MetaGovernance Working Group Steward Nominations Term 6 (Calendar 2025)

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Nominations for the 6th ENS DAO Steward Term (Calendar 2025) will open on December 6th, 2024.

If you would like to nominate yourself to be an ENS Meta-governance Working Group Steward for the calendar year 2025 period (Term 6), please complete the steps outlined below:

Nomination Steps

Step 1

Forum: Reply to this post with the following information:

  • Link to Snapshot: (fill this in after Step 2)
  • Preferred Name and/or ENS name:
  • Forum username:
  • Twitter profile link (optional):
  • Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?
  • Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Step 2

Snapshot: Create a Snapshot vote in the ENS WG Steward Nomination space HERE. Select “New Proposal” and use the following template:

Template
Title: [Name of Working Group] Nominate [your preferred name or ENS name]

  • Example: [Meta-Governance] Nominate rilxxlir.eth

Body: Copy and paste your forum reply from above which includes:

  • Your preferred name/ENS name
  • Forum username
  • Twitter profile link (optional)
  • Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?
  • Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Vote Timing

  • Select the start date and time of December 6, 2024 at 9am UTC
  • Select the end date of December 9, 2024 (time will automatically be set to end at 9am UTC)

Please note, Snapshot will use your current timezone to set the time. Please convert 9am UTC into your local timezone when setting up your proposal.

For reference: 9am UTC = 4am ET / 1am PT / 9am GMT / 10am CET

Any nominations submitted to the forum prior to the start of the nomination window will become active when the nomination window opens on December 6. All votes to support a Steward nomination must be made during the nomination window.

Step 3

After successfully nominating yourself to be a Steward, you require 10k votes in support of your nomination on Snapshot between December 6 - 9.

Any nominee with 10k votes supporting their Steward nomination will be included in the ballot for the Steward election of the relevant Working Group.

Steward Elections

Anyone who completes the steps in the “Nominations Steps” section above will be included on the ballot for election. Steward elections will use approval voting.

  • Election begins: 9am UTC on December 10, 2024
  • Election ends: 9am UTC on December 15, 2024

Video Walkthrough

Before creating a Snapshot vote, please watch this video walkthrough of the process.

Questions

If you have any questions about the Steward election or nominations, or if you need help setting up your Snapshot vote, please comment below or DM 5pence.eth on Twitter.

Forum Write-Access

In order to nominate yourself as a Steward, you will need to have write-access to all of the categories in the governance forum. Please submit the Participant Request form if you require write-access.
If you have any questions or have trouble with forum access, please DM myself or any other steward on any platform. Find me on X @ @5pence_eth.

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Basic information

  • Link to Snapshot: Snapshot
  • Preferred Name and/or ENS name: Takeshi, TanĂ© / tanegov.eth
  • Forum username: tanegov.eth
  • Twitter profile link (optional): @tanelabs

Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?

At Tané, we believe that the mass adoption is the next big challenge for the crypto industry. We are eager to support the growth of the ENS protocol and the steady management of the ENS DAO governance because the ENS protocol and the upcoming Namechain are the most important products to connect non-crypto audience and various blockchain protocols, with the human-readable interface and user experience.

Our mission is to achieve and enhance the empowerment of the people by the decentralized technologies, and we are fully aligned with what ENS is trying to achieve.

Takeshi, the lead of our network operations team and the writer of this nomination post, has experience as a software engineer at Twitter and as a product manager at SmartNews which is Japanese unicorn startup that provides a news aggregation mobile app with 30M+ MAU, would be the main representative of the ENS DAO steward activities if elected, with regular support from the team of 3-4 members. I’m also the main representative of the Optimism Grants Council S6 and capable of and experienced in executing the critical operations in the DAO environment. My experience should allow me to coordinate the group of contributors and various stakeholders including Labs and service providers and contribute to achieving the collective goal of the DAO together with fellow WG members.

If I’m elected, I would like to mainly work on three things:

  1. Governance autonomy

    It’s critical to solidify the governance system and structure for the DAO to be a going concern. We should aim for a DAO that will achieve its autonomy with proper discussions and design thinking. My involvement in other DAOs has provided valuable insights into the pros and cons of different governance structures and their respective challenges. This experience will allow me to effectively contribute to strengthening ENS DAO’s autonomy.

  2. Coordination with delegates, other working groups, contributors and stakeholders

    The DAO now requires increased coordination with all the stakeholders including delegates and contributors like service providers as well as other working group members, now that the ENS evolves with the new product, Namechain and potential upcoming developers on the ecosystem. In order to achieve the smooth release and growth of the new product, we may need to consider new programs to coordinate those actors.

  3. Contributor diversity

    There has been great discussions about the talent pool and contributor diversity. This should apply to the ecosystem actors too. As a representative from Japan and Asia as a whole, I’m confident I can contribute to the DAO in unique and diverse perspectives from the community support to the governance contributions with the geographical perspective in mind.

Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Tané is formed with a group of crypto-native product builders, based in Tokyo, Dubai and New York. We are backed by SoftBank, and Japanese tech giants like DeNA, GREE, MIXI, and closely work with the big Japanese enterprises and have strong relationship with Japanese crypto communities. We are active delegates at multiple DAOs, including Arbitrum, Uniswap, and Optimism.

We have also our own investment arm, as a separate entity, which has invested in a number of crypto startups but as of the time of writing it, we don’t believe there are clear conflicts of interest in terms of contributing to ENS DAO.

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5pence.eth Steward Nomination

Why I Want to Be a Steward of the Meta-governance Working Group

I am seeking to continue my role as a steward of the Meta-governance Working Group because I believe in the critical importance of strong, transparent, and effective governance for the ENS DAO. As the current Lead Steward, I’ve worked to strengthen and streamline our endowment and treasury management, improve our governance processes, standardize compensation structures, and ensure clear communication of working group activities to the wider community.

My motivation stems from a deep commitment to the long-term success of ENS and decentralized governance systems. I believe that robust meta-governance is fundamental to the DAO’s ability to operate effectively and make informed decisions. Over my term, I’ve focused on creating sustainable processes and documentation that will serve the DAO well into the future.

Looking ahead, I see several key areas where I want to continue contributing:

  • Further refinement of our working group operations and reporting
  • Continued improvement of our treasury management and funding request processes
  • Enhanced coordination between delegates and working groups to maximize effectiveness
  • Development of clear governance frameworks that can scale with the DAO

I believe my experience as Lead Steward, combined with my understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing the DAO, positions me well to continue serving the ENS community in this role. 2024 was a fantastic year for ENS and the ENS DAO, and I hope to continue to contribute to the success of the organization and protocol.

Conflict Statement

I hold no other roles inside the ENS DAO or its affiliates, and I have no conflicts of interest related to any of the decisions or duties of a Meta-governance Steward.

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