Should Szjanko be added to the DAO Committee? This proposal is now in status: REJECTED. Voting Results: * Yes 21% 3,479,808 VP (173 votes) * No 79% 12,530,422 VP (19 votes)

Voted Yes. Szjanko has a great understanding of the overall ecosystem that is Decentraland. He has been consistent in not only the community but also in the games and experiences within the community providing valuable feedback. From my perspective, he has always made decisions with good ethics and the community in mind. He clearly is a bigger-picture kind of guy and we need all of that to pioneer this platform forward. Maryanna brings up a great point about representation for DG as well. Good luck @szjanko !

I appreciate you and what you are in DCL, and def support you, but as I've voted for two others, I will be voting no. Nothing personal <3

Hey man , you got my vote and support for all the work in the DG ecosystem.

I vote YES for Szjanko to be added to the DAO Commitee. I’ve gotten to know Janko over the last 10 months, I can attest that he is HIGHLY-qualified and possesses the following skills: 1. **Knowledge of the Cryptocurrency Market**: He has more than 5+ years of knowledge of various crypto/blockchain knowledge. In fact, I always talk to Szjanko about any of my web3 security questions, or get any news to date of new protocols/crypto updates. He always provides me technical/**data-backed** answers, not based on his “personal thoughts”of a project. 2. **Technical/SDK Skills**: Szjanko possess and comprehends the Defi skills required to do the swap transactions. He recently took on learning Javascript and React, and in the course of the few months, has made great improvements. He is also committed to learning the DCL SDK, showing his commitment to the growth and improvement of the platform 3. **Social Media & Writing Skills:** Szjanko is more than qualified to publish any updates required for the DCL DAO. His success is shown by growing his Ocean Meta media pages, video edits, and DG Proposals on Snapshot. Most recently, Janko told me about Lens Protocol, which is a upcoming web3 social media platform. Janko has already surpassed 3200 followers there as well. If anyone can write in DCL, its him. 4. **Professional skepticism/rationale reasoning**: Janko since I’ve known him has been super objective when coming up with any reasoning for why Grants should be enacted or not. He possesses unbiased view points and investigates sufficiently prior to making a final conclusion on a proposal, issue, etc. 5. **Active DCL and DG Community Member:** Janko is one of the most active community members in both DCL and DG communities, not counting the other communities he manages as well (i.e. growing his Ocean Meta photography (45K+ on IG and Lenster profile). Janko IS the nicest, rationale guy I’ve met in Decentraland, and is super approachable. He would fully represent the DCL community and represent the DG community on the DAO. I do not think anyone else from the DAO committee currently is a huge active user in DG. Having this DG representation on the committee only makes sense and calls for diversification of those on the team currently. 6. **Attentiveness to the current DAO:** Szjanko actively participates in most DCL DAO townhalls, is an active user in many events, and objectively votes in the DAO. DCL would not be the same without Janko in this platform. He has made such a huge impact to my journey here, as well as many others. He does nothing but GIVE to the community (i..e hosting events for free, supports wearable creators and p2e games), and actively helps shed his objective thoughts. **Everyone, please consider voting for Janko. I am highly confident he will not disappoint (I don’t say that about too many people in Decentraland).** @Shiny - I hope my explanation helps answer your question as well. I believe he IS the most qualified.

Thank you 🙌 I appreciate the kind words

I don't want to assume, so I apologize and edited accordingly. The proposal could have certainly been better, and looking forward to putting forward future ideas and proposals now that the reform that was very much needed is taking place. Not only will it protect the DCL DAO, but also ensure that creators are given clear measures to reach so that we understand what kind of success metrics and transparency is expected of us. Everyone will win that way.

[quote="KevinOnEarth, post:9, topic:17283"] Esteban changes vote by Request of Seanny (which is connected to the reform, needed due to the toxic landscape we have fallen to) [/quote] I'd appreciate it if you don't make assumptions about my motivations. Thank you. Your proposal was sloppy on the details and use of funds. Particularly, you stated that ~9k was going to be used in "influencers" that have less followers than half of Twitch. Seanny didn't "request that I changed my vote", he just pointed that out.

Hey @Shiny if this is regarding the technical skills / automation, I have been studying programming full time the past 2-3 months and my plan is to continue to do so. Right now I am focused on learning Javascript, specifically using React, and planning on learning Typescript as well as Solidity with time. Making a transition from my past IRL job to the computer programming field. The automation tasks that are required for this job I am already working on learning and I am confident will master over the next couple of months. Hope that clears up anything about this and more than happy to answer any other question you have.

Voting no, nothing personal, I just think that another candidate is better suited for this role.

Alright, Kev. Until next time. 

Easy Yes for me. szjanko is a trustworthy and good standing member of the community, who is philosophically aligned with the ethos of Decentraland. I believe szjanko is best suited for this role.

The problem is that rather than having an open conversation, or in the slightest substantiating whatever rumor I'm still unaware, he is leading without facts. This makes a perfect "puppet" scenario really, and it will hurt Decentraland if we don't prevent people who haven't evolved beyond that in this position. Nothing against him personally, but this is not a level I think he is ready for, personally, based on my interaction which I've expressed above. Others have different opinions, from different interactions. I think a leader and anyone on the DAO committee needs to care about the facts, and in the case I'm mentioning above, that wasn't the case.

Not at all, I'm too busy building to be butthurt :D People's actions speak for themselves...instead of offering something substantial to the conversation here your comment only seeks to lower the quality of thinking. I feel sorry for you, but I don't hold it against you. Let's try better next time.

Isn't that the point of decentralization and voting polls? So people vote for what they're in favor of or against? I really can't see what the problem is here. Szjanko has been a great contributor to the DCL forums over the last couple months sharing some great insight and showing great dedication to the dcl community. I think he'd be a great pick.

tl;dr, you are still butthurt because your (3rd Revision) Grant Request Proposal was rejected by the Community, and somehow szjanko is responsible for that🤡

And for the record, I'm not trying to rain on your parade here. I don't think it's right for people to vote "no", without at least saying why if possible. In this case it is possible, and I respect and appreciate you as a person and creator Szjanko, but I would be wrong to not say something when I don't think you are the right person for this position (right now).

How is "Making the wrong assumptions while thinking you have the full picture" being a bad thing, be something you could disagree with? Leaders should not make wrong assumptions, and should always make sure to have open dialogue and discussion to get a full picture before leveraging the weight of their power behind an impactful decision. Exactly the kind of final point that one would make, when they are full of... well I'll leave it at that. If you have a concern for ethics, you would remove your own application from the DAO committee, and I encourage you to do so until you can understand what you are doing wrong here. I do believe it's something you are capable to learning, but I don't think this is a "learn on the job" kind of position.

thank you for the support @mazafaka

[quote="KevinOnEarth, post:9, topic:17283"] That is a dangerous combination for any leadership position. [/quote] actually I would argue quite the opposite... I could have stayed quiet and taken the video editing job, but chose not to when ethical concerns were presented to me by people that I respect. All of the discussions about the DCL Report DAO proposal can be found in the forums, I am not going to get into it. People are free to go over there and read them.

EZ Yes from me. GL @szjanko

@szjanko I invite you to substantiate any allegations you have of misused funds. You have had plenty of opportunities to do so, but haven't. Any and all funds were spent according to the budget and this has been substantiated to the DAO Support Squad, so here we go again with a perfect example of how we can't accept someone in this position who won't be open and clear on any allegations, rather just making assumptions and operating off of rumor or drama. "it would not have passed regardless of the no vote that came from the DG DAO." That is also not true, the Proposal was set to go through, and in fact, the DG vote set into action "whale fallout" as 11M in VP was leveraged against over 80 voters approving (and passing) our proposal. The fact that you say, "it still wouldn't have passed" again shows you are making the wrong assumptions while thinking you have them full picture. That is a dangerous combination for any leadership position.

Thank you for your support, decentralization is definitely a top priority for me. Have been involved with the crypto space since 2017 and it is the main reason that I got interested in this space also.

Yes, I agreed to take on a position as a video editor for you, but during the following weeks members of the DCL Report and other DCL community members messaged me with some very concerning things about the DCL Report that I was not aware of. Learning these things about the DCL Report was the main reason that I decided to not take the video editing job (I did not mention it to you directly, thought it would have been a nicer excuse to just step away from the position without creating further drama with the details of why) and it is the reason that I voted no on all of the DCL Reports DAO proposals. I do not want to name anyone specifically, but they made some really good points about concerning ways the DCL Report used their DCL DAO funding in the past and all of this was discussed publicly in the forums. I stand by my no vote on the DCL Report DAO proposal. As for the DG DAO vote, yes I voted no on there also, the DG DAO vote was also less than 2M VP on your grant, it would not have passed regardless of the no vote that came from the DG DAO.

After personally having worked with Szjanko I found him to be a nice person at first but as time progressed his actions came to be surprising. After some initial collaboration to support and work with the DCL Report to improve the quality of our content, he stepped away under the pretense of allowing other video editors to take the opportunity. He proceeded to then move on supporting a proposal to the DG DAO in hopes to supporting our effort, but later found out behind closed doors different conversations were being had. In the end, any attempt I've made to discuss this only was met with "I didn't know xyz and I didn't want to be involved" as the fallout from targeted attacks against myself and The DCL Report took place, from individuals who frankly know very little about our history or mission. Without any concrete evidence he has then proceeded to utilize his Large DG VP along with one other person to vote down a proposal largely supported by Decentraland voters and VP. More background information can be found here regarding this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUIEShJSBB8 For this reason I voted no and I do not believe Szjanko is someone who would make unbiased decisions which reflect the ethical values which this position should very much so require.