I’ve been following the replies, and I am generally for having some kind of language in the amendments to make sure DAO Stewards at least keep the community informed with a regular status update or something.
I agree with @itsdanwu that we shouldn’t prescribe specific word counts or anything though. Rather prescribe the outcome we want – for DAO community members to know what’s going on, what progress is being made, and importantly what blockers there are. Perhaps a community member will see that and think “Hey I have a contact at xxx, maybe I can help with that blocker!”, you never know.
The “regular status update” outcome seems like it’s at the WG level, not individual Steward level. So I don’t think it matters which steward gives the update, just as long as someone does. Of course, it would be nice if we heard from all stewards now and then.
I didn’t know about that, that’s not good. I mean it sounds like the DAO newsletter could be the perfect place to include those status updates from each WG. But if a WG contributor like you cannot even contact the stewards at all, there’s definitely something wrong, that shouldn’t be the case. The stewards should be managing the operations of the working groups, and that should include having open communications with the contributors of said working groups.
I also agree with @neiman in that this shouldn’t be micromanagement, and to @carlosdp’s point we don’t need to encode anything specific into the Constitution. In my view these are just some extra lines in the Steward Responsibilities list outlined in EP4:
4. Working Group Stewards
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- Stewards are responsible for managing the operations of each working group.
- The responsibilities of Stewards include, but are not limited to:
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7. Maintaining open communications with other stewards and contributors
8. Keeping the DAO up-to-date on working group progress, achievements, and blockers with regular status updates
Does that seem fair and general enough? No specific prescriptions, nothing micromanage-y, and they can decide how regular “regular” should be. And the voters can decide if Stewards fulfilled their responsibilities during the next election.