CoW DAO Delegate Council Nomination - Apply Now!

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Dear CoW DAO Community,

We are excited to announce the nomination process for the CoW DAO Delegate Council. This council is a vital component of our newly proposed COW Token Vote Delegation Program, designed to enhance our governance process and ensure balanced representation across the CoW ecosystem.

For full details about the program, please refer to the Delegation Proposal Post.

Why Become a Council Member?

Becoming a member of the CoW DAO Delegate Council is an opportunity to:

  • Shape the Future: Play a crucial role in the decision-making processes that guide the direction of the CoW DAO.
  • Gain Trust and Influence: Earn the trust of the community by representing their interests and making informed decisions.
  • Leadership and Visibility: Increase your visibility within the community and potentially attract more delegators to support your efforts.

Council Member Responsibilities:

  • Actively participate in governance discussions and vote on proposals.
  • Represent the interests of your respective category and delegators.
  • Provide regular updates and communicate with the broader CoW community.
  • Contribute expertise and insights to inform decision-making processes.
  • Collaborate with other council members to reach consensus on critical issues.

Council Member Requirements:

  • Self-Delegate COW Tokens: Self-delegate a minimum of 10,000 COW tokens.
  • Voting Power Limitation: Self-limit voting power to 30 million tokens (by transitively delegating anything above the agreed threshold).

Application Process:

  1. Open Application Form: Submit your application publicly in the comments, or privately using this link. Nominated Council Members will eventually be required to post their application publicly but are allowed to keep their application private during the evaluation process.
  2. Submit Your Application: Complete and submit the application form with your details and qualifications.
  3. Screening: The Grants DAO committee will screen applications based on the above criteria and the evaluation of candidates’ areas of expertise, knowledge, and contributions.
  4. Proposal: Council members will be proposed in a CoW DAO proposal once the screening process is completed.

We encourage all interested and qualified community members to apply for a position on the CoW DAO Delegate Council. This is your chance to contribute significantly to the governance and future of the CoW DAO.

For any questions or further information, feel free to reply to this post or contact the Grants DAO committee directly.

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CoW DAO Delegate Council Nomination Application Form

Personal Information:

  • Name / alias:
  • Wallet Address:
  • Telegram/Discord Username:

COW Token Holdings:

  • Amount of COW Tokens intended for Self-Delegation:

Expertise and Experience:

  1. Relevant Expertise:

    • Please describe your expertise in blockchain, finance, governance, or any other relevant areas. Include any relevant qualifications, certifications, or professional experience.

  2. Previous Involvement in the CoW Ecosystem:

    • Describe your previous involvement in the CoW ecosystem (e.g., as a solver, trader, forum discussions, etc.).
    • Detail any contributions you have made to the CoW community or other relevant communities (e.g., articles, proposals, educational content, community engagement).

  3. Motivation:

    • Please describe your motivation to become a delegate for the CoW DAO Delegate Council

Commitment and Transparency:

  1. Communication Plan:

    • How do you plan to communicate with your delegators regarding your voting decisions and rationale? (e.g., regular updates via Telegram/Discord, blog posts, etc.)

  2. Conflict of Interest:

    • Do you have any potential conflicts of interest that we should be aware of? If so, please describe them.

  3. Voting Power Limit:

    • Are you willing to self-limit your voting power to 30 million tokens by transitively delegating anything above this threshold? (Yes/No)

Additional Information:

  • Is there any additional information you would like to provide to support your application?

Agreement:

By submitting this application, you agree to adhere to the responsibilities and expectations outlined in the CoW DAO Delegate Council program. You commit to acting in the best interests of the CoW token community and to maintaining transparency in your role as a delegate.

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CoW DAO Delegate Council Nomination Application Form

Personal Information:

  • Name / alias: karpatkey
  • Wallet Address: 0x8787FC2De4De95c53e5E3a4e5459247D9773ea52
  • Telegram/Discord Username: @thiagofcf / @Coltron1

COW Token Holdings:

  • Amount of COW Tokens intended for Self-Delegation: 603k vCOW

Expertise and Experience:

  1. Relevant Expertise:

    karpatkey is a DeFi-native organisation specialising in professional DAO finance through industry-leading research and tooling since 2020. We’ve been working with GnosisDAO, Balancer, ENS, AAVE and Lido on financial planning, operations, and strategy, diversifying their treasuries into sustainable portfolios of DeFi investments designed to support DAOs in executing their missions.

  2. Previous Involvement in the CoW Ecosystem:

    Under CIP-19 , karpatkey created, trained, supported, and audited a Core Treasury Team within CoW DAO that works jointly with us to develop CoW DAO’s treasury, allowing CowSwap to efficiently provide its own liquidity, fund its operations, development, and evolution while optimising yield for idle funds. Besides that, we are an active governance member within CoWDAO.

  3. Motivation:

    We’ve been advocates of delegated voting in DAO governance as a viable solution to improve the legitimacy, inclusivity, and effectiveness of decision-making processes. However, the efficacy of this system is highly dependent on having domain experts actively involved as delegates. It fosters a symbiotic relationship between all stakeholders, optimising the quality of collective decisions and reinforcing the democratic underpinnings of DAOs.

    karpatkey’s governance team taps our network of engineers, DeFi strategists, data/financial/quant analysts, and accountants for subject matter expertise. As DAO treasury developers and contributors to some of the most reputable DeFi protocols in our industry, we believe that our team has the knowledge, trust, and alignment to meaningfully contribute to CoWDAO’s growth moving forward. Check out our values to understand a bit more about our guiding and decision-making principles.

    We differentiate ourselves by being a hands-on delegate, actively leveraging our unique position in assembling a DeFi block of DAOs with similar values.

Commitment and Transparency:

  1. Communication Plan:

    We will have a delegate platform thread, where all the vote reasoning will be posted, as our governance team does on other DAOs we engage with.

  2. Conflict of Interest:

    Do you have any potential conflicts of interest that we should be aware of? If so, please describe them.
    We currently work with CoWDAO’s Core Treasury Team and, if any conflict of interest regarding this arises, we will communicate in advance.

  3. Voting Power Limit:

    Are you willing to self-limit your voting power to 30 million tokens by transitively delegating anything above this threshold? (Yes/No): Yes

Additional Information:

  • Is there any additional information you would like to provide to support your application? No additional information needed.

Agreement:

By submitting this application, you agree to adhere to the responsibilities and expectations outlined in the CoW DAO Delegate Council program. You commit to acting in the best interests of the CoW token community and to maintaining transparency in your role as a delegate.

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CoW DAO Delegate Council Nomination Application Form

Personal Information:

Name / alias: MasterMojo

Wallet Address: 0xF68D2BfCecd7895BBa05a7451Dd09A1749026454

Telegram/Discord Username: @mastermojo83

COW Token Holdings: 10k

Amount of COW Tokens intended for Self-Delegation: 10k

Expertise and Experience: Current Synthetix Ambassador, and major user of the protocols within the SNX Ecosystem (Kwenta, Lyra, Polynomial, Dhedge, Toros, Thales, Overtime, and Infinex),and long time user of CowSwap! Quick about me: I am a current Synthetix Ambassador, Optimism Retro Funding Badgeholder (Citizen House), Optimism Grants Builders Council, Top 100 Optimism Delegate, Former Lyra Grants Council, Former Kwenta Grants Council, I have been in crypto since 2017 as a trader/investor, I been in Defi since it was created, I trade only ON-CHAIN now, I am married & a father of two boys, and I like to unplug by being a Hobby Farmer (Hops, fruit trees, and blueberries), Running, and enjoying the Outdoors (Backpacking and hiking). I bleed DEF!

Relevant Expertise:

While I don’t have direct technical experience, I have a robust network of individuals I’ve collaborated with in various Grants Councils (Including the previous Optimism Builders Grant council) I served on and fellow SNX Ambassadors, as well as counterparts from different protocols like Synthetix, Lyra, Kwenta, and Infinex who possess significant development skills. Therefore, I believe I can effectively contribute as a Cowswap Delegate, even in the absence of direct technical expertise.

Please describe your expertise in blockchain, finance, governance, or any other relevant areas. Include any relevant qualifications, certifications, or professional experience.

Previous Involvement in the CoW Ecosystem:

Optimism Builders Grant Council for Round 5 and 6 (current round); I was scored a 94.1% (Grant Council - Retrospective Season 5)

Lyra Grants Council for three epochs (almost a year) https://grants.lyra.finance/

Kwenta Grants Council (1 epoch)

Shadow DeFi Committee Member (recognized by Optimism)

Optimism Badgeholder for Citizens House

Elected member of the Synthetix Ambassadors (for 2.5 years)

Elected member of the Infinex Council

Describe your previous involvement in the CoW ecosystem (e.g., as a solver, trader, forum discussions, etc.). Trader

Detail any contributions you have made to the CoW community or other relevant communities (e.g., articles, proposals, educational content, community engagement).

Motivation:

Please describe your motivation to become a delegate for the CoW DAO Delegate Council

Commitment and Transparency: I am a big fan of DEFI Governance, and have been participating in it for over 2.5 years now (starting with Synthetix Ambassadors). I am looking to expand my DAO Governance to CowDAO. I am hoping my experience can help with decisions within the DAOs.

Communication Plan:

How do you plan to communicate with your delegators regarding your voting decisions and rationale? (e.g., regular updates via Telegram/Discord, blog posts, etc.) I plan to communicate via the forums or Twitter.

Conflict of Interest: None

Do you have any potential conflicts of interest that we should be aware of? If so, please describe them.

I am an elected member of the SNX Ambassadors, I am an elected member of the Infinex Council, and I am a Optimism Badgeholder,

Are you willing to self-limit your voting power to 30 million tokens by transitively delegating anything above this threshold? Yes

Additional Information:

Is there any additional information you would like to provide to support your application?

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Personal Information:

  • Name / alias: yvesfracari
  • Wallet Address: 0x3ebC89534d84Ca51987Af62EBCc7B356BFd65728
  • Discord Username: @yvesfracari

COW Token Holdings:

  • Amount of COW Tokens intended: 10k COW delegated from tokens earned on grants developed in the name of bleu organization.

Expertise and Experience:

  1. Relevant Expertise:

    Since I joined bleu two years ago, I have developed a diverse skill set encompassing frontend interfaces, analysis, SDKs, bots, and API integrations by working on multiple DeFi projects. Additionally, I worked on projects within the Balancer and Optimism ecosystems.

    My primary areas of expertise lie in technology, with a particular focus on front-end interfaces and introducing new products to end users. This specialization allows me to bridge the gap between complex blockchain technologies and user-friendly applications, ensuring that innovative solutions are accessible and comprehensible to a broader audience. Furthermore, my extensive experience in data analysis projects has prepared me to contribute effectively to strategic decision-making processes.

  2. Previous Involvement in the CoW Ecosystem:

    For the past year, I’ve been actively involved with CoW grants, contributing to various projects such as the first user interface to create CoW AMMs, Stop Loss, and Milkman Orders.

  3. Motivation:

    As a long-term CoW grantee and developer, I aim to use my technical expertise and protocol knowledge to help the governance. I seek to bridge development insights with strategic decision-making, fostering innovation and sustainable growth. My goal is to represent the technical community outside the core development team, driving CoW’s decentralized evolution.

Commitment and Transparency:

  1. Communication Plan:

    We will have a delegate platform thread, where all the vote reasoning will be posted.

  2. Conflict of Interest:

    In the interest of transparency, I will continue my work with Bleu as a CoW grantee. This ongoing commitment reflects my dedication to the CoW ecosystem while also providing an opportunity to bring valuable insights and experiences to my role as a delegate. I am committed to managing this relationship ethically and ensuring that it does not interfere with my ability to serve impartially in any delegated responsibilities.

  3. Voting Power Limit:

    Are you willing to self-limit your voting power to 30 million tokens by transitively delegating anything above this threshold? (Yes/No): Yes

Additional Information:

  • Is there any additional information you would like to provide to support your application? No additional information is needed.

Agreement:

By submitting this application, you agree to adhere to the responsibilities and expectations outlined in the CoW DAO Delegate Council program. You commit to acting in the best interests of the CoW token community and to maintaining transparency in your role as a delegate.

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Thanks @yvesfracari for your interest in becoming an active recognized delegate.
Your contributions to CoW DAO though various initiatives and grants is very well appreciated.

I wanted to update that launching the delegate program with split delegation have seen some delays related to split-delegation not being fully production ready yet.

We’re considering few different options including launching without split delegation initially OR waiting and contributing to split-delegation strategy testing.

We’ll do another round of recognized delegate evaluation before posting a formal CIP for the launch of delegation program.

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