Uniswap-Optimism Delegate Committee
In 2021, Uniswap v3 launched on the Optimism network. Since then, it has become one of the most popular protocols on Optimism. In order to further protocol engagement in Optimism governance, Optimism is experimenting with a Protocol Delegation Program to give the Protocols building on Optimism a voice in the ecosystem’s decision making.
As a part of this initiative, the Uniswap Foundation has accepted the delegation of 199,501 $OP tokens on behalf of the Uniswap Protocol. In order to ensure that Uniswap’s votes on Optimism proposals accurately representation our community’s interests, we are proposing the creation of a committee of 5 members to lead this engagement in Optimism governance. These 5 members will make up a multi-sig that will vote on behalf of the Uniswap community.
These committee members will serve as a representative of the Uniswap community’s interests. To be clear, they will represent Uniswap, and not their primary affiliated entity. Below lays out the format, criteria, and expectations of the committee.
Committee format
A group of 5 entities or individuals on a multi-sig voting as one Optimism delegate.
3 of the 5 members have been selected by the UF based on the criteria listed below, but we invite community members to nominate themselves below to fill the last 2 multi-sig spots. Self-nomination will happen on this forum post, and the UF will host a Snapshot vote to determine these 2 members.
Criteria
- Demonstrated contributions to the Uniswap and/or Optimism ecosystems
- Familiarity and experience with DAO governance
- Demonstrated Uniswap and Optimism protocol knowledge
- Commitment to being an active delegate based on proclaimed bandwidth
- No already existing OP delegations to avoid moat building, while contributing new perspectives into the Optimism governance process
Expectations
- This will be a ~10 week commitment for Season 3 of Optimism governance
- Each participant will be expected to maintain 100% participation in voting discussions
- Each participant will be expected to maintain 100% voting participation through multi-sig
- Voting rationale of the committee will be shared via the Optimism and Uniswap delegate communication threads
- Attend bi-weekly community calls hosted by other Optimism delegates
More specific details regarding expectations will be discussed directly with the committee members after voting is over.
Current committee
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Cameron ODonnell & Erikson Herman (ConsenSys)
Cameron is a DAO Governance Strategist at ConsenSys focusing on Web3 participation & research. He represents ConsenSys through Uniswap delegation and has been an active contributor for ~6 months. ConsenSys champions DAO first ideals that align with the continuity of the organization. As ConsenSys continues to pursue the decentralization of its products, the Web3 participation team is also responsible for applied research to leverage within the organization.
Erikson Herman is a DAO strategist at ConsenSys focused on maximizing ecosystem value through partnerships. He also is the co-lead and creator of the MetaMask Grants DAO (MMG DAO) that supports >2M/year to developers within the Metamask ecosystem. His experience includes and managing grant programs and communities while working on several Consensys product teams.
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Charlie Feng (Agora)
Charlie is a co-founder at Agora, a governance tooling team that is actively contributing on both Optimism and Uniswap through its delegation products. Their team is deeply interested in governance innovation and have been actively developing in the Nouns and ENS ecosystem as well. Currently, Agora is supporting the Optimism Foundation in the move towards on-chain voting as well as helping implement liquid delegation for Uniswap’s ecosystem. Agora is focused on improving the governance and ecosystem experience for a few DAOs and Optimism and Uniswap have been a huge part of their future roadmap. The team is uniquely positioned as DAO governance and tooling builders with deep team expertise in both design and engineering. Charlie, as well as the entire Agora team, has an open commitment towards building governance tooling as a neutral party.
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Brian Park (Gamma Strategies)
Brian is a co-founder of Gamma Strategies, which is an active liquidity manager and market maker on Uniswap v3 with a focus on business development and operations. Specifically, he reaches out to different DeFi projects and DAOs about the benefits of managing liquidity on Uniswap v3 through governance forums and proposals. Recently, Gamma wrote a joint proposal with xToken to manage OP-WETH liqudity on Optimism. Gamma is also currently assisting the Uniswap Foundation in carrying out its liquidity mining program on Optimism. Both Optimism and Uniswap are a huge part of Gamma’s protocol, and for that Gamma would love to dedicate resources to being an active delegate. The team’s unique perspective as a liquidity manager would bring diversity of thought.
Nomination process
If you wish to nominate yourself, please answer the following prompts as a forum post reply and verify yourself through Tally or Twitter.
Instructions from Optimism: ”To avoid impersonation, we ask that delegates complete a profile using Tally. This can be done by logging into Tally with Twitter and associating an Ethereum address with your profile that matches the address you submitted on this form (example 105). If you’d prefer not to use Tally, you may post a tweet that links to your delegate submission, then edit your submission to link to the tweet.”
Name:
Discord username:
Telegram:
Verification (Tally profile or tweet, example):
I have read and understood the Optimism Delegate Commitment Process:
I understand that becoming a delegate is a significant commitment:
My reasons for wanting to be a delegate:
My view on the Optimistic Vision 151:
My view on the first three articles of the Working Constitution:
Skills and areas of expertise:
Past contributions to the Uniswap and/or Optimism ecosystems:
Conflicts of interest:
Timeline and Next Steps
The forum post will be up for 1 week (until February 8th), and we will set up a 3 day snapshot voting poll (until February 11th) shortly thereafter to have the committee finalized as soon as possible. Once the votes are finalized, we will be reaching out to the top two members with the most votes.
Final Notes
- If a multi-sig member is no longer able to fulfill their responsibility as a committee member, they will be responsible for giving the rest of the committee a 2 week notice in order for the team to determine how to address best steps forward.
- Again, please remember that you will be representing the Uniswap community with your decision making and diligence and not your primary affiliation.
- As mentioned in the above criteria, we are looking for people/teams that are not already Optimism delegates to avoid moat building and to encourage the introduction of new perspectives.
- If you are self-nominating, we ask that you abstain from voting on the final multi-sig members vote to avoid conflict of interest.
Thank you, and we are excited to represent the Uniswap community in Optimism’s governance!
