Description

**Abstract** This proposal has two primary objectives: 1. Implement a formal pathway for the DAO to issue a “request for information” (RFI) from the Decentraland Foundation. 2. Facilitate Decentraland Foundation response to Binding Governance Proposals for feature requests, in the interim period until a Feature Request Category can be formally approved and integrated into the DAO’s governance dApp. The first objective is a new initiative. The second builds on a clause included in the recently passed Governance Proposal delegating responsibility for determining and implementing the Reference Client Roadmap to the Decentraland Foundation **Background** Decentraland is a progressively decentralizing ecosystem, managed by two core stakeholders: the Decentraland DAO and the Decentraland Foundation. While both of these entities are themselves made up of a diverse and multi-interested group of stakeholders, a cooperative and structured institutional relationship between the DAO and the Foundation is beneficial, if not necessary to the success of our metaversal “way of life.” The most important proposal to date outlining a formal relationship between the DAO and the Foundation was recently passed as a Binding Governance Proposal, delegating responsibility for determining and implementing the [“reference client roadmap”](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=38cf5bb0-c322-11eb-ac84-1705d1ae4a66) to the Decentraland Foundation.” In the reference client proposal, the Decentraland Foundation notes two key points: First, “The DAO will have a clear path to contribute ideas and requests to the roadmap. This could take the form of a new polling category within the DAO, specific to client feature requests and suggestions. These proposals could then be voted on by the community, with accepted suggestions being passed to the Foundation for inclusion in the next iteration of the product roadmap.” Second, “The project is currently in a state of asymmetry in terms of context/resources/contributions between the Foundation and the community.” The specification below addresses each point. **Specification** In the context of these points above, this proposal calls for the following, which if supported by the Decentraland Community, will be explored in more detail and outlined further in a Draft Proposal: 1. Establish a formal pathway for the DAO to issue a “Request for Information” (RFI) from the Decentraland Foundation via the DAO’s governance dApp. A DAO RFI can be on any topic of interest or concern, and if passed, will require a formal statement of response from the Decentraland Foundation. While any response to an RFI will most likely be non-binding, this is an important mechanism for the DAO to communicate its interests and alleviate information “asymmetry” between the Foundation and the Community. 2. In the interim period between now and when a formal feature request pathway is approved and implemented in the governance dApp, this proposal calls on the Decentraland Foundation to issue a response to a Binding Governance Proposal feature request, indicating a timeline for their implementation of the feature, either integrating it into the existing product roadmap, or including it in the next iteration of the product roadmap - *as stated in the Governance Proposal delegating client roadmap responsibility to the Foundation*. This is a stop gap measure to ensure that the community has a voice in Decentraland's product development via Binding Governance Proposals, until a formal pathway for feature requests has been established. **Voting Options** There will be four voting options for this Pre-Proposal Poll, to ensure an accurate signal of community perceptions is captured. - First, a vote for ONLY the "RFI Pathway" - Second, a vote for ONLY the "Interim Feature Request Response Pathway" - Third, a vote in favor of BOTH of the above pathways - Four, a vote against the proposal in general