---
type: entity
entity_type: decision_market
name: "Dean's List: Enhancing The Dean's List DAO Economic Model"
domain: internet-finance
status: passed
parent_entity: "[[deans-list]]"
platform: "futardio"
proposer: "IslandDAO"
proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/5c2XSWQ9rVPge2Umoz1yenZcAwRaQS5bC4i4w87B1WUp"
proposal_date: 2024-07-18
resolution_date: 2024-07-22
category: "treasury"
summary: "Proposal to charge clients in USDC, use proceeds to buy $DEAN tokens, and pay contributors in $DEAN while keeping treasury tax in USDC"
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# Dean's List: Enhancing The Dean's List DAO Economic Model

## Summary
The proposal restructured Dean's List DAO's payment model to create constant buy pressure on $DEAN tokens. Instead of paying contributors directly in USDC, the DAO would collect client payments in USDC, use 80% to purchase $DEAN tokens from the market, distribute those tokens to contributors, and retain 20% in USDC as treasury reserves. The model projected 5.33% FDV increase based on 400 USDC daily buy pressure against 80% contributor sell rate.

## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Passed
- **Proposer:** IslandDAO
- **Resolution:** 2024-07-22
- **Proposal Account:** 5c2XSWQ9rVPge2Umoz1yenZcAwRaQS5bC4i4w87B1WUp

## Mechanism Details
- Revenue model: 2,500 USDC per dApp review
- Treasury allocation: 20% USDC reserves, 80% token purchases
- Projected impact: FDV increase from $337,074 to $355,028 (5.33%)
- Volume creation: 3,600 USDC per review cycle (buy + sell)
- Assumption: 80% of distributed tokens sold by contributors

## Significance
This proposal demonstrates futarchy applied to tokenomics and treasury management, not just binary governance decisions. The detailed FDV modeling (24% estimated buy pressure, 15% estimated sell pressure) shows how DAOs can use conditional markets to evaluate economic policy changes. The stablecoin reserve hedge (20% USDC retention) addresses token volatility risk while maintaining buy pressure through the 80% conversion.

## Relationship to KB
- [[deans-list]] - parent entity, treasury policy change
- [[MetaDAOs Autocrat program implements futarchy through conditional token markets where proposals create parallel pass and fail universes settled by time-weighted average price over a three-day window]] - governance mechanism
- [[coin price is the fairest objective function for asset futarchy]] - optimization target