Hey guys,
Appreciate the convo. My take is that as far as budgets go, I don’t see the need for Working Groups to lock into any specific time frame for funding requests, and here’s why:
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The GWG was able to take AIP-317: ApeCoin DAO Governance and Operations Budget and extend that from a six-month financial plan into eight. We were also able to allocate loans for the new WGs to begin their legal structuring, and without this, we could have gone nine or more with it.
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We are currently nearing July, with the August funding window approaching. Due to a lengthy (and necessary) KYB process for the GWG legal entity, AIP-408: Q2/Q3 2024 Governance Working Group Budget hasn’t yet been received. This is a $1,271,900.00 grant where quite clearly, there is no way we’ll be burning through between now and August. Therefore to me, it makes very little sense for groups to be asking for more from the community when they simply don’t need it.
On the other side of the fence, there may also be unforeseen circumstances that would require WGs to ask for more sooner.
Also, another concept I’ve been considering is for WGs to establish a set of fixed costs tied to a set of base duties that the community expects from them, and adding additional initiatives to their core role as separate AIPs, as they go.
Either way, this is a topic we are looking deeply at right now and as always, love seeing everyone’s input, so do keep the feedback coming as we are always stronger together 
AC