Application for Major Grants Review Committee

[mistfpga]

I have updated my original application with more information regarding how I see remuneration. tl;dr I am applying out of love, and whilst money helps, it is in no way a deal breaker for me.

I know I have posted these answers elsewhere or answered on the livestream, but I typed this up anyway.

ZIP Ambiguity: The ZIP-1014 language has some ambiguities. Where would you stand on how to interpret and implement operational activities when there is no explicit language to guide you? How should the MGRC consider community will/preference?

The main ambigiouty is around how the MGRC will be structred and will operate. I dont have strong feelings on this in the first few weeks. I think it will become evident pretty quickly what the areas of ambiguity are.

I would see expert council in regards to activities not covered by the zip. This will primarily come from fellow MGRC members, the community, the zfnd and hopefully the ecc. as the MGRC grows I expect them to hone their communication skills to ensure efficient use of the resources available to them. The MGRC should at all times look to the forums as a primary means for asynchronous feedback and communication. I am happy to submit any zips for further resolving ambiguities, but feel this should be a last resort, we don’t want weekly CAP votes.

MGRC Role: Should MGRC be a “driving actor” or provide sourcing, oversight and review?. Should MGRC be more of a bureaucracy (with hierarchy, continuity, defined rules, and expertise) or can it be an adhocracy (decentralized and flexible)?

The MGRC should in the first instance look to solidify its oversight position. They have a lot of information available to them in the short term to get this part sorted asap (4 - 8 weeks max). Once this is done I would like to see them expand, if required, to a more proactive role - what this role should be and how they should execute it is very dependant on community feedback.

Because the zfnd is doing the remuneration there is no reason why this cannot be up and running before the halving ready for the first grants. (like thesis)

Teamwork: Have you had previous experiences of being put together rather arbitrarily in a team before? If so, how did you manage? How will you go about managing disagreements between 1) yourself and another MGRC member and 2) other MGRC members with each other?

Please see my in depth answers here: - MGRC candidates teamwork questions - #6 by mistfpga

Processes: If you were elected to the MGRC, what processes and frameworks would you attempt to set in place in order to allow frictionless collaboration between the members of the MGRC?

I would state that the MGRC’s officially supported and preferred means of asynchronous communication is the forum. Not everyone will create a forum account or want to submit ideas here so the MGRC should at least adopt all methods of communication that the zfnd does and try to reflect communications from other mediums onto the forums.

For within the MGRC I would like their communication to be both asynchronous and synchronous. Because of time zones it is pretty hard to hard define what the best mediums for these would be, but I expect google hangouts or similar, email and forum communication to be covered at a minimum. Work flow will be needed but that software depends on what the work is.

Apart from that it would be standard office stuff, professionalism, etc.

Is it a conflict of interest for a member of another cryptocurrency project to be on the MGRC?

Being primarily associated with an alternative cryptocurrency is not inherently a conflict of interest. Depending on their role within that currency. The benefits someone like that could bring in general will far outweigh the risks. I expect standard Conflict Of Interest polices and community vetting via the voting process to be enough to identify any potential issues.