This proposal aims to schedule the opening of an 11th auction, based on Council and community feedback and given there is enough time before the end of the lease period to add one more to the batch.
Reasoning behind the 11th auction opening:
After consulting with the Parity parachains team on stability and security of the network, the Council concluded that the extra buffer time and the potential positive implications for the network security of a new lease being locked are reasons enough to consider opening a new auction being opened on 06 October, that might potentially open an 11th auction on Kusama: There seems to be a formed majority on this idea. Adding to this, since Kusama is a canary network, demonstrating that Kusama’s governance is flexible in this way can be a positive signal and matches the ‘expect chaos’ idea.
All in all, there seems to be an agreement on opening a last motion next Wednesday 06 October before the current lease period ends.
After discussion in the Direction Channel, it seems like the best approach is to open the proposal for Council to vote on scheduling the opening of the auction at block no. 9,535,569. This number is calculated in the following way:
Some reasons for a council-only vote, as laid out during the discussion:
It is now up to the Council to decide.
A new proposal suggests opening an 11th auction on Kusama before the lease period ends. The idea is supported by the Council and community feedback. The auction is planned to open on October 6th, and the decision is up to the Council. The proposal is to open the auction at block number 9,535,569, calculated based on the end of the current auction and time for randomness to choose the winner. The Council will vote on this proposal, as it is a delicate timing issue and a normal referendum might not make it in time.