ZIP 1014-1: Proposed Amendment to the “MG Slice (Major Grants)” Section

[aquietinvestor]

@Dodger

Given the tight timeframes, I would suggest that we not try to lock down the precise wording at this point in the process but, instead, focus on ascertaining the Zcash community’s sentiment , and worry about translating that into precise wording afterwards.

I am fine with this, but I want to be clear that this is not the process that was explained to me, otherwise I would have focused on this from the beginning. I was under the assumption that I was proposing an amendment to ZIP 1014 for ZCAP’s consideration and I laid out the process I was going to follow clearly months ago. Now, 6 days before the Helios poll convenes, you’re telling me that’s actually not the process, and that we’ll use the Helios poll to gather community sentiment and go from there. If that process was explained to me, I would have focused my time and energy on determining the questions to ask ZCAP rather than drafting the ZIP Amendment.

@Dodger

What we need to do now is refine the question(s) we’re going to ask ZCAP, so that we can accurately ascertain their sentiment and intent. There’s no obstacle to asking multiple questions in order to achieve that.

I would like to be part of the process to refine the questions we’re going to ask ZCAP. The way the questions were phrased in the last ZCAP poll conducted in August led to a lot of confusion. See these posts by @joshs and this thread by @nuttycom on ZCAP and the pathologies of choose-one voting.

How the questions are worded is incredibly important, and I want to ensure the questions ZCAP is asked related to the ZIP Amendment don’t lead to any unnecessary confusion.

@Dodger

• If USD, what should the budget be? (e.g. $100k, $250k, $500k, $1m)
• If ZEC, what should the budget be? (e.g. 1% of the ZOMG slice or approx. 1,052 ZEC; 3% or 3,156 ZEC; 5% or 5,260 ZEC; 10% or 10,519 ZEC)

For example, how you’ve laid out the questions in your previous posts (quoted above) could lead to confusion because you don’t note that the amounts referenced relate to an annual budget.

@Dodger

Given the tight timeframes, I would suggest that we not try to lock down the precise wording at this point in the process but, instead, focus on ascertaining the Zcash community’s sentiment , and worry about translating that into precise wording afterwards. That way, we don’t risk approving a specific wording that turns out to be awkward or unworkable from a legal perspective, forcing us to go back to ZCAP with revised wording.

I am fine with this. We have 6 days until the Helios poll. Let’s work together and figure out what questions we’re going to ask ZCAP and how to properly phrase those questions.

Please let me know how you want to proceed.