GIP-99: Should Gnosis Guild steward GnosisDAO Governance?

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Hey everyone!

Thanks Gnosis Guild for bringing governance to the table. We think this is a well-crafted and well-thought-out proposal. The mentioned problems are known, and the solutions proposed are necessary. Therefore, we are in favor of an initiative like this, as it undoubtedly represents a step in the right direction.

Discussion

@auryn_macmillan

3. Service delivery

Immediate Improvements

• Modernize the GnosisDAO’s Snapshot strategy to correctly account for a greater diversity of GNO holders.
• Enable key delegation features for the DAO: split delegation, transitive delegation, and delegation term limits.
• Implement spam proposal filtration

• We think these are excellent items to research and implement. Gnosis Guild’s expertise in DAO infra/tooling is best-in class, particularly evident in the development of the Zodiac module/roles among others, so we believe you are the best ones for the job.

While the proposal outlines governance infrastructure improvements, which is fundamental, it overlooks some of the critical aspects of onboarding and community participation. Proper strategy, onboarding processes and incentives are essential for driving engagement, ensuring better DAO Health and the success of governance initiatives.

Without clear initiatives in these areas (Community onboarding, incentives, transparency, defined scope for participants), there may be challenges in increasing voter turnout, GNO token engagement in governance and basically having real/significant impact.

@refri

Only after that I might feel able to judge if and how it might be worthwhile to spend DAO funds to optimize these structures which also require the willingness of all involved parties to go this way. Therefore I hope to see some statements from these here.

• Agreed. As mentioned, establishing a defined scope for each entity and articulating clear DAO objectives to understand what’s at stake and who decides what, is necessary to craft an efficient roadmap and begin working toward these goals.

@mkoeppelmann

However - as a step to get there I would prefer to go a route where there are first 1-2 concrete projects with specified goals and budget that should already improve the status quo.

If those are delivered successfully I would be very open to voting for such a long-term “service agreement”.

• This makes sense and can be implemented with short-term funding disbursed upon milestone completion (contingent upon proper KPI/metrics improvement) followed by larger scopes responsibilities. These can be separate proposals or part of a bigger and structured proposal that takes into account these nuances.

Having said that, we would like to support this initiative by acting as a working group and core collaborator to Gnosis Guild’s mission in shaping the future of GnosisDAO governance. With our experience in hands-on governance across various ecosystems, we are looking forward to filling that gap, to lending our expertise and contributing to the development of a more resilient, decentralized and mature governance for GnosisDAO.

Conclusion

We strongly believe that this proposal addresses critical issues and offers necessary solutions. Regardless of the outcome of this initial vote, it’s crucial to emphasize that community members and stakeholders are now starting to align towards the long-term success of Gnosis DAO.

Hats off to Gnosis Guild for taking the lead and initiating discussions on this critical matter!