Add Maryana to DAO Council This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 97% 22,198,873 VP (79 votes) * No 1% 275,614 VP (6 votes) * Abstain 2% 671,503 VP (7 votes)

Hi @maryana! I voted yes because you are professional, willing to listen and consider before responding, and several other things I have seen over the years. We need a streamlined path forward with this more central approach. I think at this point we do need more of a central approach until DCL has a broader voting populace and as long as we can use this to streamline our future without infighting. GL

**Application continues here…** As a longstanding contributor to Decentraland, and the DAO financial governance discussions, I have a nuanced understanding of its technology, audience, and stakeholders, ensuring informed and holistic decision-making. My active engagement with Decentraland’s stakeholders will help achieve the overall goals of the DAO. With a strong foundation in finance and a proven track record of managing complex budgets in my professional experience, I am equipped to guide the DAO’s treasury toward sustainable growth while mitigating risks. --- **Cover Letter for the Vision for Decentraland’s Future:** My vision for Decentraland centers on improving the protocol while maintaining financial discipline. By enhancing the DAO’s financial infrastructure, we can empower creators, support critical protocol & client projects, and ensure that Decentraland aims to continue its presence in the virtual experiences aspect of the blockchain. This innovation includes ensuring all aspects of blockchain is able to exist or be represented in Decentraland by welcoming or producing the technology to support DeFi, gaming, socialfi, emerging new topics such as AI agents, DePins, and education & research (DeSci has been a recent focus for me as I come from healthcare). My vision also includes seeing the DAO/Foundation providing the proper support and resources to transition projects from SDK6 to SDK7, to reduce obsolete grant projects in the legacy grant program. Further, bring visibility to the project with key strategic partnerships. I am committed to consulting & engaging in the following: 1. **Financial Reporting & Treasury Management:** Developing policies and working with the Finance OpCo to keep record of the DAO’s expenditures, grant programs, and treasury sustainable while aligning it with community values and ensuring the Foundation and DAO do not duplicate efforts. In addition, ensuring there is an off-chain tracking of the expenses made related to our future DAO’s objectives. I’d aim to achieve that our dashboard is more insightful for each DAO stakeholder. **Disclaimer**: I do not have the current bandwidth to be the accountant responsible for the DAO under this position, so this position would be just a CONSULT ONLY position to ensure the reporting is put in place and the budgeting is appropriate. Please do not expect me to bookkeep the DAO’s entire books for $1000, as that would be the responsibility of the Finance opCo. I also believe we can keep our treasury management in-house as much as possible, but engage with professionals on guiding that strategy. 2. **Enhanced Governance**: Promoting transparency, inclusivity, and accountability in all Council activities. Discuss with other DAO councils in the ecosystem on DAO governance & grant programs. Work with the community on the governance that should be implemented. 3. **Synergy with Creators, Developers and Platforms**: Strengthening relationships with the current builders, developers and other blockchain platforms to ensure Decentraland’s innovation in the space. The most crucial aspect is that the SDK and protocol is able to merge contributions, connect features requested by current users and external projects in the various aspects of blockchain listed above. 4. **Sustainable Growth:** Discussing initiatives that drive user adoption and strengthen Decentraland’s position as an open source protocol in the blockchain metaverse space. **Closing Thoughts:** Serving on the Decentraland DAO Council is a responsibility to the community and our ecosystem. I am eager to bring my financial expertise, passion, and commitment to this role. If I don’t have the answer, I have a network of finance professionals who will. My traditional finance experience will help bring core principles to DAO accounting needed here. I hope to see an efficient and professional Finance opCo with the help of the DAO council. TL:DR: I am an accountant:) Maryana

@maryana has proven that she is professional, outgoing, open to ideas and would be a terrific asset to this team! 100% YES! Jenn