[DRAFT] Creation of the Celo Delegate Program

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While I understand the urgency to address the current challenges in Celo Governance, it’s important that we don’t rush this process.

Effective and lasting governance improvements require careful consideration and broad community involvement. By taking the time to ensure that our approach is transparent and inclusive, we can build a stronger and more resilient governance structure that benefits the entire community.

Here’s an alternative approach:

  1. Open Registration on Celo Mondo: Allow anyone interested to register as a delegate by submitting a PR, in line with Celo Mondo’s design.

  2. Community Delegation: The community should delegate their CELO to the candidates they support, signaling their trust. To avoid gaming the system, these tokens could be locked for three months.

  3. Top 10 Delegates: The top 10 delegates, based on community support, would receive additional delegation from the Celo Community Fund, amplifying their influence.

  4. Regular Reassessment: Regularly reassess (e.g., every three months) and reallocate the top-up based on updated community signals.

If a committee is strictly necessary and unavoidable, it should be formed within the Governance Scope and not a committee of just 3 people.

The committee should consist of all Celo Governance Guardians, who are already responsible for managing governance, serve as trusted advisors, and have no vested interests in influencing delegate selection.

While CeloPG Stewards play a vital role in the Public Goods initiative, they are not directly involved in Governance. However, having one of them as a representative on the committee could be valuable—perhaps someone like you, @Luuk.

Additionally, including a representative from the Celo Foundation, such as @annaalexa, could provide broader oversight, considering Eric’s heavy workload.

However, the committee’s role should focus on verifying requirements, guiding, and supporting community-driven decisions or signals, rather than selecting the top 10 delegates to boost with Celo. It’s important that the community decides who the delegates to boost are, ensuring a fair and transparent process.

Finally, anyone on the committee should still have the opportunity to be a delegate, keeping the selection process open and community-driven.

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