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title: DAO Contributor Recognition & Governance Award Form Template | Paperform
description: Recognize outstanding DAO contributors with this nomination form. Evaluate proposal quality, community engagement, and decentralization impact in Web3 organizations.
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### Recognize Excellence in DAO Governance

Decentralized autonomous organizations thrive on active, thoughtful participation. This **DAO Contributor Recognition & Governance Award** template helps your community identify and celebrate members who are advancing your mission through quality proposals, meaningful engagement, and genuine commitment to decentralization principles.

#### Why Recognition Matters in Web3

In traditional organizations, top performers get noticed through hierarchy. In DAOs, exceptional contributors can get lost in the noise. This template creates a structured, transparent way to surface your most valuable community members—whether they're crafting thoughtful governance proposals, facilitating discussions, or championing decentralization values.

#### Built for Crypto-Native Teams

This form is designed specifically for **blockchain projects, DAOs, DeFi protocols, and Web3 communities** looking to formalize their recognition programs. Whether you're running a contributor rewards program, quarterly governance awards, or annual community recognition, this template captures the metrics that matter in decentralized ecosystems.

Paperform makes it easy to collect nominations with custom conditional logic that adapts based on contribution type, calculate weighted scores across multiple criteria, and create beautiful, on-brand forms that match your DAO's visual identity—no coding required.

#### Automate Your Recognition Workflow

Once nominations are submitted, you can use **Stepper** to automate the entire review process. Route submissions to governance committees, trigger Discord or Telegram notifications to moderators, update your governance forum or Notion database, and even prepare token rewards or NFT badges for winners. Connect to your existing Web3 stack via webhooks or API integrations to keep everything synchronized.

For DAOs that need additional sign-offs or formal agreements, **Papersign** lets you turn winning nominations into formal recognition documents with eSignatures—perfect for documenting contributor achievements on-chain or for compliance records.

#### Transparent, On-Brand, and GDPR Compliant

Your community deserves recognition that feels authentic. Customize fonts, colors, and layouts to match your DAO's brand, embed the form directly into your governance portal, or host it on a custom domain. With SOC 2 Type II compliance and GDPR controls, Paperform gives you the security and data residency options that matter for global communities handling contributor data responsibly.

Trusted by Web3 teams worldwide, this template helps you celebrate the humans behind the wallets and strengthen your DAO's culture of contribution.
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