I voted 1/3 for David Bolger, 1/3 for Coinflip, and 1/3 for myself.
I do like what the previous council have achieved over time, despite thinking there is more to do. What most in my opinion fail to understand is that what is conceived as a general underperformance of AGV compared to other AAEs is due to 1) being the first entity created by the DAO 2) coming from a period in which we had a different perception on spending 3) tapping into a vertical that is as of today a contrarian bet.
All of the above, the novelty of having a DAO led fund, and other factors, has created a situation for which the curve has been way steeper than other initiatives.
As of today, a lot of lost ground was recouped. A lot more to do, of course; but what was improved is also thanks to the work of previous council, which I generally wanted to support in term of continuity (and this is also why I voted in favour of both John and Tim).
David is the center of this, being part of OCL, of the gaming arm, and now of the consumer arm.
Coinflip has always had a peculiar mix of institutional presence, protocols’ understanding and political expertise for the DAO.
This is the reason why I wanted to support these two.
Beside the election feedback itself, I would also like to take a moment to post a very personal reflection.
As Coinflip stated here everybody can use their voting power as they best see fit, accordingly to the code of conduct. We have had, in this and other elections, people voting for themself only, people voting for themself and others, people voting only for others or people abstaining by voting for all candidates.
All is possible as of today, and is also fine.
That said, there is a consideration to be made for an approach that overarchingly puts the DAO first.
An approach worth chasing, even if it means putting aside the will of yourself as a single, to counterbalance various contextual limitations: technical on voting platform, human due to clustering of candidates in a single category and lack of diversity in others, environmental when the community is polarized on sensible topics and naturally tends to shift this polarization into other discussions that are unrelated but equally if not more important.
Regardless of the specificity of this vote, what we are seeing here is in my opinion an example of this behaviour. At the risk of sounding over the line or even sentimental, being preserving toward the DAO as a delegate, and graceful as a human being, is something that, due to both internal and external factors, as well as overall context, we are losing a bit over time in Arbitrum, and we should collectively strive to regain.
Thanks for this vote and this rationale.