# On the Current Situation

**URL:** <https://forum.decentraland.org/t/on-the-current-situation/23106>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [October 4, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/on-the-current-situation/23106 "2024-10-04T13:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ozymandias](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.decentraland.org/ozymandias/32/30657_2.png) [@Ozymandias](https://forum.decentraland.org/u/Ozymandias)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/on-the-current-situation/23106/1 "2024-10-04T13:41:57Z")

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So here is the beef:

> [@DCL DAO: Regenesis Summit Summary](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/dcl-dao-regenesis-summit-summary/22961/12):
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> Identical projects had been funded over and over again. Grantees were handed blistering amounts of money; grants were paid out that took 5 minutes of research to know they had pocketed the funds instead of completing the grant.

> [@RFC - "Deprecation of the Current Decentraland DAO Grants program and Bidding and Tendering process" Draft Proposal](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/rfc-deprecation-of-the-current-decentraland-dao-grants-program-and-bidding-and-tendering-process-draft-proposal/23029/1):
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> **Inefficiencies in Proposal Submission:** Rejected applicants must restart the process, causing delays and discouraging project creators, which slows ecosystem growth.

> [@RFC - "Deprecation of the Current Decentraland DAO Grants program and Bidding and Tendering process" Draft Proposal](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/rfc-deprecation-of-the-current-decentraland-dao-grants-program-and-bidding-and-tendering-process-draft-proposal/23029/1):
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> **Lack of Strategic Alignment:** The current program does not prioritize advancing Decentraland’s long-term goals, leading to the approval of projects that do not contribute meaningfully to ecosystem growth.

> [@RFC - "Proposal for Establishing a Council for Decentraland DAO" Draft Proposal](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/rfc-proposal-for-establishing-a-council-for-decentraland-dao-draft-proposal/23030/1):
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> No Strategic Accountability: There is no clear mechanism to ensure alignment with long-term strategic goals.

> [@RFC - "Proposal for Establishing a Council for Decentraland DAO" Draft Proposal](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/rfc-proposal-for-establishing-a-council-for-decentraland-dao-draft-proposal/23030/1):
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> Diffuse Responsibility: With everyone voting on everything, accountability is diluted, making it difficult to hold anyone responsible for poor performance or missed opportunities.

> [@\[DAO:a779859\] Should we restructure the way our DAO operates?](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/dao-a779859-should-we-restructure-the-way-our-dao-operates/23032/4):
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> This is an interim solution.
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> The combination of a committee and off-chain votes would be used only until a more robust second layer solution is created or until gas fees become lower and less volatile due to advances in Ethereum. At that point, Decentraland’s DAO may return to full on-chain governance. The aim of this interim solution is, indeed, to prevent certain current technical frictions from degrading the decentralized governance of the DAO

> [@\[DAO:a779859\] Should we restructure the way our DAO operates?](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/dao-a779859-should-we-restructure-the-way-our-dao-operates/23032/19):
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> Are those people educated enough to deserve this kind of salaries?

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**Author:** ![Ozymandias](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.decentraland.org/ozymandias/32/30657_2.png) [@Ozymandias](https://forum.decentraland.org/u/Ozymandias)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/on-the-current-situation/23106/2 "2024-10-04T15:14:21Z")

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