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EnactedGrant Request

Proposal Details

Author0xd11a…1f49
PublishedMay 13, 2022 21:41
Voting beginsMay 13, 2022 21:41
Voting endsMay 27, 2022 21:41
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Grant size

84,000 USD

Tier

Tier 5

Beneficiary

0x6584…c1e5

Description

The [Community Grants](https://docs.decentraland.org/decentraland/community-grants/) Program is one of the most important vehicles the DAO has to accomplish its vision of supporting and facilitating the sustainable growth of the Decentraland platform. In the past year, the DAO awarded more than [$3.5M USD to 58 community led projects](https://governance.decentraland.org/?type=grant&status=enacted) working in different areas such as content creation, developer tools, research, events, game development, among others. Up to this moment, grant’s beneficiaries update their progress voluntarily using different platforms, such as the DAO’s Discord server, the forum thread of the grant proposal and sometimes presenting their process during the monthly town-halls. **However not every project has informed their progress, nor shipped a final result. This is an issue the DAO should invest energy to address.** The return of impact of our grants is a key asset to build a better platform, **and it is our responsibility to support their development.** Most of the grants are given through a revocable vesting contract, in other words, **the DAO can revoke the contract and recover the unvested funds if the beneficiary fails to deliver what was promised. However this mechanism has not been used yet, we can argue it’s because of the DAO’s weak oversight capabilities or missing incentives to do so.** This proposal is to build a team of experienced producers/project managers to build relationships with grant beneficiaries, hold regular meetings with them to track their progress and, in the case a team fails to deliver, escalate the issue to the DAO to revoke their contract.

Voting Power

02M4MRequired to pass05/1305/1605/1905/2105/24
YesNo

9 Comments

YannakisMay 19, 2022

There's documentation on it. I can send it and explain if you need help with it.

AaronLeuppMay 19, 2022

I am voting yes on this because our request for a grant just passed and we can't even figure out how to get it lol. There is no information on the site nor any information on when it will arrive or the process we need to do to continue to update our proof of work for it. I also found several others as well I have talked to are in the same situation when I asked around trying to find out this information. It would defiantly help me and all others as well to have a system place for all this so thanks for pitching this proposal my vote is yes.

JTVMay 17, 2022

My Dao Monday streams starts at 08:30 AM CST. We are looking forward to it!

yemelMay 17, 2022

Hi @JTV, Thanks for caring about the DCL DAO and engaging in the conversation about how we can improve it. [quote="JTV, post:3, topic:11488, full:true"] Who watches the watchers? [/quote] The DAO will watch the watchers. The answer relies on the use of the grant's mechanism in itself, the Grant Support Squad will need to gather community support every 6-months to renew its budget. If concerns about the performance or integrity of this team are risen in the community, they probably fail to renew their position or, in more serious situations, their grant could be revoked via a proposal. [quote="JTV, post:4, topic:11488"] Will you guys come on and talk more about this next Monday? It will be very beneficial to meet the people over this particular project considering it will effect every grant proposal in the future. [/quote] Count me in. I'll share the invitation with the rest of the team. At what time will be the stream?

JTVMay 16, 2022

Hey, I host a DAO Monday stream on twitch each Monday. We were going over your proposal and were very intrigued by the idea. This should absolutely be done because people need to be held accountable toward their actions. Will you guys come on and talk more about this next Monday? It will be very beneficial to meet the people over this particular project considering it will effect every grant proposal in the future.

JTVMay 16, 2022

Who watches the watchers?

yemelMay 13, 2022

I believe this project is very much needed, let me know if you have any questions :)

daoMay 13, 2022

Grant Support Squad This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0xbef99f5f55cf7cdb3a70998c57061b7e1386a9b0) Vesting Contract Address: 0x5d84B242E2147c09d6D840B405469E34736Ad9cB

daoMay 13, 2022

Grant Support Squad This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 97% 9,815,556 VP (77 votes) * No 3% 388,417 VP (1 votes)