Congratulations to all Cohort V delegates, and a special shout-out to our former member Flez, who has just been selected as a Guardian (DV-light), a valuable new addition to the DV programme.

We’re thrilled to be part of the fifth cohort of the Decentralized Voices programme! A big thank you to @web3foundation.bsky.social, Bill Laboon (VP of Ecosystem), & @0xzendetta.bsky.social (Governance Coordinator) for their continued trust, and to the broader community for recognizing our efforts.

📢 Permanence DAO July’25 OpenGov Report 🗳
⭕️ Polkadot:
🗳 61 referenda voted on | 318 off-chain votes
🤖 25 auto-voted | 🛠 36 member-voted
📈 88% avg. member participation (−3% vs. June)
💬 83% feedback rate (−3% vs. June) | 302 comments

📢 Permanence DAO June’25 OpenGov Report 🗳

⭕️ Polkadot:
🗳 49 referenda voted on | 292 off-chain votes
🤖 17 auto-voted | 🛠 32 member-voted
📈 91% avg. member participation (−2% vs. May)
💬 86% feedback rate (−3% vs. May) | 278 comments

While we support client diversity on Polkadot, some members pointed out that several deliverables from the previous proposal are still incomplete. After reviewing this, we’re switching to Nay because the 60% quorum of the Big Spender proposal was not met.

📢 Permanence DAO May’25 OpenGov Report 🗳

⭕️ Polkadot:
🗳 45 referenda voted on | 289 off-chain votes
🤖 14 auto-voted | 🛠 31 member-voted
📈 93% avg. member participation (+3% vs. April)
💬 89% feedback rate (+4% vs. April) | 277 pieces of feedback

Permanence DAO voted AYE on Polkadot Referendum #1518. Check out our reasoning and internal voting here 👇
voting.opensquare.io/space/perman...

🎥 Permanence DAO Weekly Call #8

In the second excerpt from our interview with Max Rebol of Harbour Industrial Capital, he suggests establishing term limits for DVs. Max supports his argument with a striking example from recent history. 👇

Stay tuned for the full interview later this week!

(3/4) Builder Success Program focuses on:

✅ Proactive relationship management
✅ Clear ecosystem navigation & funding access
✅ Stronger business & community integration

🔄 Retaining builders is cheaper than attracting new ones—let’s make Polkadot a place they want to stay!

(2/4) Key findings:

🔹 Builders face hurdles in funding, operations & ecosystem navigation
🔹 Some teams join Polkadot and others leave
🔹 A better onboarding & retention strategy is needed to support long-term growth

💡 The Builder Success Program is proposed to reduce churn in the ecosystem.

🎥 Permanence DAO Weekly Call #8

What are the 3️⃣ things Max Rebol from Harbour Industrial Capital loves about #Polkadot? Check out this short teaser from our interview with him 👇

The full interview will be available later this week with more insights into the ecosystem & investment outlook!

🎥 Permanence DAO Weekly Call #7

We spoke with Charles from KwickBit, a non-custodial payment gateway for e-commerce

Backed by a W3F DF grant, KwickBit is exploring KYT solutions for compliance but finds existing options costly. They’re looking to be included in future KYT proposals for Polkadot

📢 Permanence DAO Feb’25 OpenGov Report 🗳

Permanence DAO just hit record participation last month!

📈 90% avg. member participation (+7% vs. Jan)
💬 79% feedback rate (+10% vs. Jan)
🗳 36 referenda voted on | 190 off-chain votes
🤖 15 auto-voted | 🛠 21 member-voted

On-chain governance in action! 🔥

4⃣ 🔗 Why a DAO for Governance?

Utilizing a DAO structure helps ensure transparent, fair, and decentralized decision-making, while leveraging diverse expertise from different areas—all aimed at the growth of Polkadot.