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Apply for Retro Funding 6: Governance

Submit this application by Oct 14th, 2024 at 19:00 UTC

Retroactive Public Goods Funding (Retro Funding) 6 will reward contributions to Optimism Governance, including governance infrastructure & tooling, governance analytics, and governance leadership.

Timeline

The deadline for applications is Oct 14th at 19:00 UTC. After you apply, you can still make edits to your projects until the deadline. You do not need to resubmit your application if you make edits, but you do need to republish your metadata onchain.

  • Sign up: Sept 26th - Oct 14th
  • Application Review Process: Oct 14th - Oct 28th
  • Voting: Oct 28th - Nov 7th
  • Results: Nov 19th

Eligibility

Retro Funding 6: Governance will reward impact which has been generated between October 2023 - September 18th 2024. This includes impact relating to Governance Season 5 and Season 6 (up until Voting Cycle #28), as well as impact relating to the design and execution of Retro Funding 3, 4, & 5.

Impact will be rewarded within the following categories:

Governance Infrastructure & Tooling

Category 1

Governance Infrastructure & Tooling

Infrastructure and tooling that powered governance or that made the usage of governance infrastructure more accessible.

Examples: Work on Optimism Governor contracts, Optimism Governance voting clients and interfaces, work on Optimism identity and reputation infrastructure, Retro Funding voting clients and sign up.

Eligibility: The following types of projects are eligible.

  • Governance Infrastructure: Technical infrastructure that powers the voting process within Optimism Governance.
  • Governance Tooling: Tools that are used by Delegates or Citizens to participate in Optimism Governance.
  • Grants Tooling: Tools that support the Token House grants process, including the operation of the Grants Council. Tools which power or support the Retro Funding process.

Not eligible: The following types of projects are not eligible.

  • Non-Optimism related governance tooling: Tools that have not been used in Optimism Governance.
  • Resources for Governance Onboarding: Documentation, educational videos or other resources that are dedicated to explaining Optimism Governance.
Governance Analytics

Category 2

Governance Analytics

Analytics that enabled accountability, provided transparency into Collective operations, promoted improved performance, or aided in the design of the Collective.

Examples: Governance performance reports, Finance and Grant related analytics & reports, Delegate/Citizen voting power and activity analytics.

Eligibility: The following types of projects are eligible.

  • Optimism Governance related Analytics: Analyses of the performance of Optimism governance, including governance participation, grant allocation and more.

Not eligible: The following types of projects are not eligible.

  • Analytics infrastructure or reports which are not related to Optimism Governance.
Governance Leadership

Category 3

Governance Leadership

Demonstrated leadership in the Collective, including but not limited to, hosting community calls and/or participation in councils, boards and commissions beyond executing on basic responsibilities outlined in Token House Charters.

Examples: Various Optimism Governance Councils, Commissions and Boards, governance process facilitation.

Eligibility: The following types of projects are eligible.

  • Councils, Commissions and Advisory Boards; NERD programs focused exclusively on core governance responsibilities (GovNERDs). This includes Security Council, Grants Council, Developer Advisory Board, Code of Conduct Council, Anticapture Commission, Collective Feedback Commissions and GovNERDs.
  • Governance facilitation of critical governance processes and/or experiments such as community calls, proposal creation or review sessions, deliberations or similar

Not eligible: The following types of projects are not eligible.

    • Governance onboarding and promotion initiatives.
    • Delegate or Citizen governance participation, including forum engagement, participation in calls & workshops, participation in survey and other activities which are part of the responsibilities of citizens and delegates. These activities are rewarded separately as part of the Retro Governance Participation Rewards 10
    • Each of the above mentioned Councils, Commissions, Advisory Boards and NERD programs are required to submit one application as a group, individual participation within one of the groups is not eligible. The allocation of rewards among group members should be proposed by the team Lead and is subject to the consensus mechanism of that group outlined in their internal operating procedures
    • Governance Leadership within Governance Season 4 is not considered within this round, as it was already rewarded in Retro Funding 3.

Round Size

Citizens will vote on the round's OP allocation within the voting experience. The Foundation is assigning a minimum OP Amount for the round of 1.1M OP and a maximum OP amount of 3.5M OP. Citizens will be able to vote for an OP amount within the range of minimum and maximum which they believe appropriately rewards the impact within the round. The round allocation will be decided by taking the median of Citizens' votes.

For additional information on round size, how voting works, and how grant claiming works, view the forum.

Rules

Failure to adhere to the rules listed below will result in disqualification.

  • Promises of Future Impact: Promises of future deliverables or impact are not allowed.
  • False Statements & Deception: False claims about your contributions, past impact or funding & grants are not allowed.
  • Hateful Content: No racist, sexist, or otherwise hateful speech, no discrimination.
  • Deceiving Badgeholders: Malicious content that could cause harm or unintended consequences to users.
  • Fraud & Impersonation: Claiming to be a brand or person you are not. The Grant owner must be directly affiliated with the project, the funds must go to the project.
  • Advertising: Using RetroPGF application to showcase something you are selling like a token sale or NFT drop.
  • Bribery: Bribing badgeholders or vote buying is strictly forbidden.
  • Contacting Badgeholders to Promote Your Application: Using private channels such as DMs to promote your applications to badgeholders.
  • All Recipients are Subject to KYC: If you do not pass KYC, your grant will be returned to the RetroPGF treasury for future rounds.
  • Outside of Retro Funding Scope: Contributions that do not have a clear relationship to Optimism, applications that do not highlight a valid contribution or contributions which are outside of the RetroPGF scope.
  • Spam: Applications containing spam, such as irrelevant answers, plagiarized content, broken or unrelated impact metrics and contribution links will be disqualified.
  • Applications in Languages Other Than English Will Be Discarded: This will help simplify the process as English is the working language of the majority of Badgeholders. Please ensure you translate any content that's part of the application.
  • Duplicate Applications: Multiple applications from the same individual, project, or group which apply for the same impact.