Before this goes to snapshot, I’d like to make one final statement:
The current state of this BIP does not sit well with me at all.
1: It basically says that all orb funding is cut in now 13 days, unless someone who the author of this BIP has deemed to be incompetent produces something by next Wednesday. It then must be approved by a BIP. This means that June funding for Orb will not be clear until the 29th of May.
2: As a result of the very well conducted research in this proposal, the team in question is already in the process of winding down by the end of July.
3: The stated budget for Orb seems to be around$150,000 per month. The potential maximum savings produced by this move is about $300,000.
4: The proposal has been brought forward by a singular person @auramaxi who claims to be the voice of a council of an unknown number of anons, none of which appear to have spoken for themselves in this conversation.
5: My understanding is that these same Aura Maxis are seeking ratification via an AIP and hope to start working closely with Ballers in the near future.
Are there really 6-12 people that stand behind this BIP/insanity as it stands? Why haven’t we heard from any of them? Are these the kinds of people/conditions we want to work with/in?
Orb has been a wasteful entity. No doubt, that being said, there are engineers that are adding value, and if everything evaporates in 13 days. There is no proposal on the Forum from any other SP to take on engineering services, and a couple of senior engineers with many years of experience at Balancer are likely to get caught up in all of this.
This is the right thing to do. It’s the wrong way to do it. I’d really like to hear from anyone but @auramaxi who supports this BIP as it stands.
At very least, could things be pushed back a month, such that all this review and documentation was required for July funding, but not in less than 10 days? That has a total max cost of $150,000 in order to give everyone time to deal with this transition in a way that maintains talent and reduces risk.