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I ask my questions exactly where they need to be asked. It has to be completely clear to the DAO that admins are not the ones steering decisions; their responsibility is limited to informing members of the situation. The DAO itself holds the full authority to decide block by block, and it can overturn or revise past decisions whenever it chooses. Claiming that the DAO has already decided on KYC is misleading, because that implies the decision is permanent or binding in a way that limits future governance. The truth is, the DAO is designed to function proposal by proposal, where every new submission can redefine or even reject what was decided before.
In this structure, admins are advisors, not enforcers. They can give input, share context, and provide recommendations, but they cannot dictate outcomes. And when providing information, admins are obligated to deliver the whole picture, not a preferred or selective version of it. Their obligation is to the DAO, not to a specific narrative. There is no "should" or "must" when it comes to DAO governance; the DAO always retains the freedom to decide whatever it wants, regardless of prior expectations or admin preferences.
If the DAO decides that the Nouncil client ID should be approved without requiring KYC, that is within its absolute right. If, on the other hand, the DAO decides that older client IDs should or should not be approved regardless of prior guidance, that too is entirely its prerogative. These choices rest solely with the voting body of the DAO.
The important point is transparency. Every voter needs to understand that admins are in an advisory role only. Their responsibility is to deliver information so the DAO can make informed choices, but they cannot override or substitute the DAO’s will. Decisions, whether consistent with admin recommendations or directly opposed to them, belong to the DAO and the DAO alone. This distinction has to be clear, otherwise the boundaries between advisory input and governance authority get blurred, which undermines the very principles of decentralized decision-making.
> The numbers matter. As you yourself said, you are obligated to inform the DAO about the situation, because at the end of the day it is the DAO’s will that decides whether to proceed with something or not. When I bring up numbers, it is not for decoration, it is because the DAO needs to see clearly what is on the table. Are we talking about something so small it is nickels and pennies, where we spend more time and resources debating than the issue is even worth, or are we talking about something substantial enough that the DAO can consciously decide whether it wants to take on that obligation or not?
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> This clarity is critical. The DAO cannot make informed decisions without understanding the scale. A single penny and millions are not in the same universe, yet both can sit in the same conversation if the numbers are left vague. That is why, just as the DAO should have full numbers on the obligations DUNA pushed onto us from the foundation, costs and responsibilities that did not vanish but instead became ours, it should also be told whether current debates are about trivial sums or meaningful commitments.
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> If we claim to be protecting the DAO by arguing over pennies, while at the same time being silently burdened with millions elsewhere, we are not really protecting the DAO at all. We are distracting it. The question is not only about whether to say yes or no to a particular matter, but whether we are equipping the DAO with the right scale of information so that its will can be exercised rationally. Otherwise, the DAO risks making decisions in the dark, treating small change like mountains and ignoring mountains like small change.
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> The numbers do not just matter, they define the very context in which decisions are made. Without them, talk of obligations and protection is empty. With them, the DAO can actually see whether its time and treasury are being spent wisely, or if it is being played into fighting over pennies while carrying the weight of millions elsewhere.