OpenCommunity Governance - Proposal Audit Reports
Dear Kusama community,
This proposal is a continuation of two previous milestone proposals aimed at improving the Kusama OpenGov. The first proposal, Milestone 0, addressed OpenGov issues by developing a proposal and audit templates, initiating community discussions, and creating audit reports. The second proposal, Milestone 0.5, expanded the initial project by introducing the program to onboard additional proposal Auditors to enhance the decentralization and accuracy of score results.
Problem
An additional challenge in the current proposal evaluation process is the lack of constructive feedback during the discussion phase. To address this, appointed auditors will shift their focus by becoming more involved in the earlier phases of proposal development. This proactive approach will help proposers receive feedback and address potential weaknesses in their proposals before they are submitted onchain, giving them time to evaluate the feedback and make improvements.
Proposal
In Milestone 1, the primary objective is to continue onchain proposal audits, further expand Auditor tasks, continue collaboration with Polkassembly and introduce Auditor and Reviewer roles.
To ensure transparency and community involvement, our main goal is to transfer the Audit process to the Kusama community. This will be achieved by moving the Audit report work to the post-paid OpenGov Tips, where approved auditors will be compensated for their efforts. This approach ensures fairness and accountability in the process while keeping it open to the community.
In this proposal, we present the continuation of the Audit team work, with the aim to deliver Audit Reports for 60 treasury proposals over a period of 2 months. Our goal is to ensure that these proposals receive the evaluation and feedback they deserve. All work will be post-paid through self-submitted tips, with auditors initiating self-tips for their completed proposal audits. To avoid overloading the treasury track, a tip must cover compensation for a minimum of 5 audit reports.
To effectively evaluate project proposals using the Audit Template, it is essential to have an objective and standardized grading system in place. The following grading criteria are taken into consideration by the audit team when creating audit reports on proposals
Milestone 1.5 is a continuation of Referenda #67 - Proposal Extension with the goal to continue education and onboarding of additional community auditors.
All details can be found in the Full proposal.
We encourage the Kusama community to review this proposal and provide any feedback or suggestions. Your insights will help us refine the project further and make a positive impact on the Kusama ecosystem.
Thank you!
Comments (3)
Hi, coinstudio, Thanks for your good work and a detailed proposal. It is clear that your initiative is improving the treasury processes and the quality of proposals, and I'm happy to (soon) be a part of it. For anyone who would like to understand coinstudio's initiative better, here's a TL;DR: Although often overlooked, one of the things that leads to failure to deliver on milestones is poorly written and ambiguous proposals. If a treasury proposal clearly highlights things like what exactly will be delivered and how the proponent plans on delivering on proposed milestones, proponents will have a better understanding of what his/her plan is. These audits help proponents carve out more realistic and objective proposals, consequently removing a lot of ambiguity, avoiding unnecessary post-funding delays, and reducing failure to deliver on promised milestones after these proposals have been funded. Having a carefully and objectively drafted proposal also makes it easy for the community (or milestone auditors for example) to examine whether a proposal successfully delivered on promised milestones. The missing piece initially was not having more auditors perform these audits, to allow for multiple view points. And I'm happy that it's finally going towards the direction of multiple auditors performing audits. Regarding moving the rewards for the audit work to retroactive OpenGov Tips, I'm totally in favor of this, as it favors the level of decentralisation that the community would like auditors to have. I also applaud your decision to let the community give on-chain endorsements to auditor-candidates (because since the auditors will be serving the community, the community should be given the courtesy to decide on who is qualified to become an auditor, and who isn't). Looking forward to working more with you to help improve the treasury system.
Hi Abdulbee, Thank you for your kind words, and I look forward to collaborating with you and others in the community to continually improve the treasury system.
We feel audit and community efforts to increase transparency around treasury proposals is really important and the CoinStudio team is doing a great work. We extend our support and look forward to working with them.
Thank you for your support and for recognizing the value of audits and community involvement in treasury proposals. We are happy to continue collaborating and integrating audits into Polkassembly to improve the governance experience.