[Temp Check] [Social] Introduce more competitiveness and diversity into steward election protocol

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@SpikeWatanabe.eth

@alextnetto.eth and he suggested that we don’t nearly have enough competition during steward election

Is there enough competition? I would say twice the size of the elected council is fair competition. One could argue that the competition only exist based on the outcome of the voter decisions instead rather than candidates actual or perceived ability to compete to complete the requirements that are expected to be.

• If the outcome of votes at the last minute were with in a few tokens amongst all candidates, then it is a good competition.

• If the outcome of votes predominantly weighs heavy for those who won and only those who won, then there is no competition.

I would suggest that this is more of a subjective and contextual opinion rather a matter of competition.
I think that a competition requires a set of standards that must be met by it’s participants who collectively perform a certain set of skills. The skills of participants are allowed to compete as a result of the way they measured and on average have a relatively similar ability to complete that skill. As a result, the way competitiveness is scored or perceived relies on if their personal skilset deviates above or below the average standard of which the skill or ability is measured.

@SpikeWatanabe.eth

We need to establish set of rules clarifying approach to steward rotation,

Can you make a suggestion in By-Law Inclusion?

@cap

I’m not saying that you have to code to get a steward role but any kind of contributions matter. My opinion is that just as the DAO funds people who first contribute and build on ENS, or show interest and passion of any kind, and then get small or large grants, rolling grants, fellowships, or whatever else, it should have a similar approach to selecting stewards – those who are actively engaged and participate in weekly calls, community, governance, discussion forum, and know the ins and outs of the industry and the ENS DAO more specifically and have been with us long enough to know how we generally handle things before being put in an active steward role.

This is a great response. Which leads me to wonder how voters went about their choices.
see poll below.

@AvsA

here should be a proper page with salary information and the steps to follow: not only we need voters to know more about candidates but we need prospective candidates to know more about the job.

@lightwalker.eth

I know that our existing steward roles are handling a number of responsibilities. Are these codified somewhere?

@avsa / @lightwalker.eth Not exclusively | any ideas would be great in By-Law Inclusion.

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@5pence.eth

the role of steward should be to catch these things, then define them as discrete work products, and then assign those work products to DAO contributors with commensurate compensation.

Could you please provide a contextual example?

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@cap

This addresses my point from above – contributions should be most important.

How should we define contributions? We all have our own interpretations that create different expectations. The last thing we need is to enable an environment where we allow person(s) to feel as if they are contributing but not see a return rewards or recognition and make an exit of participation from discouragement.

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I would like to mention; please do not scroll past a vote poll in a thread you are participating in. As simple as they are, they are valuable for ENS DAO