Proposal Type: Community
Requested Budget: 2,710,000 SCR
Timeline: 6 Months
Lead Team: Scroll Foundation + Recruited Council Members
Summary
This proposal aims to establish the Community Council (CC) a dedicated group focused on supporting broad community growth and ensuring that community remains a core pillar of Scroll’s governance and ecosystem development. The CC will oversee and guide key community-driven programs, including Local Nodes, grassroots initiatives, and event grants, while maintaining alignment with Scroll’s goals and objectives.
In addition to managing and evolving the Local Nodes Framework, the CC will play a strategic role in shaping how the Scroll community grows, participates, and contributes from advising local leaders to foster new initiatives that drive meaningful ecosystem engagement.
Motivation
Since the rollout of the Local Nodes program, demand for a structured oversight and support mechanism has become increasingly clear. A number of proposals have surfaced, but decentralized evaluation, feedback loops, and ongoing advisory have remained limited and centralized.
The Community Council would enable:
- A clear point of contact for Local Node leaders,
- A distributed and accountable evaluation process,
- Long-term sustainability of the Local Nodes framework.
Additionally, a lightweight event grant process managed by the CC could allow for reactive community support in regions where Scroll’s presence is emerging without overburdening the core team or DAO processes.
Execution Plan
Council Size & Commitment
- Council size: 5 members
- 2 Scroll Foundation members (Gov / Community team)
- 1 Professional Community Builder
- 2 Delegates
- Time commitment: ~10 hours/week
- Term duration: 6 months
- Activation: Once 3 non-Foundation members are onboarded
Core Responsibilities
- Local Node Evaluation
- Review and vote on Regional Evaluations and Local Node proposals
- Share feedback publicly via forum comments
- Maintain tracking sheet of evaluations and status updates
- Active Node Oversight
- Review monthly reports from active nodes
- Maintain updated node KPI tracker (Karma, metrics, outcomes)
- Flag concerns, risks, or exceptional performance to the DAO
- Framework Maintenance
- Propose edits or improvements to the LN Framework and Expectations document
- Hold feedback sessions with Local Node leads
- Submit quarterly updates to DAO Forum summarizing changes or needs
- Community Support Grants Allocation (Optional Expansion)
- Pilot a simple community grant stream (max 50,000 SCR per event)
- Evaluate proposals with clear alignment to Scroll values
- Ensure geographic diversity and transparency
Governance, Voting & Budget
The CC would be able to use its budget to approve new community growth initiatives. After the first 6 months, the council will need to produce a charter that outlines its duties and relevant governance processes. This charter will be needed to request more budget or to extend its window of activity beyond the first 6 months if there is remaining budget.
To start, the multi-sig will be managed by the Foundation. The charter that will be created in these first 6 months will outline a future policy for the multi-sig.
Budget Request 
- Total: 2,600,000 SCR
- ~390,000 SCR allocated for operational costs (stipends, tools, reporting infra)
- ~1,920,000 SCR reserved for Local Node Operations
- ~400,000 SCR for Community Support Grants (optional)
Decision-Making
- Quorum: 3 out of 5 votes to approve
- High-stakes decisions (e.g., >50,000 SCR): 4/5 votes required
- Transparency:
- Monthly meeting notes posted within 3 business days
- Public tracker of evaluations, decisions, and active node statuses
- Grant approvals posted to forum within 48 hours
If any of the 2.17m SCR is needed for anything besides a growth initiative, then EGC members can put forth a proposal that would require a 4/5 vote and would need to clear a 3 business day veto window (if there is at least 25% voting against this non-growth spend in the veto, then it does not pass).
Passing this proposal is not a commitment to spend these funds no matter what. If this proposal does pass, that means the CC has up to these amounts to spend. Any funds not used will be returned to the DAO treasury.
Timeline
| Month | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 0 - 1 | Council recruited & approved |
| Council begins: reviews active nodes & pending proposals | |
| 2 - 3 | First feedback round + framework audit |
| Optional pilot of event grants | |
| 4–5 | Continued node advisory, 1:1 calls, monthly tracking |
| 6 | Final report + proposal for renewal/expansion |
Charter Expectations
Before renewal, the Community Council will deliver a charter outlining:
- Long-term scope (Local Nodes + Grants + more)
- Term limits and re-appointment process
- Budget escalation thresholds
- Integration with Foundation, DAO governance, and other Councils
- Future multi-sig signers and guidelines
Evaluation Criteria
Success for the Community Council in its first 6 months will be evaluated by:
Local Node evaluation turnaround time (≤10 days average)- % of active node reports reviewed + responded to
- Framework improvements proposed or implemented
- Public meeting notes shared consistently
- Event grants (if applicable): # of regions supported, feedback from recipients
- Community satisfaction survey or feedback snapshot
Conclusion
This proposal introduces a focused, lightweight Council that can take over key operational responsibilities around Local Nodes while experimenting with broader community support mechanisms. With clear responsibilities, and transparent processes, the Community Council can strengthen Scroll DAO’s community-driven infrastructure and prepare for more scalable governance going forward.