SPP3: Applications Now Open

[lightwalker.eth]

Quoting the approved [6.42] [Social] [SPP3: Program Authorization and Committee Model]:

@Coltron.eth

The timeline posted in this proposal may be adjusted by the committee if a change reasonably improves the process. Examples cases may be to allow more time for submissions and review, or shortening window if a step is completed (rubric/review). Changes will be communicated on the forum.

Requesting that the committee exercise this power to adjust the close of the SPP3 application window back 1-week for all SPP3 applicants. This change reasonably improves the process.

Been up all night working on our SPP3 proposal. It’s past 7:30am here now. More time is needed to build SPP3 proposals properly before the submission window closes.

For everyone’s context:

1. This significant scheduling concern has already been raised multiple times, including here, here, here, and here on the forum and also in the committee’s public calls on May 20 and on May 27.
2. The SPP2 scope of work only ended about a day ago on May 25/26th. We (and I assume other SPP2 providers) have been fully committed to seeing through maximum outcomes for ENS under that already committed scope of work and budget. We take our commitments very seriously and did not agree to interrupt that already committed SPP2 work before it finished, even though it may have benefitted us to break our SPP2 commitments just to commence building a SPP3 proposal early.
3. SPP2 teams who have devoted to their existing commitments to ENS have only been able to start building their SPP3 application on May 26/27. This only gives a 1-week gap before the SPP3 application window closes on June 2.
4. The desire has been to do everything possible to comply with the current SPP3 submission window. But it’s now through yet another all-nighter and it’s clear that this isn’t enough time to properly describe a year’s worth of problems, solutions, outcomes, and milestones for a team of our size advancing projects for ENS of the scope of our workstreams.
5. SPP3 is a huge investment and opportunity for ENS. It does not benefit ENS for the SPP3 proposals to only be given a single week of preparation time for SPP2 teams. ENS benefits when SPP2 teams are given a sufficient gap of time (2-weeks is sufficient) to build proposals for a year’s worth of problems, solutions, outcomes, and milestones.
6. Let’s not destructively rush something so important for no proportional benefit.

Appreciate @Coltron.eth’s invitation for me to post this request publicly on the forum so that it may be addressed by the committee. Thank you.