# Ratifying Our Constitutional Documents: Upcoming Proposals Dec 2025

**URL:** <https://gov.near.org/t/ratifying-our-constitutional-documents-upcoming-proposals-dec-2025/41808>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Tags:** proposals\
**Created:** [November 26, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/ratifying-our-constitutional-documents-upcoming-proposals-dec-2025/41808 "2025-11-26T17:18:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![lane](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/lane/32/53705_2.png) [@lane](https://gov.near.org/u/lane)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/ratifying-our-constitutional-documents-upcoming-proposals-dec-2025/41808/8 "2025-11-28T02:11:11Z")

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> [@AK\_HoG](#):
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> > **Is the Screening Committee going to vote?**
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> 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](https://nearblocks.io/txns/AWWwdjmz9nwWYs8J6Z9JdrgryxCskLZPayiwZpabcocw) and you can view the full list in this thread: [Screening Committee Transparency Thread](https://gov.near.org/t/screening-committee-transparency-thread/41710).

> [@lane](#):
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> > [@Tane](#):
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> > 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?)
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> “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](#):
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> > 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?)
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> 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

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