<aside> 💡 Decentraland DAO Working Groups will be carried out in the following steps:

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1. Creation of a Working Group

  1. Successful Pre-Proposal Poll* Proposal passes the initial stage of the governance process, signaling sufficient community support for the allocation of DAO/Community time and resources for active facilitation.
  2. Working Group Formation* Working groups can be formed through the promotion of a Pre-Proposal Poll or a Draft Proposal to a Working Group by the author or a contributor to the poll. If the proposal is not promoted to the next stage or to a Working Group by its author or contributors in the term of 30 days, every community member will be enabled to promote it to a Working Group. A working group, however, is in no way a prerequisite for an initiative to move forward through the governance process, and pre-proposal Polls can be escalated to a Draft Proposal without a Working Group.

2. Set up & Call for participants

  1. Distributed Delphi-Informed Method* - The Delphi Method is a structured process for obtaining expert/stakeholder opinions on a particular topic, in order to gather input and reach consensus on a particular topic. It typically involves several rounds of questionnaires or surveys, with each round building on the results of the previous round. The Delphi Method is useful for decision-making in a DAO as it allows for collection of diverse perspectives. Decentraland DAO’s adaptation of the Delphi Method includes the following steps:
  2. (3.1) Facilitator Selection - Proposal author/contributors self-select or appoint a representative to facilitate the working group. See Annex A for the full role and responsibilities of the Working Group Facilitator. Unless specifically requested to abstain, a member of the DAO Facilitation Team will support the Working Group Facilitator(s), and may be selected by proposal authors to serve as the Working Group’s primary facilitator. If the designated Working Group Facilitator quits at any stage, a DAO Facilitator or a DAO Committee Member will fulfill the role and decide with involved community members if the working group should remain active.
  3. (3.2) Call for Working Group Participants - A general call for Working Group participants will be issued via Discord, DCL DAO Twitter, and pathways for joining will be established, likely including integration with the Governance dApp from the Pre-Proposal Poll.

3. Q&A Rounds, Solutioning & Reporting

  1. (3.3) Pose question or problem to the Working Group - The Working Group Facilitator will design and distribute the question(s) / problem to the group, for participants to respond to. This can be in the form of a single question, questionnaire, or survey.
  2. (3.4) Solutioning - Participants submit their proposed solutions/responses in the form of written comments, open-ended questions, or other forms as specified in the questionnaire/survey.
  3. (3.5) Analysis and Reporting The proposed solutions/responses are analyzed, grouped into categories and/or themes, summarized and shared by the working group Facilitator(s).
  4. (3.6) Solutioning (II) A second round of clarifying questions is posed by the Working Group Facilitator. Members of the Working Group then have the opportunity to revise and tailor their responses, based on the summary of themes and categories, and adapted questions, repeating the process until a consensus is reached or a set of multiple potential pathways forward is developed - as determined by the Working Group Facilitator. In the interest of time, this process should not be repeated more than four times.
  5. Working Group Synopsis Report & Round Table Discussion* The DAO Facilitation Team will lead, or support the drafting of a Working Group Synopsis Report, detailing outcomes of the Working Group. The Facilitator of the Working Group, however, is ultimately responsible for ensuring this artifact is delivered. This report will serve as a record of the proceedings, and as a point of reference for future discussions and drafting of proposals around the issue. The report will be publicly shared and discussed in a Round Table format, including Working Group Facilitators and Participants.

4. Possible Outcomes & Pathways