| Author(s): | @shelb_ee @abbey |
| Type: | social |
| Created: | 2024-03-18 |
| Status: | active |
| Discussion: | [Discussion][RGP-24] Governance Improvements Proposal 2.0 |
This is the official Formal Review draft for RGP-24. Please formally review the proposal and vote in the Snapshot poll by
5pm CET - Monday, March 25th 2024
Snapshot Poll Results
with 5M $RAD in support of the proposal. See final results: Snapshot
As this is a Social Proposal, it is considered formally passed by the community. The relevant PRs will be reviewed and merged by the Governance Committee this week and announcements for changes to the proposal cycle will be shared throughout the week!
TL:DR; In response to the feedback on the first draft of this proposal, we’ve incorporated the following changes in this version (they were also added as edits to the original discussion post):
- Adjusted the updated name for the “Discussion” phase from Request for Feedback (RFF) to Request for Comments (RFC)
- Update relevant PRs to reflect RFF/RFC changes (see Implementation section)
Purpose
This is a Social Proposal to gain consensus around proposed changes to the monthly proposal cycles and proposal types outlined in the Radworks Governance Manual.
Overview
The proposed updates are made by the Governance Committee and are based on feedback collected in the Governance Feedback Survey and learnings gathered throughout the last year. These updates aim to improve the monthly proposal cycles by clarifying expectations of proposal authors, introducing more time for feedback and proposal revision, and reducing overhead during the proposal review process. We have a lot more improvements to make but wanted to introduce a couple that we believe will improve our monthly proposal cycles for everybody.
Proposed Changes: (see Reasoning & Analysis section below for more details)
- Require proposal drafts to be posted on the first Monday of the monthly proposal cycle, rather than the second.
- Move the monthly Proposal Review call to the second Monday of each month, instead of the second Wednesday.
- Update names of proposal process phases: change “Discussion” phase to “Request for Comments (RFC)” phase
- Remove “Consensus” as a proposal type 2
Over the past few weeks the Governance Committee has revised the Governance Manual to provide additional clarifications and expectations for proposal authors on the existing governance process. We have also created additional templates for proposal authors to streamline their experience moving proposals through governance. These changes do not require a Social Proposal to implement, as they are improving resources that support the existing process.
The proposed changes outlined above, however, would change various aspects of the proposal process and monthly cycles. Therefore, they require community approval to implement. Since the proposed changes are all off-chain, this proposal only requires off-chain approval.
Implementation
If this proposal passes, the Governance Committee will be responsible for updating the relevant documentation, including:
These changes are captured in the follow two pull requests which will be merged upon community approval:
- PR #83: Update Proposal Cycle chart
- PR #84: Remove “consensus” proposal type & change “Discussion” to “RFC”
*The pull requests have already been updated to reflect changing RFF to RFC
Current Proposal Cycle:
Proposal Cycle Including Proposed Changes:
Reasoning & Analysis
Proposed Changes
Change 1: Require proposals drafts to be posted under Proposal Drafts on the first Monday of the monthly proposal cycle, rather than the second
- Reasoning: We’ve received a lot of feedback that proposal authors and community members need more time to discuss and review proposals. Requiring proposals to be submitted earlier will give proposal authors more time to receive and implement feedback before the Proposal Review call.
Change 2: Move the monthly Proposal Review call to the second Monday of each month, instead of the second Wednesday
- Reasoning: Sometimes it’s easier to discuss feedback and changes during the Proposal Review call vs. on the forum. Moving the Proposal Review call to Monday allows proposal authors a full week to incorporate any feedback or address any issues raised in these calls before moving into the Formal Review the week after.
Change 3: Update names of proposal process phases: change “Discussion” phase to “Request for Comments (RFC)” phase
- Reasoning: Discussions on proposals are ongoing, and they often remain on the forum for deliberation beyond the initial two weeks of a proposal cycle. During this governance phase, the primary need for proposal authors is feedback from the community. To clarify this request and differentiate it from general proposal discussion, we suggest renaming this phase to the “Request for Feedback” phase.
- There was feedback from one proposal author that they prefer “Discussion” over RFC, but as there was no other hard oposition to this change shared, we have decided to move forward with including it in this proposal.
Change 4: Remove “Consensus” as a proposal type 2
- Reasoning: The Social proposal and Consensus are very similar. This proposal type has also not yet been used by the community, and in order to simplify the options, we propose to remove this proposal type.
Note:
If there are any other additional changes to the governance process or resources you would like to suggest, please drop them below. While the Governance Committee is responsible for continuing to improve Radworks’ governance processes, anyone is welcome to submit Social Proposals suggesting additional improvements to the governance process or resources. Please see this contributing.md for more details.