Term 6 ENS DAO Steward Nominations and Election Process

This post is the general information post for the nomination process. Each Working Group has a separate dedicated post for the nominations. Links are provided below.

Nominations for the 6th ENS DAO Steward Term (Calendar 2025) will open on December 6th, 2024.

General Information

Steward elections will be run for each of the three Working Groups:

  • MetaGovernance
  • ENS Ecosystem
  • Public Goods

Three Stewards will be elected for each Working Group for the 2025 calendar year, with service beginning January 1st (referred to as Term 6).

There will be a nomination process, followed by a five-day election window for each Working Group.

Steward Nominations

Any person is eligible to nominate themselves to be a Steward of a Working Group prior to the end of the nomination window.

  • Nomination window opens: 9am UTC on December 6, 2024
  • Nomination window closes: 9am UTC on December 9, 2024

Nomination Steps

Step 1

Forum: Reply to the relevant Working Group post with the following information:

  • Link to Snapshot: (fill this in after Step 2)
  • Preferred Name and/or ENS name:
  • Forum username:
  • Twitter profile link (optional):
  • Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?
  • Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Links to Working Group Nominations posts:

Step 2

Snapshot: Create a Snapshot vote in the ENS WG Steward Nomination space HERE. Select “New Proposal” and use the following template:

Template
Title: [Name of Working Group] Nominate [your preferred name or ENS name]

Example: [Meta-Governance] Nominate rilxxlir.eth

Body: Copy and paste your forum reply from above which includes:

  • Your preferred name/ENS name
  • Forum username
  • Twitter profile link (optional)
  • Why do you want to be a Steward of this Working Group?
  • Any other information you wish to share with Delegates (e.g. potential conflicts or existing engagements)

Vote Timing

  • Select the start date and time of December 6, 2024 at 9am UTC
  • Select the end date of December 9, 2024 (time will automatically be set to end at 9am UTC)

Please note, Snapshot will use your current timezone to set the time. Please convert 9am UTC into your local timezone when setting up your proposal.

For reference: 9am UTC = 4am ET / 1am PT / 9am GMT / 10am CET

Any nominations submitted to the forum prior to the start of the nomination window will become active when the nomination window opens on December 6. All votes to support a Steward nomination must be made during the nomination window.

Step 3

After successfully nominating yourself to be a Steward, you require 10k votes in support of your nomination on Snapshot between December 6 - 9.

Any nominee with 10k votes supporting their Steward nomination will be included in the ballot for the Steward election of the relevant Working Group.

Steward Elections

Anyone who completes the steps in the “Nominations Steps” section above will be included on the ballot for election. Steward elections will use approval voting.

  • Election begins: 9am UTC on December 10, 2024
  • Election ends: 9am UTC on December 15, 2024

Forum Write-Access

In order to nominate yourself as a Steward, you will need to have write-access to all of the categories in the governance forum. Please submit the Participant Request form if you require write-access.

If you have any quesitons or have trouble with forum access, please DM myself or any other steward on any platform. Find me on X @ (@5pence_eth).

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ENS DAO Steward Elections: Key Dates & Info

Nominations for the ENS DAO Steward Elections are now open until December 9 at 9:00 AM UTC. To qualify for the ballot, nominees must secure at least 10,000 votes. The election begins on December 10 at 9:00 AM UTC.

Join the ENS DAO Steward Elections Space on Tuesday, December 10, at 10:00 AM ET / 3:00 PM UTC to hear from candidates about their vision and reasons for running.

:link: Election Space Link