The ENS DAO opened a temp-check proposal Friday that would shift treasury control, grants administration and long-term capital strategy to an expanded ENS Foundation. Tokenholders would keep protocol-layer authority and the power to remove directors.
Katherine Wu, an ENS Foundation board member posting as katherine.eth, published the Temp Check: Next Era of ENS DAO on the ENS governance forum on Friday. The motion proposes a five-seat Foundation board, including a full-time Executive Director, and would delegate management of the DAO's operational wallet, its ENS-token holdings and the Endowment to Foundation governance.
The Foundation would also absorb the Service Provider Program once SPP3 winds down, the Grants program, and ICANN, IETF and W3C engagement. Protocol upgrades, ENS pricing, root-key control and director appointment and removal would remain on-chain with tokenholders.
The proposed five-seat Foundation board pairs ENS founder Nick Johnson with the Foundation's Executive Director and three independent directors compensated at 40,000 USDC per year. The inaugural slate names Alexander Urbelis, ENS Labs' general counsel and chief information security officer, as Executive Director. Independent seats go to A.Capital Ventures partner Kartik Talwar, Prelude co-founder Brett Sun and Aragon CEO Anthony Leutenegger.
