# Governance and DAO design Squad Goals and Priorities by Quarter
###### tags: `governance`, 'DAO' `priorities`

> Objective: prioritise which DAO and governance work streams to focus on, what needs to be done for each stream and who is responsible

By making it easier for DAO members to govern, grow and benefit from the protocol we will help increase token holder excitement

# Governance and DAO Activation Tactics: Quarter 2
### 4 month focus mid May to end August

## Overview: DAO activation
* After pushing a lot we're not seeing inbound energy from engineering, ecosystem,in the slack.
* There is pretty good engagement from Active Contributors in the slack or the forum

It's ok, we have to work with *'what is'*

Right now we're deep in a bear and we haven't shipped much in the last months, therefore it's hard to expect an influx of both energy and users.

However, this will change, especially with the following events that users really care about and which will bring more energy (and people) into the DAO:

- Token utility governed, built and shipped
- Transaction fees governed and shipped
- Staking on pools governed, built and shipped
*Estimated approx 19 September*

GOALS:
- Onboarding (clear, good retention)
- Governance (clear process, used more by external users)
- Maintenance of the current community feeling

We need to ensure experts who become users (i.e. ) will onboard have a smooth path ensure joining Centrifuge is smooth, retain experts)

* All DAO, governance information is hosted in Documentation
* DAO Handbook created for onboarding (Orhan, Fran)
* User specific guides created (i.e. for a defi native who doesn't know about on chain credit and RWAs, TradFi expert who needs a quick guide to RWA+DeFi) (Orhan)

In the interim (i.e. before the Autumn trifecta)

## Governance

#### Treasury spending proposal (start draft, propose as RFC week starting 5th June)
Cassidy, Ivan Kate draft the spending proposal, Nicolo inputs and posts it

#### Linked Pools RFC (proposed as a RFC next week) Frederik (supported by Ivan/Cassidy)
* This needs to be proposed first before the PEG takes further steps on the Roadmap
* RFC -> Opensuare (15th June?)

#### Staking proposal (shared as an draft next week, RFC week starting the 5th) (Ivan, supported by Cassidy)
* Staking Proposal Jeroen, Frederick, checking with Eli
* Build excitement around the proposal i.e. marketing talks about it, share it in next Gov Call/AC
* RFC (Should the RFC period be open for longer) -> Opensuare (15th June?)
* Note: Batch opensquare proposals?

#### Resource Allocation Group Mandate (Nicolo)
* Draft the mandate for the Resource Allocation group
* Understand who is needed
* Work out incentives for contributors
* Headhunt a facilitator (a Resource expert from another DAO - coordinator like Mark)
* Nicolo and facilitator co-propose
* Form the group and make the RFC (week staring )

#### Delegation (still in scoping)
Debate launched with publication of Ivan's research Gov call 24th May - Kate and Cassidy work on the prototype
Discovery of what is needed (forum), possible integrations/tooling, design of optimal solution (done in Forum and in Calls)
RFC forming end of June

Lucas dependencies
- Check staking proposal
- Give feedback on Resource Management initial proposal and group mandate

**Marketing <> Governance Overlap**
* How do marketing market governance proposals
* Workshopping the newsletter
* Marketing Newsletter
* Take Forum newsletter and weekly update
* One monthly general newsletter
- very short paragraph at the beginning: here's what's interesting this week, here's what you should expect in this newsletter
One monthly governance newsletter
- very short paragraph at the beginning: here's what's interesting this week, here's what you should expect in this newsletter
- what's happened, what's happening (cassidy)
- interesting meta stuff (Kate)

Capital Incentives Investments Programme (Kate)
- Scoping - draw out brief and dependencies
- Needs to be owned, executed, delivered by someone who is not Colin

## Thought leadership: Refocus on the forum and content
- Refocus on the Forum - writing about Governance
(get 3x 'thought leaders' to write pieces - could 1 be Mark? 2 others (pay 5K CFG))

- Publicising the parts of the Founding Docs
- [[Why we have Active Contributors ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OfGQ-EdBJkuCR14_h2EYC7OkgQZUs9glfwg3JnGIzqc/edit#heading=h.nsygyyvhqabx)](https://)(11 May)
- Delegation (12 May)
- our [[Govnernance as the Frontlines](https://docs.google.com/document/d/160dPfmnC9b9-wnuRgH2wEuLy9ui-RiBJ3x32BEepaGE/edit)](https://) (20 July)
- New category: RWAs as the Hub
- State of the Market Report
- Governance newsletter (monthly newsletter with 'implications' and hot takes on governance)

## Maintenance
New energy, more expertise
- Slowly pull in Active Contributors
- New ambassador programme
- Focus on experts
- Recruit from other DAOs

# DAO ACTIVATION AND GOVERNANCE QUARTER ONE
Goals
- [ ] 1. Increase quality of governance (i.e. better proposals, better integration of ideas and feedback, more discussion on the forum).
- [ ] 2. Token voting participation: increase the amount of CFG used from 4-5M to 7-10M (av).
### DONE

Centrifuge Governance Process Refactor (O, I, L)
- [y] Have first feedback call with Lucas, C, K in sync 07.03
- [y] Start feedback and discovery 'what could be improved' (O, I) *(after Batch vote ends)*
- [y] Write amended CP framework proposal with changes
- [y] Review by David G
- [y] iterations and "practicing" i.e. do a dry run
- [y] Post amended CP as RFC end of May

2. Staking (Cassidy, I) - timeline?
4. Review of Governance of the Roadmap

# Governance Work Streams

### Tooling Vision
- Create tooling strategy with a view of what is the long term vision for our DAO tooling? (i.e. a full suite, several integrated tools, front-end with manual backend)
- For discussion: what are the most urgent problems are we solving with tooling?

### Large Holder Token Voting
- Large Holder "Token Voting" Activation (Lucas): Set up LTH with signers and proxies: clear instructions emailed to LTH (does custody enable them to vote, )
- Delegates programme (Cassidy, K) starting 23 Jan

### Communications & Education
Goal: DAO members have clear and complete communication and educational resources to know how and why to participate in governance

#### Communication
- Call with Jeroen to enlist engineering (K)
- Governance post on vision for DAO + governance (K)
- - DAO Monthly Call (L, E, K)

#### Education
- Improving Governance Process (clear, open and inviting) Refactor whole process (start end of Feb) (K, GCG))

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DONE

# Upcoming and ongoing Essential Proposals

Upcoming
- [x] Protocol fees (I)
- submitted for opensquare end of week
- Github -> and move forward to Opensquare Snapshot 05.02-08.02
- Opensquare Snapshot will be open for exactly 7 days.

## Batch vote process and Comms

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**Founding Documents**
- [x] Propose Founding Docs RFC (27 Jan)
- [x] Marketing intake form (twitter - Kate) + tweet storm
- [x] Invite discussion (get comments from key contributors via DM) (Kate)
Copy:
- [x] Present at the end of Community Call (O, I, K) 10 mins
- [x] Community comms - send out summary (I, discord, slack, TG)

**Protocol Roadmap**
- [x] Protocol Roadmap (J, C) RFC (3 Jan)
- [x] Marketing intake form (Cassidy)
- [x] Notice at end of Community Call (2.01)
- [x] Invite discussion (get comments from key contributors via DM) (Cassidy)
- [x] Present in whatsup 8.02 (C,J,K)

**POP V2**
- [x] POP V2 (Colin) (7 Feb)

**Batch Setup**
- [x] Make the opensquare snapshots (3 different proposals) morning of 16.06 (7 Days).
- Goal: 9M CFG

**Key calls, comms, actions for outreach**

- [x] Write overarching blog: objective CP process live, focus on Batch (draft due 7 Feb, C, K, published 9)
- [x] Twitter Storm on Governance 13th (C, Devin)
- [x] Governance Call 16th Feb (Credit Group 40 mins), Batch Proposals 20 mins (Orhan explain FDs, PEG, POP V2)
- [x] LTH: Prepare messaging for email and telegram with summary of three proposals, link to Opensquare, and shortened steps for setting up proxy etc (O, I) - coordinate with Romina for best channel to message each
- [x] General: Send Centrifuge newsletter 14th