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title: "Governance WG · Ratify the Working Group Framework & WG Charters"
url: "https://radix.wiki/ideas/dao-working-group-framework"
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updated: 2026-08-19
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# Governance WG · Ratify the Working Group Framework & WG Charters

| Status | 🔴 Discussion |
| --- | --- |
| Working Group | Governance WG |
| Category | ⚖️ Governance |
| Governance Phase | Phase 1 – ratified by GP-PRE-1; thresholds bind from the Activation Date |
| Champion | Daffy · Phil Gibson |
| Latest | 16 Aug 2026 – in the GP-PRE-1 ratified set; §7 parameters settled |
| Origin | [Working-Groups/ (Phase 2)](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-dao-governance-framework-reference-repo/2268) · [Strategic Council RFC](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-radix-strategic-council/2266) |

Working Groups are the DAO's execution layer — token holders decide, Working Groups coordinate, Treasury Signers execute, and the RAC ensures the rules were followed. Candidate areas span Legal, Treasury, Network Operations, Development, Product, Marketing, Business Development and Community, which is the stratification this board uses. [Daffy](/community/daffy) proposed a coordinating _Strategic Coordination Working Group_ rather than a controlling council; Leonets proposed folding Marketing and Partnerships into a single Business Development WG.

## What changed: the framework is ratified up front, not activated later

This card was written when the framework was a Phase 2 document — adopted separately, once activity triggered it. The [operative governance repository](https://github.com/Shadaffy/radix-dao-governance) does not work that way. The [Working Group Framework](https://github.com/Shadaffy/radix-dao-governance/blob/master/pending/governance/working-group-framework.md) is one of the twenty-one documents [GP-PRE-1 ratifies in one Constitutional vote](/ideas/dao-adopt-phase1-governance-docs), so it is in force the moment ratification passes. There is no second ratification to wait for.

What is deferred is narrower, and in two pieces. The **groups** are still established one at a time, each with its own charter and elected Steward. And the framework's **procurement thresholds** take effect only on the Activation Date — at which point, per [DAO Parameters Registry §7](https://github.com/Shadaffy/radix-dao-governance/blob/master/pending/parameters/dao-parameters-registry.md), they bind _any body with treasury-spending authority_ rather than Working Groups alone: a WG spending inside its budget, and equally the Permanent RAC where it engages a provider because no relevant WG exists. The Transition RAC is expressly not bound by them while selecting contributors under its formation mandate.

## The settled parameters (§7)

- **1–3 Stewards** per Working Group, on **6-month** terms, reporting progress and spend **monthly**.
- An engagement worth **$2,500 USDC** or more requires a formal RFP — measured per provider per rolling 12 months, aggregating affiliates, so a single engagement cannot be split into smaller direct awards to stay under it.
- At **$10,000 USDC** or more an independent review panel must evaluate the submissions: at least three members, none of them Stewards of the commissioning group, or two where the RAC is itself the engaging body — set at two because no RAC decision may be taken with fewer than three non-recused members, and a larger panel would deadlock the body at minimum strength.
- A provider may be renewed **twice consecutively** before competition becomes mandatory, no single renewal running past **12 months**, with cumulative price increases capped at **10%** measured against the original award rather than the preceding renewal, so successive rises cannot compound past the cap.
- An award may be challenged for **7 days** and the challenge determined within **10 business days**; a continuity-critical service may run on an unchanged **60-day** bridge while it is re-competed, extendable once by 30 days and never renewed.

## Deliverables

- Adopt the Working Group Framework. Ratified as part of GP-PRE-1; no separate adoption vote.
- Ratify an initial charter per WG and elect its Steward — the outstanding work, and the gate on every other card's owner.
- Reconcile with Phil Gibson's [Strategic Council](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-radix-strategic-council/2266) six functional areas (Legal, Community, Innovation, Marketing, Partnerships, Product).
- Confirm how the RAC's interim RFP authority lapses as each WG activates. RFC Round 2 added Transition Framework §5.4 for exactly this: the RAC may issue RFPs and manage engagements within approved budgets during the interim, subject to a 14-day open RFP period and a 7-day acknowledgement, and the authority [lapses automatically when the relevant WG becomes operational](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-dao-documents-round-2-proposal-voting-and-transition-framework/2273).

## Dependencies & cross-references

- Ratified inside [the Phase 1 governance document set](/ideas/dao-adopt-phase1-governance-docs); figures held in [the Parameters Registry](/ideas/dao-parameters-registry).
- Determines the owners of every other card on this board.
- Interim authority and its lapse are defined against [the Permanent RAC](/ideas/dao-elect-permanent-rac).
- Spending runs through [the treasury signers](/ideas/dao-treasury-multisig-signers) and [the operating budgets](/ideas/dao-operating-budgets).

## Sources

- [Operative repo – pending/README.md (the ratified set)](https://github.com/Shadaffy/radix-dao-governance/blob/master/pending/README.md)
- [DAO Parameters Registry §7 – Working Group Parameters](https://github.com/Shadaffy/radix-dao-governance/blob/master/pending/parameters/dao-parameters-registry.md)
- [RFC: Radix Strategic Council](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-radix-strategic-council/2266)
- [Governance Framework Reference Repo (Working-Groups/)](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-dao-governance-framework-reference-repo/2268)