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Executed

Approve RFC-32

Approval of RFC 8

RFC22 Adopt Encointer Runtime

- Pierre Krieger, also known as tomaka, is a major contributor to Polkadot.
- He created the initial version of `rust-libp2p`, used in Substrate's networking.
- Pierre also wrote the first Substrate networking stack.
- He maintained and prepared the network stack for Polkadot for several years.
- His project, smoldot, is a key light client for Polkadot, crucial for decentralization.
- Pierre wrote a new JSONRPC spec focused on light clients.
- He actively contributes to improving the Polkadot specification.
- His extensive work suggests he should be invited to the Polkadot Fellowship and ranked up to at least Rank V.

# Invitation and promotion of Pierre Krieger

Lease swap for Karura and Mangata

Adding and promoting brenzi to rank I

### Proposal Summary

- **Objective**: Increase MaxMemoryPages to 512MB on Polkadot.
- **Similar Proposal**: Already implemented on Kusama.
- **Reason**: Parachain validators need more memory than collators.
- **Impact**: Ensures parachain blocks can be executed by validators.
- **Technical Detail**: Collators read data from disk, validators load proofs into memory.
- **Potential Issue**: Blocks using full memory on collators might fail on validators.
- **Verification**: Check the proposal's hash using the provided GitHub link.

Rejected

[Fellows] Whitelist referendum 142

[Fellows] Referendum #20: Cancel Auctions

### Bridge Hub (BH) Parachain Proposal

- **Purpose**: To add a Bridge Hub (BH) parachain to Kusama.
- **Function**: Acts as a gateway between Kusama and other networks like Polkadot and Ethereum.
- **Current State**: Contains basic logic but lacks bridge-specific features.
- **Future Plans**: Bridge-specific pallets will be added in future upgrades.
- **Primary Role**: Serves as a message routing system within Kusama and between other networks.
- **Example Use**: Parachains can route messages to the BH for handling cross-network communication.
- **Expected Impact**: Once operational, it will enable more interaction between Kusama and Polkadot.
- **Goal**: To get approval from Kusama stakeholders and establish a "shell" for bridge teams to develop their logic.

[Fellows] Referendum #19 - Register Bridge Hub Parachain

- The v9360 release for parachains includes updates matching the v9360 Relay Chain runtime.
- For Statemint/Statemine, the Assets pallet has been updated, requiring wallet updates.
- The Collectives Parachain now combines Founder and Fellow roles into one "Fellow" role and removes veto power.
- Detailed steps include authorizing upgrades, sending transactions, and submitting preimages for referendums.
- Actions involve opening Fellowship and public referendums to whitelist and dispatch calls.
- Links to specific transactions and extrinsics are provided for reference.

[Fellows] Referendum #18 - Statemine Upgrade v9360

[Fellows] Referendum #17: WL Update Parachain Validation Config

- A new auction for LP26 and LP27 is planned to make up for missed auctions.
- Two auctions for LP26 and two for LP27 will be held.
- In January, there will be a proposal for the 2023 Kusama auction schedule.
- Steps include submitting preimages and opening referendums.
- The process involves both Fellowship and public referendums.
- Links to detailed proposals and calls are provided for further information.

[Fellows] Referendum #16 - Four Auctions for LP26/27

Cancel incorrect RFC0005 approval votes.

Approve RFC0005 Coretime Interface

[Fellows] Referendum #12: Upgrade Statemine and Encointer Parachains

Don't vote here: Use #13 instead.

**Andrei's Contributions to Polkadot**

- **Scalability/Performance**: Worked on plans to scale Polkadot to support more parachains and paravalidators.
- **Observability**: Started the Polkadot Introspector project to improve monitoring and debugging tools.
- **Integration Testing**: Contributed to Zombienet, a tool for testing Polkadot's integration and disputes.
- **Node Resilience**: Improved the handling of finality stalls and other issues to make nodes more stable.
- **Postmortem**: Investigated and wrote about a network issue that affected Polkadot, helping to fix it.
- **Community Impact**: Developed tools used by the community to monitor node status and performance.
- **Future Potential**: Recognized as a strong candidate for becoming a fellow in the future.

Approved

[Fellows] Add & Promote Andrei Sandu to rank 2

- During a meetup, it was discovered that Robert Klotzner's pull request for initial seeding was overlooked.
- The team apologized for the mistake and acknowledged Robert's deserving qualifications.
- Robert was directly invited and promoted to Rank 3 to rectify the situation.
- He has made significant contributions to the Polkadot project.
- His pull request for the initial seeding can be viewed [here](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/seeding/pull/57).
- The team is confident in Robert's continued success and valuable contributions.

Cancelled

[Senior Fellows] Invitation and promotion of Robert Klotzner

### Davide's Contributions to Polkadot

- **Promotion to Rank II**: Davide was promoted for his outstanding contributions to the Polkadot project.
- **Consensus Expertise**: He focused on consensus-related tasks, showing expertise in key areas.
- **Revert Mechanism**: Developed a robust revert mechanism for BABE, Grandpa, and Parachains Consensus.
- **Sibling Blocks Issue**: Implemented a solution to handle excessive sibling blocks on parachains.
- **Sassafras Research**: Actively participated in the Sassafras research project, working on its implementation in Substrate/Rust.
- **Sub0 2022 Presentation**: Presented the status of Sassafras at Sub0 2022, sharing project advancements and insights.
- **Recognition**: Fellow team members unanimously agreed that Davide's promotion was well-deserved.

[Fellows] Promote Davide to rank II

- Oliver has made exceptional contributions to the Polkadot project.
- He focused on benchmarking, improving user experience and ease of use.
- Developed `benchmark` CLI commands to help developers with benchmarking.
- Contributed to critical pallets like `pallet-message-queue` for buffering XCM messages.
- Helped design the pallet to integrate with the weight system, preventing overload.
- Actively participated in POV metering development, tracking POV usage.
- His dedication and expertise make him deserving of a promotion to Rank II.

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