Link to Snapshot: Snapshot
Preferred Name and/or ENS name: Katherine Wu // katherineykwu.eth
Forum username: @katherine.eth
Twitter profile link (optional): https://twitter.com/katherineykwu
Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?
I am running for my re-election of the Steward position of the ENS Meta-Governance group. As a new steward in the first term of 2023, the past ~6 months has been incredibly enlightening for me as I stepped into the role: One of our most rewarding achievements has been activating the fund manager for the ENS Endowment after weeks of rigorous diligence. We have continued to oversee the progress of the Endowment on a weekly basis, a task both educational and fulfilling.
Furthermore, our group has strived to improve DAO tooling/governance, focusing on features that eliminate the burden of high gas fees for active ENS DAO voters. We’ve been successful in sponsoring several essential DAO-specific hackathons.
As Term 1 (2023)'s lead steward, I ran the weekly MG calls as well- the agenda and minutes linked here will expand on the above accomplishments from this past term. I truly hope to be able to carry on all of this important work next term!
Last note on ENS and the ENS DAO: I continue to believe that ENS will serve as one of the most important social primitives in crypto. The NameWrapper launch in Q1 means that the potential for ENS to onboard billions more to crypto has just begun, and I can’t wait to see the new applications around web3 social, community onboarding and building, and much more.
I have been pleasantly surprised with my experience thus far: the other stewards have been amazing to work with (had the chance to meet a number of them at EthDenver!), and the community of token holders and weekly participants have been lovely and helpful in my first term. I hope to continue to earn the trust and respect of token holders in Term 2 of 2023 and continue to carry out the work I’ve been doing for the past 6 months. 