The following reflects the views of L2BEAT’s governance team, composed of @krst and @Sinkas, and it’s based on the combined research, fact-checking, and ideation of the two.
The position the protocols applying outside of the LTIPP process found themselves in is understandable and illustrates a shortcoming in the program’s structure that must be addressed in the future. Although we are generally against going outside the process when there is one in place, we also do not wish to act as blockers by voting against or abstaining from the current votes simply because they were submitted individually. That said, our votes were cast on the merit of the proposals themselves, and we relied heavily on the council’s feedback, just as we did with the first round of applications.
Specifically, we reviewed the original feedback of the council for each application and compared it to the revisions made in the application to see whether it had been addressed. If we believed the council’s feedback was addressed we voted in the proposal’s favor, while we voted against proposals that we felt did not adequately address it in their revised submission.