Safe Grants Program (SGP)

Proposals Phase 0: Discussion
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Absolutely! With SEP-3, we now have a roadmap of milestones to complete before SafeDAO focuses its attention on discussing enabling transferability again.

When it comes to this proposal, the SGP itself seems to depend on a couple of milestones itself:

  1. [blocker] Legal setup of SafeDAO to manage funds: Open legal issues to be resolved before SafeDAO can receive funds from the Safe Ecosystem Foundation and pay them out
  2. [blocker] Technical setup of SafeDAO to manage funds: SAFE needs to be transferable before SafeDAO can pay out grants in SAFE
  3. Ideally, ratify OBRA (as a high-level resource allocation framework) before SGP (as a programme/initiative within that framework). @pet3rpan-1kx mentioned to publish a final revision soon.
  4. Ideally, ratify but at least draft a governance framework in parallel to SGP, where the governance framework specifies a governance process for funding/grants proposals

With 3. and 4., we can probably make progress relatively soon, although the two blockers seem more medium-term, unfortunately. Enabling transferability depends on several major milestones and timeline for the legal work is currently not clear.

What’s your view on this roadmap and which milestones SGP depends on?

In the meantime, we could specify this proposal in the context of OBRA.

  • Does SGP serve a specific goal, or is SGP agnostic to goals?
  • Would SGP be one strategy, or several strategies?
  • What are specific strategies SGP should initially start out with?
  • Are initiatives the equivalent for grant applications? How should the application process look like?
  • How is SGP embedded in the review process?

Another initiative to coordinate with is the grants programme by the Safe Ecosystem Foundation. cc @lukas @John
Like SGP, the Foundation’s programme is currently being developed, but contrary to SafeDAO, the Foundation is already legally and technically equipped to manage and pay out funds. Based on that, we could explore a short-term grants programme implemented through the Foundation that is complemented by a long-term grants programme overseen by SafeDAO.

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