The Governance Facilitators have placed a budget ratification poll into the voting system as part of the responsibilities defined in MIP51. This Governance Poll will be active for fourteen days beginning on Monday, November 14 at 16:00 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 may vote in this poll to express support or opposition to MIP40c3-SP84 being accepted and implemented in the Maker Protocol.

• Option 1: Approve 258,807 DAI budget streamed over six months.
• Option 2: Reject budget.

A brief summary of this proposal has been provided by the MIP Author and is shown below:

"MIP40c3-SP84 renews the Governance Communications Core Unit (COM-001) budget from January 1st, 2023, through June 30th, 2023, and follows the latest MIP40 amendment. This budget proposal recognizes the DAO’s intent to cut costs with a significant bottom-line budget reduction of approximately -23%. We reduced the number of full-time salaried employees to two while expanding the part-time contributor budget from 70k to 120k. These changes ensure we can still execute the active pieces of our mandate while growing in our most impactful activities."

Please review the links below to inform your position on this proposal before voting.

• Canonical Proposal Version
• Latest Proposal Version
• Proposal Discussion Thread

Outcomes

This poll implements a Minimum Positive Participation value. The Minimum Positive Participation is currently set to 10,000 MKR.

If the votes for the 'Approve budget' option exceed the votes for the 'Reject budget' option AND the votes for the 'Approve budget' option exceed 10,000 MKR, then the following actions will be taken:

• The MIP Editors will mark the proposal Accepted and the Governance Facilitators will confirm its passage on the Governance and Risk call on Thursday, December 1.
• Any further work required to implement the proposal will be tasked to the relevant Core Units.

Otherwise, this proposal will be marked as rejected per MIP51.

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Resources

MIP51: Monthly Governance Cycle describes this type of poll and its position and significance within the rest of the governance cycle.

If you are new to voting in the Maker Protocol, please see the voting guide to learn how voting works, and this wallet setup guide to set up your wallet to vote.

Additional information about the Governance process can be found in the Governance section of the MakerDAO community portal.

To participate in future Governance calls, please join us every Thursday at 17:00 UTC.

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