Let’s analyze this step by step:
Who exactly at AF is making this decision that we must stick with this Xgov framework?
No one, we’re simply putting forward a proposal to the community on how the platform should evolve, the community can either get onboard and help shape in the direction they want or reject it, fairly simple.
You urge all Foundation members to look at what Optimism is doing, we are! Optimism not only does rpgf, but they also do proactive grants Get a Grant | Optimism Docs just substitute Seed / Partner Fund with xGov treasury and you see we’re actually giving our community a greater responsibility / power to pick what they think is best for the ecosystem they’re a part of.
Optimism just airdropped $40M to their NFT creators
Aren’t those creators already rewarded by primary and secondary sales of their creations?
Apparently, no other design can be considered like the one I proposed with Impact DAO
Let me quote myself from the first post “This doesn’t mean that what we’re proposing is set in stone, quite the opposite.”
On the burden of 100s of milestones verification to a rotating 17 people council:
1 - numbers aren’t fixed we can increase if community feedback suggests so
2 - Isn’t your proposal allowing the DAO to be submerged by having to find, fact check, and evaluate an unlimited amount of candidates every 3 months?
KYC
Things like OFACs, AML, GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) or insert country equivalent exist and all legal entities have to abide by them, as noted in the document we can not wait to do away with kyc when DIDs arrive.
additional resources: Gitcoin's KYC - Gitcoin support RetroPGF Round 3 | Optimism Docs
You should not be able to show up with a pitch deck and receive free money from the foundation to build it.
I agree, hence why milestones, and during the discussion phase of the proposal life-cycle xGovs can ask for stricter / more robust milestones, then it’s up to the xGovs to decide if the proposal satisfies the collective risk appetite with the vote.
Now, onto the proactive feedback of your post (Kappa): I agree, it’s interesting, and we should definitely find a way to bake it into the platform
We can also find a way to skew the funding allocation more towards rpgf if that’s what the community wants, we can also enforce milestones based on adoption metrics (though easily gameable), as I said nothing is set in stone, and being proactive at this stage is the best path forward.