Proposal Templates

About this Repository

• This Github repository (proposal-templates) contains templates intended to be used for proposals submitted to dash masternode operators (MNOs)
• Anyone can create and store proposal templates here
• Two sample templates, simple.md and detailed.md are provided for reference and use.

About this Document

• This document (README.md) provides general information about proposals and templates. Step-by-step guides on how to create a template for the community and how to use a template for your own proposal are located in the guides repository.

About Proposls

• Proposals typically need at least a scope, a schedule, and a budget to be considered complete
  • Scopes are ideally broken down into key deliverables
    • answers the question: what you are providing
  • Schdules are ideally broken down into milestones for later progress reporting
    • answers the question: when will you provide the deliverables
  • Budgets are ideally broken down into itemized costs
    • answers the question: how much does each item cost, comprising your total budget
• A good proposal is structured, concise, and informative
  • if your proposal is too long and/or unstructured, MNOs:
    • may not even read it,
    • may have trouble understanding it,
    • may simply vote no (or abstain from voting)
  • if your proposal lacks sufficient information, MNOs:
    • won't know what you are providing,
    • may feel it would be impossible to hold you accountable,
    • may simply vote no (or abstain from voting)

About Templates

• The templates provided here are just that, templates; customize sections in your project as you see fit
• Each main section of a template has (should have) both a Description and an Example subsection
  • These sections are included for reference in the template
    • The headings should be ommitted in your proposal
    • The content should be replaced by your own
• The process of creating a proposal using one of these templates is described below