Thank you for the proposal @MetaGuardian I am glad to see this initiative by the community and congratulations to @anon4788008 on the Grants lead role!
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I second @links on the compensation part. I would suggest adding SAFE tokens on top of stables as a way to align incentives and bump up the comp.
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The metrics and goal for Research Grants seems a bit abstract, it would be good to have it refined.
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In terms of growth grants, people who are already in crypto are well aware of SAFE, the growth potential is in new entrants (which happens in bulls usually) or market expansion ie other language markets. I would suggest focusing on the latter in the current market cycle so we have a solid foundation for onboarding new entrants from all around the world in the next bull.
I would like to push back on this. Lumpsum should be a function of total ask as opposed to timeline.
I would like to push back on using straight up token voting for elections given the history of voting we have seen and referenced here Discussion about SafeDAO voting power. Less than 30 people hold more than 90% of the voting power and those wallets will ultimately decide the outcome unless we explicitly mandate those wallets to not participate or incorporate quadratic voting.
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I would encourage the community to come up with a code of conduct for delegated governance positions such as Grants Committiee so members can be held accountable.
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I would like to request clarification on what exactly this entails for applicants: