Bob-Rossi Delegate Communication Thread

Governance Delegate Statements
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This is my delegate communication thread, I will continue to update overtime.

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April Voting Communications

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To save space on the forums, I’ve posted all my rationale for the STIPP Bridge challenge votes here:

  • MUX: Against, already received a large amount of ARB in the 1st round and per metrics it looks like incentives did not create sustainable, long-term activity
  • Stargate: For, I acknowledge the importance of bridging to reduce fragmentation of L2 networks. Along with not getting their chance with the first STIP due to a technicality.
  • Solv: For, metrics look to indicate growth was achieved with the STIP. Given the amount asked, willing to vote to continue funding
  • Sanko Games: For, novel project and metrics indicate STIP provided value.
  • Tide: Against, I don’t really think I’m seeing the value here in terms of engagement produced per ARB paid. Data doesn’t make it clear to me either
  • KyberSwap: Against, unfortunate situation but due to the hack and lack of KPIs I have to vote against
  • Gains: Against, already recieved a large amoutn of ARB in the 1st round and the metrics seem to indicate any gains during the STIPP period returned to pre-STIPP levels. Not creating sustainable, long-term activity.
  • Boost: Against, it seems sybil concerns are being addressed which is apprecitated, however metrics don’t seem to indicate sustainable, long term activity.
  • Thalse: For, mertrics seem to indicate growth past the STIPP timeframe’
  • Savvy: For, OBL not available at time of voting, but TVL statistics seem to indicate no dropoff past the STIPP timeframe.
  • Stake DAO: Against, ARB still available for incentives, do not believe they need additional funding. Not many unique users given the cost to the DAO.
  • Furucombo: Against, agree with concerns brought up by Cattin (wash trading)
  • Socket Bridge: Against, agree with concerns brought up by Cattin (lack of reporting and funds still available from original STIPP)
  • Angle: Against, not enough growth in metrics to justify the costs
  • OpenOcean: Against, doesn’t seem much activity sustained post STIPP period
  • Thetanuts Finance: For, metrics seem to indicate growth past the STIPP period and see value in funding an additional round.
  • Dolomite & Unami: For, I don’t really see issue with the incentivization method and it seems to have worked well.
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June Voting Communications

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September 2024

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October 2024

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November 2024

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Here are my rationales for the ARDC elections:

Supervisory Council

  • Comm Role: I will be voting for Frisson. They have been a consistently impactful member of the DAO and while there are a lot of good applicants… I believe Frisson will be the most capable of this oversight role.
  • Operations Role: There is only one applicant for this role. Unfortunately, this applicant has ties to Lido and in order to best represent those who delegate ARB to me I will not be showing support for this candidate.

Research

  • I will be voting for Messari, as I believe they provide the most value per the cost relative to all applicants

Risk

  • I will be voting for Nethermind. They have a solid background - both across the space and with the DAO - and come at a reasonable cost.

Security

  • Similar to last time, I will be voting 50/50 as I believe both are quality candidates with fairly equal applications. And would be happy with either project representing.
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December 2024 (Happy New Years!)

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For the Questbook’s Season 3 Domain Allocator Election, I will be posting my decisions below:

  • Gaming: (Flook & Nikki) I simply think that Flook has done well the past 2 seasons and I see no reason not for them to continue to the work. While the other applicant has a good background as well, I don’t think it stands out enough to warrant a change for this domain allocator position. Especially since Flook’s experience specifically working with grant requests is a big plus for this type of position.
  • Education, Community Growth, and Events: (SeedGov) Similiar to Gaming, I think SeedGov has done well the past 2 seasons and I don’t believe any challenging applicant offered enough to warrant a change. Through my interactions with SeedGov I believe they are capable of handling the role.
  • Dev Tooling on One and Stylus: (ariutokintumi) All three applicants looked to be qualified for this domain, however I felt ariutokintumi’s application stood out for two reasons: 1) This was the only applicant who was a team of 2 (versus the others being a solo applicant). While I think a solo applicant isn’t necessarily a disqualifier, I think having the extra help will go a long way. Both for bouncing ideas off each other / keeping each other in check, as well as simply balancing workloads. 2) The teams background was impressive and I think stood out among the other applicants.
  • New Protocols and Ideas (Saurabh) A lot of great applicants, but I will be voting for Saurabh as I think their prior experience with Questbook is a really big plus here. I also can vouch for both Saurabh and Shogun personally as great to work with and I think they would do a great job with this domain.