Tamara Delegate Communication Thread

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Proposal: [NON-CONSTITUTIONAL] Arbitrum Onboarding V2: A Governance Bootcamp - #127 by tamara

Vote: AGAINST
Type: On-chain

Rationale:
For me this was a though decision but I ended up voting against.

What spoke in favor

  • the DAO needs more skilled delegates
  • the Arbitrum DAO is complex in nature
  • in light of the amount requested, the proposal is very thorough
  • the team set-up would invite some diversity into the DAO (and you can say all you want pro/con, end of the story is that 49.7% of the world’s population is female, and if we want to move the financial system on-chain we need to be creating products not only attracting male degens - I am exaggerating on purpose - but also other demographics; and hence we need these demographics to be represented otherwise we will never create products that are being liked and used)

What spoke against

  • poor ROI; ~200k USD for 10 delegates is simply too high; at current ARB prices this could fund 11 DIPs
  • the reality of DAOs and Web3 in a broader sense is that to succeed you need to be able to (at least at some level) self-teach yourself some concepts. Even by attending a governance bootcamp, applicants might face hurdles when certain topics are up for voting - if they have not been able to teach themselves concepts before, they wont be able to educate themselves on new topics/hence bringing low value

What could be explored in the future

  • taking the funding DIPs idea, there could some sort of competition to win 5 DIPs for new delegates. E.g., need to join the DAO and show that they can provide value over 4 months. Top 5 get voted on, receive 50k ARB and can apply for DIP
  • broadening the funnel: I am a big fan of SheFi (COI: I was part of cohort 11 and think Maggie is very inspiring) and believe something similar could be helpful to generally onboard non-crypto natives into Web3 (no matter their sex). E.g., something like a Arbitrum University (going through the same lectures as SheFi) that introduces people into crypto generally (and by onboarding them to Arbitrum/providing them value expecting them to stick to the ecosystem → lower hanging fruit vs chasing yield seekers). A nice side effect is that a curriculum (such as Arbitrum University) can be marketed on Meta/TikTok etc (while crypto is mostly banned).
    From such a funnel, where we educate ppl about crypto, also potential contributors could come from/but even if there are just a few/none, at least we “Arbitrum pilled” them.

As I have also commented to other marketing intiatives/incentives etc.: I am missing the whole picture which could be the following:

  • through incentives (which are xyz) we target yield seekers
  • through Arbitrum University we target non native crypto users
  • through DIP scholarship we compete for the most promising DAO contributors
  • etc
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Proposal: GMC's Preferred Choices for 7,500 ETH RFP - #49 by Griff

Voting YES.

As mentioned in this post I believe the goal of the GMC and its potential options could have been communicated clearer, but I do agree that
a) idle sitting ETH is a waste
b) Arbitrum’s Treasury should be allocated in a risk sensitive manner

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Proposal: [Non-constitutional][RFC] ARB Incentives: User Acquisition for dApps & Protocols

Voting FOR after

I am especially excited about the off-chain strategy, as imo making the pie bigger is the right strategy. LFG

Proposal: OpCo – Oversight and Transparency Committee (OAT) Elections

Voting for Patrick, AJ and Jana.

Why?
One reason (in my opinion) why the OpCo will be powerful is that it will be able to have a bird’ s-eye view across DAO, Foundation, and OCL, making sure functions are not duplicated and streamlining efforts towards a common vision.
Thus @stonecoldpat and @ajwarner90 are a no-brainer.

At the same time we will need someone who

  • has stood up a similar effort in the past
  • has experience, the grits and the time! to execute/nudge others to get things going

Hence @Janabe

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