Announcing the Gitcoin Governance Council: Term 1 (Q1–Q2 2025)
TL;DR
We’re launching the Gitcoin Governance Council to bring more structure, accountability, and decentralization to governance. The council will oversee key governance processes, facilitate decision-making, and drive community participation. The first term runs until the end of Q2 2025, at which point we will evaluate, iterate, and refine the structure based on community feedback.
What is the Gitcoin Governance Council?
The Governance Council is a structured group of community-elected and appointed stewards who will play a key role in improving governance efficiency, decision-making, and engagement. The goal is to transition governance from chaos to clarity by introducing accountability, clearer delegation, and strategic oversight while keeping decision-making as decentralized and transparent as possible.
Council Responsibilities
The council’s primary responsibilities include:
- Facilitating governance processes – ensuring smooth proposal reviews, discussions, and voting.
- Supporting decentralization efforts – increasing community-led governance participation.
- Stewarding the DAO Constitution – guiding the ratification and implementation process.
- Enhancing transparency – publishing quarterly governance updates and retrospectives.
Term 1: Selected Council Members
For this first term (Q1–Q2 2025), the following individuals have been selected based on their contributions, expertise, and governance experience (in no particular order):
- Wasabi (@wasabi)
- Ivan Molto (@ivanmolto)
- SEEDGov (@SEEDGov)
- PGov (@PGov)
- Tane (@Tane)
The council’s first act was to vote on & approve community rounds for GG23, the results of which can be found here.
Delegation & Authority
The council will:
- Serve as a trusted governance facilitator, ensuring that proposals are clear, actionable, and aligned with Gitcoin’s long-term vision.
- Guide but not control – their role is to enable participation, not dictate decisions.
- Be accountable to the community, with all actions tracked and transparently reported.
Matching Pool Signers:
Because of our dedication and emphasis on the importance of decentralizing fund management to empower community members, we routinely rotate community signers on the Matching Pool, gitcoin.eth. In September, we ratified a rotation, and we’ll be updating this rotation again including members from the elected council. Signers from the council will be as follows:
Zer8 will be removed from signing.
Evaluation & Next Steps (End of Q2 2025 Review)
At the end of Q2 2025, we will:
- Review the council’s impact and effectiveness – assessing progress on governance participation, proposal quality, and community engagement.
- Gather community feedback – via discussions, surveys, and governance calls.
- Refine or restructure if needed – ensuring that the governance framework evolves to best serve Gitcoin’s long-term decentralization goals.
How You Can Get Involved
- Join the conversation! – Share thoughts, feedback, and ideas on the governance forum
- Propose improvements! – Have suggestions for making governance better? Drop them in an ideas post
- Participate in governance! – Submit and engage with community-led proposals.