# Strengthening the Governance Flow: from RFC to SIP to Onchain
**URL:** https://forum.summer.fi/t/strengthening-the-governance-flow-from-rfc-to-sip-to-onchain/410
**Category:** Feeback
**Tags:** governance, process
**Created:** [October 14, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.summer.fi/t/strengthening-the-governance-flow-from-rfc-to-sip-to-onchain/410 "2025-10-14T15:09:25Z")
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### Author:  [@jensei](https://forum.summer.fi/u/jensei)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.summer.fi/t/strengthening-the-governance-flow-from-rfc-to-sip-to-onchain/410/1 "2025-10-14T15:09:25Z")
Hey everyone, so I have been spending some time lately reviewing past and current **[Summer Improvement Proposals (SIPs)](https://summerfi.notion.site/dao-calendar)**, and noticed a recurring pattern worth discussing.
It seems we have a handful of **SIPs that never made it onchain** , some likely got lost in the pipeline, others may not have gathered enough community traction, or in certain cases, the underlying opportunity simply **expired or became less relevant** by the time technical review was complete.
After looking through the process, I realized many of these were submitted directly as **SIP** s, skipping the **RFC** (Request for Comment) phase.
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### Strengthen the Governance Flow
I would like to double-down on [**Lazy Summer DAO process**](https://forum.summer.fi/t/lazy-summer-dao-governance-guidelines/258) suggesting that all new strategy or vault proposals first come as **RFCs** , not directly as **SIP** s.
**The idea is to:**
- Give the community and [@Recognized\_Delegates](https://forum.summer.fi/groups/recognized_delegates) more space to discuss intent, fit, and timing.
- Gauge interest and signal early via **[optional polls](https://forum.summer.fi/t/forum-polls-for-proposal-support-signaling/291)**.
- Only move to **SIP** once there’s visible alignment and readiness to focus on **technical implementation and review**.
I believe this wouldn’t make the process more bureaucratic, quite the opposite. It should make it **more efficient** , with fewer proposals getting stuck midway and a clearer path from idea to governance to onchain deployment.
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### Empowering Contributors
Also, while the **SummerFi Development team** drives much of the implementation today, I would love to see the **broader Lazy Summer community** feel more empowered to bring new deployments forward, especially devs and those with technical or DeFi integrations background.
Maybe we could even explore **DAO bounties** for high-quality community-built strategy integrations or research contributions; upon a review.
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### Open Questions
**Would love to hear from:**
- [@Recognized\_Delegates](https://forum.summer.fi/groups/recognized_delegates), how do you view this RFC-first approach?
- Developers & contributors (@andrei, @halaprix, @0xtucks, & others), what could make the handoff from RFC to SIP to onchain to production smoother?
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With a growing user base and the Lazy Summer Protocol community, lets make the most out of the Summer!
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### Author:  [@FBrinkkemper](https://forum.summer.fi/u/FBrinkkemper)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.summer.fi/t/strengthening-the-governance-flow-from-rfc-to-sip-to-onchain/410/2 "2025-10-16T12:13:43Z")
Based on the calendar I don’t really see the problem you are describing. Can you share how we can see which are still hanging at the moment?
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### Author:  [@jensei](https://forum.summer.fi/u/jensei)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.summer.fi/t/strengthening-the-governance-flow-from-rfc-to-sip-to-onchain/410/3 "2025-10-21T13:32:25Z")
[@Recognized\_Delegates](https://forum.summer.fi/groups/recognized_delegates)
[**DAO Calendar**](https://summerfi.notion.site/dao-calendar) → Timeline view = Overview of RFC/SIP/TALLY and their status → updated according to the forum posts.
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> The following did not seem to begin with an RFC post → did not make it onchain (Tally).
1. [[SIP2.20] Add sUSDe Strategy to USDC Mainnet – Lower & Higher Risk Vaults](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-19-add-susde-strategy-to-usdc-mainnet-lower-higher-risk-vaults/307)
2. [[SIP2.22] Onboard Gauntlet USD Alpha to the USDC Base – Lower Risk Vault](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-21-onboard-gauntlet-usd-alpha-to-the-usdc-base-lower-risk-vault/311)
3. [[SIP2.28] Onboard Gearbox USDC curated by Tulipa Capital – Higher Risk Vault](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-28-onboard-gearbox-usdc-curated-by-tulipa-capital-higher-risk-vault/340)
4. [[SIP2.29]: Onboard Gearbox cp0xLRT Pool - ETH Higher Risk Vault](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-29-onboard-gearbox-cp0xlrt-pool-eth-higher-risk-vault/344)
5. [[SIP2.31] Add Euler Earn Strategy to USDC Mainnet – Higher Risk Vault](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-31-add-euler-earn-strategy-to-usdc-mainnet-higher-risk-vault/396)
6. [[SIP2.32] Add Morpho Strategy to USDC Arbitrum – Lower Risk Vault](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-32-add-morpho-strategy-to-usdc-arbitrum-lower-risk-vault/395)
7. [[SIP2.33] Add Morpho Strategy to USDC Mainnet - Lower Risk Vault](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-33-add-morpho-strategy-to-usdc-mainnet-lower-risk-vault/408)
8. [[SIP2.34] Add stUSDS to USDC Mainnet – Higher Risk Vault (Expedited)](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-34-add-stusds-to-usdc-mainnet-higher-risk-vault-expedited/411)
9. [SIP2.35: Add Gearbox WETH Pool curated by KPK to Lazy Summer ETH Lower-Risk Vault](https://forum.summer.fi/t/sip2-35-add-gearbox-weth-pool-curated-by-kpk-to-lazy-summer-eth-lower-risk-vault/418)