Gitcoin Governance Manual
  • πŸ“–Gitcoin Governance Manual
  • Introduction and Overview
    • ⭐Gitcoin's North Stars
    • πŸ“Code of Conduct and Rules of Engagement
    • ⏫2025 Revamp
    • βŒ›DAO Cadence
    • πŸ“˜Gitcoin Glossary
      • Gitcoin Grants Program Definitions
      • All Other Definitions
    • πŸ’°DAO Finances
  • Governance Roles
    • πŸ›οΈGitcoin Council
      • How to Become a Gitcoin Council Member
    • πŸ§™Steward
      • How to Become a Gitcoin Steward
    • πŸ₯·Delegator
    • βš”οΈMatching Pool Guardian
    • πŸ‘·Core Contributor
    • πŸ‘·Citizen
  • Governance Processes
    • πŸ‘€Governance Overview
    • πŸ—¨οΈDiscussions
    • ❓Proposals
    • πŸ—³οΈVoting
      • Off-chain voting
      • Onchain voting
      • Delegation
    • πŸ”‘Units
      • How Units Work
      • Gitcoin Foundation
      • Grants Lab
  • Miscellaneous
    • oSNAP
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  • Responsibilities
  • Decision Rights
  • Evaluation Criteria
  • Qualifications
  • Staffing
  1. Governance Roles

Steward

Actively serving the community

Responsibilities

What ongoing activities is the role responsible for?

  • Participating in forum discussions

  • Commenting on proposals

  • Voting on proposals off-chain

Decision Rights

What decisions are reserved for this role?

  • Releasing funds from the treasury

  • Governance changes

  • Electing/removing the Executive Director of the Gitcoin Foundation

  • Voting on non Citizen Grants program proposals

  • Approving/disapproving proposals for reallocating previously-approved funds toward new objectives

Evaluation Criteria

What measures or outcomes can be used to evaluate this role?

Scoring is based on several weighted pieces of criteria:

Metric
Value
Weight

Steward days

0-180

0.00556

Off-chain Votes %

% out of 100

0.7

Proposals Initiated

#

1.5

Proposals Discussed

#

0.7

Forum Topic Count - Proposals Initiated

#

1.1

Forum Post Count - Proposals Discussed

#

0.6

Workstream Involvement

Y/N

1

Qualifications

What skills or experience are needed to perform this role effectively?

Basic:

  • Self-delegated GTC token holder or have been delegated GTC by a GTC token holder

  • Concerned with the future longevity of Gitcoin

Bonus:

  • Experience as a Steward elsewhere in the Web3

  • Experience from other industries that can help inform decision making at the DAO

Staffing

How is this role filled?

  • Delegate yourself or be delegated at least 1 GTC

If you cannot afford to purchase 1 GTC to participate, you can become part of our Steward Token Delegation program: coming Soonβ„’

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Last updated 1 year ago

All Stewards are scored based on contributions as a Steward within the most recent 180 day period. Those scores can be seen at .

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