# What Would Ideal Community-Led Governance for Octant Look Like?

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**Category:** Governance\
**Tags:** governance\
**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.octant.app/t/what-would-ideal-community-led-governance-for-octant-look-like/121 "2023-12-11T06:36:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![thedevanshmehta](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/discuss.octant.app/thedevanshmehta/32/137_2.png) [@thedevanshmehta](https://discuss.octant.app/u/thedevanshmehta)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.octant.app/t/what-would-ideal-community-led-governance-for-octant-look-like/121/22 "2023-12-20T19:17:55Z")

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> [@james](#):
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> And something like this could be possible but we need to think about how that would work in practice. Because users need to take a decision (donate or claim) with current setup. Maybe we could add a “save” option as well?

I was thinking more along the lines of voice credits given against their donated amount, which can be spent at a future date for governance/mini-rounds they want to see. As opposed to competing with donations from locked glm, governance credits are a reward for choosing to donate rather than claiming rewards for yourself.

> [@james](#):
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> Devansh, can I ask how this works in practice? Are individuals compensated retroactively? Wondering what has been an effective motivator for this model given there must be friction towards those taking action if they are unsure if they will be rewarded.

Yes I have seen 2 models applied in Arbitrum for driving campaigns.

In one, a proposal keeps ~$16000-20,000 for the person who drafted it (outcome based, retroactive funding contingent on successful passage of a proposal).

 ![Screenshot 2023-12-21 at 12.37.38 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/octant/original/1X/77a44d5df45a960983681089ca4d8f1561afed26.jpeg)

The other structure is the one I operate under at the [Treasury and Sustainability WG](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrum-treasury-and-sustainability-working-group/18978), where I get paid ~$100 per hour and allocate 20 hours a week to driving the campaign for Arbitrum to diversify its treasury, utilize sequencer revenue, mitigate price impact from ARB liquidations and convert its grants into investments.

I personally far prefer the fixed pay structure - it allows me to draft [neutral frameworks](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/proposal-arbitrum-stable-treasury-endowment-program/20139) that I think are interesting for the DAO to consider, without giving me a vested financial interest in making sure it gets passed.

I would also argue that fixed pay allows for more creative work as its de-linked from a particular short term outcome

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