Are you interested in serving on ZCG? Now is your chance!
Two committee members’ will reach the end of their terms at the end of June: @decentralistdan and @GGuy.
Anyone can stand for election, including existing members seeking re-election. In addition, any community member may nominate someone else by encouraging them to run and/or submitting a post on their behalf (with that person’s consent).
To nominate yourself, simply post a candidacy announcement (ideally five paragraphs or fewer) in the #governance:zcg-elections category. Your post should outline your vision, priorities, and reasons for wanting to serve on ZCG.
Key Dates:
Nomination Period Opens: May 18th
Nomination Deadline: 20:00 UTC on Monday, June 8th
Community Call with Candidates: Thursday, June 11th at 17:00 UTC
Note that we might amend the call approach depending on the number of candidates running. Alternatives to a group community call might include individual videos to address community questions or a split call group. TBD.
ZCAP Voting Period (SIV Poll): Opens after the community call on June 11th and runs until Monday, June 29th at 20:00 UTC.
Results to be announced by Wednesday, July 1st.
All prospective candidates please ensure you understand the following:
ZCG members serve one year terms.
ZCG members can serve as anonymous members, however, FPF is required to know your real name and will keep this information confidential if requested.
ZCG members must sign an independent contractor agreement in order to receive the monthly payment ($1,725 USD + 10 ZEC, paid in shielded ZEC). No IC agreement is required if the payment is declined.
No formal KYC process is required.
ZCG currently meets for a brainstorm session every Friday at 12:00 UTC (5am PST, 8am EST) and a formal minuted meeting every other Monday at 12:00 UTC (5am PST, 8am EST). Days/times subject to change based on the geographic make-up of the committee.
To Run or Nominate Someone:
Post the candidacy in the #governance:zcg-elections category. Reply to this thread with a link to the candidacy announcement, and we will add you to the @ZCG_Candidates group.
We will edit this post to include a link to each candidacy announcement on this top post, in the order the candidates announce.
All candidates will receive the title “ZCG Candidate” during the duration of the campaign so forum users can easily identify users that are standing for election.
If potential candidates have any questions about the role or the election process, please post them in this thread.
Any questions for the individual candidates should be posted in their individual candidacy topics to avoid everyone asking/answering questions in this thread. Thank you!
Their professional approach to proposals and the contributions they make to the development of the ecosystem are truly incredible. All ZCG members work with great dedication and diligence.
Thank you for everything so far. My support is with you.
The crypto use in everyday life is not growing quick enough.
Too many crypto developments emerge everyday, but the public use of crypto is neglected.
I Want to do everything i can to grow the use of crypto and especially zec, as zec is unique and has a loyal community, and has the privacy that make it best choice of value keeping, that bitcoin does not have.
I would like to be a candidate. I will create the largest consumer-facing Zapp ever funded — bringing millions of potential ZEC users from the entertainment industry. It’ll create sustained, organic demand for ZEC from a brand new user base that has never touched crypto before. A platform that tokenizes entertainment IP across music, film, and podcasting is a natural flagship progression. It’s called QUID PRO QUO
Bitcoin began as a cryptocurrency. ZEC also began as a cryptocurrency. But we should no longer remain bound by that past. The blockchain industry, often represented by Bitcoin, is commonly said to be about decentralization, yet the reality is more complicated. We need to move the discussion away from the narrow question of whether a system is technically decentralized and toward whether it is decentralized in a broader social and epistemological sense. That should be the central issue. That said, we can set the decentralization debate aside for a moment because there are more urgent matters that need attention. The narrative of the crypto industry has already shifted from ‘cryptocurrency’ to ‘digital assets.’ It may be more practical to leave the role of everyday cryptocurrency payments to stablecoins, as that is likely to help the industry adapt and allow individual projects to develop more effectively. ZEC can still be used for payments whenever people choose to do so, and there is no need to change that. The real challenge is accepting that ZEC is no longer an efficient medium of exchange. This is not a compromise. In reality, we should have recognized from the beginning that highly volatile coins were never well suited to serving as everyday money for buying food, drinks, and daily necessities. The technical value of ZEC remains intact, but it must also justify its existence from the perspective of users and from the perspective of its broader social purpose. Focusing on that question should take priority over the many projects funded through grants. At least, that is what I believe.
Not a very OG, but very excited to bring my knowledge and understanding of the growth and scalability of a project who received the grant and build for zcash community
