Tip 224

TIP-224 Extend Thales Council Governance Epoch

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+| id | Title | Status | Author | Description | Discussions to | Created |
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+| TIP-224 | Extending Thales Council Governance Epoch | Draft | @Red | Extending the following epoch to 6 months| https://discord.com/channels/906484044915687464/1278847893511602218 | 2024-08-19
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+## Simple Summary
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+Extending the ninth and subsequent governance epoch to 6 months from 4. 
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+## Abstract
+
+This TIP proposes extending the Thales governance epoch to 6 months. Previously the council would sit for an epoch of 4 months. 
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+## Motivation
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+Decrease voter/nomination fatigue, and the increase stability of the sitting council.
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+## Specification
+
+Extend the Thales Council governance epoch to 6 months starting with the ninth sitting council. 
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+7 "Yes" are needed for this to pass as its a meta-governance TIP. 
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+## Rationale
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+As Thales mature a longer sitting council will provide more stability between the members and tasks. 
+In its infancy the Thales Council would to sit for 6 months and was reduced to 4 months give opportunity to new members, this opportunity isn't loss and we are hoping to see less voter/nomination fatigue. 
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+## Test Cases
+n/a
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+## Implementation
+n/a
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+## Copyright
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+Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.