SNS Topics Plan

There are a couple new proposal types that were not in @lara’s list according to the dashboard. I made assumptions about where they would be placed. Will you please verify that I have categorized them into topics correctly? I’d like to make sure I understand how they will be grouped.

  1. DAO community settings (non-critical)
  • Manage nervous system parameters
  • Manage ledger parameters
  • Manage SNS metadata
  1. Treasury & asset management (critical)
  • Transfer SNS treasury funds
  • Mint SNS tokens
  1. SNS framework management (non-critical)
  • Upgrade SNS to next version
  • Advance SNS Target Version
  1. dApp management (non-critical)
  • Upgrade SNS controlled canisters
  • Manage dapp canister settings
  • Register dapp canisters
  1. dApp operations (critical)
  • Deregister dapp canisters
  • Add generic nervous system function
  • Remove generic nervous system function
  • Execute generic nervous system function
  1. Application business logic (non-critical)
  • none
  1. Governance (non-critical)
  • Motion

I’m really glad to know that topics will be explicitly marked as critical or non-critical. This is currently very confusing and it sounds like this change will help make it more readily apparent.

I strongly recommend that the DAO Community Settings topic should also be critical. It is very easy for the dev team to push changes that have profound impact on the SNS community without the community having sufficient input or time to respond. Examples of proposals that had this effect are listed below for two SNS projects that I follow. Most of these proposals were a net positive for the respective SNS, but list illustrates that there are many examples of big changes that were not discussed publicly in advance and most people were following others before they realized the implications of the proposed change. Some of these changes in the ALICE SNS happened almost instantly when the dev voted due to follow patterns in the very early stages of the SNS. I think it would be much better to hold changes like this to higher standards by making them critical.

Manage Ledger Parameters
Alice proposal 9 - transaction fee increase

Manage Nervous System Parameters
WaterNeuron proposal 602 - limit neuron controllers
WaterNeuron proposal 1654 - increase reward rate, max age bonus, and max dissolve delay bonus
WaterNeuron proposal 2084 - increase max dissolve delay
Alice proposal 2 - decrease max age bonus
Alice proposal 5 - decrease max dissolve delay, increase max age bonus
Alice proposal 6 - increase max dissolve delay
Alice proposal 16 - decrease proposal reject fee

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