This Charter establishes a federated structure of a Council and Departments to create a collaborative, public, and transparent organization to better serve the development and advancement of the Juno Commonwealth.
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The Charter introduces two new structures: the Council and Departments.
The Council is a subDAO comprised of Departments.
A Department is a subDAO that:
a) has the Juno Commonwealth as its administrator, and
b) is appointed by the Juno Commonwealth to the Council.
The Juno Commonwealth will have veto power over the Council when the time-lock and veto feature is supported by DAO DAO.
Under this Charter, the Juno Commonwealth remains the main organ for decision-making on Commonwealth governance issues.
In addition to its usual role as arbiter of governance issues, the Commonwealth is assigned additional rights and responsibilities by this Charter, including:
a) appointing and dissolving Departments,
b) appointing and dissociating Department Members,
c) vetoing Council proposals (when technically possible on-chain),
d) revoking funds from Departments, and
e) determining compensation for Department Delegates to the Council
f) extending, modifying, or canceling this Charter
The Council is a federated administrative and operational body comprised of Departments. At the most general level, the Council is a place for deliberation and collaboration among Departments concerning their respective focus areas and the Commonwealth’s overall needs and ambitions.
The Council’s authority and responsibilities include:
a) allowing for community oversight of operational decision-making processes
through the hosting of public meetings,
b) submitting unified quarterly budget requests to the Commonwealth
from the Departments,
c) allocating and suspending funding to Departments,
d) developing and implementing a Request for Proposal policy
to be used by Departments,
e) providing a forum for Departments to collaborate on Juno’s operational needs,
f) ensuring mutual oversight on all Departments’ activities,
g) establishing, maintaining, and publishing public meeting schedules,
meeting attendance logs, and minutes.
The Council must host a standing open meeting at least once per month.
The appointed Representative or an appointed Alternate from each Department must be in attendance for the Council to be permitted to conduct any business.
Every Council decision and action (see Glossary below) must be introduced at a public meeting, subjected to a Council vote, and subsequently executed through the DAO DAO platform.
Each Department is allotted a voting seat on the Council.
Council proposals must allow a minimum open voting period of five (5) days.
When DAO DAO includes time-lock functionality, a ten (10) day time-lock period will be applied to Council proposals, creating a fifteen (15) day period before a proposal can be executed.
Quorum is established when an absolute majority of Departments is present or has voted.
An absolute majority constitutes the passing threshold for a Council proposal.
Department compensation for faithful service in carrying out the affairs of the Council is determined by the Juno Commonwealth and then tabulated and distributed by the Council.
Compensation tabulations for Departments will be conducted and presented on a monthly basis during Council standing meetings.
At the conclusion of each quarter (every three months), the Council will disburse retroactive compensation for the preceding three tabulation periods to all active Department treasuries from the Council treasury.
Delegate compensation eligibility is assessed monthly. To be eligible for compensation inclusion, Delegates must meet these criteria during a tabulation period:
a) participate by voting on every council proposal, and
b) not benefit from Council, Department, or Commonwealth vesting contracts, and
c) serve as an appointed Delegate for the entire tabulation period
Department members that benefit from Council, Department, or Juno Commonwealth managed vesting contracts are to be excluded from the Council's tabulation of Department compensation for serving as a Delegate.
Departments are engaged in the day-to-day requirements of operating the chain and achieving the goals established through governance. Departments must
Each Department shall be responsible for:
a) making decisions and executing actions within its subject area,
b) creating and maintaining its own Operating Policy, including its Council and
Department consensus mechanism(s), hiring and dissociation policies, and any
other criteria pertinent to its operations,
c) submitting a quarterly line-item budget for the Department to the Council,
d) appointing a Representative (and Alternates) to the Council,
e) voting on Council proposals,
f) publicly soliciting, reviewing, and selecting and/or rejecting proposals (RPF)
when seeking to budget for any department expense exceeding $5,000 USD
g) establishing, maintaining, and publishing an open meeting schedule,
meeting attendance logs, and minutes.
Each Department is required to host standing open meetings at least once per month.
Departments may create subDAOs within themselves for organizational or administrative purposes. These subDAOs confer no additional or independent membership or voting rights to the Council.
All members of a Department are required to utilize identifiable, human-readable names that are associated with their active social media accounts when performing official duties, including the use of DAO DAO.
Members of a Department may be divided into broad categories of roles and responsibilities.
Primary roles in each Department include, but are not limited to:
a) Delegates:
At least three (3) and up to five (5) members may be appointed to share the decision
making authority of Department operations and its vote on the Council;
each Delegate is assigned control over a portion of the Department vote on the
Council;
b) Representative:
appointed by the Delegates, this position is responsible for attending and
representing the Department in any Council meetings or matters;
Departments may assign up to TWO (2) alternate Representatives that will be
recognized in order to engage in official business.
c) Contributors:
members assigned day-to-day operational tasks or project work;
Contributors may vote on internal Department affairs as determined by the
Department’s Operating Policy;
Each Department must assign a Representative to engage in the affairs of the Council on behalf of the Department to ensure comprehensive participation and effective communication during the session.
Departments may also choose to declare up to two (2) alternate Representatives to engage in Council affairs on behalf of the Department. Alternates must be assigned their role using the same process as the Representative role and identified as "Alternate Representative" and, in the case of two (2) Alternates, "First Alternate Representative" and "Second Alternate Representative" to clarify the rank of the Representative.
Duties of Representation are first assigned to the Representative, if they are not available or unable to fulfill the responsibilities then the First Alternate may represent the Department. If the Representative and First Alternate are not available then the Second Alternate may represent the Department in Council business.
To be considered an active department, membership must include a minimum of three (3) members who have been elected to the Delegate role.
Departments failing to meet Minimum Viable Membership requirements [as defined by Section V.7] shall not be accorded active status, thereby rendering them ineligible to exercise voting privileges on Council matters. Nonetheless, they shall persist in contributing to the calculation of Council quorum.
Each Delegate must, upon their appointment, publicly submit a disclosure of any conflicts of interest to the entirety of the Council membership.
Delegates must maintain and keep current disclosures in the event of the emergence of new conflicts. In cases where a Delegate acknowledges a conflict of interest pertaining to a particular undertaking or subject matter, the delegate must recuse themselves from any deliberations or discussions concerning the matter. Additionally, the delegate must cast an 'Abstain' vote on any matters directly related to the identified conflict.
The Juno Commonwealth may at any time recall and remove any Department member for any reason.
The Council and all Departments must adhere to generally accepted Open Meeting Law governance practices allowing for the use of Closed Sessions under the following circumstances:
a) matters which may imperil public safety or network / chain security if disclosed;
b) matters which may disclose the identity of a law enforcement agent or informer;
c) information relating to current or future investigation or prosecution of a
criminal offense which would imperil effective law enforcement if disclosed;
d) proposed, pending or current litigation;
e) collective bargaining negotiations;
f) personnel decisions or the medical, financial credit or employment history of a
particular person or corporation;
g) the preparation, grading or administration of examinations; and
h) real property transactions or the proposed acquisition of assets where publicity
would substantially affect the value.
For a budget to be considered by the Council, any requested resource allocation must be clearly defined as a line-item and include the following:
a) person(s) or organization to receive the allocation
b) purpose of the allocation
c) quantity of allocation and asset denomination
d) duration of time with which the allocation will be used
e) the selected RFPs, if the allocation of the line-item equals or exceeds $5000 USD
This Charter will be in effect for a limited trial period lasting two quarters (six months) or until a complete Constitution is ratified, whichever comes first.
If a Constitution is not ratified by the end of the trial, the Council and the Juno Working Group (or an authorized subsidiary or replacement entity) may submit recommendations to the Commonwealth to extend, modify, or cancel this Charter in part or in full.
This Charter will be ratified and amendable by standard Commonwealth vote.