# DAOstar Delegate Thread (rev)

**URL:** <https://gov.rootstockcollective.xyz/t/daostar-delegate-thread-rev/711>\
**Category:** Delegate Platforms\
**Created:** [January 16, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://gov.rootstockcollective.xyz/t/daostar-delegate-thread-rev/711 "2026-01-16T01:04:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://gov.rootstockcollective.xyz/t/daostar-delegate-thread-rev/711/18 "2026-03-17T21:30:48Z")

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Proposal: [[2603 Grant Proposal] Rootstock Buildathon Track and Sponsorship at Ipê Village 2026](https://app.rootstockcollective.xyz/proposals/110843409960046938647091231334476875289160914731698266721645722699330806092325)

Voted: Against

Rational: We voted against this proposal for two main reasons which fall into financial and strategic concerns for this grant proposal: 1) Our main concern remains focused on the strategic vacuum of isolated sponsorships. We still believe that we must prioritize a unified strategic framework that allows us to benchmark these opportunities against one another before committing further funds. As we noted in [our Forum comments](https://gov.rootstockcollective.xyz/t/2603-grant-proposal-rootstock-buildathon-track-and-sponsorship-at-ipe-village-2026/753/29), this proposal reinforces the need to have an understanding of what are the Collective + Labs goals are, and how events align to these goals. Currently, without this understanding and alignment, then delegates are just voting in a vacuum on grants without an understanding of our end goals. And 2) Our view is simply one of focused prioritization (and especially in this current lean bear market), we believe every possible dollar _should be skewed toward the developers building the actual protocol utility_, rather than events sponsorship, which are hard to measure long term ROI. We believe that the Collective needs to focus on grants that provide long-term growth (and longivity) for the protocol, and events sponsorship (and participation in) while are great for branding and awareness, it’s not a direct-funnel lead generator for revenue.

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