# Governance Overview

Gitcoin's governance process goes as follows:

1. [Discussion](/governance-processes/discussions.md) - Someone submits a topic for discussion
2. [Proposal](/governance-processes/proposals.md) - After a discussion has received some comments and feedback, it is reposted as an official proposal
3. [Off-chain voting](/governance-processes/voting/off-chain-voting.md) - Once a proposal receives enough commentary, it is moved to a vote on Snapshot
4. [On-chain voting](/governance-processes/voting/onchain-voting.md) - If the off-chain vote passes, an internally-appointed committee of large token holders will ratify the decision on chain

To pass a proposal through governance takes a minimum of 21 days:

* Discussion & Proposal - 5 days
* Off-chain voting - 7 days
* On-chain voting - 9 days


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