AIP-497: Restore Elections Data Visibility

PROPOSAL NAME

Restore Elections Data Visibility

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.

I am also a lifetime member of the International Game Developers Association, and was Florida chapter board member for several years.

You can learn more about me on my professional LinkedIn page.

PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION

This proposal is for the restoration and archiving of all historical DAO elections data on the Discourse platform instead of them being removed from public view on Discourse upon the conclusion of each election.

This proposal would create a “Prior Elections” subcategory on Discourse under Help & Resources where all past election data, including the topics, nominees, nomination statements and any/all relevant data would be archived - and visible.

For example, if you go to the Discourse forum topic or the Snapshot voting link for the recent Special Council Elections - Term Beginning July 2024, all links to the topic as well as candidate info on Discourse are no longer available.

After inquiring about this, I received the following notification from the facilitators indicating that they were preserved but not visible to the community.


Each election season, we resurface the election categories and close them again after the season’s end in order to maintain a focused and streamlined forum. Hope this helps to clarify your question, and thanks for reaching out.

They’re perpetually preserved, and all historical entries are brought back for each election cycle.


BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM

In the interest of transparency and for referencing the historical data, the election data should be accessible to the DAO community at all times. This is similar to pre-existing AIP data which are visible to the community.

STEPS TO IMPLEMENT

  1. Create a new “Prior Elections” subcategory on Discourse under Help & Resources.

    • Create (within the aforementioned subcategory) a description that would read “Data related to all previous elections are archived here.”
  2. Restore (within the aforementioned category) all previous elections topics to the aforementioned subcategory above. All topics and threads would be “read-only” and not allow additional comments other than relevant updates by either personnel (e.g. Facilitators) so authorized.

  3. Going forward, and starting with the conclusion of the elections following the passing of this proposal, future concluded election posts would be moved to the aforementioned Discourse subcategory and preserved there as per the aforementioned guidelines.

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

Hi @SmartAPE,

The community feedback period for your proposal would be ending in roughly 24 hours.

  • If you’re content with the feedback received, your next steps are to finalize your proposal using the AIP Draft Template.

  • A moderator will reach out to the author to finalize the AIP Draft. Upon receipt of the final Draft, we will review and provide instructions on the next steps.

  • Are you ready to proceed to the next phase or do you wish to extend community discussion for another 7 days?

We look forward to hearing from you.

-@Facilitators

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Yes - I am ready to proceed to the next phase! Thanks!

This topic was automatically closed after 7 days. New replies are no longer allowed.

Hi @SmartAPE,

Thank you for your ideas [and the ApeCoin DAO community for the insightful discussions].

A moderator will reach out to the author to finalize the AIP Draft using the appropriate template.

  • Once the AIP Draft is confirmed by the author and meets all DAO-approved guidelines, it will receive an AIP ID number and move forward for Draft Analysis Review.
  • @SmartAPE please see your messages for the next steps.

Follow this Topic as further updates will be posted here in the comments. In accordance with DAO-approved guidelines, if the author does not respond within 30 days, the proposal will be automatically transferred to the Withdrawn category, and the author can re-submit the idea.

-@Facilitators

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Hi ApeCoin DAO Community,

Edits have been made to this Topic, by the author, by the author’s request, or with the author’s consent.

You can click the Pencil icon at the top of the post to see these edits.

Follow this Topic as further updates will be posted here in the comments.

Kind Regards,

-@Facilitators

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Hi ApeCoin DAO Community,

@SmartAPE has completed editing their AIP Idea to be their AIP Draft.

This proposal has been assigned the AIP ID Number 497.

Follow this Topic as further updates will be posted here in the comments.

Kind Regards,

-@Facilitators

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Hi ApeCoin DAO Community,

We have no further questions for @SmartAPE. This AIP is now under Administrative Review.

Follow this Topic as further updates will be posted here in the comments.

Kind Regards,

-@Facilitators

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This just in! This was the best possible outcome because in the name of efficiency we really shouldn’t need to waste time on proposals for stuff like this.


Upon further discussion with the Special Council, it’s been decided that we may proceed with these changes without the need for a community vote.

You’ll find the specifications outlined in your proposal have been added to the forum, with all historical election data now contained and visible within the “Prior Elections” subcategory located within the “Help & Resources” category.

If this update satisfies the intention of your AIP, with your consent we’ll be withdrawing your proposal at this time.

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Hi ApeCoin DAO Community,

@SmartAPE has requested to withdraw their application. This AIP will be moved to and remain in the Withdrawn AIPs category.

Kind Regards,

@Facilitators

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