Proposal: Formalize External Proposals Delegate Process
D_D is being entrusted by external DAO members, which include D_D members, to participate in external DAO proposals and represent their interest. If D_D positions itself to be nominated as a delegate in external DAOs, it is our responsibility to be present and participate.
External DAO proposals surface often and with limited time to participate. As such, a process should be formalized that facilitates the formation and maintenance of delegate committees that can be entrusted to make an election on behalf of the D_D community in a timely manner.
The committee formation, deliberation and decision process needs to be fully transparent. This means that from the very beginning, we need to ensure that our members can follow along or catchup easily to past or active proposals.
We propose a process that begins with a dedicated channel for External DAO Proposals. It can sit under the #Governance Guild but it needs to be open to all members without needing to join the guild. Within this channel, any delegate can create a new thread to begin discussion about an external proposal that D_D is a delegate to. In this thread the following should be included and pinned to the top of the thread:
This would help consolidate discussions in an easy to find and consumable manner. We could consider a standard format for creating new proposal threads so that it can be easily communicated: which external DAO it refers to, the name of the proposal and a status (active or closed).
The Delegate Committee would propagate the proposal throughout the community using all available tools including the announcement channel and DAO newsletter (if time permits). They would also post a poll to gauge sentiment toward the proposal within the DAO.
Once a discord poll has been created and the deadline for participation has passed, a screenshot of the poll result should be saved to the proposal thread.
Once the Snapshot vote has been completed, the thread can be archived, but always available for future review and transparency.