Plutus DAO, reflecting Radiant’s broader ecosystem relationships and the importance of cross-protocol collaboration.

He has been an active participant in governance discussions and community engagement across the Radiant ecosystem while contributing a perspective from the broader DeFi landscape.

His nomination highlights the role that ecosystem stakeholders can play in strengthening DAO governance, particularly as Radiant continues building integrations and collaborative relationships across DeFi protocols.

cptgrumpus’ participation would help maintain strong communication channels between Radiant and aligned ecosystem partners.

Council Responsibilities

The Community Council is expected to support the DAO across several coordination areas, including:

• Governance process facilitation.

• Proposal lifecycle coordination (forum → Snapshot → implementation).

• Contributor and community coordination.

• Roadmap stewardship and initiative sequencing.

• Ecosystem communication and transparency.

• Other operational, development, and business development duties on an as-fit and as-needed basis.

The Council does not override DAO governance and remains accountable to the community through annual elections and public governance processes.

Costs

Minimum costs, new members will receive an initial small stipend, ramp-up support, and will be integrated into governance, operations, and development wherever it is appropriate. The level of effort and scope of responsibilities will be further defined over time as they work with the team.

Voting

The Snapshot vote will include the following options:

• For
  Ratify the proposed 2026 Community Council slate.

• Against
  Do not ratify the proposed council slate.

• Abstain
  Neither for nor against, but voting weight counts towards quorum.

Timeline

• Forum discussion and nominations: Completed

• Snapshot vote: Following publication of this RFP, a 4-week vote, closing on 3/31/2026

If ratified:

• Council Term Begins: April 1, 2026

• Council Term Ends: March 31, 2027