gutted. but not quitting. We know these are hard times, and recent changes affect the community around Balancer as well as the DAO itself. We are SUPER appreciative of the 293 voters (96.7% of participating voters!) who used their 770k veBAL (vs only 2.02 against!) to signal support for our work and value. Unfortunately, we did not reach quorum.
We look forward to working with those DAO members who abstained to better understand how Messari can provide the greatest value to Balancer and further negotiate terms to benefit both parties. We value the Messari-Balancer partnership greatly - and we look forward to returning with a revamped proposal that aligns with all DAO stakeholders in the near future.
gm fam. Thanks to all who have engaged with us and also to those who came to the talk we hosted with @Danko8383’s and @John_TV_Locke last week to discuss the BAL model piece. We would like to re-list this proposal with an abstain option in hopes that many of those who are uncertain on the commitment might still participate or at least enable others who do feel strongly to get the vote to quorum. The ask:
$80k for 1 year
a. 4 Quarterly reports
b. at least one tweet on each quarterly report
c. AMA with the DAO on SP calls about quarterly take-aways and inspo for new analysis
d. Open sourcing our BAL report and model
We thank you again for the support on the first vote and are optimistic we can get to quorum on this one!