# Proposals process ## Overview The life-cycle of most proposals is as follows: 1. A DAO member puts forward an idea of something the DAO could purchase. 2. Discussion and agreement / disagreement signalling regarding the idea takes place. 3. At their own discretion a DAO member with a "Mutant Ape" or "Crazy Ape" role can promote the idea to a discord proposal for the DAO to vote on. 4. A DAO member with "Crazy Ape" role can create a snapshot vote at any time during this process to take an official APED-token weighted vote. The above process can be bypassed at the discretion of the Ape Council informal consensus if, for example, a purchase needs to made more quickly than the normal proposals process would allow. The [DAO's snapshot page](https://snapshot.org/#/togetherstrong.eth) shows any current and historical proposals ## Process steps ### DAO members puts forward a purchase idea Any DAO member can suggest purchase ideas in the [#purchase-ideas](https://discord.gg/aMjmvNre) channel and put forward a case as to why they think a particular purchase is a good idea. Consider discussing the following points: * Why you think the purchase makes sense * Should we buy single or multiple items? * Is the current price attractive or should we make lower offers or wait for better prices? * Is this a short term flip or long term hold? * Does the asset require any active management? ### Discussion of the idea Discussion of the idea can then take place in the same channel to help DAO members think about the risks / opportunities and form opinions. ### Promotion to discord vote At their own discretion a DAO member with the role "Mutant ape" or "Crazy ape" may create an official discord vote in the [#proposals](https://discord.gg/SKPnt64n) channel. This channel will be restricted to emoji voting on proposals using and :thumbsup: and :thumbsdown:. This is an optional step used to more clearly gauge the position of the DAOs members on a discord proposal. ### Promotion to snapshot vote A DAO member with the "Crazy ape" role can at any time create a snapshot vote which allows all DAO members to vote with their APED token balance proportionately.