We would like to include community suggestions directly in this vote, and during discussion within the core team, many people were in favor of that. However, there were two main problems that led us to use the current 5 options:
- Insufficient data for community proposals. If voters have to choose an option that will be the final option, they need to understand what that option will entail.
- The original 4 options have data and provide a broad spectrum of compensation options. Adding further options to this would split the vote, so we kept it to 5 to give the community options the best chance of seeing their day at the ballot box. I see your point about 4 options being too many, but it’s a dilemma between having too few options for some people, but too many options for others.
Regarding a second vote to use PERP to compensate, this is certainly possible – any proposal can be posted to this forum for consideration by the community.