# NathanVDH Delegate Communication Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Delegate Statements\ **Tags:** delegation, delegate-statements\ **Created:** [April 18, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278 "2024-04-18T13:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/42 "2024-09-05T13:15:47Z")
### [Funds to bootstrap the first BoLD validator](https://www.tally.xyz/gov/arbitrum/proposal/30828395120264250515588826110157291466999820796280987022346439005676672544691) Voted FOR No brainer, this is a really cool technical improvement that will further boost Arbitrum’s status as a the best tech in the realms of optimistic rollups. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/43 "2024-09-05T13:17:18Z")
### Delegate to Voter Enfranchisement Pool — Event Horizon Voted FOR Cool governance experiments are always good in my book. This is a 1 year commitment, yes it could suck, but worst case scenario this was only a 200k ARB expenditure. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/44 "2024-11-01T14:05:31Z")
### [Non-Constitutional] Funds to Bolster Foundation’s Strategic Partnerships Budget Voted FOR A partnership budget is an obvious low hanging fruit for the DAO! We need it, and it’s good to have it. It is a big amount of money but when you’re looking at the money that Optimism is putting into bringing more chains to the OP stack, competing will cost us at least that. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/45 "2024-11-01T14:07:23Z")
### ArbitrumDAO strategic “Off-site” (online) updated proposal Voted FOR Very close vote here that sadly was defeated. I thought the monetary ask was more than reasonable and would have helped delegates that aren’t as well connected in the DAO. For 20k, that seems like an easy win. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/46 "2024-11-01T14:08:17Z")
### Enhancing Multichain Governance: Upgrading RARI Governance Token on Arbitrum Voted FOR Easy yes as well, happy to help the RARI team. Let’s make sure eventually we don’t have to have a DAO wide vote for things like this. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/47 "2024-11-01T14:09:47Z")
### [Non-Constitutional] Arbitrum DAO Delegate Incentive Program Voted FOR The results of the surveys following the delegate program have been positive, and I like the creation of tiers. On a personal level, it’s even motivating me to be more active as a delegate. Easy yes! ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/48 "2024-11-01T14:23:08Z")
### Fund the Stylus Sprint Voted FOR Though I’m very happy to see more focus being put on making sure that Stylus will get traction, I’m not sure the budget is appropriate. I’ll trust Entropy Advisors on this one. Sometimes we do need to bootstrap initiatives like this, $3M is pretty massive though. Let’s see. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/49 "2024-11-01T14:28:49Z")
### (V2) Arbitrum Research & Development Collective Voted FOR The ARDC remains one of the driving forces behind the DAO and I’m excited to see what the v2 will look like. $2M is reasonable here. I’m also happy about the conversion strategy, as all of these expenses are causing negative price action for $ARB. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/50 "2024-11-01T14:30:27Z")
### Establishing a DAO Events Budget for 2025 Voted FOR I’m happy to see a proposal like this because this means we’ll have less low importance onchain votes, like the one for the DAO offsite costing about 20k. When you think about what a vote like that costs to the DAO, it’s insane that we’re having proposals like this go through. Again, there’s a risk of centralization, but I’m hoping we’ll have an eye on these expenses and 2025 can be a trial year. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/51 "2024-11-01T14:32:15Z")
# [Non-Constitutional] Whitelist Infura Nova Validator Voted FOR Not even sure what to write here, more validators is good. Let’s fund them. I have had way too many bad experiences with unreliable networks and APIs in my life, I’ll always vote yes for more stability. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/52 "2024-11-01T14:33:16Z")
# Research on context and retention Voted FOR Very reasonable ask, no budget requested for good research is a great deal for the DAO. Looking forward to see what comes out of it. Particularly excited about Hivemind. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/53 "2024-11-01T14:35:32Z")
# An EIP-4824 powered daoURI for Arbitrum DAO Voted FOR Extremely interesting initiative. At Aragon we’ve already adopted this standard, and I’m confident it will allow the DAO to scale and newcomers to easily get the context they need. Fully for it! ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/54 "2024-11-01T14:37:08Z")
# LTIPP Retroactive Community Funding Selections Voted AGAINST The information provided by applicants about their contributions isn’t complete enough, if we start accepting proposals like this, where do we stop? ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/55 "2024-11-01T14:37:42Z")
# Establishing a DAO Events Budget for 2025 Voted FOR I’m happy to see a proposal like this because this means we’ll have less low importance onchain votes, like the one for the DAO offsite costing about 20k. When you think about what a vote like that costs to the DAO, it’s insane that we’re having proposals like this go through. Again, there’s a risk of centralization, but I’m hoping we’ll have an eye on these expenses and 2025 can be a trial year. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/56 "2024-11-01T14:39:19Z")
# (V2) Arbitrum Research & Development Collective Voted Funded with 2.6M USDC + Council I actually chose the highest funding option as I believe the ARDC has been doing good work, and with sufficient funding I think the DAO can get positive ROI on any investment here. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/58 "2024-11-01T14:41:36Z")
# [Non-Constitutional] Arbitrum Token Swap Pilot Program Voted AGAINST Though I’m very excited about Token Swaps, I don’t think the proposal here captured the right architecture for them. I think that convertible loans, for example, are a much better way to invest in projects in the ecosystem at a much earlier stage. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/59 "2024-11-01T14:42:41Z")
# GCP Council Re-Confirmation Vote for Tim Chang Voted FOR I trust the choice of the GCP on its leadership team, though I have to say I’m doubtful about Tim as he hasn’t been very involved in the Arbitrum DAO. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/60 "2024-11-01T14:43:37Z")
# GCP Council Re-Confirmation Vote for John Kennedy Voted FOR On the other hand, John has been more active and seem to be more in tune with the overall goals of the Arbitrum DAO. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/61 "2024-11-01T14:45:52Z")
# Adopt a Delegate Code of Conduct & Formalize Operations Voted FOR This is a necessary piece of the DAO, we need to prepare the DAO for adversarial behaviors and having a code of conduct already in should help make sure we can react with a common source of truth to future issues. ---
**Author:** ![NathanVDH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/nathanvdh/32/4988_2.png) [@NathanVDH](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/NathanVDH)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278/62 "2024-11-28T14:15:32Z")
# [Non-Constitutional] Treasury Management v1.2 Voted FOR Very much in favor of researching any method to make sure we’re sufficiently diversified and can survive another prolonged bear market. I think the team in place to do so is serious and I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with. Also happy to see we’ll use the ETH from sequencer revenue as creating new income streams non-ARB is very useful. [Previous page](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/nathanvdh-delegate-communication-thread/23278.md?page=4)