Confirmed

Requested:

251.74 KSM

#177 OpenCommunity Governance - Proposal Audit Reports

Proposer:

GCMG...9erp

in Democracy

Beneficiary:

(251.74 KSM)

29th Apr '23

treasury

education

Description

Timeline

Evaluation

On Chain Info

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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.

In the previous period, we successfully completed a total of 54 audits, of which 19 were conducted by auditor candidates. One of the candidates, Abdulbee successfully completed the full auditor onboarding process being approved by Kusama community via an on-chain OpenGov tip.

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.

Proposal Discussion topic

Thank you!

Users are saying...

Based on all comments and replies

Overall 60 % of users are feeling optimistic. Coinstudio's proposal enhances quality in proposals and treasury spending, fostering collaboration for future improvements. The rationale behind ChaosDAO's abstention from Referendum 177 is appreciated for promoting transparency and understanding diverse perspectives. Despite the failure of Referenda #177, a resubmitted proposal as Referenda #203 offers new details. Coinstudio's initiative to provide early feedback in discussions may reduce pressure from nay voters, earning an Aye vote for their efforts and good luck.

Overall 40 % of users are feeling neutral. ChaosDAO abstained from Referendum 177 due to uncertainty about its benefits and concerns over one entity driving audits. The community expressed mixed opinions, with some seeing potential harm while others believed in the experiment's growth. A true need for a service assisting teams with treasury proposals is being validated by ChaosDAO.

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Apr 29th

Referendum

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HBtJ...1hJs

29th Apr '23

Coinstudio's proposal has helped improve the quality of proposals, and I'm glad to be working with him to help improve the quality of treasury spends.

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GCMG...9erp

30th Apr '23

Thank you for your support. I am looking forward to our future work.

FLKB...svZR

29th Apr '23

Awesome idea CoinStudio! I totally agree that not enough feedback is being given in the first stage (Discussions) of the proposals so hopefully by resolving this challenge, there will also be less pressure from the Nay voters if they see feedback has been given early on and has been taken into consideration and / or adapted to the proposal.

You get my Aye vote, good luck!

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GCMG...9erp

30th Apr '23

Thank you for your support!

ChaosDAO_Referendum_Commission

10th May '23

ChaosDAO, in efforts to bolster transparency within the community, has offered the below rationale for its unanimous decision to Abstain on Referendum 177 which requests funds to continue the proposal auditing experiment on Kusama.

Members expressed uncertainty on the benefit to the community since it is more of an audit rather than active feedback. There was some concern that one entity is driving the audits instead of something cobbled together by the community at large, while others thought that there isn’t much harm in seeing the experiment continue to grow.

60% Aye 40% Nay 5 Members Abstain

We did not meet 66% threshold for majority on aye or nay, and we therefore abstain

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GCMG...9erp

10th May '23

Thank you for providing the rationale behind ChaosDAO decision to abstain from voting on Referendum 177. I appreciate the transparency in sharing your members thoughts and concerns as it helps us understand different perspectives on the proposal.

GCMG...9erp

6th Jun '23

(Edited)

Unfortunately, Referenda #177 failed to execute as planned. In response to this, we resubmitted the same proposal as Referenda #203. All details are provided under the new referenda.

HUj6...GLD6

13th Aug '23

Hello,

We are in the process of validating a true need for a service to assist teams with crafting and completing successful treasury proposals, so they can focus on building. We would love to hear about your experience with this proposal. If you are willing to take a few minutes, please fill out this form about your experience with the OpenGov treasury proposal process: https://forms.gle/MwDij4adXEQd7Um79

Feel free to leave out any details that your team is not comfortable with sharing, but the more info you can provide, the better we will be able to assess the potential need for our services.

For more info, follow us on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/OpenGovAssist

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