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-# proposals
-Governance proposals
+# Proposals
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+This repository contains several miscellaneous governance proposals, [tracked as issues](https://github.com/stacksgov/proposals/issues), and we are still determining the role of this repository relative to the [existing SIP process](https://github.com/blockstack/stacks-blockchain/blob/master/sip/sip-000-stacks-improvement-proposal-process.md).
 
 ## Licensing