[1RC] 2026 DAO Governance Operations and Support

2.1 General Proposals
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Simple Summary

Allocate $200,000 from the DAO Treasury for dedicated governance operations and support for 2026.

Abstract

This proposal funds a dedicated DAO governance operations function for 2026, covering proposal lifecycle management, delegate coordination, compliance monitoring, and day-to-day DAO administration.

Motivation

The 1inch DAO Guidelines (Section 4.3.2) place Ecosystem Governance within the DAO’s scope of responsibility. This proposal seeks to ensure that governance operations remain resourced for 2026.

As long as the DAO exercises authority over treasury allocation, protocol upgrades, and vendor relationships, someone needs to manage the process end-to-end: shepherding proposals through the 1IP lifecycle (Sections 5.6.1–5.6.2), coordinating with delegates (Section 5.4.5), tracking regulatory developments relevant to DAO operations (cf. H.R. 4763 / FIT21), and ensuring proposals meet the DAO’s own submission standards before they reach vote.

This proposal funds that function for 2026.

Specification

Amount: $200,000 (USDC)

This covers the full scope of DAO governance operations for the 2026 calendar year, including:

  • Proposal lifecycle management (drafting, review, forum posting, vote coordination)
  • Delegate onboarding, communication, and voting coordination
  • Cross-team and stakeholder alignment
  • Compliance and regulatory monitoring
  • Governance forum admin, Snapshot configuration, and documentation
  • Community engagement and governance reporting
  • Governance support tooling: Tenderly

Funding period: January 1, 2026 — December 31, 2026

Payment:

  • Recipient: Degensoft Ltd
  • Amount: $200,000 (USDC)
  • Payment method: Single disbursement from DAO Treasury multisig
  • Payment address: 0x6158821a80388Ca3D9146eAE896Ad9564b93c013

Rationale

The DAO Guidelines place Ecosystem Governance, including the governance framework itself, within the DAO’s scope of responsibility, and designate the Treasury to fund the DAO’s in-scope activities. The activities listed in the Specification — proposal lifecycle management, delegate coordination, working group oversight, and treasury governance — all fall within that scope. The $200K figure reflects the cost of maintaining dedicated governance operations capacity across a full calendar year.

Considerations

This proposal does not introduce any smart contract changes. There is no impact on staking rewards, fee distribution, or token supply. It follows the standard 1IP governance process (forum discussion, temperature check, Snapshot vote).

Phase-3 Temperature Check

Do you support this proposal?
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We would be in favor of this proposal if it’s supplemented with the upcoming RDS vote. As soon as the RDS passes the temp check as well, it would be ideal to put these two proposals on Snapshot simultaneously. The reason for this is due to the large overlap between the two proposals—for example, some of the scope from this DAO ops and support initiative is reduced if the RDS does not pass.

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We are in favor of this proposal and appreciate your attention in emphasizing its scope.

However, we have a few questions before moving forward:

  • What specific performance or accountability metrics will be used to evaluate success?

  • In addition, how will the $200k be dispersed among people, overhead, and tooling?

Overall, the proposal is headed in the right direction. We just want further transparency into who is doing the work and how success will be measured.

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