# \[Guide\] Marma J DAO Proposal Submission Guide

**URL:** <https://gov.near.org/t/guide-marma-j-dao-proposal-submission-guide/4489>\
**Category:** Creatives DAO\
**Tags:** marmaj-dao\
**Created:** [August 13, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/guide-marma-j-dao-proposal-submission-guide/4489 "2021-08-13T19:55:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/guide-marma-j-dao-proposal-submission-guide/4489/1 "2021-08-13T19:55:59Z")

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Hello and Welcome to the [Marma J DAO](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near) 🥰

The [marmaj community](https://t.me/marmajdao) is invited to submit payout proposals to the [Marma J DAO](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near). Please try to keep the funding amount, that is being requested, to less than or equal to 21.19 [$marmaj](https://app.ref.finance/#marmaj.tkn.near%7C6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f.factory.bridge.near) per proposal.

> payout proposals \> 21.19 $marmaj may take much longer to approve.

**How should a proposal be submitted:**

**1.** Posts a “New Topic” in the NEAR forums (please use the “marmaj-dao” tag), within the [Marma J Foundation Subcategory](http://gov.near.org/c/creatives/marmaj-foundation/83) category, outlining:

- What project you are requesting funds for. (This should be the title of the post)
- Your name, NEAR account, and the timeline you are requesting funding for.
- The address that will be the “target” of the payout proposal.
- Total Requested Funding Amount
- What tasks the funds are required for (Outlined with as much detail as possible. Please add external links where appropriate).
- Please provide a timeline and milestones for your project.
- How the completion of the tasks outlined supports the marmaj community.

> EXAMPLE: [[APPROVED] Marma J Foundation Sponsorship x NPA Canada](http://gov.near.org/t/approved-marma-j-foundation-sponsorship-x-npa-canada/3767)

**2.** The council of the [Marma J DAO](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near) will deliberate over your proposal by checking over the info submitted on the forum and leaving comments if necessary.

- If your forum post is adequate and thorough, the council may decide to APPROVE your proposal without any comments whatsoever, this is perfectly normal.
- If needed you can always edit the original forum post to add more information if required by a council member.
- only AFTER your proposal receives an “[APPROVED]” Status, you should start working on it.
- After you accomplish at least one of the approved milestones, post a comment with the appropriate links for the work. The council will review your work and leave a comment greenlighting you to make a DAO payout proposal. (Please do not move onto step 3 until your proposal gets the green light)

**3.** Go to the [Marma J DAO](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near), log in with your nearname and create a new proposal by clicking on the green “+”.

 ![DAO Astro](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/gov_near/original/2X/8/873501371ffcfbc203c2174facff279e8b6bc08c.jpeg)

- The "Proposer” name is automatically filled out as you have logged in with your nearname.
- For the “Description” field, add a short description of the proposal (adding the guild name and month of funding or project for example).
- Add the link to your [APPROVED] forum post as the external URL (“[example.com/putyourlinkhere](http://example.com/putyourlinkhere)”)
- Add the “Amount” which has been confirmed in your proposal and switch from NEAR to Marmaj.
- “Target” signifies the receiver of the tokens, therefore please add your nearname to the field.
- Click “PROPOSE” and submit the transaction! (0.19 NEAR will be needed for a bond to deter spam, this bond will be returned upon successful completion of the proposal, 0.25 NEAR is the gas fee, which is reserved for transactions).

**4.** Funds will be transferred from the marmaj.sputnik-dao.near contract to the address set in the “Target” field from step 3, once the council members of the [Marma J DAO](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/marmaj.sputnik-dao.near/groups/all) vote to approve your payout proposal.

- Please ensure to check back on your post to see if there are notes from a council member (email notifications can be enabled for the forum as well) to ensure there is the highest chance of success for your proposal to pass
- If your proposal fails, there will be a reason in the comments of your forum post. Please feel free to edit your post, taking the comments into consideration, and re-submit a payout proposal.

**Examples**  
Since all proposals to the Marma J Dao have the “proposals” tag, they can all be found [at this link.](http://gov.near.org/tags/c/creatives/marmaj-foundation/83/proposals)

> In order to receive $marmaj tokens from the DAO, you need to [register the marmaj token](https://www.loom.com/share/148a24ec11d6454da898786edb9a9e45)