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# G&R #151 Snippet

Domain team updates, Collateral Onboarding, active discussions, and more. All the updates from MakerDAO Governance and Risk Call #151 are in this `snippet.` 

## Team Updates

### GovAlpha

[GovAlpha Weekly Update](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/govalpha-weekly-update-2021-07-22/9485)

Governance

- No polls ended this week. However, [two sets of polls are active](https://vote.makerdao.com/polling?network=mainnet). Both are greenlit polls: G-UNIv3-DAIUSDC and U-Drop Tokens.
- Ratification polls are still active.
- Last week's executive has not yet passed.

GovAlpha

- @longforwisdom created a thorough [post](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/delegation-and-makerdao/9429) on the Delegation process.
- Will be hosting the new [Meet Your Delegate](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/meet-your-delegate-1-wednesday-july-28-6-00-pm-utc/9424) calls on Wednesday, July 28th @ 18:00 UTC.
- GovAlpha Budget will be updated per quarter instead of the regular 2-quarter update.
- [MIPs Portal](https://mips.makerdao.com/) has some new addition, which will be live today!

### Forum

[Forum at a Glance: July 15 - 22](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/forum-at-a-glance-july-15-22/9486)

### Protocol Engineering

Conference:
- PE team members in Paris at ETHCC

Collateral Types:
- Centrifuge collateral types to kovan
- Working on review for mainnet spell

Contract work:
- DssVest code (still in audit)
- Lerp helpers in DssExecLib
- ClipperCallee implementation for SushiJoin (still in review)

Discussions
- Will start on Goerli soon
- DssCharter review and discussion with risk/growth

Forum Posts:
- Weekly Spell Postmortem

### Oracles

- End of next week will be the Oracle Team's last week in the Maker Foundation. The CU legal entity is coming out. Currently identifying new processes to spin up.
- Libp2p deployment is continuing. Moved on to a new phase and within the final stages of the rollout.
- Have been looking at stETH and Oracles needed for the Fast Dai Withdrawal Bridge for Optimism.
- Added Oracle support for MATIC. Testing is now underway, and we will deploy MATIC within the next few weeks.

### Risk

- Still working on simulations on lower LR Vaults. 
- Working on Aave monitor, which will include information on the largest Vault users. Similar monitor will be built for Compound.
- Began working on historical analysis on v
- Vault users and their behavior, which includes growth and risk-related topics. 
- Made some updates and will be publishing to the [Collateral Onboarding Prioritization Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IX9e2fyfz7djtDMKn5gMyGsyFxHoY75GncMbAjnSXrM/edit?usp=sharing)
- Began working on gUNIDAI risk assessments, which will be available next week.

### Real-World Finance

- @aes published an [MakerDAO Budget Analysis](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/makerdao-budget-simulator-as-of-7-21-21-revenue-cash-flow-forecast/9469) on the Forum. Please, review as this contains important information.
- SolarX project reevaluation. Will focus on the second project that is in line with them. 
- Have been working on the MIP for communication between MakerDAO and the Cayman Foundation. 

### Growth

[Growth CU weekly update](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/growth-cu-weekly-update-july-16-july-22/9484)
- Had a [Maker Mafia](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-up-with-the-maker-mafia-tickets-161918960971) side event yesterday.
- Gustav and Nadia participated in EthCC, speaking about RWAs and the transition of the Foundation in the DAO.
- Have been working with GrayScale on including MKR in the [latest Defi Fund](https://grayscale.com/introducing-grayscale-defi-fund/) launch. In the following weeks, we will also begin educational programs for investors. 

### Content Production

[Content Production CU weekly update](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/content-production-bi-weekly-update-july-8-july-21-2021/9487/1)
- Included a [Quarterly Update](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/content-production-bi-weekly-update-july-8-july-21-2021/9487#quarterly-update-1) for operations.
- Proposed [budget](https://vote.makerdao.com/polling/QmbLa1Wm?network=mainnet#vote-breakdown) for the next quarter is currently passing. Thanks for voting!
- Focus for the next few weeks includes creating audio and video clips for Maker Relay. Last week's [clips](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvje--f34Ww) are already up on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/4WQD47LQOKI)!
- Have been working with Governance and PE teams on plans and ideas for [explainer videos](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R2FEhK1g2iAQJF_JHeG0YGyOKYyfeifsKDNHdfJFrPY/edit#gid=0). We are looking for feedback.
- The [Art Contest Promo](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/art-contest-dragon-vs-capybara-a-mascot-for-makerdao/9059) involving the mascot for MakerDAO is still running until the end of the month. Send submission to mascot@makerdao.world by July 31st.  
- The community portal is redirected and now points at [MakerDAO.world](https://makerdao.world/en/). Requires some additional work and updates in the back-end to completely finish.
- Kat had the opportunity to speak at the Maker Mafia event yesterday at EthCC.
- Posted on Forum about [conducting brand research](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/participate-in-brand-research-support-marketing-efforts-for-makerdao/9341). Please, sign up for it. We are looking for people to speak with (15-30 minute commitment).

### Sustainable Ecosystem Scaling

- Presented at EthCC with Lenkla.
- Last week's call happened with @andy about roles and responsibilities. [Available in public folder](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Mx6CyJXvlo2Jw_KGoSw5zmn776gsWaD/view?usp=sharing). 
- Tomorrow, we will have a call with @nikolaj about the incubation program update.
- [Dai Foundation MIP Set](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip39c2-sp17-adds-core-unit-daif-001-dai-foundation/9239) is in RFC. We are looking for feedback.

Incubees

- CU focused on auctions and liquidations, UIs, and services.
- CU to manage a bug bounty program and security-related activities.
- dTalent CU is now live.
- dUX CU is now live.

EthCC Side-Events:

- [The DAOist](https://www.thedaoist.co/schedule) with @lenkla and @juanjuan happening tomorrow.

Upcoming Calls

- RWA: Collateral Onboarding: Untangled on July 30th. 
- KYM with B.Protocol Declaration of Intent on August 11th.

### MIPs

- [MIPs Update #45](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/weekly-mips-update-45/9427)

![](https://i.imgur.com/9N5OF47.png)

- Some of the CUs, along with MIP52, are struggling to pass their ratification votes.

## Other Presentations and Updates

### Restructuring Marketing in MakerDAO

- @cmoony proposes the idea for improved marketing or the idea of a marketing-related CU.
- @Planet_X proposes that the community should start over again from scratch and repurpose our agenda for marketing in MakerDAO. 
- @davidutro believes that we should *not* restart from scratch. He states that the AmaZix Marketing CU is a derivative team and is technically similar to starting from scratch without losing time, value, and money.

For a further in-depth discussion, please read the complete and comprehensive G&R #151 Call Summary, which will be available by Tuesday, July 27.
