Hi Matt - thanks for moving this along.
Curious if you have seen this proposal on Balancer’s forum: [Proposal] Allowlist Aura Finance in Balancer VotingEscrow - General Proposal - Balancer. Seems to fit with your agenda below:
While Aura is still young and requires more development, it is interesting to consider acquiring $AURA for meta-governance purposes and earning extra rewards.
Doing so would control veBAL rewards as outlined as a goal of this future proposal.