[NGV-00] Neverland Governance to be formally renamed to The Council of Believers
Summary
This Governance Vote follows the NRFC under NRFC-00, which proposed renaming the Neverland governance body from Neverland Governance to The Council of Believers.
The NRFC identified that the current name, Neverland Governance, is functional but generic. It describes what the body does rather than who it is within the broader Neverland universe. The discussion explored whether the governance body’s name should be grounded in the lore of Peter Pan and Neverland, where belief is the active force that sustains the world. In that mythology, Neverland does not exist independently of those who inhabit it. It persists because people believe in it. The NRFC argued that governance participants, as Believers, are not passive actors but the foundational force keeping the protocol’s world alive.
The NRFC process evaluated eight alternative names spanning both lore-based and non-lore options, including The Shadow Council, The Neverland Council, and The Neverland Assembly. Each was assessed against criteria of lore fidelity, structural appropriateness for a governance body, and community legibility. The Council of Believers was identified as the strongest candidate, combining a direct reference to the Neverland mythology with the deliberative weight implied by “council.”
No material objections were raised during the NRFC stage. The discussion surfaced open questions around visual identity, on-chain metadata, role naming conventions, and whether this rename could anchor a broader lore-consistent governance framework. Those questions are noted but are not blockers to this vote. They are intended for subsequent community discussion.
Background
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Proposal
This proposal formally requests that the Neverland governance body be renamed from Neverland Governance to The Council of Believers, effective upon successful Governance Vote approval.
The rename is a purely nominal change. It does not alter any governance mechanics, smart contract logic, on-chain parameters, token weights, quorum thresholds, proposal lifecycles, voting windows, tokenomics, or reward structures. No protocol upgrade, redeployment, or migration is required.
Governance Approval
A successful Governance Vote on this proposal constitutes formal community approval to rename the Neverland governance body to The Council of Believers across all official contexts.
Approval authorises the core team and relevant contributors to execute the following in accordance with the implementation timeline described in this proposal: updating the governance portal, documentation, proposal templates, onboarding materials, and front-end labels to reflect the new name; coordinating community channel updates within the 30-day transition window; and treating The Council of Believers as the canonical name for the governance body in all future official communications and materials.
Approval does not authorise changes to smart contracts, governance parameters, tokenomics, or any on-chain state. It also does not commit the protocol to any visual identity refresh, which remains subject to a separate community process.
Execution Considerations
Documentation and front-end
The governance portal, forum headers, proposal templates, FAQs, and onboarding guides should be updated to reflect the new name within two weeks of vote passage. This is a straightforward find-and-replace scope with no technical dependencies.
Community channels
Discord roles, channel names, pinned messages, Telegram descriptions, and social account bios referencing “Neverland Governance” should be updated within 30 days of passage. Channel moderators and community managers should coordinate this rollout to ensure consistency across platforms.
On-chain metadata
Any on-chain metadata referencing “Neverland Governance,” such as governance contract descriptions, ENS records, or multisig labels, should be reviewed post-passage. Updates to on-chain metadata may require separate execution depending on the access controls involved, and should be assessed by the relevant contributors before action is taken.
Third-party references
Partners, integrators, and external platforms that reference “Neverland Governance” in their documentation should be notified following passage so that they may update their own materials at their discretion. Outreach responsibility should be confirmed by the core team upon vote approval.
Timelock
No timelock is applicable to this proposal given the absence of any on-chain or smart contract changes.
Sequencing
Documentation and front-end updates should precede community channel updates to ensure that official materials reflect the new name before community-facing changes are rolled out.
Risk Considerations
Coordination risk
The primary execution risk is inconsistency across platforms during the transition window, where some channels or materials update the name before others. This can be mitigated through a clearly sequenced rollout plan confirmed by the core team upon passage.
Community reception
A minority of participants may prefer a different name or no change at all. The RFC process provided an open forum for that feedback, and the vote outcome will reflect the community’s settled position. No material dissent was recorded during the RFC stage.
Voting Options
Choose the voting options this Governance Vote should include:
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Yes, rename to The Council of Believers
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No, retain the current name
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Abstain (Required)
References
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie, 1904) and Neverland lore, for thematic context.
NRFC-00
Closing Statement
This Governance Vote asks the Neverland community to decide whether the governance body should be renamed from Neverland Governance to The Council of Believers. The proposal carries no technical risk, requires no on-chain changes, and introduces no changes to how governance operates in practice.
