🟢 Implementation Update | AIP-552: Pausing Special Council elections pending the outcome of the Governance Revamp AIP vote

[12GAUGE.Admin]

AIP Name: AIP-552: Pausing Special Council elections pending the outcome of the Governance Revamp AIP vote

Implementation Status: Complete

Implementation Date: January 29, 2025

Author: @Waabam

Proposal Description: The APE Foundation has recently posted a proposal to revamp ApeCoin DAO governance, entitled “AIP-582: ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp”. That proposal would eliminate Special Council elections, sunsetting the role of Special Council entirely. It can be found here: AIP-582: ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp

This AIP proposes to pause Special Council elections, pending the outcome of the proposal entitled “ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp”.

Overall Cost: No Cost.

Related AIPs: AIP-582

Timeline Updates: AIP-582 passed DAO vote on January 29, 2025 with 93.48% of votes In Favor. As per the terms of AIP-582:

@Ape.Admin

• Current Special Council terms will be extended by 6 months to provide continuity and guidance in light of this governance revamp.

Interview Q&A:

[bigbull]

I wrote this months back. The current discussions are showing these exact problems now.

I will write a post on X relating to this. Please note I use the word EXTEND not PAUSE.

Is this proposal EXTENDING on top of PAUSING all the current SC? If so, for how long? Or does it mean by Jan if the Revamp doesn’t pass vote there will only be 2 Special Council members?
As by Jan, BoredApeG will hit the 2 year limit in the Special Council. (Hazel would be up for re-election).
So by Jan - 2 roles would be vacant and one up for re-election.
https://snapshot.org/#/apecoin.eth/proposal/0x3aa53b36aa8d7ebeba39b14e3f3dde3af5a06214151be3dd7cc2fc8f206af13b

Related Links:
https://snapshot.org/#/apecoin.eth/proposal/0x0fb1d66dc79f164290a485fa2227c6e086dab1a87257db8139a4de4c27892c9c

[Cryptosheep]

There was a space yesterday from @AaronHaber @ernestlee and @Waabam and mo

Maybe this topic is covered there?

[bigbull]

Yes, you can listen here:

https://x.com/i/spaces/1dRKZdlqYobJB

[Chris.Admin]

With the passing of AIP-582: ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp, the APE Foundation has stated:

@Ape.Admin

Upon the passage of this AIP, for the sake of continuity and in light of a monumental change to the ApeCoin DAO governance system, the current Special Council members’ terms will each be extended for 6 months. All AIPs which have been approved by the DAO pertaining to Special Council elections will continue to be effective, including holding Special Council elections via Snapshot votes.

With this, barring any updates the next Special Council elections would take place in advance of the next Special Council commencement, presently scheduled for July 1, 2025.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to clarify the implications of the existing Proposal Description for AIP-552, stated as the following:

@Waabam

PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION:

The APE Foundation has recently posted a proposal to revamp ApeCoin DAO governance, entitled “ApeChain, On-chain – ApeCoin DAO Governance Revamp”. That proposal would eliminate Special Council elections, sunsetting the role of Special Council entirely.

AIP-552 was passed prior to AIP-582’s final Draft, and to clarify: the Special Council will not be sunsetted, but rather modified in scope and responsibility. A summary of these changes can be found in the following excerpts:

@Ape.Admin

Clarifying that Special Council members are no longer involved in the AIP process… and the Special Council will instead act purely as ambassadors of the ApeCoin DAO once on-chain governance has been implemented. This would include advocating for the ApeCoin DAO and the ApeCoin ecosystem, educating others outside of the DAO and providing advice and guidance to members of the DAO and Foundation.

With this, this proposal has been implemented as of January 29, 2025 and is now marked as Complete.