diff --git a/inbox/archive/2026-03-05-solomon-dp-00001-treasury-subcommittee-full.md b/inbox/archive/2026-03-05-solomon-dp-00001-treasury-subcommittee-full.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eafeebf --- /dev/null +++ b/inbox/archive/2026-03-05-solomon-dp-00001-treasury-subcommittee-full.md @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +--- +type: evidence +source: "https://www.metadao.fi/projects/solomon/proposal/8c9sFZ5Z46ZLnhywkWuJ5BhJK4Wrj19AN4gzQicyBKjK" +author: "Solomon DAO" +date: 2026-03-05 +archived_by: rio +tags: [solomon, treasury, subcommittee, legal, governance, SOP, metadao-ecosystem] +--- + +# Solomon DP-00001: Treasury Subcommittee (Pre-Formation) and Legal Budget — Full Text + +## Market Data (as of Mar 5 2026) + +- Total Volume: $5.79K +- Pass Likelihood: 50% +- SOLO-USDC Pass Price: $0.5651 (+1.00%) | Spot: $0.5595 | Fail Price: $0.5554 (-0.73%) + +## Summary + +A staged path to deploy the DAO treasury. DP-00001 does two things: +1. Funds a capped $150K legal and compliance budget in a segregated wallet (restricted to legal/regulatory work only) +2. Nominates a pre-formation treasury subcommittee for readiness work only (no authority to move treasury funds) + +## Key Details + +**Subcommittee Designates:** +- Drew (Co-founder 01Resolved) — crypto native finance, treasury intelligence +- Usman (Founder Oro/orogoldapp) — RWA infrastructure, gold +- Kru (Co-founder Umbra Privacy) — design, building on Solana since 2022 +- Kollan (Co-Founder MetaDAO) — governance, capital formation, early-stage funding + +**What designates CAN do:** Draft treasury policies, design multisig/vault plans, prepare allowlists/limits/incident-response, prepare service provider checklists. + +**What designates CANNOT do under DP-00001:** Move or control any treasury funds, act as live treasury subcommittee, speak for or bind the company. + +**Legal budget:** $150K USDC from DAO treasury to dedicated wallet. Three firms: Morrison Cohen LLP, NXT Law, GVRN. Covers formation completion, filings, safe governance structures. + +**Pass thresholds adjusted:** Team-sponsored proposals: -300 bps. Non-team proposals: +300 bps. Minimum stake: 500K -> 1.5M (aligned with cohort DAOs). + +**SOP Registry framework introduced:** Standard Operating Procedures drafted by subcommittee, reviewed by membership, ratified through Operational Packs via futarchy votes. No SOPs adopted in DP-00001. + +## Three-Step Rollout + +1. DP-00001 (this): Name designates, release legal budget, introduce SOP framework +2. DP-00002 (planned): SOLO buyback framework +3. DP-00003 (planned): Confirm company formation, designate Company Treasury Account, move initial tranche, activate delegated treasury authority with limits + +## Rio's assessment + +- Extraordinary institutional detail for a futarchy-governed DAO — subcommittees, SOPs, confidentiality undertakings, three law firms, segregated wallets +- Pass threshold asymmetry is a mechanism design detail: team proposals need to "not hurt" (-300 bps), non-team need to "help" (+300 bps) — implicit trust calibration +- 50% pass likelihood with only $5.79K volume — this is an example of the "limited trading volume in uncontested decisions" phenomenon. The proposal is procedural, not contentious. +- New claim: futarchy-governed DAOs converge on corporate governance patterns for treasury operations +- Enriches: MetaDAO platform analysis, futarchy adoption friction +- The staged rollout itself is evidence that operationalizing futarchy governance is a multi-step process requiring traditional institutional controls