tl;dr
In this proposal we will go over the DAOhaus discord permissions and attempt to provide a solution to how we are permissioning access to members of our community and folks looking to get more involved in everything DAOhaus.
Background
This conversation bubbled up several weeks ago when a fellow contributor noticed that the Citadel Role within the DAOhaus discord gave individuals who hold +2,000 HAUS read-only access to all of the channels within our internal camps and across the entire server.
This was seen as problematic, as there was no communication that the Citadel role existed in the first place, either when onboarding or in the documentation. Without any clear communication about this upfront, our contributors were left with empty expectations of fidelity and the lack of assurance that our internal conversations were kept to us only.
The discussion unfolded and we began to discuss the ethics of having the Citadel role. It was agreed that without any way to identify who holds the Citadel role, that this could present vulnerabilities to the work we are doing, the culture we are creating, and could have unprecedented consequences.
Proposed Plan of Action
Synthesizing our conversation from the thread Citadel Access, there were some solid takeaways that we can refine here to present in the shape of a proposal to Warcamp.
In an effort to make our permissions more transparent for folks onboarding into DAOhaus, as soon as this proposal passes or gets rough consensus from the group, we will move to add information about the Citadel role to the documentation in the handbook section.
I propose that we preserve the existing requirements of the Citadel role (e.g. one must hold at least 2,000 HAUS tokens) with the caveat that in order to obtain the role Citadels have to introduce themselves in the discord telling us:
- Why they support DAOhaus
- How they got involved in DAOhaus
- What they plan on doing once
Citadelaccess is gained
In addition, I advocate that folks who do hold the Citadel role gain write-access to the channels, this way instead of hovering or pure surveillance, they can participate as a core contributor would.
Gated Channels / Black Boxes
I think there is an argument to be made for keeping some channels in the DAOhaus discord purely for core contributors.
The most obvious example is the Alchemists channel, as our conversations directly impact HAUS tokenomics and could effect very positive or negative outcomes for Citadel members who lurk and read conversations that are meant to be kept internal.
Some risks off the top:
- front-running
- alpha extraction
- lacks full information resulting in poor decisions
- dumping
If there are other channels you believe should be kept to the core-contributors only, please feel free to share them in the comments below!
General Permissions and Onboarding
Following up on general visibility and permissions to view and access channels within the DAOhaus discord, there has been a steady push for opening up DAOhaus to the wider community granting visibility into what we are working on within our camps and core working groups.
Here, I propose that we open up read-only access to anyone with 10-20 HAUS, achieving two objectives:
- Give HAUS further utility
- Provide wider access to the discord for community members
In addition, following up on the Discord Haus Keeping - I propose we create a channel for new folks coming in to introduce themselves as soon as they have selected a role within DAOhaus e.g (scholar, supporter, contributor, summoner).
This could be paired with the ability to access read-only channels across the discord, so that not only do you have to hold some HAUS but you also will have to be a known member to access what we are up to.
Please feel free to suggest modifications or changes in the comments below, thank you!
emoji to gain access to the core camp channels, this would allow us to provide at the outset an overview of what the channels are about providing context to the new member. This way, folks can have expectations about what to see in each of the channels and under the core camp category.