Framework for New Committee who decides when to revoke grants -Updated proposal
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Following a nurturing discussion on a [previous draft](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=fca083a0-595a-11ed-be45-c5d5549af004), the community saw it necessary to split the creation of a New Committee into two steps: * One with the structure and guidelines for the New Committee who decides when a grant should be revoked. * Another after the framework is designed, to propose the Committee members. This is a next step towards defining this framework. To unify criteria we´ve used this [Governance Proposal](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=359eee30-cacc-11ec-90c9-11bf3c6f4ca1) as a starting point to include the procedure to create this new Committee and to add and remove a Committee member. Due to the character limitations, you can find more information about this [framework here](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1Cm8pfd3uCWYf8TuUXnWyCnp8WFP_uunEDHsKuIlnmLw/edit). The New Committee will have the sole responsibility to order the revocation of a Grant provided by the Decentraland DAO. This New Committee is important to decentralize the decision-making process of determining which grants should be revoked and to take care of the DAO treasury. If this draft proposal passes, the path to revocations would be the following: 1) The Grant Support Squad makes a recommendation to the New Committee to review a case when the grantee doesn't comply with the terms and conditions and the Grant Framework. 2) The New Committee of 5 members will study each case and will have the opportunity to request extra information regarding the case presented, and has the responsibility to provide a resolution to the community, either to revoke a grant or not to revoke a grant. 3) If a grant should be revoked, the DAO committee will execute the revocation. The New Committee will be constituted by 5 members and 2 substitutes. This committee selected by the Decentraland DAO Community is expected to be in office for twelve (12) months and the members could be re-elected only for one consecutive period. Each committee member will be compensated with 200 USD in MANA per grant case, paid by the DAO treasury and executed by the DAO committee once the verdict has been posted on the Grant Proposal page.
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Framework for New Committee who decides when to revoke grants -Updated proposal This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 99% 2,138,241 VP (96 votes) * No 1% 1 VP (1 votes)
@Zino I also have another question. Will this be a fair process when it comes to choosing applicants? I know there was mentions in the past about specific people being chosen. I know it's fairly easy to put up a posting for the illusion of creating a fair process, I am not claiming it wont be fair, but will all applicants be given a fair chance? [quote="dao, post:1, topic:16764"] A member could be removed by an Internal decision of the Committee members. [/quote] I also wanted to know if there has to be certain circumstances. We see in real life, courtroom judges have their own interpretations of the law that may differ from others - is it possible for the committee to out members because they do not approve of their interpretation of the guidelines? Of course unity is a good option when making decisions as a group, but it isn't always the case.
yes, we need better structure, more investigation and repour before shelling out funds like there is an infinite amount. I couldn't agree more with this !
I am not an attorney, but was a paralegal. I trust you to take care of it effectively. I did briefly review those documents, however I didn't see anywhere that upon taking the grant who has the ability to revoke the grant and under which conditions. Obviously the conditions are implied, but I think starting off we should make lay it out more specifically to the reasons we know and more generic to the things we don't. Personally I would like to make this similar to judges in real life where they aren't creating rules, but instead interpreting the guidelines of the DAO. We are seeing a lot of arbitrary decisions in the wearable curations committee, not to their own fault but due to the way they have to interpret generalized guidelines. A good framework made by the DAO can make this new committee's job very easy if we do it correctly.
Hi @Tudamoon! Thank you for this comment and your suggestion. Definitely, we need to include in the forms to request a grant, the questions “Did you read the Content Policy doc? Did you read the Terms of Use doc? Etc. In fact, it is something that we´ve suggested to the Gov Team to change and we are working on that point. In short, we are on the same page as you. Regarding the “jurisdiction topic” and what you wrote in the document. It is written [in the Docs](https://docs.decentraland.org/player/general/dao/overview/receiving-grants/) that the grant could be revocable, but it wasn´t clear who should do it (jurisdiction). That´s why we started creating this governance process. So, to answer your questions, this new committee will have the jurisdiction to make the final decision, and to be explicit, we will include in the forms to request a grant the question “Did you read the Documentation regarding the Grants?” (btw, I´m a lawyer. Lol)
My only suggestion is that we add upon Grant proposals that the Grantee consents to this under the condition of applying for the Grant. Offer, Acceptance, Consideration currently exists, but currently, there is nothing that gives this committee jurisdiction if the contract is enacted. They give jurisdiction to make a ruling and they certainly could revoke the grant, but in most government courthouses, this leaves room for the Grantee to seek a legal remedy from their own country. This is creating powers for the DAO without explicitly giving the DAO those powers.  There is no mention of by-laws or updated rules created by the DAO. Along with this proposal, this committee must gain jurisdiction in the Grant Contract itself to be valid. Without direct consent of the Grantee in my personal opinion, there is a lack of jurisdiction. My suggestion would be to gain consent from all future grantees upon them applying for a grant. They must consent to any governance changes enacted by the DAO. Any attorneys out there that can help comment on this jurisdictional matter?
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