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Governance, Legal & PeopleSimulated project

Governance Coordinator portfolio brief

A simulated governance, legal & people exercise for Governance Coordinator. Treat it as realistic practice, not real client or protocol work.

Objective

Map one protocol's governance process

Expected deliverables

Proposal templateGovernance calendarMeeting summaryVoting guideExecution trackerProcess retrospective

Recommended workflow

  1. Map one protocol's governance process
  2. Write a proposal and execution checklist
  3. Review a past vote and identify operational failure points
  4. Review the result against the rubric, then package it as a case study.

Constraints and safety

  • Use only public sources or clearly simulated data.
  • Never include seed phrases, private keys, or wallet secrets.
  • Redact private user, company, security, legal, or compensation information.
  • State every assumption you make.

Tools in practice

Governance forums
Publish or track proposals, voting windows, delegate discussion, quorum, and execution status while preserving the official record.
Snapshot or chain voting tools
Publish or track proposals, voting windows, delegate discussion, quorum, and execution status while preserving the official record.
Notion
Draft, review, and maintain proposal template and governance calendar, with owners, source links, and change history.
Discord
Coordinate proposal discussion, deadlines, delegate communication, and escalation without replacing the formal voting system.
block explorers
Verify transactions, contract addresses, events, token movements, deployment state, and incident claims against chain data.
budget and tracking tools
Track proposal budgets, milestones, responsible owners, voting status, and post-vote execution.

What a strong submission shows

  • A governance process map
  • An improved proposal template
  • A vote-to-execution tracker
  • A neutral governance summary

Weak submission patterns

  • Posting proposal links without process analysis
  • Treating high turnout as proof of good governance
  • Advocacy disguised as neutral coordination

Review rubric

  • Accuracy of claims and sources
  • Relevance to the target role
  • Decision quality and trade-offs
  • Completeness of the deliverable
  • Clarity of communication
  • Honest limitations and next steps

Present it as a case study

  • Explain the problem, sources, decisions, ownership, constraints, output, review, and what you would change.
  • Show the final artifact before the process notes.
  • State what you owned and what belonged to other people.
  • Label the work as simulated, and keep any real contribution clearly separate.

Interview questions this project helps you answer

  1. How do you support a proposal author while remaining process-neutral?

  2. What should happen after a proposal passes?

  3. How would you handle an emergency proposal that bypasses normal review?

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