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# Forum at a Glance: Next week

**other thoughts that come to mind
- Revamp help wanted section; include makerdao recruitee site and linkedin makerdao job postings
- Assessments (risk, oracles, smart contracts) & Reports (custom reports) might benefit from having their own section.**

The one-stop-shop for finding out what’s being discussed by governance right now.

*Links reflect my view of the most noteworthy activities in the governance, risk, and oracles categories right now. Disagree? Think something should be added? Leave a reply or a pm.*

## Three-Point Summary

‘What’s the most relevant information on the forums this week for MKR and Dai holders?’

- There are currently six recognized delegates and five shadow delegates, creating a total of **10,451.35** MKR delegated.
- The Risk Core Unit announces their decision to skip the Signal Poll for decreasing liquidation ratios for various vault types; these changes are in this week’s poll.
- The Growth Core Unit and Bitpay ask the community what they would like to spend their Dai on.

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## ICYMI - Announcements

@prose11 announces that [Governance will be skipping the weekly executive](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/no-new-executive-proposal-2021-08-13/9841) for various reasons provided in the post. In addition, he asks the community for feedback concerning the communication of executive cancelations provided by the GovAlpha Core Unit. **The executive for August 20th will contain a bundle of content from both weeks.**

:wave:*Looking for more posts and updates? 
Check out the weekly [updates](https://forum.makerdao.com/tag/update) and [summaries](https://forum.makerdao.com/tag/summary) from our teams and Core Units.*

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## [Active Discussions](https://forum.makerdao.com/latest)

‘What’s going on? You think what?! You’re 100% wrong, and here’s why…’

[[[Executive Vote Request] - Raising 6s’ RWA001-A debt ceiling]](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/executive-vote-request-raising-6s-rwa001-a-debt-ceiling/9893) - @mrabino1 speaks to the community stating that 6S has fulfilled all of its requirements and is requesting to raise its debt ceiling to the proposed 15MM along with an initial stability fee of 3.00% in the earliest possible executive vote.

### *Ongoing Discussions:*
‘Who said discussions should end after a week!?’

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## [Seeking Consensus](https://forum.makerdao.com/tag/active-signal)

‘Yo, do you even signal?’

- [[Signal Request] Lower the Flash Mint Fee to 0%](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/signal-request-lower-the-flash-mint-fee-to-0/9847) - @hexonaut suggests following dYdX and permanently removing Flash Mint Fees helping improve both arbitrage for DAI and front-end UX. Although there is a risk for potential loss of revenue, dYdX has shown its [liquidity pool increase](https://etherscan.io/tokentxns?a=0x1e0447b19bb6ecfdae1e4ae1694b0c3659614e4e) from 138k to ~10M, which is large enough to cover most use cases. The post follows up his [Initial Flash Mint Module Fee Signal Request.](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/signal-request-initial-flash-mint-module-fee/6485)

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## [Ongoing Initiatives](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/governance-initiatives/1347)

‘Oh my god, this is taking ages; why can’t things be simple?’

[Recognised Delegate Requirements](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/recognised-delegate-requirements/9421) - @LongForWisdom writes a detailed overview of the current requirements and application system to become a delegate in the Maker community. Check out this [thread](https://forum.makerdao.com/search?expanded=true&q=%40LongForWisdom%20%23governance%3Adelegates) for more posts related to delegation.

[Where to Find Opportunities at MakerDAO](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/where-to-find-opportunities-at-makerdao/10076/2) - Looking for job opportunities at MakerDAO? Perfect! @Davidutro set up a thread containing resources to help find available job listing and hiring practices. *If anybody has additional information on unique hiring practices or job listings, please comment on the thread.*

[:mega: Collateral Calls - Calling all Projects!](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/collateral-calls-calling-all-projects/3715) - @juan sets up a signup thread for projects wishing to present on the bi-weekly collateral call. Know any potential collateral partners that want to present? Refer them here.

[Collateral Status Index](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/collateral-status-index/2231) - Confused about the current status of the various collateral types that have been discussed recently? Check out this post to find out the status and current position of each within the onboarding process.

[Weekly MIPs Updates](https://forum.makerdao.com/tag/mips-update) - @blimpa brings the latest updates in the world of MIPs.

[The Official Welcome Thread](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/the-official-welcome-thread/771/4) - A welcome and introductions thread. Not strictly governance, but if anyone new or old wants to introduce themselves, now is your chance!

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## [Help Wanted](https://forum.makerdao.com/c/miscellaneous/help-wanted/11)

‘Oh %#$?, we need a doodad, and we need it now.’

[Wanted: Governance Contributors for GovAlpha](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/help-wanted-govalpha/8811) - @LongForWisdom puts out the call for new team members! Different tracks are available depending on interest and time commitment.

We could always use help reviewing [MIPs in the Request for Comment phase](https://forum.makerdao.com/tag/rfc).
