Just to clarify, my comments were specifically in response to Raul’s questions regarding pain points related to the treasury process - not solely in the context of marketing.
Here’s where those pain points become relevant:
Uncertainty
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We want to re-evaluate the outcomes to keep a check on whether the outcomes being delivered warrant renewal, but there’s uncertainty regarding promises made by treasury being upheld.
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We have legal contracts in the “real world” that enforce certain terms of engagement between 2 parties which allows for people to proceed with work without having to worry about the other party not keeping its promise.
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Example of the pain point: Gov1 Social Contracts -> OpenGov Transition - Should there be a system?.
Long turn around times and high barriers
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Long turn around times exist due to the voting culture demanding a separate “discussion” first and the feedback process being unclear. If we want to increase proposal volume, the process needs to be simplified.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be at the system level, but the end user experience might need a shift in perspective to be more inclusive.
What I mean by this is that we’d want a higher degree of certainty and abstraction for the “uninitiated” to lower the barriers for entry. -
Example of a barrier: someone who wants to make a valuable contribution to the ecosystem but doesn’t yet own DOT can’t formally request anything from the treasury and there’s no way to “earn” DOT permissionlessly other than the treasury itself.
Onboarding newcomers to the DOT economy by creating a pathway for them earn small amounts of DOT for genuine contributions can create more trade within the ecosystem and thereby increase overall network usage, creating a positive spiral.