[Composable AVC](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/cvc-registration-submission-composable-cvc/20348) is focused on improving efficiency of consensus building, knowledge sharing and preference detection for MakerDAO. Founded by jokecouncil members Composable AVC is a credibly neutral platform focused on improving governance tooling to help the DAO reach the best decisions possible.

This document puts forth positioning and analysis of MakerDAO Scopes Artifacts and how they relate to the election of Advisory Council members, expressed by the members of Composable AVC. This quarter, we hosted weekly subcommittee meetings both discussing and agreeing upon said positioning, along with Ecosystem actors and Aligned Delegates, on behalf of the MKR ecosystem.

In it, we outline our recommendations for changes to the MakerDAO Scope with respect to contain the 5 Scope of MakerDAO’s governance. Based on the unique perspective of Composable AVC, namely:

1. MIP 104: Stability Scope
2. MIP 106: Support Scope
3. MIP 107: Protocol Scope
4. MIP 108: Accessibility Scope
5. MIP 113: Governance Scope

# Composable CVC Advisory Council (AC) Framework

This framework has two components. General and Scope specific. The scope specific component has one subcomponent per scope as declared in the valid version of the Endgame Constiution or Atlas.

## General parameters for AC members

Except in well reasoned exceptions that have been approved via ratification of a MIP102c2 proposal, advisory councils should not have more than seven and less than three members, as a general outline. Facilitators should monitor the needed output and make sure to tailor the number of AC members to the specific needs.

Ideally ACs have odd numbers so that any decisions can be decided with a simple majority. The responsible facilitators could decide upon a number of AC members for their respective scope in advance of the selection process and request additional members via succesful proposals as needed.

AC members shall be selected for:
* A one year term, after which their position comes up for re-election
* Be paid a retainer fee so their services can be called upon when needed
* The retainer fee shall include a socket amount of work to be performed
* This work can be used to advise facilitors or for proposed scope improvements
* Additional work shall be remunerated in accordance to a service agreement
* The service aggreement shall be public
* Should facilitators deem it necessary, AC members can be selected on a case by case basis, with a one-off fee.

Suggested Scope Language 3F Good Meta:
*1.1.1.4: The Accessibility Facilitators may, if they deem it necessary, trigger a vote to remove an Advisory Council Member. If an Advisory Council Member has not done any paid work for the Scope for at least 1 year, then the Accessibility Facilitators can choose to remove them at will, if they deem it necessary.*

## General process for selecting Advisory Council members

The specific details for selecting Advisory Council members will vary form scope to scope, but this component will focus on what they share, so that insights learned from one scope automatically inform all other scopes.

### Process requirements

The process to select AC members must be
- open and as accesible as possible
- public and promoted to attract the maximum number of qualified candidates
- fair and unbiased so candidates are selected on merit and alignment
- frequently evaluated and reiterated upon
- in line with MakerDAOs aligned purpose and function
- Can be pseudonymous but can also be legal entities or known persons

These criteria are the very least the process has to fulfill. Additional criteria can be defined here or in the relevant sections for scopes.

Aligned Delegate BLUE has suggested a Peer to Peer recruiting process, that we want to point out. Facilitators may choose to employ this process, if they deem that it has higher likelyhood of finding the best candidates.
Here is a [link](https://vimeo.com/831187842?share=copy) to the presentation and the [Miro board](https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVMEON-mQ=/) explaining the process

### Common process for selecting AC members

- The Request for applicants (RFA) shall be promoted as much as possible.
- Applicants shall reply to the RFA on a designated AC RFA platform.
- This platform can be an off-the-shelf HR solutions that allows grouping and scoring candidates
- The RFA period shall at least two months in advance of the selection for AC members
- Different scopes should not select their AC members in the same week to allow governance participants ample time to review and judge candidates
- AC members shall be selected according to the criteria laid out in the second component of this document
- During the last week of the RFA process ADs shall vote to select the best possible AC members via approval voting.
- Approval voting is known to be the most inclusive voting system.
- Responsible facilitators have defined the number (X) of AC members for their scope, the top X candidates can start their term of service directly after the poll.
- Previous AC member shall be compensated for a one month transition period so that new AC members can pick up where they left off.

### Minimum requirements for a valid application to become an AC member

Template applications should be developed and conituosly improved by the responsible facilitators for each scope. For an application to be considered valid it must contain:
- The name of the entity or person, this can be a pseudonym
- A detailed history of relevant previous experience, as an alternative the candidate can answer a Q&A to demonstrate their expertise.
- At least one available contact point for each reference so the relevant experience can be validated, if the candidate is not pseudonymous, otherwise the Q&A or sample tasks can be a subsitute.
- A detailed pitch of how the applicant plans to contribute
- Milestones the applicant plans to deliver, and upon which they can be judged during the year
- A price for the retainer fee
- How much work is included in that retainer
- What is explicity not included in that retainer
- A price for work performed on an hourly basis for smaller tasks
- Example prices for larger projects grouped by size. This can be done by providing reference projects where applicable or standard fees if applicable

## Scope specific AC selection

This section will include the specific requirements for AC members of the specific scopes as well as the specifics of the processes to select AC members there.

### Governance Scope

#### AC member requirements
The Governance Scope Advisory Council must have at least two experts from within the ranks of the MakerDAO workforce to make sure all suggestions reflect a high standard of knowledge for the Endgame, The Atlas and the Scope Artifacts as well as the protocol and the DAO in general.

AC members for the Governance Scope should be experts in at least one of the following fields:
* Deep and proven thought leadership in the field of decentralized governance, common good stewardship or other processes that coordinate a very large number of independent and often unpaid actors
* Hands-on experience in running a DAO or another plurality protocol (examples, but not exclusive: DeSoc movement, Twitter Community Notes, Wikipedia...)
* Deep understanding of voting systems and their effects on candidate selection
* Organizational knowledge
* Understanding of legal philosophy or arbitration processes
* Longstanding experience in moderation of high velocity and/or high impact forums or chats
* On-chain forensics experience
* If a candidate has experience in using composable, on-chain processes in governance, it is a plus in the view of this AVC.

#### Process requirements
In adddition to the standard process this scope should allow experts to participate that have tight schedules and can only participate infrequently, if they have unique qualifications. The rationale behind this is that DAO or plurality governance is such a niche field, and good thinkers are so few and far between, that it is exceedingly hard to find the best people. MakerDAO should fit its requirements to what they can offer.

### Support Scope

The Support Scope is touching many different topics that require different expertise. We advise the DAO to set smaller retainer fees with fewer hours or deliverables included, but contract a larger set of experts relative to other scopes. This way Maker can be sure to improve every aspect of the Support Scope as much as possible while managing cost and reducing bloat.

#### AC member requirements

Thanks Growth AVC for the input! We also suggest hiring per sub-scope with requirements as follows:
##### SUP2 - Governance Process Support
* Governance experts, especially with knowledge off composable processes to iterate inclusively
* Experts on social choice theory, and knowledge of how to increase active participation and "citizenship"
##### SUP3 - DAO Toolkit core development
* Intranet builders
* Archival system experts
* Documentatin experts
* Facilitators of workshops for information sharing or consensus building
##### SUP4 - Core Artificial Intelligence System (CAIS)
* GFM experts, ideally builders in the space
* Deep knowledge about LLM limitations
* Expertise with AI alignment
* DevOps for AI systems
##### SUP5 - Budgets, Milestones and results reporting standardization
* DAO accounting experts like SteakHouse
* Potential collaboration with TradFi experts for special areas of accounting (bond maturity, e.g.)
##### SUP6 - SubDAO Incubation
* DAO Builders and Founders
* Community management experts
* DAO Theory experts
* Growth experts
##### SUP7 - Ecosystem Actor Incubation
* Contractor onboarding and management professionals
* Tender process experts
* Grants process experts
##### SUP8 - Ecosystem communication channels
This sub-scope can be advised on by the same experts as SUP7. There's no need to hire experts for this sub-scope. If Maker has special communication infrastructure it can be advised on by Support Scope AC members
##### SUP9 - Ecosystem Agreements
* Contract law experts
* Contractor management and deliverable tracking experts, like services buyers
* Contractor law experts
* People with a large network of contacts in relevant technology fields could advise on how to source ecosystem actors
##### SUP10 - Resilience Fund
* Crypto lawyers
* Lobbyists and other regulatory experts
* Crypto Tax experts
##### SUP11 - Resilience research and preparedness
* Cyber security experts with focus on Web3 and cryptocurrency wallets
* White hat or grey hat hackers
* Security researchers
##### SUP12 - Purpose System
* Management of philantropic projects
* Crypto treasury management experts
* AI alignment researchers

#### Process requirements
Since there is such a variety of experts we believe managing the AC for this scope will be a considerable task and might need to be assigned to a dedicated person in the facilitator workforce.

### Protocol Scope

#### AC member requirements
AC members for the Protocol Scope should be experts in at least one of the following fields:
* Smart contract development
* Smart contract security
* DeFi Protocol Development with deep prior experience
* Ethereum roadmap
* Ethereum Layer 2 and Layer 3 technology
* Bridging technology
* Oracle development

#### Process requirements
Experts in this field with the appropriate knowledge are hard to find and retain.
We advise that the process be started with 2-3 months more lead time than usual, and to vet any candidates thouroughly.
Ideal would be if former Protocol Engineering Contributors would be available to screen candidates

### Stability Scope

#### AC member requirements
AC members for the Stability Scope should be experts in at least one of the following fields:
* Bond markets
* Money market fund management
* Multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency portfolio management
* Accounting and Finance with cryptocurrencies
* Smart contract and DeFi risk management
* Economic modelling of high-volaitility portfolios
* Value at Risk analysis with detailed knowledge about the limitations of the method

#### Process requirements
There are no additional process requirements

### Accesibility Scope

#### AC member requirements
AC members for the Accessibility Scope should be experts in at least one of the following fields:
* Growth Marketing
* Web 3 Marketing
* UX/UI Design for Web3
* Community Management
* Community Growth
* Social Media
* Decentralized Interfaces
* dApp Security
* Stablecoin or DeFi Marketing

#### Process requirements
There are no additional process requirements