I missed this proposal when it went up because I wasn’t around. So, I will chime in now.
While I get the gist and intent of this proposal, I don’t see how it solves and does anything - other than creating additional and needless bureaucracy; even as it seeks to put the very same people in charge of yet another funds egress from the treasure.
That’s the Ape Foundation org chart.
Everything that this proposal is asking of the Head Of Network Development, is already being performed by the Ape Foundation. How else does anyone think some proposals (0xPolygon, F1 sponsorship, Banana Bill et al) came about? And is hiring this person going to somehow tell the Ape Foundation to “step back and stand by”?
What is the purpose of such a position when it’s only going to be subservient to the Ape Foundation which will have all the final say, anyway?
There isn’t a single thing - not one - that this new position will be able to achieve (effectively or otherwise) that is somehow going to give that person the autonomy to operate independently as this proposal suggests.
And making the Ape Foundation responsible for the hire is only going to lead to the evitable: they’ll just go hire their friends - who aren’t likely to do anything outside of what the Ape Foundation wants.
And as per the DAO guidelines, there is no way to hire/vote to put anyone in a position higher than the Special Council. You could very well write up a proposal today that creates a new position as “Leader of ApeCoin DAO” and they will shred that one so fast, it will be like it never even existed. Why? Because it will go against the “wellbeing of the DAO”. You can read what I recently wrote about that.
Regardless of the fact that AIP-426 now “clarifies” (sorry, but that was just too hilarious to me) the Special Council as “advisors”, we still will never know what goes on behind the scenes due to lack of transparency and accountability - which I just wrote about here.
I have no immediate concerns about the salary because I’m sure that there are people out there who would like to get paid $84K for doing nothing while achieving less.
What the DAO needs is a person or entity that can hold the Ape Foundation accountable, while bringing much needed transparency to the DAO. Now that the Special Council has been affirmed as “advisors”, we have the pathway to hopefully do just that. And I have a proposal underway to address precisely this deficiency. I expect to have that up later this week as my schedule permits.