The Role of the Special Council of House of Wizards Foundation (the “Foundation”) (such Special Council of the Foundation, the “Special Council”)
The Special Council plays a supporting and coordinating role for work contributed by the House of Wizards network’s decentralized community of users and holders of the HOW Tokens (as defined below) ( the “Community” or the “Cult Members”). The Foundation is a Cayman Islands Foundation Company established for the benefit of the Community. However, it is the Community’s responsibility to develop the ecosystem (the "Network") and make proposals to guide the long-term strategy of the Foundation.
"HOW Tokens" means the Forgotten Runes non-fungible tokens represented by the following smart contract addresses:
Special Council Members (as defined below) are encouraged to advocate for the interests of the stakeholder groups they represent as well as the welfare of the Network, the Community and all other stakeholders that are impacted by the Foundation’s mission.
“Special Council Members” means those nine (9) persons who hold at least one (1) HOW Token in the warrior, wizard, pony, soul or beast collections, appointed by a plurality vote of Voting Cult Members (as defined below), pursuant to and evidenced by the CIP Process (as defined below), with the Initial Council (as defined in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Foundation dated November 2023 (the “Foundation Articles”) in the first instance, appointed by:
each serving until a Special Council Member either resigns or gets voted out via a Proposal (as defined below).
e. Special Council Members should act in the best interest of the Community, however, they are not fiduciaries for the Community. This Charter constitutes the "Bylaws" for the purposes of the Foundation Articles.
Relationship Between the Special Council and the Foundation Representatives
CIP Process
or such number of HOW Tokens as is updated from time to time to reflect any changes as voted on by the Voting Cult Members or the Special Council in accordance with these Bylaws,
b. "Majority Vote" means the following (as amended from time to time by the Voting Cult Members or the Special Council in accordance with these Bylaws):
in accordance with the voting requirements set out in Section 12 of these Bylaws.
c. Cult Members who hold one or more HOW Tokens in the warrior, wizard, pony, soul or beast collections (such holders of those HOW Tokens, the "Voting Cult Members") may advance and vote on Community improvement proposals, including either multidisciplinary projects that benefit the Community or process and/or governance of the Foundation (“CIPs”) relating to the Network (the “CIP Process”), excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, SCPs (as defined below) and subject to any additional governance review processes adopted by the Community and subject to any additional governance review processes adopted by the Community (“Governance Review Processes”). The CIP Process is incorporated by reference into this Charter.
d. There are multiple steps in the life cycle of submitting a CIP:
e. All such CIPs, comments, requests, or other related forms of participation in governance are purely advisory and non-binding upon the Special Council, Foundation, Director(s), Supervisor or Cult Members, unless and only to the extent: (i) the CIP receives the relevant Majority Vote; (ii) the CIP has satisfied all required governance procedures, formalities, including the CIP Requirements (as defined below) for a final Voting Cult Member-approved CIP as set forth in this Charter; (iii) the DAO Quorum Requirement is met; and (iv) the formal CIP is published on the Governance Forum.
f. Until such time as a Governance Forum is formally adopted by the Community, the initial Governance Forum shall be Discord. The CIP Process is in place to ensure CIPs are well thought out, include necessary details regarding the scope of the project, and are in the best interest of the Community and the Network. For any CIP to advance from the Governance Forum to the Voting Cult Member voting stage, it must include the following details (the “CIP Requirements”):
Title: a descriptive title that effectively summarizes the request;
Team: author (the project lead) and team information including why the team considers itself a good fit for the project;
Summary: summary of the project;
Objective: goals and rationale, specifically:
(A) what the goals of the project are and how it benefits the Community:
(B) details of the anticipated success of the project;
Specification and Implementation: specifications, specifically a detailed breakdown of the project or process, timeline, and steps to implement the proposal including resources required; and
Cost: total cost and payment schedule (if applicable) denominated in ETH or USDC.
The CIP author can add additional fields or details to the CIP Requirements if necessary to fully communicate the intentions, specifics, and implications of the CIP;
g. CIPs may be withdrawn and exit the CIP Process in any of the following manners:
h. CIPs that do not make it through the CIP Process may be resubmitted and should include:
j. CIPs can be published for voting by the Voting Cult Members:
on a monthly basis in respect of any large projects or governance matters; and
on a quarterly basis for any more strategic items including how much Ministries (as defined below) get funded per quarter.
Authority of the Special Council
Pursuant to CIPs, perform protocol improvements and adjustments to economic parameters with respect to HOW Token; provided that, in the instance of an Emergency Meeting as described in Section 11(h) below, the Special Council may perform protocol improvements and adjustments to economic parameters with respect to HOW Token pursuant to a majority vote of Special Council Members.
Coordinate certain emergency protocol operations on behalf of the Community or the Foundation, including but not limited to, forks and responding to imminent security threat to the Network, the Foundation and the Community.
Fund transactions by the Foundation (“Transactions”) from the Treasury, including, but not limited to, grants to support Community development, commercial agreements and employment contracts.
Make changes to this Charter and the Foundation Articles if the Special Council believes such changes would improve the Special Council’s ability to fulfil its obligations under the Foundation Articles, this Charter or applicable laws (the “Amendment Authority”). Special Council Members agree in good faith to exercise such Amendment Authority pursuant to an SCP unless such Amendment Authority must be exercised at an Emergency Meeting as described in Section 11(h) below.
Adopt or amend official Network-level policies, codes of conduct, community guidelines, terms and conditions, or official governance procedures.
Have a general oversight over the Foundation and review budgets and financial statements and reports for the Foundation.
Change the DAO Quorum Requirement or Majority Vote.
Nominate for appointment by the Directors, any company, firm or person or body of persons to be the attorney or attorneys or duly authorised signatory or signatories of the Foundation for the purpose of executing any documents, deeds, instruments and/or agreements on behalf of the Foundation where the maximum value of such matters to be transacted under the relevant document, deed, instrument and/or agreement does not exceed US$10,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(A) the attorney or duly authorised signatory may not enter into any indemnification agreements or any debt agreements on behalf of the Foundation; and
(B) the Special Council shall procure that any attorney or duly authorised signatory so appointed shall provide the Directors with copies of any and all documents they sign in their capacity as attorney or duly authorised signatory of the Foundation.
b. The Special Council may engage in such activities outside of the SCP Process at its discretion pursuant to Sections 5, 11 and 12 herein, so long as such activities do not contradict the terms set forth in any CIP approved by Voting Cult Members, this Charter, or the Foundation Articles; provided that, any such activities:
undertaken pursuant to Section 4(a)(viii); or
which would result in:
(A) the expenditure of more than USD$6,000 from the Treasury on an annual basis; or
(B) the transfer, sale, or incursion of debt or any lien(s) on: (x) substantially all of the Foundation’s assets, of more than USD$6,000 from the Treasury on an annual basis; and/or (y) the intellectual property of the Foundation;
must be proposed pursuant to an SCP and be carried out pursuant to the SCP Process (as defined below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, where such activities relate to the corporate governance and maintenance of the Foundation as required by any Applicable Law, the Special Council may engage in such activities outside of the SCP Process and incur expenditure above the amounts set out in 4(b)(ii)(A) and (B) above.
c. Each Special Council Member carries equal authority. Special Council Members may delegate their individual or collective authority and may assign responsibilities and duties to other Community participants, including sub-committees, working groups, Ministries and service providers (the “Governance Delegate”) to advise and support the Foundation in the growth, development, and integrity of the Network, as determined and approved by the Special Council from time to time, subject to the voting requirements as described in Section 12 below.
d. The Special Council may only carry out the following actions upon unanimous consensus of all of the Special Council members pursuant to the SCP Process:
e. Any Director may, from time to time, request that the Special Council provide information on all or any activities conducted by the Special Council.
Actions of the Special Council and SCP Process
Governing Principles
Responsibilities
As part of their service to the Community, each Special Council Member will (in addition to the responsibilities set out here https://forgottencouncil.notion.site/The-Forgotten-Council-ca61b73b56d5479fb3375a88aaf95f68):
This Charter is subject to the provisions set forth in other sources of authority binding on the Foundation. In the event of any conflict between this Charter and such authority enumerated herein, such authority shall supersede this Charter and be controlling in the following order: (i) Cayman Islands law, and (ii) the Foundation Articles.