Strategy & Finance Squad This proposal is now in status: REJECTED. Voting Results: * Yes 4% 116,266 VP (31 votes) * No 96% 2,710,123 VP (32 votes)

Just to say that there are thoughts that Decentraland needs strong financial foundation to forecast profit and grind economic problems.

Thanks for the Clarification! I support this, and I think the report you completed for the first grant your team received was very well done and relevant!

[quote="mattimus, post:2, topic:14507, full:true"] Can you provide more details on how the funds will be spent? [/quote] The main expense will be a data engineer for the Q4 investor relations dashboard project. This will cost between $15-$20k. There will also be a few different subscription services utilized over the 6 month period: * Dune - $2,400 over the period * Nansen - $900 over the period All in this will cost $17,500 - $25,000 with the remaining budget to compensate Alastor for the work required to fulfill this responsibility and achieve the deliverables set forth above. Our view is that projects at the scale of Decentraland should have contributors with a full-time focus on strategic finance - tracking and reporting DAO performance and taking ownership over key initiatives in that vein. To that end, the remaining portion of the budget would be compensation for our time and efforts in this arena. Examples of other at-scale DAOs with similar committees include Lido (recently budgeted ~$500k annually for the equivalent of two FTEs to take this role - https://research.lido.fi/t/lido-dao-finance-workstream-proposal-steakhouse-financial/2823) and Maker (recently budgeted >$1.1M annually for an existing team of four to add a few additional positions and continue on in this role - https://forum.makerdao.com/t/signal-request-budget-re-allocation-core-unit-accountability-framework/16788) [quote="Matimio, post:3, topic:14507, full:true"] To clarify, is the purpose of this grant proposal purely for the purpose of strategic advisement and recommended treasury management pathways, which the DAO can then take under consideration for implementation? Or is this Squad intended to have capacity to make treasury management decisions? [/quote] The former - we are not asking for carte blanche decision-making with regard to the treasury and candidly that isn't a form of treasury management that we support, we believe that all large-scale treasury decisions should always sit with the community. We are suggesting that the DAO engage Alastor to take on an internal research and advisory role, beginning with the diversification of the treasury but including financial reporting, investor relations, and advisory on strategic directions / grant requests looked at through a financial lens.

Shout out to a fellow MD person but I must ask @yemel or even @HPrivakos if the foundation or security team has their eye on these kinda analytics already. Does the community want or need a reoccurring fee for bookies to eye the finances and speculate as a roundtable. There are many in the community in discord groups already watching like hawks. People with great Positive PNL margins who have made some serious calls. Even our own community have already tried to reach out and tell people we need to diversify.

To clarify, is the purpose of this grant proposal purely for the purpose of strategic advisement and recommended treasury management pathways, which the DAO can then take under consideration for implementation? Or is this Squad intended to have capacity to make treasury management decisions?

Can you provide more details on how the funds will be spent?