Poll: Onboard Phoenix Labs as an Incubating Ecosystem Actor - March 27, 2023

The Arbitration Facilitators have placed a Governance Poll into the voting system as directed by MIP106. This Governance Poll has been posted as per MIP106c2.6.6.2.1A and will be active for three days beginning on Monday, March 27 at 16:30 UTC.

This is a binary vote.

• You may vote for a single option.
• You should vote for the option which you prefer.
• If you would accept either option, you should vote ‘Abstain’.

Review

The community can vote in this poll to express support or opposition to onboarding Phoenix Labs as an Incubating Ecosystem Actor.

Their relevant details are as follows:

| Ecosystem Actor Name | Budget Allocation | Ecosystem Actor Goal | Team Members | |,|,|,|,| | Phoenix Labs | 347,100 DAI provided immediately following a successful confirmation of Governance Poll. 17,000 DAI and 10 MKR per month for Developer Relations role.| Deliver the Spark Protocol and maintain it for 12 months. | 1 Business Development, 1 Smart Contract developer, 1 Developer Relations. |

Outcomes

If the votes for the ‘Yes’ option exceed the votes for the ‘No’ option then the following actions will be taken:

• The Ecosystem Actor will be recognized as an Incubating Ecosystem Actor.
• Any relevant actions will be included in an upcoming Executive Vote as the Protocol Engineering Core Unit’s schedule allows.
• It is expected that this Executive Vote will take place within 30 days of this poll passing, absent external factors.
• If the Executive Vote passes, then these changes will become active in the Maker Protocol after the GSM Pause Delay has expired.

If the votes for the ‘No’ option equal or exceed the votes for the ‘Yes’ option then no further action will be taken at this time.

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Resources

If you are new to voting in the Maker Protocol, please see the voting guide to learn how voting works.

Additional information about the Governance process can be found in the Maker Operational Manual.

To add current and upcoming votes to your calendar, please see the MakerDAO Governance Calendar.