🗳️ This week, PolkaWorld participated in voting on 8 OpenGov proposals — 2 revisited from last week and 6 new ones.

Here’s our report and reflections on #OpenGov this week: 👇

We believe OpenGov = community-driven and value-driven. Treasury spending deserves transparency, accountability, and honest debate.

🔄 #1540 Iberlabs (Spanish BD)
https://t.co/s5t4qCHGgS

❌ 1st vote: NAY — past results (31 partnership leads) were vague, no clarity on follow-up or actual outcomes.
✅ 2nd vote: AYE — after 5 days of back-and-forth, we received:
– Clear split of 3 goals: follow-up, new leads, and closing deals
– Updated KR metrics
– Status sheet on past 31 leads
We’re not anti-teams — we’re pro-clarity.

❌ #1542 Hydration (GIGA DeFi incentives)
https://t.co/xIdYUQhj6K

The team addressed most of our concerns this week — including a detailed breakdown of the 5M $DOT allocation, the goals they aim to achieve, and a plan to use a portion of HDX for incentives.

However, they haven’t yet responded to our questions about whether any HDX could be allocated back to the Polkadot community, or if protocol fee revenue might be shared with the Polkadot treasury as a form of return.

So for now, our vote remains NAY.

✅#1549 Kagome C++ client
https://t.co/cppNamukbV

Voted AYE — Supports client diversity, aligned with JAM vision.

But we pushed for salary transparency — and got it. Ranges:

– Sr. Engineer: $4K–9K
– DevOps/QA: $50/h
– Eng. Manager: $10K/mo

Proposal shows clear effort toward fair compensation.

✅ #1553 Texas Blockchain Council
https://t.co/Amqx82uMZj

Voted AYE — Policy engagement matters. Proposal included KPIs & clear budget. $50K/year full-time = cost-effective.

❌ #1555 Volmex
https://t.co/4hA6iWLzXA

Voted NAY — Integration costs should come from Hydration, not treasury. Budget vague.

❌#1557 Google Drive Proposal Certifier
https://t.co/IHpTcynheg

NAY — Nice-to-have, not essential. Budget poorly scoped. We recommend that all proposers submit their full proposal content on-chain in the future, that's Web3!

❌ #1558 Polkadot Hub LATAM
https://t.co/dhAPkfGRIN

NAY — Passionate founder, but data mismatched; unclear budgeting.

❌ #1559 RISC-V Smart Home
https://t.co/OXclVGfgmD

NAY — Feels like a Robonomics marketing campaign. Polkadot is infra, not a free grant pool for rollup apps.
We vote with a simple principle: The treasury isn’t VC money. It’s public goods capital.

Reflections on OpenGov this week:

1. Everyone thinks differently — and that’s why it often takes time to truly understand why a proposal is designed the way it is. But this shouldn’t be seen as a challenge; it’s part of the process of uncovering the truth. In @Polkadot, we believe in Less Trust, More Truth.

2. We should consider implementing the proposal classification system suggested by @alice_und_bob. Platforms like @OpensquareN and @polk_gov could introduce tagging features, allowing proposers to categorize their proposals upon submission. This would improve future searchability, spending analytics by category, and help lay the groundwork for a budget framework that answers: where did the money go?

3. If you treat the treasury as an investor, please include what the return will be.

#OpenGov