# 8 October 2024 - Security Council Elections & Roundup of Active/Upcoming Votes **URL:** \ **Category:** Weekly Voting Reminders & Updates\ **Created:** [October 8, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/8-october-2024-security-council-elections-roundup-of-active-upcoming-votes/27073 "2024-10-08T07:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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## Security Council Election Reminder ⏰ ### 1. **Security Council Election Registrations Compliance Phase** - Of the 39 candidates, [13 nominees](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/council/security-council/election/2/round-1?sort=VOTES&filter=ALL) have received at at least 8.59M votes (0.2% of all votable supply) and have advanced to the compliance phase with the Arbitrum Foundation. - **The compliance phase runs for 2 weeks from Sept 29 - Oct 13**. This ensures that nominees comply with the legal requirements, service agreements, and additional rules dictated by the Constitution. - Note that for a candidate to be excluded at this phase, the Foundation must take a public, on-chain action. All candidates that are not excluded during the compliance check advance to the next election phase. - Check out the resources below to find out more: ## Onchain Proposals 🗳 ### 1. [**ADPC: Phase II Proposal**](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/93496910583545921039254255671954964968329693484106479494661805749408858477569?govId=eip155:42161:0x789fC99093B09aD01C34DC7251D0C89ce743e5a4) (Voting ends on Oct 10, Thursday) This AIP proposes to extend the ArbitrumDAO Procurement Committee (ADPC) by another 6 months with ~954K ARB, and deliverables of the 2nd term include: ➡ Procuring service providers across RPC providers and Events Management, ➡ Continued management of the Security Subsidy Fund, and ➡ Creation of an Operational Expense budget for the DAO to pay whitelisted service providers procured by the ADPC. Forum post link [**here**](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrum-dao-procurement-committee-phase-ii-proposal/26441). ### 2. [**UPDATED - Ethereum Protocol Attackathon Sponsorship**](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/70429238801539452185774644949439873171403711884919863798646613157877144482819?govId=eip155:42161:0x789fC99093B09aD01C34DC7251D0C89ce743e5a4) (Voting ends on Oct 10, Thursday) This AIP proposes to sponsor 30 ETH to an ‘Attackathon’, a large-scale security audit event hosted by the Ethereum Foundation and Immunefi. ➡The Attackathon aligns with Arbitrum’s mission to support a secure and scalable Ethereum ecosystem. ➡By contributing to this initiative, Arbitrum will directly enhance Ethereum’s security, which supports the reliability of Arbitrum. Forum post link [**here**](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/ethereum-protocol-attackathon-sponsorship/26122). ### 3. [**Constitutional AIP - Extend Delay on L2Time Lock**](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/27888300053486667232765715922683646778055572080881341292116987136155397805421?govId=eip155:42161:0xf07DeD9dC292157749B6Fd268E37DF6EA38395B9) (Voting ends on Oct 10, Thursday) This proposal aims to extend the L2 timelock delay **by 5 days from 3 to 8 days.** Benefits of this include: ➡ More time for Security Council to act if a malicious proposal is passed by the DAO, ➡ Giving users more time to withdraw their assets if they disagree with a successful proposal, and ➡ Progress Arbitrum towards a Stage 2 rollup by L2Beat with the ‘Exit Window’ slice turning yellow. Forum post link [here](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/constitutional-extend-delay-on-l2time-lock/26470). ### 4. **[Funds to Bolster Foundation’s Strategic Partnerships Budget](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/78608365328815179822381240433375943106975722017227920505592824878237374730465?govId=eip155:42161:0x789fC99093B09aD01C34DC7251D0C89ce743e5a4)** (Voting ends on Oct 17, Thursday) This AIP proposes to fund the Foundation with 250M ARB to better support strategic partnerships across (non-exhaustive): ➡ Expanding orbit chains and the RWA ecosystem, and ➡ Being a gateway for many traditional and/or enterprise orgs to access the DAO. A special strategic partnership allocation will be expanded upon in future Transparency Reports to enhance visibility into how these partnerships are structured and how resources are allocated. Forum post link [here](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/non-constitutional-funds-to-bolster-foundation-s-strategic-partnerships-budget/26775). ### 5. [**Upgrading RARI Governance Token on Arbitrum**](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/56768509231150680433760428191516666361790213029100482092064768634784370622764?govId=eip155:42161:0xf07DeD9dC292157749B6Fd268E37DF6EA38395B9) (Voting ends on Oct 18, Friday) This AIP proposes to register a custom gateway for a new RARI L2 token contract via the Arbitrum native bridge, ➡ This upgrade makes RARI governance more accessible, by simplifying the UX, reducing gas fees, and enabling new token functions. Forum post link [here](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/enhancing-multichain-governance-upgrading-rari-governance-token-on-arbitrum/26096). ### 6. **[ArbitrumDAO strategic “Off-site” (online)](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/96690486288059875871645030622562174419564010435288438848687174619767247452877?govId=eip155:42161:0x789fC99093B09aD01C34DC7251D0C89ce743e5a4)** (Voting ends on Oct 18, Friday) This AIP proposes to enhance the alignment, communication, and collaboration in the DAO through a series of coordination and workshops via a 8-week sprint with 35,266 ARB. It aims to achieve: ➡ Alignment on DAO priorities for the next 6 months, ➡ Engagement from top delegates and key stakeholders, ➡ Clarity to the broader DAO enabling them to rally around priorities, and ➡ Positive feedback with a strong desire to continue similar initiatives. Forum post link [here](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrum-offsite-format-online-vs-irl/26629). ### 7. **[Fund the Stylus Sprint](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/24926593791565028016457688578136747185250074804329950986605484216603582190563?govId=eip155:42161:0x789fC99093B09aD01C34DC7251D0C89ce743e5a4)** (Voting starts on Oct 10, Thursday) This AIP proposes to launch a Stylus-focused grant program to encourage early development of Stylus smart contracts and tooling. ➡ The sprint will award up to 5M ARB to teams building on Stylus. Applications will be open for 8 weeks with a 2 week review period and program length of 1 year. ➡ An Evaluation Committee of 5 and Committee Advisor will review applications and facilitate the program. Forum post link [here](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/rfc-fund-the-stylus-sprint/26437). ### 8. [**Arbitrum DAO Delegate Incentive Program (DIP)**](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/7979895167029508946638584765496434407327098393519089113101189960001594458109?govId=eip155:42161:0x789fC99093B09aD01C34DC7251D0C89ce743e5a4) (Voting starts on Oct 10, Thursday) This AIP proposes to expand the current DIP for a year with a budget of 10.56M ARB. Some details of the expanded program includes: ➡ Scoring weight changes for participation, ➡ Soft enforcement for DAO’s social agreements, and ➡ A minimum threshold requirement change for delegates to qualify for the program. Forum post link [here](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/proposal-delegate-incentive-program-dip/26496).