ELECTIONS

SHIB YEAR 5 (A.S.) ANNIVERSARY (Posted 1.4.5 AS)

History rarely has moments like this. The true birth of a network state massive as Shib. Due to its unique and decentralized nature, Shib has a chance to flourish into something the world has never seen, or become something new altogether.

No matter what stands as the future for Shib, we are happy to move forward with the process of finding tomorrow's leaders. This will be an event like the transition of power in any state, our first and therefore delicate yet powerful in design. A new lead visionary and councils for each dao will need to be chosen.

Moreover, with the technical handover of this massive structure and pieces of technology, requires trust and a set of questions for the new “administration”, this is no easy task but one that will take month(s) of close communication and delegation for a successful move and birth of our wonderful state.

Before Fud takes the reins, understand this has always been the plan, complete and full decentralization. Now, we have completed (as best we can) the operating system for this handover, among the structure as a foundation, set of DAOs, and technology behemoth. It's fair to say this is no minor feat and the team, mods and admins deserve a standing ovation and not FUD in any way.

PROPOSED STRUCTURE
Day 1826 5Y AS

Today we emBARK on the next part of our journey: Elections! As the author of Hounds Constitution I have created an amendment to ensure fair elections for our president, yes it is necessary.

To ensure smooth transition, the president chosen by an early Dao vote (before Shibizenship begins), will be the interim president, who, as written in Hounds constitution, will ‘coordinate and facilitate’ the transition. At a later time, but no later than 4 months of Shibzenship, the President should be ratified according to Hounds Constitution by the various branches and following standard constitution principles.

Voting
Three voting sessions will take place to find the interim President. The first allows for anyone to be nominated, while the top
10 move onto the debate phase. Debates will take place LIVE or recorded on various platforms and times, while a secondary vote to find the top 3 will take place after one week.

Amended from Hounds constitution, anyone can nominate themselves and will be required to create a profile to give the community a little about who you are. This makes is possible for anyone to become interim president ensuring fairness and transparency.

Final vote will take place one week after debates between the three candidates. The
Final vote will be final. Candidates can contest after Shibizenship is implemented by the winner. Due to private knowledge and first hand accounts, We reserve the right to veto any candidate, and the winning candidate must adhere to KYC with the foundation and a strict NDA as you would expect in any state. The goal here is not to pick the most popular but most aligned and responsible candidate.

Roles & Responsibilities
The President is responsible for the transfer of power, well being, future vision, and execution of the Shib Paper guidelines and vision alongside technology and council/DAO creation. They are to implement the first congress (consisting of the four Dao councils), which stands as the inter-branch Dao mentioned in the Shib Paper.

Most importantly, they are responsible for the community of millions and the financial responsibility of a 7 billion dollar token. This is no small role. Creating a Network State is the burden I faced taking a token to an actual digital behemoth. The interim president must take the baton and actualize this vision, combining technological prowess, unwavering dedication, impeccable vision, follow through, and a business acumen that rivals the greats.

Although this may sound glorious from a zoomed out perspective, the weight of such an endeavor will sit heavily upon this candidate, and this understatement reflects the courage, work ethic, and management style necessary to take this position.

Therefore, it is my belief that not only should the candidate be well versed in our actual inception, creation, and challenges, but should be a whale in the Shib community. For this reason, I suggest a multi-vote system for this election where 1 token = 1 vote for any and all of the ecosystem tokens. In this way, whales should hypothetically win, which is aligned as they have the most skin in our success. Moreover I implore the community to rigorously vet, check and learn about all candidates.

Other Amendments
Within the Shib Paper and Hounds Constitution it is suggested that the Economic Council be under Treat but it is my new belief that this council should be under the Shib Dao leaving Treat to focus on innovation.

This council is particularly important as it will have to determine how Shib makes and retains revenue or a treasury system (outside the other daos). This is vitally important to the long term success of the project.

OUR ROLE

Upon the release of this document, our role will shift. While we have been deemed the responsibility of completing Ryoshi’s vision, that role now rests with the community. We will post details on the election date and time shortly, but wanted to give the community a moment to begin deciding how they want to participate.

As such, we will continue working on innovation, and closely with the Treat Dao and strategies therein, and will continue pursuits outside of Shib but that align with our vision and often contribute to the ecosystem or Daos.

In this way we continue as valued Shibizens of a system we helped build from nothing.