The Bulletin Bored: Change is Coming

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Welcome back for another issue of The Bulletin Bored, where I provide news, analytics, and other information on the Apecoin DAO and broader BAYC ecosystem.

The Special Council Nomination Process is currently underway, with just over 48 hours left in the voting process. The second round of voting (election process trimming down from 5 nomination winners to the final 3 elected members) begins this Thursday. The three winners of that round of voting will then begin their Special Council duties at the start of 2023. On top of that, Cartan’s current contract will end on December 31st and they have a proposal in the Live Voting stage to renew it. One way or another, these next few weeks will bring major changes to the DAO.

• Herb hosted a spaces with Brandon from the Cartan Group and many other members of the DAO community last Friday night to discuss AIP-183, Cartan, and the DAO in general. Those who missed it can listen to the recording below

• The ApeComms team also hosted a Community Hour in which Brandon and other members of the DAO community spoke

• BoredApeG and other members of the DAO have started working a Transition Plan in case AIP-183 does not pass

Last week, I posted a thread on the November Voting Recap for the ApeCoin DAO. You can the thread below and additional metrics on the ApeComms Dune Dashboard.

There is one proposal in the Live Voting stage this week. The Special Council Nomination voting is live as well.

The current contract for the Cartan Group, the Administrators of the Ape Foundation, expires on 12/31/2022. This proposal puts forth a renewal of their contract for an additional year with increased costs, roles, and tasks compared to their first two contracts.

You can find the full proposal here and the current voting results are below.

The Special Council Election process consists of two weeks of voting:

• Nomination (December 15 - December 21) - narrowing down the current list of 40 candidates to 5; voters can spread their voting power across multiple candidates

• Election (December 22 - December 28) - narrowing down from 5 nominees to the final 3; voters can only select one candidate

The 15 candidates who currently have the most votes are below. You can find the complete list here.

BadTeeth posted an AIP idea last week to develop a clearer and more defined mission statement, create working groups, and develop administrative structure. Below is the proposed timeline.

You can check out the full proposal here.

The Ape & Talent platform to connect members of the community with each other and showcase members’ skills is now in Beta. Please note there might be some UI/UX bugs but the team is actively working on them during the Beta phase. For anyone interested, they are currently looking for users to try out their site.

Below is a preview of what their talent pages look like. It consists of sections to add a biography, social media links, and relevant skills plus a way to give/receive reviews.

The improved Delegation Experience being worked on by Brian Wagner and Maaria Bajwa is also live here. The team is also actively fixing bugs and incorporating feedback as it opens.

The profile page includes metrics such as percentage of proposals voted on, voting power, amount of tokens delegated, and date of first vote. It also includes a customizable delegate statement and a voting history log.

Crypto Weekly by Maaria

Apecoin DAO Board Member Maaria continues to keep the community informed on what is happening across the Web3 community with her weekly newsletter. Below are some of the updates from her most recent issue. You can subscribe to the full version here.

• A judge ordered that the CFTC had to serve at least one identifiable token holder of Ooki DAO before it ruled on the legality of serving an entire decentralized autonomous organization via a Help chat bot.

• Compound DAO is facing a class action lawsuit for selling unregistered securities from plaintiffs who held only $100 in COMP tokens.

Thanks for reading this week’s edition! As mentioned above, a lot of ideas are being proposed on the Discourse forum nearly every day. If you have one of your own and are unsure where to begin, please reach out to me so I can help you get started.

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