Limit Grants Re-Submissions

by 0x5b5cc427c1d81db4f94de4d51d85ce122d63e244 (Fehz)

Linked Pre-Proposal

Limit grants re-submission to 2 every 6 months

Summary

This proposal aims to set conditions on resubmitting grant requests based on prior rejections or revocations.

Abstract

In order to re-submit a previously rejected grant request there should be additional efforts to leverage that first negative voting outcome. Moreso, grantees with revocations on their record shouldn’t be able to request grants if that revocation was due to lack of compliance or substandard grant performance.

Motivation

This initiative has the purpose to contribute to a more transparent and community-driven Grants Program as well as a more balanced and reliable voting system. Acknowledging negative voting outcomes as strong community expressions and revocations as severe precedents with consequences are two steps forward in order to avoid voter-fatigue and develop further accountability on a delicate matter such as funds allocations.

Specification

To implement the following requisites upon grants requests:

1. Previously rejected request: In order to re-submit a grant request that has been previously rejected the new proposal must include a minimum 30% reduced budget compared to the original and/or a redefined scope based on community feedback. If it's rejected again the grantee won’t be able to request a grant for 6 months.

• If the original proposal ended up with a majority voting in favor but failed to reach the VP threshold the user will be able to resubmit the proposal unmodified up to one additional time. If it fails again the user won’t be able to request a grant within a 6 month period.
• If the grant proposal successfully passes the voting stage, the Revocations Committee will instruct the DAO Committee not to execute or establish the vesting contract associated with the grant.
• In the exceptional circumstance that a grant has already passed and the vesting contract is active, immediate action will be taken not to execute the vesting contract.
• If either the original proposal or the modified proposal are presented by any other user the 6 month restriction will apply to that user as well.

2. Revoked: If a user has had a revoked grant due to lack of compliance or substandard grant performance it’ll be unable to request grants for a 6 month period.

• The Revocations Committee must include either “Able to request grants” or “Not able to request grants” within its revocation statement pointing out the reason for revocation. In case the revocation was due to applying to the wrong category or any other procedural matter the restriction won’t apply but the clarification has to be done.

Implementation Upon approval the GSS will incorporate and adapt their Manual of Operations to meet this new criteria and the Revocations Committee will make the necessary changes to their process as well. The Governance Squad will ensure an archive system for proposals instead of deletion in order to keep a visible track of re-submissions.

Conclusion

As our DAO continues to discuss core issues such as grant requests and VP distribution we believe this proposal is a step in the right direction. Honoring votes and increasing transparency and accountability are the main drivers of this initiative that is now up for the community to decide on.

This proposal is summarized due to technical limitations. To view it complete and vote on it, visit the DCL DAO Governance dApp