PROPOSAL NAME
Future Election Leadership Requirements
TEAM DESCRIPTION
@SmartAPE // Derek Smart, DAO member and writer-of-many-words
I am an indie software developer who has been in the games industry as a gamer and game dev for over 40 years. I have designed, developed, and published over a dozen games during my career.
My first game, Battlecruiser 3000AD (aka BC3K), was a ground-breaking game that was ahead of its time. Published by Take Two interactive in 1996, it was one of their portfolio titles when they went public in 1997. So, you could say that I helped the company succeed to where it is today.
Over the decades, I have worked with some of best software developers and publishers around the world, and my works have been featured in various online and print magazines around the world.
You can learn more about me on my professional LinkedIn page.
PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION
All election candidates and nominees for Special Council or Working Group Steward roles must fit the following criteria:
- Must have demonstrable, verifiable, historical experience, and qualifications suited for the role
- Their full name (first, last) must be disclosed publicly
- Must have been Discourse members for at least six (6) months prior to the date of their nomination.
- Must have achieved a minimum Trust Level 2 on Discourse prior to the date of their nomination.
ABSTRACT
During elections we tend to see an influx of candidates who were neither previously active in the DAO nor have any familiarity with the community. This leads to much consternation whereby not only do new candidates fail to engage with the community to any meaningful degree, they usually ignore (in some cases, they never even come back!) questions related to their proposals.
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM
Requiring candidates to be have prior and engagement and experience in the community, ensures that they are familiar with the community, and thus can better understand its many nuances, personalities, and processes.
STEPS TO IMPLEMENT
These requirements are to go into effect on the next (2025) election cycles for Special Council and all Working Group stewards.
- Must have demonstrable, verifiable, historical experience, and qualifications suited for the role
During nominations, candidates usually input some of this info. This AIP requires that experience, expertise and qualifications described by the candidate be reviewed as you would a candidate’s job resume. In other words, the candidate must provide a format similar to a resume and which displays their experience, expertise and qualifications for the role being applied for.
- Their full name (first, last) must be disclosed publicly
This needs to be a requirement in the nominee profile so that the voting public knows who they are.
This should be added in the nominations requirement and verified during the approval process.
- Must have been Discourse members for at least six (6) months prior to the date of their
nomination.
This should be added in the nominations requirement and verified during the approval process.
- Must have achieved a minimum Trust Level 2 on Discourse prior to the date of their nomination.
This should be added in the nomination requirement, verified during the approval process, and evaluated by The APE Foundation or Governance Working Group team responsible for the verification of similar nominee info.
REPORTING EXPECTATIONS
The expectation is that this proposal would be implemented by the DAO’s administrative team.
The community should regularly review the impact of this proposal.
If accepted, the administration and the community should review the impact of the updates after the 3-month period for conflict ends.
OVERALL COST
Total amount requested from the ApeCoin Ecosystem Fund = 0