[ARFC] Orbit Program Renewal - Q1 2025

Governance General
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[ARFC] Orbit Program Renewal - Q1 2025

Author: ACI (Aave Chan Initiative)

Date: 2025-02-27

Summary

Proposing the renewal of the Orbit program for recognized delegates, compensating them with GHO, associated with their governance activity during Q1 2025 ( From 2024-12-14, last date, until 2025-03-31).

Motivation

Orbit recognizes the added value of the Delegates in the decentralization & diversity of the Aave DAO. This compensation allows them to focus on Aave and keep their contribution efforts to our governance. The ACI proposes the extension of Orbit for a new quarter, Q1 2025, from 2024-12-14 to 2025-03-31.

From now on, all renews will be applied strictly by Quarters, and a new cutoff has been set on AIP 224, to apply again previous rules of a minimum of 20k voting power and 85% vote ratio on all Snapshots and AIP to be considered elegible to Orbit.

Specification

Additional considerations:

As a reminder, Service Providers will not be considered elegible to Orbit Program.

A new vote rate cutoff will apply, starting next Orbit Renewal, where a minimum of 20k voting power and 85% vote ratio on all Snapshots and AIP will be considered in order to be elegible to Orbit Program, from AIP 224.

Funds are distributed based on 90 days, as seen on budget.

Next Steps

  1. Gather community feedback on this ARFC.
  2. If consensus is achieved, escalate this proposal to the ARFC snapshot stage.
  3. If the ARFC snapshot outcome is YAE, proceed to the AIP stage for implementation and funding allocation in cooperation with Aave Finance service providers via an ad-hoc AIP vote or bundled in one of their treasury management AIPs.

Disclosure

The ACI is independent and has not received any form of compensation from related parties for the drafting of this proposal.

Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived under Creative Commons Zero (CC0)

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We’re honoured to be part of Orbit again and contributing to the continued growth of Aave - it’s been amazing to see how far we’ve come over the last year as a DAO and protocol!

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While not immediately risk-related, we believe a healthy delegate ecosystem is essential for Aave DAO. We welcome the continued Orbit program and encourage delegates to voice their opinions in shaping a shared vision for the protocol.

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Current proposal has been escalated to ARFC Snapshot.

Vote will start tomorrow, we encourage everyone to participate.

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As Michigan Blockchain, we fully support the renewal of the Orbit program. Strong governance is essential for Aave’s long-term success. Compensating dedicated delegates will ensure high quality decision making and active participation.

However, we’d like to inquire whether smaller but active contributors, like university clubs, could also have a pathway to participate in governance. The 20k voting power requirement makes it difficult for smaller players to engage meaningfully, despite their commitment to DeFi research and governance. We’d love to explore ways for university clubs to contribute and are happy to discuss potential solutions with the community.

-nsks

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After Snapshot monitoring, the current ARFC Snapshot has recently ended, reaching out both Quorum and YAE as winning option, with 807.5K votes.

Therefore [ARFC] Orbit Program Renewal - Q1 2025 has PASSED.

Next step will be the publication of an AIP for final confirmation and enforcement of the proposal.