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OpenGov Referendum#203 >> Treasury Proposal#315

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307.38 KSM

#203 OpenCommunity Governance

Proposer:

Coinstudio

in Democracy

Beneficiary:

(307.38 KSM)

23rd May '23

(Edited)

treasury

education

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Unfortunately, the previously approved Referenda #177 failed to execute as planned. In response to this, we are resubmitting the same proposal.

The events occurred as follows, aligned with the relevant block numbers:

Block #17860314: The referendum was confirmed and approved (Refer to Event Details for more information). Upon confirmation, the proposal was programmed for enactment at block #17874714, which is 100 blocks later following the established protocol.
After 100 blocks referenda was enacted and went into the Scheduler
Block #17863651: At this point, the preimage was unnoted. This action interfered with the scheduled execution of the referendum.
Block #17874714: The proposal was set to be enacted at this block by Scheduler in the next treasury spending period. However, with the preimage being unnoted prematurely, the system was left with just a hash and no accompanying instructions for enactment.

Big thanks to Raul for his assistance in identifying the source of this error.

In light of the unsuccessful enactment of the previously approved proposal, it has been decided to resubmit the proposal as a new referendum. All parts of the proposal stayed the same except the update of KSM EMA7 to $25.52.

The failure in enactment was due to an oversight on my part, and I take full responsibility for this mistake. I kindly request the community's continued support as we resubmit the proposal.

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HqRc...fVZn

23rd May '23

Voted Aye

Just so that I have the 'short version' clear, you unnoted the preimage before it was executed?

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GCMG...9erp

23rd May '23

Correct, I unnoted preimage before Scheduler executed the call on the appointed next treasury spend block.

I was unnoting the old preimage and I unnoted this one too. I have no explanation for why I did it, just didn't think about it.

HqRc...fVZn

23rd May '23

Mistakes happen.

HUj6...GLD6

13th Aug '23

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