January 14, 2025 - Open Discussion of Proposals Governance Call

January 14, 2025 - Open Discussion of Proposals Governance Call

Logistics

The link to join tomorrow’s governance call to discuss the proposal pipeline and notable discussions is on the governance calendar.

Date: January 14, 2025

Time: 16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Link to join:

meet.google.com/kvr-bpnx-zix

Approach:

  • The agenda below will be fluid.
  • For authors and/or key contributors of these proposals, it would be helpful if you could include a tl;dr / update of your proposal / discussion in the comments so delegates can review them and prepare their questions for the call.

Agenda

1. On-Chain AIPs (Tally)

  1. Activate Arbitrum BoLD + Infura Nova Validator Whitelist - @Entropy - @Infura

2. Successful Off-Chain AIPS

  1. Unifying Arbitrum’s Mission, Vision, Purpose (MVP) - @Entropy
  2. Partner with ETH Bucharest 2025 - @ostanescu.eth
  3. OpCo – A DAO-adjacent Entity for Strategy Execution - @Entropy
  4. Proposal to adopt Timeboost, a new transaction ordering policy - @OffChainLabs

3. Off-Chain AIPs (Snapshot)

  1. Stable Treasury Endowment Program 2.0 - @thedevanshmehta

4. Notable Proposal Discussions (Or upcoming snapshots)

5. Quick updates

  1. Arbitrum Governance Analytics December Report 2024 is out, feel free to post your thoughts or any feedback.
  2. Please comment below to add an update

Additional Notes

  • We prioritize all proposals and notable discussions that have more engagement.
  • The logic of the two weeks is that given the proposal lifecycle (one week on the forum, one week on Snapshot and then two weeks on Tally). This means that even if a proposal goes through that shortest possible route, it will be covered at least at the proposal and the Tally stage or the Snapshot and the Tally stage.
  • For anything that needs a recap, they could be parked after these discussions
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Gm! Here’s the tldr of DePolis proposal and discussion:

  1. DePolis proposal

We’re proposing the creation of a decentralized version of Polis (pol.is) for the Arbitrum DAO. DePolis, in its first (proposed) iteration, is a tool for “smart” (enhanced by advanced statistics and machine learning techniques) gathering of Arbitrum users’ opinions on specific topics. This enables the Arbitrum DAO to better understand its users by identifying dominant opinions, points of consensus and disagreement, which ultimately improves the efficiency of Arbitrum governance. Inspired by original Polis irl-success stories and Vitalik’s ideas (one, two, and three).

An example of Polis conversation can be found here https://pol.is/5jbzpjw2t8, an example of Polis report (Gitcoin DAO conversation) - here https://pol.is/report/r2dxjrdwef2ybx2w9n3ja.

  1. Purpose of DePolis, the possibility of DePolis replacing the existing forum

We’re not talking about moving discussions to a new platform or creating any kind of “competition” between DePolis and the existing forum. DePolis (at least in its first iteration) is intended as a useful tool for delegates and the broader Arbitrum community to gain insights into the collective views of Arbitrum (or its domain like DeFi or GameFi) users. In other words, forum - for skilled participants (delegates, service providers, large stakeholders), DePolis - for ordinary users. You can find the comparison between the existing forum and DePolis here [Non-Constitutional] DePolis, collective sensemaking for Arbitrum DAO - #12 by DePolis

  1. What questions exactly should be asked through DePolis?

Technically, a conversation on any topic can be organized using DePolis. As a starting point, it’s better to choose the most canonical and straighforward use case - to ask Arbitrum users open-ended questions on highly contentious topics, where opinions are polarized. For example, large grant programs are definitely contentious topics. Discussions related to defining key development directions, policies, or guiding principles for the DAO are also well-suited. For more details, check out this reply [Non-Constitutional] DePolis, collective sensemaking for Arbitrum DAO - #16 by DePolis

  1. Why built-in forum polls and Snapshot voting are not enough?

DePolis is fundamentally different from built-in forum polls and Snapshot, and the output it produces provides decision-makers with far greater and more profound insights into user perspectives. For more details, check out this reply [Non-Constitutional] DePolis, collective sensemaking for Arbitrum DAO - #16 by DePolis

  1. Long-term maintenance and support for DePolis after its launch

We want to start with a relatively simple implementation of DePolis that will enable the Arbitrum DAO and its delegates to independently launch conversations without our involvement (including defining the participant pool and providing incentives for participants). Maintenance for DePolis after its launch will not require a dedicated budget, apart from minimal infrastructure costs such as server expenses. For more details, check out here [Non-Constitutional] DePolis, collective sensemaking for Arbitrum DAO - #10 by DePolis

  1. DePolis conversations’ incentivization

The idea is to incentivize two categories of statement authors:

  • those whose statements received the highest number of upvotes (participants who helped identify points of consensus);
  • those whose statements received the most upvotes within their opinion groups (participants who helped identify points of disagreement).

You can find more details here [Non-Constitutional] DePolis, collective sensemaking for Arbitrum DAO - #12 by DePolis and here [Non-Constitutional] DePolis, collective sensemaking for Arbitrum DAO - #21 by DePolis

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