AssangeDAO

The term “Assange Family” will be used in this proposal. It is interchangeable with the terms “Consensus Unit” and “Advisory Council”.

Summary Confirm or revoke the Assange Family’s ability to veto proposals that they determine to be potentially harmful to Julian Assange or to his legal defense.

Proposal Details The AssangeDAO was constituted with the Assange Family governance layer to protect Julian Assange and his legal defense. The Assange Family (Gabriel Shipton, Stella Moris, and Jennifer Robinson) are also the DAO’s line of communication with Assange. In exchange, they also endorse and provide credibility and publicity to the DAO. They request to maintain the ability to veto (reject) future proposals which they believe may be harmful to Julian Assange or harmful to his legal defense. If this proposal moves forward with confirming the Assange Family as having veto power, the terms ‘Consensus Unit’ and ‘Advisory Council’ will be replaced by the term ‘Assange Family’ for the sake of simplicity. Before the Assange Family vetoes a proposal, they should first work with the proposer publicly on the forum to voice their concern. To initiate a veto, at least one member of the Assange Family must make a forum post to announce the veto. In the unlikely event that the Assange Family has an internal disagreement on a veto, the decision of 2 out of the 3 Assange Family members will be honored.

The Assange family will NOT have control over the DAO treasury or the ability to use the treasury’s funds without the DAO’s approval.

Motivation The Assange Family is an asset to the AssangeDAO. There are forces at work that would try to undermine the DAO and use it against Julian Assange. With the Assange Family having the ability to veto proposals it guarantees that the DAO cannot be undermined or manipulated into doing something that could be harmful to Julian Assange or to his legal defense.

Risk If the Assange Family’s role is revoked, the DAO risks losing official support from Julian Assange and his family. If the Assange’s Family’s role is confirmed, the DAO risks having certain future proposals rejected if the Assange Family so chooses.

Background: https://forum.assangedao.org/t/future-of-assangedao-assange-family-involvement/529