DAO Committee Elections Process

BACKGROUND

Currently, most DAO discussions and decisions originate within one of our four committees, but those committees lack a formal structure for membership, responsibilities, and accountability to the broader YGGSPL community. To that end, I propose a simple election process whereby committee members will be chosen by the community for a time-limited term.

This will allow a rotation of fresh views into committee channels as new members join the YGGSPL community and wish to take an active role in its governance, and will also allow the community to hold committee members accountable to staying engaged and active in their committee role.

COMMITTEE PARAMETERS

• Committees will have 5-7 seats, depending on the specific committee’s membership needs • New elections will be held within two weeks of the end of each GAP season, and committee members will serve for a term consisting of one full GAP season • No community member can hold more than two committee seats at any one time

ELECTIONS

Elections will follow a two-step process:

1. A three-day open discussion and nomination process, to be held in governance-discussions channel on the YGGSPL server, where any community member can nominate anyone (including themselves) to serve on a committee. Community members are encouraged to discuss and debate the relative merits of any nominees.

2. A three-day community vote, held in the #straw-poll channel on the YGGSPL server. Community members will vote for (thumb up) or against (thumb down) each nominee, and the nominees with the highest vote totals (taken by subtracting any "against" votes from the "for" votes) will be seated on the committee.

CHAIR ELECTIONS

Once elected, each committee will select a committee chair (either by consensus or by voting if multiple members are put forward). Committee chairs will be responsible for:

• Driving committee initiatives and leading discussions (including calling for a vote if discussion/debate has stagnated) • Creating monthly summaries of committee activity to share with the community

Chair parameters:

• No individual can be the chair of a committee more than two terms in a row. • No individual can simultaneously serve as the chair of multiple committees.