# Evidence-0003: Retention at Rank 2

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| **Report Date** | 2024/09/20      |
| **Submitted by**| Alain Brenzikofer |


## Member details

- Matrix username: `@brenzi:matrix.org`
- Polkadot address: `12brenJreRTd6XsBMo3Ptu5VMUUycC53ipDxUy9Mvb4L1s1q`
- Current rank: 2 ([promotion](https://collectives.subsquare.io/fellowship/referenda/139) executed on July 12th)
- Date of initial induction: 2023/09/22 (induction for salary: 2024/02/22)
- Date of last report: 2024/05/13
- Area(s) of Expertise/Interest: Encointer systemchain (code owner), Polkadot governance


## Reporting period

- Start date: 2024/05/14
- End date: 2024/09/20


## Evidence

Since my [last evaluation submission](./0002-2024-05-evidence.md), I have focused on advancing Encointer's democracy 
experiments while also contributing to the maintenance of the Encointer runtime. A highlight of my work is [PR#456](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/pull/456) 
which introduces one-person-one-vote (1p1v) experiments on the Encointer Network. This is a pioneering initiative 
within the Polkadot ecosystem and holds potential for influencing alternative governance models, such as sub-treasury 
management or petition systems on Kusama and Polkadot. I’m eager to see how this will unfold.

While this achievement was a team effort, my role centered on providing conceptual leadership and specification. 
I led the implementation of key features, enabling communities to allocate treasury funds using 1p1v democracy and 
to support petitions. Additionally, I developed testing environments using agent-based e2e simulations on a local testnet 
to validate the new democratic processes.

Beyond my contributions to Encointer, I remained an active member of the community. I spoke at Decoded 2024 and 
participated in the in-person fellowship meeting in Brussels.

## Voting record

|  Ranks | Activity thresholds | Agreement thresholds | Member's voting activities                                | Comments |
|---|---|---|-----------------------------------------------------------|---|
|I  |90%   |N/A   | 2 eligible referenda: #117 #150 which missed my attention |  |
|II |80%   |N/A   | No eligible referenda since my promotion to rank II       |  |
|III|70%   |100%  |                                                           |  |
|IV |60%   |90%   |                                                           |  |
|V  |50%   |80%   |                                                           |  |
|VI |40%   |70%   |                                                           |  |

I'll take care to improve my voting/monitoring activity in the future.
While still at rank I, I was under the wrong impression that rank I had nothing to vote on anyway and didn't monitor referenda closely.
I do appreciate the new subsquare feature which directly shows me the referenda I should vote on. No more excuses now.

## Misc

- [ ] Question(s): 

- [ ] Concern(s): 

- [X] Comment(s):
  - I do not take a salary from Encointer Association. Therefore, no treasury grants that went to Encointer went into my efforts listed above. 
  - I'm de-facto code owner of a systemchain (Encointer) since way before its first block. My dedication to Encointer and its runtime will be unaffected by whatever rank the fellowship grants me.