Proposal [Non-Constitutional]: Establish the 'Arbitrum Research & Development Collective'

[AbdullahUmar]

Here is the reasoning behind why we voted FOR this proposal onchain, despite having hesitations around the Snapshot phase

All opinions come from @juanbug and me, the operators of the Uniswap DAO’s ARB delegation

@AbdullahUmar

Proposal to Establish the Arbitrum Research & Development Collective

Vote: For

Type: Onchain

We voted FOR the initial coalition proposal but voted against this proposal during the Snapshot. However, our position has since changed, so we voted FOR this proposal onchain. Our general stance is that the DAO should have committees for facilitating various critical DAO functions. The initial release of this proposal was met with a lack of engagement, so we wanted more conversation to transpire before being in favor. Although the feedback for this initiative still hasn’t met the same level of engagement as the coalition proposal in the forums, when observing conversations in private channels, it became clear that there is appetite from most delegates to see this through.

We also suggested previously that this proposal can be divided up into multiple proposals to prevent bundling too many decisions into one vote. The broad nature of the proposal may still make this the better approach, however, we do realize that unbundling this proposal may be operationally difficult, requiring multiple snapshots /onchain votes.