This Epoch's nomination period

Governance V2 Overview

Governance V2 allows for 17 positions of council members to be filled by the community. You have 5 community council spots that will interact with the community for the most part and ensure that they feel heard in the DAO. The other three sub-councils each will consist of 4 elected community members that specialise in the respective field. You have a Game, Marketing and Strategy sub-council. More information on the roles of the sub-councils can be found in this other article or the official IIP 32.

The nomination period

With Governance V2 comes a lot of opportunity for people to be picked for a sub-council since 17 people will now be elected for the various positions. Along with the extra spots, which were previously limited to 5, the tasks are also more defined. This makes it easier to nominate yourself or someone else, because you know what you are getting into. This ease of access allows for a lot of additional nominees to run for council. During previous elections, we would have roughly 20 people running for council but now we see that a total of 40 people are running. This is a big increase in nominees, while the interest in the entire web-3 has only been dropping. With a smaller pool of community members, the talent may also be reduced. Regardless of talent, at least you know that everyone in the council is passionate because they have stuck around until now. With the nomination period over, we are now entering the campaigning period. What will people share with the community to increase their chances of getting voted in?

Campaigning period

The campaigning period has started since the third of May and will run for 5 days until the 8th. During this time, the nominees will try to share things with the community to increase their chances of being elected. There will be interviews with each nominee and a lot of activity around gaining more votes. During this time, you will see a lot of activity from basically everyone, trying to get you to vote on them. When the campaigning period is over, you will be left with a lot of homework. You can choose to read through pages of the bio’s of nominees, putting all of their accomplishments on full display and you can watch interview snippets pertaining to each individual.

Voting period

While you are busying yourself with all of this content, you should make sure that your vote goes out in time. The voting period is straight after the campaigning period and takes 5 days as well. Remember, a council position is a pretty big deal within the community. Council members have a particular influence and power with the role and giving it to just anyone who wants it, is a pretty bad idea. So during this campaigning time, make sure to look past all the balloons and festive hats and try to vote from a perspective of excellence. These council members will decide what direction this multi-million dollar company will go in. 

Final notes and changes

With the new ICCP-7, you will be able to choose exactly who you will vote for. The ICCP changes that you will be able to split your vote between multiple people within the same sub-council. Before, you would only be able to choose a single nominee to vote for from within each sub council. This means, if the ICCP passes, you will be able to vote for your most preferred team of council members! 

When doing so, keep this question in mind: Who do you think will be the biggest boons for the project? If you continue to ask yourself that question and vote on the strongest candidates based on that, then only the most excellent nominees will be elected! We wish all nominees a fruitful election and we hope that you, our lovely voters, will vote with all of your heart!

Check out ICCP7 here

If you want to get a head start on elections, make sure to check out more about nominees at election part of the site.