# Governance Update

## New Discussion Posts

| Name          | Category      | Link   |
| ------------- |:-------------:| :-----:|
| Improving Incentives | Strategy | [Discuss](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/improving-incentives/1240) |

Summary:\
Overview of benefits of Yearn participation in protocol and discussion regarding incentives strategy given PoolTogether's core value proposition

Date Created: Jun 16\
Last Active: Jun 17

| Name          | Category      | Link   |
| ------------- |:-------------:| :-----:|
| Community Poll- GUSD governance parameters | Product | [Discuss](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/community-poll-gusd-governance-parameters/1239) |

Summary:\
Discussion on GUSD pool parameters aimed at growth

Date Created: Jun 16\
Last Active: Jun 16

| Name          | Category      | Link   |
| ------------- |:-------------:| :-----:|
| 1000 USDC min/max buy-in | Product | [Discuss](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/1000-usdc-min-max-buy-in/1235) |

Summary:\
Discussion aiming to explore capped pools

Date Created: Jun 15\
Last Active: Jun 16


## Ongoing Discussions

| Name          | Category      | Link   |
| ------------- |:-------------:| :-----:|
| Community Poll- How best to get prizes to small holders | Strategy/Development | [Discuss](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/community-poll-how-best-to-get-prizes-to-small-holders/1226) |

Summary:\
Poll to see how the community feels about recent [Pool Distribution Changes discussion](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/evaluating-pool-distribution-changes/1222/4) on POOL drip and getting big prizes into the hands of smaller holders

Update: Significant focus and support toward exploring prizes awarded on per wallet basis

Date Created: Jun 11\
Last Active: Jun 16

| Name          | Category      | Link   |
| ------------- |:-------------:| :-----:|
| Pod of War: Defeating Yearn | Strategy | [Discuss](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/pod-of-war-defeating-yearn/1149) |

Summary:\
Discussion focused on defeat Yearn by growing Pods until they eclipse the Yearn Strategy.

Update: Two strategies that recieving ample [support](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/pod-of-war-defeating-yearn/1149/11) are (1) push for trading on L2 and (2) Using  tickets and pod shares as collateral for lending.

Date Created: May 28\
Last Active: June 10


| Name          | Category      | Link   |
| ------------- |:-------------:| :-----:|
| Evaluating POOL Distribution Changes | Treasury/Strategy | [Discuss](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/evaluating-pool-distribution-changes/1222) |

Summary:\
Discussion evaluating impact of POOL distribution rates.

Update 1: Suggestion to focus POOL distribution on “sponsorship” and not on “deposits” in order to get larger prizes to relatively smaller depositors.

Update 2: Discussion [linked](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/evaluating-pool-distribution-changes/1222/5) to [poll](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/community-poll-how-best-to-get-prizes-to-small-holders/1226) regarding  drip to sponsorship and per wallet prizes.

Date Created: June 11\
Last Active: June 13