A couple of notes here…
Firstly, the AIP Facilitation processes are currently entirely manual, which makes them highly inefficient. As someone who has written the most successful proposals and led the most successful DAO-wide campaigns—with three live AIPs right now—I’ve found that our outgoing messaging is inconsistent and, in some cases, inaccurate. I’d love to see a complete internal audit of the backend messaging that authors have had to engage in before risk assessments are completed and passed to the Special Council.
For example, AIP-504: Removing Working Group Funding Windows was posted 26 days ago, and the initial Facilitator question period is still ongoing. This should be one of the simplest proposals to process, as it carries no cost to the DAO and requires no involvement from others. It merely amends an outdated item from a previous AIP that applies to Working Groups, which operate independently of the APE Foundation.
This raises questions about the amount of blame placed on the Special Council for processing delays, which often has little to do with them.
Another point to consider is the level of Discourse engagement from elected members of the DAO. Many of us don’t have the time to maintain high post counts or review every thread. For $9,000 a month per Steward, I’d expect their focus to be on managing initiatives and directly contributing to their Working Groups. Some Stewards may also have other responsibilities. Special Council members, on the other hand, review every proposal before it goes live on Snapshot, which requires significant forum engagement, whether or not they’re directly reading them on forum.apecoin.com.
And just for the record, although I don’t put much stock into them, here are my forum stats: 547 days visited, 996 threads viewed, 13,000 posts read, 1,300 likes given, 2,200 received, and 531 posts made. I also take an extremely proactive approach to improving the DAO outside of my GWG scope both mentoring a large amount of proposals which go through our system and posting high-impact independent AIPs.
Sometimes, you’ve got to zoom out a bit, brother.
AC
