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# Proposal Process

GAYA’s DAO framework follows a multi-stage proposal process to ensure that all ideas are thoroughly vetted and aligned with the platform’s goals:

1. <mark style="color:purple;">**Community Review**</mark>**:** New proposals first undergo a community review phase, where initial feedback helps refine and optimize the proposal. This early stage promotes collaboration, allowing the community to shape ideas before formal voting begins.
2. <mark style="color:purple;">**Preliminary Vote**</mark>**:** After community review, proposals enter a preliminary voting phase. This initial vote serves as a filter, prioritizing high-impact ideas and filtering out lower-priority items. Only proposals that receive adequate preliminary support move forward, ensuring that the community’s time and resources are focused on the most valuable initiatives.
3. <mark style="color:purple;">**Final Vote**</mark>**:** Proposals that pass the preliminary vote proceed to a final vote by the DAO. At this stage, GayaCoin stakers cast their votes, determining whether the proposal will be adopted. This multi-step process ensures that only well-considered ideas with broad support reach implementation.


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