Overview of our Governance Processes
The RARI Foundation governance processes are structured to promote transparency, accountability, and collaborative decision-making within the ecosystem. Hosted on the RARI Foundation Forum, this category outlines foundational rules, oversight mechanisms, operational guidelines, collaborative structures, and performance tracking. Below is a concise summary of the key subcategories, based on the dedicated forum section.
DAO Code of Conduct
This subcategory establishes the ethical framework for all participants to ensure a respectful and inclusive community.
- Core Principles: Emphasizes respect, inclusivity, transparency, and accountability, prohibiting harassment, discrimination, spam, or conflicts of interest without disclosure.
- Enforcement: Violations are addressed through community reporting and moderation, with potential consequences like warnings or temporary bans to maintain productive discussions.
- Application: Applies across all DAO activities, including forums, votes, and calls, fostering trust in governance interactions.
Security Council
Dedicated to safeguarding the protocol and ecosystem, this outlines the composition, responsibilities, and operations of the Security Council.
- Role and Mandate: A specialized body focused on rapid response to security incidents, protocol vulnerabilities, and emergency governance actions.
- Membership: Comprises trusted delegates and experts selected for technical expertise; operates with defined terms and rotation to avoid centralization.
- Processes: Includes incident reporting protocols, veto powers on critical upgrades, and coordination with the broader DAO for post-incident reviews.
DAO Guidelines
This provides operational rules and best practices for conducting governance activities effectively and fairly.
- Proposal and Voting Standards: Details requirements for submitting proposals, quorum thresholds, voting periods, and off-chain vs. on-chain execution.
- Conflict Resolution: Guidelines for handling disputes, including escalation paths and mediation by delegates.
- Participation Norms: Encourages broad engagement while outlining expectations for delegates, such as maintaining active profiles and disclosing delegations.
Working Groups
These facilitate focused, temporary teams to tackle specific initiatives, enhancing decentralized execution.
- Formation and Scope: Groups are proposed via the forum for targeted goals (e.g., marketing, development), with charters defining objectives, timelines, and deliverables.
- Operations: Open membership with rotating leads; requires regular updates and dissolution upon completion to prevent silos.
- Integration with DAO: Outputs feed into formal proposals, ensuring alignment with governance while allowing agile experimentation.
Reports
This tracks governance outcomes, delegate performance, and ecosystem metrics to inform future decisions.
- Types of Reports: Includes quarterly delegate activity summaries, proposal impact analyses, treasury overviews, and audit recaps.
- Purpose and Access: Promotes accountability by publicly documenting voting patterns, fund usage, and key metrics; used for retrospectives and strategy refinement.
- Submission Process: Delegates and working groups submit standardized reports, with community review to identify improvements.