I am in support of this. Although not something the protocol has to do, i think it goes a long way and further anchors Olympus' reputation
What is the TL;DR on how funds are allocated inside of each of these options?
I.e the SLANCE deliverables are the same across each of the available options, but the overall budget ask is different.
Would be helpful to see breakdown of how funds are allocated to each of these agencies. As some deliverables change with each option, and others stay constant.
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I'm happy to see EPNS included on here. I'd like to understand the scope of work within the 9k EPNS grant proposal.
Ideally enabling push notifications for new governance proposals(current snapshot.org process), new bond markets being deployed, and potentially blog posts being published would all be included in scope.
As a full-time contributor who's left an engineering role at a traditional tech company to focus 100% on Olympus, I feel that this proposed structure is reasonable and fair. It incentivizes full-time contributors to remain focused on Olympus without having to feel the need to straddle the line or be thinking 'whats next' on a month to month basis.
Re: some of the comments, IMO we should not be comparing ourselves to what is 'normal' in tradfi. Although its good to benchmark other organizations, i do not think we are trying to promote the culture of tradfi organizations. I'm in the camp that organizations, including Olympus, should do whatever they can to promote a level of confidence for top performers without contributors living like they're potentially going to get rugged on a month to month basis. Contributors should be focusing all of their mental energy on how they will deliver results and accomplish the OKR's of the DAO, not on what their plan is if they don't have a role next month. It promotes maximum ROI for Olympus.
If there is a concern of a 6 month cliff where we potentially churn contributors, I think another layer/dynamic of this to consider is vesting tokens on a rolling basis.
Thank you @hOHMwardbound for the well thought out proposal and for continuing to push for us to retain and attract top talent. It's critical for us to accomplish our mission.