I actually really like this point, as it can allow us to open doors for more bids/opportunities to expand the protocol. However, I do like the idea of an ‘elite’ squad, managed personally by two of Decentraland’s most important figures.
@esteban@yemel what do you think about @dax’s point? The biding and tendering system might allow us to conduct this work in a cheaper and more decentralized fashion. The more centralized protocol squad however is the best method on the table which can ensure we get this done.
f*ing yes! fully aligned with the 5-year vision I shared and this team is fantastic to do this. Thanks for taking this up guys
btw, I agree with Eibriel in that I wouldn’t call this a “DAO Squad”. I think the name is a little confusing to newcomers, and sounds too “official”. Consider “Protocol Working Group”, “Protocol team”, or even just “Protocol Squad” if you really like “squad”
I’m really happy that this proposal has passed, thank you all for your support. We’ll be starting to work on this with more focus now. For the time being, check out the amazing work that has already been happening in this github PR to clarify and improve Decentraland’s documentation by Santiago, our technical writer!
The Grant Support Squad was created to support grantees in achieving their goals and to take care of the DAO Treasury, with the main goal of guaranteeing the effectiveness of the Grants Program.
Based on the blocker highlighted by the grantee in the proper section of #update5, to freeze efforts on the Unity front and instead redirect the budget to an implementation using the Godot engine and reusing part of the Rust code built by the Bevy implementation, we held a meeting with the team (@yemel), and reached to an agreement that the vesting contract should follow a newly proposed timeline.
Therefore, we recommend that the DAO Committee (@Tobik@HPrivakos) create a new vesting contract that aligns with the presented schedule. The suggested start date for the new vesting contract, allocating the rest of the available funds, is May 29, 2023, with a duration of 4 months. We also suggest following the linear version of the vesting contract, preferably without a cliff, in line with the vesting contract version applicable at the time of the grant submission.
