Karpatkey Delegate Communication Thread

Voting Actions July 8th - 12th

Proposal: Approval of STEP committee recommendations
Vote: For
Reasoning: We believe the STEP committee has the right skills to provide valuable recommendations.

Voting Actions July 15th - 19th

Proposal: Improving Predictability in Arbitrum DAO’s Operations
Vote: #1 Improving Predictability, #2 Pedictability, Approval Process, #3 Abstain, #4 Against
Reasoning: As the Arbitrum ecosystem grows, we find it helpful to have a more structured approach to posting proposals.

Proposal: Entropy Advisors: Exclusively Working With Arbitrum DAO
Vote: Fund Entropy
Reasoning: We believe in the ability of Entropy’s founders and their team to positively contribute to creating an efficient operations structure for Arbitrum DAO.

Proposal: Pilot for a Questbook Jumpstart fund for problem definition and DAO improvement
Vote: Against
Reasoning: We are against this initiative as we believe at this time the DAO should focus on optimising costs and cutting on unnecessary expenses.

Voting Actions August 5th - 9th

Proposal: [Non-constitutional] Incentives Detox Proposal
Vote: For
Reasoning: We agree on pausing incentive programs for 3 months and resetting the initiative.

Proposal: [Constitutional] ArbOS 31 “Bianca” (Stylus, RIP-7212 Support, Nova Fee Router)
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of activating ArbOS 31 to upgrade the system.

Proposal: Arbitrum Multi-sig Support Service (MSS)
Vote: For
Reasoning: Continuing our support for the initiative, we voted in favour.

Voting Actions August 12th - 16th

Proposal: Entropy Advisors: Exclusively Working With Arbitrum DAO
Vote: For
Reasoning: Continuing our support for this initiative, we voted in favour.

Proposal: ARB Staking: Unlock ARB Utility and Align Governance
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of enabling ARB staking to further incentivise active governance participation by allowing token holders to capture value while delegating.

Proposal: Transparency and Standardized Metrics for Orbit Chains
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of standardising metrics for Orbit Chains.

Proposal: ArbitrumDAO Governance Analytics Dashboard
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of having additional transparency on governance initiatives and, specifically, tracking the impact of (Re)delegation Week.

Voting Actions August 19th - 23rd

Proposal: Should the DAO Default to using Shielded Voting for Snapshot Votes?
Vote: For Elections Only
Reasoning: We support shielded voting as a privacy-preserving mechanism for elections to give a fairer chance to candidates.

Proposal: Proposal to Temporary Extend Delegate Incentive System.
Vote: For
Reasoning: We believe the delegate incentive program has a positive impact for the Arbitrum DAO and are in favour of extending it.

Proposal: ArbitrumDAO Off-site
Vote: For
Reasoning: We believe IRL targeted discussions on relevant initiatives would be beneficial.

Proposal: An (EIP-4824 powered) daoURI for the Arbitrum DAO
Vote: Against
Reasoning: We are open to leveraging daoURI. However, we voted against since the proposal didn’t follow the standard governance process.

Proposal: Should the DAO Create COI & Self Voting Policies?
Vote: FOR: Disclosure policy, FOR: Responsible voting policy, FOR: Strict self-voting policy
Reasoning: We are in favour of making the voting process fairer with more transparency and voting neutrality towards delegates’ conflict of interests.

Voting Actions August 26th -30th

Proposal: Ethereum Protocol Attackathon Sponsorship
Vote: #1 Abstain, #2 Panda Partners, # Against, # Unicorn Partners
Reasoning: We think there is an indirect or limited benefit for Arbitrum to sponsor the Attackathon on the Ethereum protocol. For this reason, our two main preferences are Abstain and Panda Partners.

Proposal: Funds to bootstrap the first BoLD validator
Vote: For
Reasoning: Continuing our support for the BoLD validator initiative, we voted in favour.

Proposal: ARB Staking: Unlock ARB Utility and Align Governance
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of the ARB token focusing on boosting its governance utility, to reduce the risk of governance attacks and improve the token’s attractiveness.

Voting Actions September 9th - 13th

Proposal: Delegate to Voter Enfranchisement Pool — Event Horizon
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of giving more visibility to underrepresented DAO citizens through this initiative.

Proposal: ArbitrumDAO Procurement Committee Phase II
Vote: Yes-Extend
Reasoning: Based on the contributions provided, we are in favour of extending the ADPC mandate for an additional 6 months.

Proposal: Synthetix LTIP Grant Extension Request
Vote: Against
Reasoning: While we appreciate the reasoning behind this proposal, the new product launch referred to is outside of the scope of the allocated incentive. Specifically, there isn’t sufficient information to evaluate whether the new product will gather traction and benefit the Arbitrum ecosystem. For this reason, we voted against the proposal.

Proposal: Fund the Stylus Sprint
Vote: For
Reasoning: Continuing our support for the Stylus initiative and its positive contribution to the ecosystem, we are in favour of approving funding for the Stylus Sprint.

Proposal: [Aave DAO] LTIPP Grant Extension Request
Vote: For
Reasoning: The rationale behind the LTIPP incentives is to encourage user activity and growth. Based on this, we agree it is better to extend the deadline to enable ARB distribution at a reasonable rate rather than rushing the distribution. For this reason, we vote in favour of the proposal.

Proposal: Constitutional AIP: Proposal to adopt Timeboost, a new transaction ordering policy
Vote: Collect bids in ETH to treasury
Reasoning: Continuing our support for the Timeboost initiative, we voted in favour of this proposal. Additionally, we voted to collect bids in ETH to treasury to streamline the process for users and continue contributing to the DAO Treasury.

Proposal: ArbitrumDAO Off-site
Vote: #1 IRL/conference/scholarship, #2 IRL/conference/no scholarship, #3 IRL/separate/scholarship, #4 IRL/separate/scholarship, #5 Online event, #6 Abstain, #7 Drop idea and do nothing
Reasoning: We are in favour of organising an Off-site and believe the IRL approach is significantly more effective. Considering the time and cost constraints of the participants, our preferred option is to aggregate it to a major conference.

Voting Actions September 16th - 20th

Proposal: Terms of Tenure for STEP program manager
Vote: #1 Additional funds for one year, #2 Abstain, #3 6 months from available funds, #4 New election at $86,581 per year, #5 Liquidation of RWAs and STEP
Reasoning: With the aim of guaranteeing continuity to these initiatives, our first preference is to dedicate additional funds. However, we want to highlight the importance of a proper review at the 12 months mark.

Voting Actions September 23rd - 27th

Proposal: GovHack Devcon in Bangkok - Hack Humanity
Vote: Abstain
Reasoning: While we appreciate the GovHack initiative, we see it as partially overlapping with the Arbitrum Off-site. Ideally, we’d like to see the two initiatives either merge or specifically target different audiences and goals.

Proposal: [Non-Constitutional] Funds to Bolster Foundation’s Strategic Partnerships Budget
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of funding the Arbitrum Foundation for them to have a more hands-on role on strategic partnerships. However, given this additional significant spending item, we encourage the community to think more towards revenue-generating activities for the DAO.

Proposal: [Non-Constitutional] Arbitrum DAO Delegate Incentive Program
Vote: FOR - DIP V1.5
Reasoning: We are in favour of continuing the delegates incentive program. Specifically, we believe considering overall contributions throughout the month is a superior way to encourage active participation, rather than just considering a subset of proposals.

Voting Actions September 30th - October 4th

Proposal: [Non-Constitutional] Whitelist Infura Nova Validator
Vote: Whitelist Infura Validator
Reasoning: Infura has years of experience in the industry and we believe they will bring positive contributions to the Arbitrum ecosystem.

Proposal: Research on context and retention
Vote: For
Reasoning: We voted in favour of this research as it can provide valuable insights on the effectiveness of community governance and, hopefully, highlight any improvements that can be made in that regard. Because Arbitrum DAO has one of the most active communities in the industry, we believe it being a good case-study for this topic.

Proposal: An EIP-4824 powered daoURI for Arbitrum DAO
Vote: For - use ENS text records
Reasoning: We are in favour of Arbitrum DAO adapting to the standard as it has already been reviewed and supported by multiple players.

Proposal: UPDATED - Ethereum Protocol Attackathon Sponsorship
Vote: For
Reasoning: In line with our Snapshot vote, we are in favour of sponsoring the Attackathon with the smaller sponsorship package (Panda Partners) given the limited impact it will have on the Arbitrum ecosystem.

Proposal: [NON-CONSTITUTIONAL] Arbitrum DAO Procurement Committee: Phase II Proposal
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of extending the mandate of the Arbitrum DAO Procurement Committee for an additional 6 months and recommend conducting an in-depth assessment of their work at the end of the period.

Proposal: Constitutional AIP - Extend Delay on L2Time Lock
Vote: For
Reasoning: We are in favour of extending the delay on the L2 Time lock as suggested.

Voting Actions October 7th - 11th

Proposal: [Non-Constitutional] Funds to Bolster Foundation’s Strategic Partnerships Budget
Vote: For
Reasoning: Continuing our support for this proposal, we have voted in favour.

Proposal: ArbitrumDAO strategic “Off-site” (online) updated proposal
Vote: Abstain
Reasoning: We decided to abstain as we see the value of an ArbitrumDAO Off-site to align stakeholders, but would have preferred for the initiative to be hosted IRL.

Proposal: Enhancing Multichain Governance: Upgrading RARI Governance Token on Arbitrum
Vote: For
Reasoning: Continuing our support for this initiative, we voted in favour.