Committee for Cancel Role - Communication Thread

[Obol-Association]

This thread serves as the official communication channel for the Cancel Committee, established through OIP-6.

The committee is tasked with enforcing procedural integrity in governance by using the cancel role to remove proposals that do not follow the required process. This is a purely procedural safeguard, not a mechanism for evaluating proposal content.

The committee operates via a 2-of-3 multisig and is currently composed of:

• @Leo-ObolAssoc (Obol Association)
• @kodysale (Obol Labs)
• @stefa2k (Delegate representative)

We will use this thread to publish all rationales for any use of the cancel function. Whenever possible, these notices will be shared ahead of cancellation to uphold full transparency with the community.

You will find the full proposal posted on the forum here.

[stefa2k]

Intention to Cancel the Proposal “Shutdown of the Obol Association”

Proposal Link: Tally | Shutdown of the Obol Association

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In agreement with all members of the Cancel Committee:

• Obol Association (@Leo_jou)
• Obol Labs (@kodysale)
• stefa2k.rocklogic.eth (delegate representative)

We are preparing to cancel the above proposal, using the procedural authority granted to the committee. The cancellation is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, July 16th, and will proceed barring any unforeseen issues.

Procedural Requirements Not Met

• No corresponding discussion thread was posted on the Obol Forum prior to submission;
• No visible support from four top 100 delegates, as required by the governance process;
• The proposal does not match any valid proposal type as defined in the governance documentation.

Context

This proposal was submitted by an anonymous wallet that appears to have acquired just enough OBOL tokens to meet the minimum proposal threshold. It bypassed all standard process steps and surfaced no rationale or intent to the community prior to appearing on the voting portal.

As outlined in OIP-5, the cancel function exists strictly to enforce governance process requirements, not to judge the content or legitimacy of specific proposals. In this case, it is clear that the minimum standards of transparency, support, and procedure were not met.

We are sharing this notice in advance to remain fully transparent with the community. If no blocking issue arises, the cancellation will be executed onchain on Wednesday, July 16th.