*This AI-generated summary covers xGov Council meetings, which are unofficial and independently organized by the council. It offers a transparent view of their work and initiatives of xGov council to enhance the xGov program. These notes are provided as-is, and it’s understood that some topics may not be fully clear without prior context.
6th council meeting Nov 26th 2025
Progress Review
Foundation Feedback on Governance System Changes
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Foundation plans to implement sliding quorum thresholds to balance fairness and proposal passing ease.
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Council debates that this is easing approval of smaller proposals but risks increasing spam proposals requiring only low voting percentages to pass while not addressing the low participation issue.
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There is dissatisfaction with the foundation conducting internal discussions without xgov council participation, particularly on matters like inactivity penalties and outreach strategies.
XGov council Engagement and Foundation Interaction
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Council perceives little value in meeting foundation pre-iteration as foundation tends to proceed with little regard to council input.
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xGov platform Frontend code is not yet open source, hindering ability to submit meaningful contributions; foundation’s slow responsiveness delays improvements.
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Proposal for regular monthly calls with foundation to improve transparency and actionable feedback.
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Emerging initiative led by council members to create working groups with defined small budgets to maintain key ecosystem components
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Suggestion to bootstrap working groups by advancing budgets with idea to recoup funds via future governance proposals
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Concern over foundation building products directly competing with community builders, complicating future decentralized ecosystem funding
Governance System Enhancements and Proposals Pipeline
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Foundation targeting incremental releases (Batch 2, Batch 3…) with Batch 2 expected to include sliding quorum changes and other configurable parameters.
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Foundation is potentially increasing the maximum ask for proposals in Batch 2
Delegation Platform and Voting Improvements
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Smart contract development for Valar delegation platform allowing xGov members to delegate votes to representatives is complete but awaits merging and deployment on mainnet; UI development is pending.
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The platform allows representatives to vote on behalf of delegators automatically.
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Concerns raised about potential over-concentration of voting power in a few accounts due to delegation, possibly impacting quorum and governance fairness.
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Await the foundation’s deployment of bug fixes and new version on mainnet before further progress.
Challenges and Pivots
Foundation Interaction & Responsiveness
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Historical lack of foundation responsiveness to council feedback leads to skepticism about the effectiveness of meetings.
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Foundation discusses key governance issues internally without council inclusion, causing disconnect and frustration.
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Closed frontend codebase impedes community-driven improvements and peer review, slowing evolution.
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Discord chat environment leads to rapid conversation loss and low-quality follow-ups limiting productive dialogue.
Budget and Ecosystem Sustainability
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Existing xGov budget is insufficient or not explicitly partitioned for working groups or community maintenance tasks.
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Some members consider fronting working group budgets but recognize the risk and prefer proactive foundation budget allocations.
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Foundation’s operational size and spending perceived as excessive relative to output, causing inefficiencies.
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Foundation building core utilities competes with ecosystem developers; viewed as problematic for fair ecosystem growth.
Governance Rules and Proposal Passing
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May exacerbate proposal spam by lowering barriers for minor proposals without addressing engagement or abstention issues.
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Current iteration does not solve voter absenteeism or abstention challenges fundamentally.
Delegation Platform
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No direct financial incentive for delegates who vote on behalf of others; only the job runner gets fees, possibly reducing motivation for representatives.
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High delegation concentration could undermine quorum representation and governance decentralization.
Upcoming milestones
Governance Rules & Proposals
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Support foundation batch two release focusing on quorum sliding scale and configuration changes.
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Push for foundation to provide regular summaries or updates of projects and decisions affecting governance and community engagement.
Delegation Platform
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Await foundation deployment of fixed smart contracts on mainnet to activate delegation platform functionality.
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Build small UI interface to facilitate delegation voting for initial rollout pre-official integration.
Governance Interaction and Working Groups
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Formalize proposals for small working groups with budgets via governance to maintain ecosystem components (wallets, open source projects).
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Explore bootstrap funding or advance budgets for working groups with follow-up proposals to replenish funds.
Action items
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Prepare transcript summary for sharing with public
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Plan a call with foundation post next iteration deployment to consolidate feedback and clarify council role.
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Propose establishing a fixed schedule or monthly calls with foundation to improve communication cadence
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Encourage foundation for improved engagement and access to decision-making processes
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Prepare further questions to clarify foundation’s vision on xGov’s future role and delegation features for upcoming foundation call
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Advocate for opening the frontend codebase to enable community-driven pull requests and faster iteration
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Finalize and prepare UI for the delegation platform once smart contract updates are deployed
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Propose working group funding mechanism and operational model based on open-source maintenance and periodic governance asks
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Continue building and funding the working group pilot, fronting initial personal budget and preparing governance proposals for retroactive funding