# The ASM DAO ## DAO Approach Altered State Machine will implement a two-stage DAO model. | Stage | Name | Members | Model Used | | ----- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------- | | 1 | HarlanDAO | Voting Council composed of Founders and Advisors | Aragon Membership DAO | | 2 | ElderDAO | All $ASTO Token Holders | ASM Custom DAO Model | ### About HarlanDAO ASM will collect initial seed funds into an Aragon Membership DAO or a Gnosis Muliti Sig , called the HarlanDAO. HarlanDAO will operate ASM as we build ElderDAO. It will have the same powers and responsibilities as ElderDAO until the latter is established. ### About ElderDAO The ElderDAO will manage parameters of the ASM ecosystem, and vote on its evolution. Matters that the ASM DAO will vote on will include, but will not be limited to: * Voting on Councils * Token subpools to incentivize new Worlds * Token subpools to support the further development of popular existing Worlds * Voting on changes to Frame attributes, rarity, or mechanics * Adjusting levels of token remuneration to Gym GPU providers * Adjusting release schedules for token allocations * and many more... --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.alteredstatemachine.xyz/token-and-dao/the-asm-dao.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.