# Weekly MIPs Update #68


## January's Formal Submission Window is Now Open

> _{:calendar: --- RFC and FS Dates for reference and for existing proposals can be seen [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10qxaRjm9T5LCgnYwwYqPqEjKu9yl2F1YHqdDD5SktJc/edit?usp=sharing).}

The Formal Submission Window is now open and will remain so until and including Wednesday. Proposals that have fulfilled their 28-day Feedback Period and their 7-day Frozen Period can be formally submitted into January's Governance Cycle.

I'll be reaching out to authors of eligible proposals to learn who is formally submitting. Alternatively, authors can beat me to it and reply in the thread of the relevant proposal that they are formally submitting it.

Without further ado, these are the elegible proposals for January:

| Proposal | Summary | Author |
|--|--|--|
| [MIP62: Collateral Offboarding Process](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip62-collateral-offboarding-process/12029)<br/><br/>_{_Formally submitted_ :package:} | _{"This proposal describes how to notify users of Maker vaults of collateral offboarding".} | @gfxlabs |
| [MIP63: Maker Keeper Network](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip63-maker-keeper-network/12091) | _{"Maker Keeper Network is a unified repository to coordinate between multiple third-party Keeper Networks".} | @hexonaut |
| [Strategic Finance Core Unit (SF-001) Proposal Set](https://forum.makerdao.com/search?expanded=true&q=tags%3Asf-001%20%23mips%3Arfc) | _{"Provide financial reporting and analysis to assist the DAO in evaluating the financial health of the protocol to enable strategic decision making and allocate capital more effectively".} | @aes |
| [TechOps Core Unit (TOCU-001) Proposal Set](https://forum.makerdao.com/search?expanded=true&q=tags%3Atocu-001%20%23mips%3Arfc) | _{"The TechOps Core Unit will handle system administration and technical support needs of Maker Protocol and its Core Units. TOCU-001 will strive to improve communication and collaboration between the developers, end users, and other stakeholders by applying DevOps principles to software delivery and first-class technical support".} | @simonkp, @dumitru |
| [DUX-001 Budget](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-sp52-development-ux-core-unit-budget-dux-001/12085/5) | _{"MIP40c3-SP52 modifies the DAI budget implementation for Core Unit DUX-001: Development and UX, replacing MIP40c3-SP26".} | @wouter |
| [MKT-001 Budget Removal](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-sp49-modify-core-unit-budget-mkt-001/12059) and [MKT-001 Facilitator Offboarding](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip41c5-sp3-facilitator-offboarding-mkt-001/12058/1) | _{"MIP40c3-SP49 removes all and any active budgets for the Content Production Core Unit—Dai or MKR".<br><br>"MIP41c5-SP3 offboards the current Facilitator of the Content Production Core Unit (MKT-001)".} | @deimos |
| [ORA-001 Gas Costs Budget](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-sp45-modify-core-unit-budget-ora-001-oracle-gas-costs/11621) | _{"MIP40c3-SP45 appends Maker Oracle gas costs to the Oracle Core Unit ORA-001 budget for August 1 2021 through end of March 2022".} | @nikkunkel |
| [RWF-001 Facilitator Onboarding (Will Remor)](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip41c4-sp27-facilitator-onboarding-rwf-001/11308) | _{"As MakerDAO enters a new phase were rapid scalability of the RWA pipelines that have been built up over the past year becomes possible, I believe it is crucial that the RWA Core Unit is improved and decentralized into multiple Core Units, and I believe as the oldest RWA contributor in the MakerDAO ecosystem Will Remor is the right person to take the role of Acting Facilitator and oversee the decentralization process".} | @rune |
| [SES-001 Budget](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-spxx-modify-core-unit-budget-sustainable-ecosystem-scaling-ses-001/12097) | _{"MIP40c3-SP55 modifies the Dai budget implementation for Core Unit SES-001: Sustainable Ecosystem Scaling, replacing MIP40c3-SP31".} | @wouter |
| [SNE-001 Budget for Phase II](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip40c3-sp47-core-unit-budget-sne-001-phase-ii-starknet-fast-withdrawal-and-wormhole/12041) | _{"After delivering the StarkNet bridge, the StarkNet Engineering Core Unit is requesting a budget extension of $464,792 to build L2->L1 fast withdrawals and the L2<>L2 teleportation as per the [Protocol Engineering (PE-001) Wormhole design](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/introducing-maker-wormhole/11550)."} | @louismerkle |
| [MIP64: Bug Bounty Program for MakerDAO Critical Infrastructure](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mipxxxx-sp-1-bug-bounty-program-for-makerdao/12096)<br/><br/>_{_Formally submitted_ :package:} | _{"IS-001 will orient its growing community of security researchers on the Immunefi bug bounty platform towards the Maker ecosystem. Leveraging its expertise with bug bounty programs across the cryptocurrency space, especially the DeFi ecosystem, the IS-001 will create and propose a bug bounty program to economically incentivize further investigation of the code".} | @travinimmunefi |
| [RealDAO SPF to make Moloch-based SPVs](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip55c3-sp2-create-realdao-spf-to-make-moloch-based-spvs/11796) | _{"The purpose of this subproposal is to create a 50k Dai SPF to provide a prototype SPV DAO with a template code deference agreement".} | @jameskmccall |
| [MIP60: Intangible Assets Assignment](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip60-intangible-asset-assignment/10319)<br><br><sub>Won't be formally submitted for January's Governance Cycle :hourglass_flowing_sand: | _{"MIP60 sets processes for MakerDAO to determine which actors manage which Intangible Assets (such as web domains, GitHub repositories, and social media accounts)".} | @LongForWisdom |
| [MIP61: Delegate Compensation](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mipx-delegate-compensation/10640)<br><br><sub>Won't be formally submitted for January's Governance Cycle :hourglass_flowing_sand: | _{"This proposal describes how Recognized Delegates will be compensated".} | @psychonaut |
| [Maker Talent Core Unit (MT-001) Proposal Set](https://forum.makerdao.com/search?expanded=true&q=tags%3Amakertalent%20%23mips%3Arfc )<br><br><sub>Won't be formally submitted for January's Governance Cycle :hourglass_flowing_sand: | _{"Maker Talent’s purpose and objective is to recruit best-in-class talent for the Maker Protocol, targeted through innovative social recruiting practices and offering an outstanding candidate experience".} | @manomad |

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## Things to Come :crystal_ball:

- The formally submitted proposals will be reviewed on the G&R Call on Thursday 6^th.
- Ratification Polls for these will go live on Monday 10^th. Ratification Polls will run for two weeks until Monday 24^th.

You can see all MIP-relevant dates for 2022 on the freshly updated [MIP RFC and Formal Submission Dates](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip-rfc-and-formal-submission-dates/7816) post.

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> ## oh btw
> * If you have an idea for a proposal and have no idea how to go about making it into a Maker Improvement Proposal, [this](https://mips.makerdao.com/mips/md-viewer?mdUrl=https:%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fmakerdao%2Fmips%2Fmaster%2Fmeta%2Fprimer_for_authors%2Fprimer_for_authors.md) may be useful.
> * If you're confused about the dates for the Feedback Period, the Frozen Period, and/or the Formal Submission, please [check this forum post](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip-rfc-and-formal-submission-dates/7816). If that doesn't help, send me a message or post a reply here.

## Pre-MIP Discussions

* [IAM for Surplus Buffer](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/premip-iam-for-surplus-buffer/11584)
* [Proposal Ideas on the Forum](https://forum.makerdao.com/c/mips/proposal-ideas/21?order=activity)
* [[Pre-MIP] Using Gyroscope to cut through Dai’s Gordian knot: its USDC dependency](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/pre-mip-using-gyroscope-to-cut-through-dai-s-gordian-knot-its-usdc-dependency/8865)
* [An RWA style solution to replace the PSM](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/an-rwa-style-solution-to-replace-the-psm/8705)