Summer Improvement Proposals (SIPs)

Governance SIP Templates
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Overview

The Summer Improvement Proposal (SIP) framework is the formal process through which the Summer Community can propose, discuss, and vote on changes and improvements to the protocol. SIPs ensure that decisions are made transparently and democratically, allowing the community to guide the protocol’s future.

What is a SIP?

A Summer Improvement Proposal (SIP) is a structured proposal document outlining suggested changes, enhancements, or new features for the protocol. SIPs are community-driven and open to any member who wants to contribute to the protocol’s evolution. Each SIP follows a formal process, including community discussion, review, and voting stages.

Objectives of the SIP Process

The SIP process aims to:

  1. Foster Transparency: Provide clear documentation for proposed changes, open to all community members.

  2. Encourage Community Participation: Enable token holders to contribute their insights and vote on important decisions.

  3. Ensure Effective Decision-Making: Standardize the proposal process, so only thoroughly considered proposals are implemented.

  4. Promote Protocol Integrity: Allow only well-defined proposals that meet the necessary requirements to be executed, maintaining protocol security and reliability.

SIP Lifecycle

  1. Idea Submission: Community members post initial ideas in the Summer Forum for feedback.

  2. SIP Submission: The proposal is submitted as an official SIP for an on-chain vote.

  3. On-Chain Voting and Execution: Proposals that meet the quorum and pass with majority support are queued for execution.

The DAO will be able to later modify this lifecycle as needed.

SIP Guidelines

Please keep proposals focused on a narrow set of changes, and try not to suggest multiple scenarios or actions simultaneously. If you’re unable to distill your idea down into a focused and organized proposal, share it first in the ideas subcategory.

Proposals that require onchain actions to be performed may proceed to becoming formalized Lazy Summer Improvement Proposals and ultimately voted upon by the Lazy Summer Community. For more information regarding the entire governance process, please read our Governance Overview thread.

**Title:** [Enter Proposal Title]
**Author(s):** [Enter Name(s) of Associated Authors]
**Related Discussions:** [Paste Link Here]
**Submission Date:** [Enter Date]

**Summary**: A brief summarization of your proposal
**Overview**: Paragraph(s) that explains your proposal in detail. You should try to be as informative and specific as possible in this section.
**Motivation**: Explanation of the motivation behind your proposal. Highlight key points on how the proposal will improve the protocol and benefit the community.
**Specification**: Present the implementation of the proposal and specify the exact changes you are proposing. If you are proposing a change to protocol smart contracts, present code here.
**Voting**: Define what a “Yes” and “No” vote entails. If there are any Snapshot votes or forum polls associated with this proposal, please attach them.
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