Ratifying Our Constitutional Documents: Upcoming Proposals Dec 2025

[lane]

@AK_HoG

Is the Screening Committee going to vote?

According to our Constitution draft, the Screening Committee will review proposals, make decisions, and publish the rationale. There is no on-chain vote at this stage.

One more quick clarification: there’s no screening committee “voting” at this stage, as I pointed out above, but screening committee approvals (i.e., approving a draft proposal for voting) are an on chain action. Here’s a recent example: https://nearblocks.io/txns/AWWwdjmz9nwWYs8J6Z9JdrgryxCskLZPayiwZpabcocw and you can view the full list in this thread: Screening Committee Transparency Thread.

@lane

@Tane

Which proposals are considered in “temperature check”? (To be honest, “sensing” and “temperature check” mean pretty much the same thing. What’s the purpose of “sensing” proposal again?)

“Temperature check” is a more informal process that happens here on the forum: post a proposal and entertain feedback. “Sensing proposal” is a more formal mechanism where (following the temperature check period) all delegates can vote on a proposal, but the outcome of the vote is non-binding.

@AK_HoG

Which proposals are considered in “temperature check”? (To be honest, “sensing” and “temperature check” mean pretty much the same thing. What’s the purpose of “sensing” proposal again?)

Point taken, the terminology needs clarity.

We’re not all using these terms the same way. Had a quick conversation with @KlausBrave and @AK_HoG and we agreed to phase out the term “temperature check” since it’s vague, and instead:

We call the Forum Post: Feedback Period (not Temperature Check)
We call the Sensing Proposal: Sensing Proposal (not Temperature Check)

Let’s make sure the docs all reflect this.

L