Argument-0004: Retention at Rank I

Report Date	2024/03/25
Submitted by	Jesse Chejieh

Member details

• Matrix username: @doordashcon/:matrix.org
• Polkadot address: 12zsKEDVcHpKEWb99iFt3xrTCQQXZMu477nJQsTBBrof5k2h
• Current rank: I
• Date of initial induction: 2022/09/29
• Date of last report: 2024/12/22
• Area(s) of Expertise/Interest: FRAME

Reporting period

• Start date: 2024/12/22
• End date: 2025/03/25

Argument

1. Contributions to the Tooling Collective and Member Management

During this reporting period, I worked on configurations for the tooling collective which led me to identify and resolved a critical benchmarking mismatch in pallet_core_fellowship generating invalid ranks exceeding runtime-configured MaxRank values (#7720). This manifested specifically in edge cases like MaxRank=1.

The solution implements dynamic rank clamping via r.min(T::MaxRank::get()), enforcing runtime constraints while preserving backward compatibility with type-safe conversions via ConvertU16ToU32.

I am currently investigating same benchmarking patterns in pallet_treasury to ensure consistent rank handling across collectives.

2. Developer Relations

Continue to proactively strengthened developer engagement through hands-on mentorship with the study group.

Some contributor highlights this period include Nathy-bajo and his contribution adding view functions to the Proxy pallet for runtime-specific type configuration(#7320) along side other maintenance contributions.

Runcomet's creation of genesis dev accounts and ongoing implementation of RFC 0097.

Next Phase

Moving forward I will be taking the study group public through the Polkadot Africa initiative and look forward to fostering developers in the ecosystem, combining online sessions and in-person workshops to scale developer onboarding across traditional tech communities and undergraduate programs.

3. Contributions on the Accounting System(pallet-balances)

Improved the accounting system of the balances pallet, modifying event emision to enable reliable balances reconciliation of the Burn/Mint operations and Hold/release Operations.

I humbly request for retention at Rank I.

Voting record

Ranks	Activity thresholds	Agreement thresholds	Member's voting activities	Comments
I	90%	N/A	I have voted on 0 out of 0 referenda in which I was eligible to vote (i.e undefined% voting activity). Out of xx referenda in which members of higher ranks were in complete agreement, I have voted in line with the consensus x times (i.e undefined% voting agreement).
II	80%	N/A
III	70%	100%
IV	60%	90%
V	50%	80%
VI	40%	70%

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