Lets assume that this is true for now, for the sake of experiment, however I strongly believe that this logic is broken
Merch store is a good example, lets recap what happened before
RFP execution more than 1,5 years ago
Merch store launch approximately 1 year ago
this is what merch store looks like now - https://www.ensmerchshop.xyz
Suddenly today some random guy jumps into a conversation and suggests to expand the line of swag. If it’s obvious that merch store is broken to some random guy, then it’s obvious to everyone.
In my mind this problem is not so much related to the general magic or whoever built the store, poor vendor performance is of secondary concern in this situation, because it’s to a large extent beyond control at all - well they don’t want to, or don’t care, or whatever the reason, doesn’t matter.
What really troubles me here is why are ENS stewards not doing anything with relation to merch store situation?
It’s not going to be like you issue RFP, wash your hands = job done. I believe that it is direct steward’s responsibility to make sure that store actually works in good fashion. So steward who was responsible for the merch store should’ve been talking to them, making sure that merch actually works, maybe the terms need to be adjusted, or figuring out the problem somehow. There was a whole year to do this. And yet nothing is done, merch store is in that same poor quality as it was on the start.
What this tells me is that ENS steward who was responsible for the merch store is simply negligent. Let me give a few examples of how a merch might look like below.
In relation to that situation I would like to raise the following of questions:
1. I would like to ask those steward(s) who were responsible who arranging that merch store to step forward and explain to the community how did we end up with such a poor merch shop? If you really cared about your job surely there was some sort of solution, one year is more than enough time to figure something out. By the very least you could’ve revoked that agreement with vendor, rerun rfp and get a new vendor, or either way do something to have merch store in some presentable way and not have it in such an appalling fashion.
2. I would like to highlight that ENS DAO just handed out multi million grants, and stewards are supposed to be overseeing that money being spent diligently and efficiently. If stewards can’t handle 1kUSD / month merch store, how are they going to handle multi million dollar grants?
Merch store is like a “concentrated ENS DAO steward institute problem” - its small, easy to observe, easy to draw reference from and very indicative to what is happening. Am I the only one seeing the sunrise here? institute of stewardship needs to reformed!