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title: 4. Facilitators

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# 4. Facilitators 


## Summary

This MIP proposal contains processes for onboarding and offboarding facilitators, the most trusted type of actor in the Maker ecosystem. 

## Motivation

A Facilitator is the most trusted actor in the MakerDAO community, as they are given a high degree of autonomy and have resources and governance powers at their disposal. Governance needs to be able to manage and hold facilitators accountable through the MIPs process.

## Specification / Proposal Details

### 1. Facilitator Overview

- Facilitators play a key role in the Maker ecosystem by acting as the link between Maker Governance and the Domains. Facilitators are always attached to a Core Unit which defines their primary responsibility, as well as their Budget and Governance Powers.
- The Core Unit Budget allows the facilitators to meet their responsibilities by hiring Domain Contributors and purchasing services and products. Facilitators attached to a Core Unit administer the Budget for that Core Unit.
- The Facilitator Commitment is an important part of a Facilitator proposal, where the Facilitator specifies their perspective, in as great detail as possible, on how to be succesful in achieving the Core Unit Mandate of the Core Unit they are proposing to onboard to.
- The Core Unit Governance Powers enable the Facilitators to efficiently interact with Maker Governance processes related to their Core Unit. The Governance Powers of a Core Unit can be wielded unilaterally by a Facilitator attached to the Core Unit, unless otherwise specified. Governance Powers can be specified both in the Core Unit State Component of the DAO Primitives State MIP, or externally in a separate MIP.
- It's also possible for independent MIPs to externally define "mini-mandates" (specific tasks or responsibilities) for Core Units and the Facilitators attached to them. These "mini-mandates" effectively extend the Core Unit Mandate. (perhaps delete?)

### 2. Facilitator Onboarding (Subproposal Process)

- This sub proposal process allows governance to onboard a new facilitator with a Facilitator Commitment and Facilitator Compensation value
- Once a sub proposal passes, the Core Unit specified has its entry modified with the new Facilitator name and information, the new Facilitator Commitment, and the new Facilitator Compensation value
- The proposal parameters are: feedback period: 1 month, frozen period: 1 week
- Template:

c1: Core Unit name

c2: Facilitator name and information

c3: Facilitator Commitment

c4: Facilitator Compensation

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### 3. Facilitator transition (Subproposal Process)

- This sub proposal process allows governance to move a facilitator from one strategic objective to another. The facilitator creates a new facilitator Commitment to match the new strategic objective.
- Once a sub proposal passes, the strategic objective specified has its entry modified with the new facilitator name and the new facilitator Commitment, while the facilitator name and facilitator Commitment is deleted from its former strategic objective.
- The proposal parameters are: feedback period: 1 month, frozen period: 1 week
- Template:

c1: Core Unit name

c2: Facilitator name and information

c3: Facilitator Commitment

c4: Facilitator Compensation

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### 4. Facilitator offboarding (Subproposal Process)

- This sub proposal process allows governance to offboard a facilitator
- The proposal parameters are: feedback period 1 month, frozen period: 1 week
- Template:

c1: Core Unit name

c2: facilitator name and information
