I know we have been discussing a public facing “something” to outlive the working groups and this is a clean, simple move - I doubt it will be impactful though (esp on the grants side).
This whole conversation is starting to feel a little Gitcoin circa 2022, not neccesarily in a “same outcome” sense, but the trajectory: increasing centralisation paired with tightening around impactful allocation of capital and energy. Definitely not saying ENS heading that way but a useful historical artifact to keep in mind.
On the PG side, should this become a responsibility for the Board, I’m curious to see how that plays out. I am quietly lacking confidence that anything meaningful will be done in that direction once any specific group working towards that is removed. PG will become a footnote as it always does in times of uncertainty/contraction. It’s a pretty natural reflex at this point and many things would need to change both individually and collectively to meaningfully impact action on that front.
Net/net: this feels directionally tidy but I’m not convinced it will move any needles. Definitely happy to be wrong, just not particularly optimistic at this stage especially having witnessed behaviours and actions in the past few months that have confirmed how cyclical and pattern heavy most movements within DAOs are. Looking forward to a retro in a year/two year’s time where we come back to the conclusion that building new structures is hard but beneficial and that centralisation will see benefits in certain areas and winners on one side while removing meanigful effects in others.
Onward.