o represent passive stakeholders, Polkadot introduces the idea of a "council". The council is an on-chain entity comprising several actors, each represented as an on-chain account. On Polkadot, the council currently consists of 13 members.

Along with controlling the treasury, the council is called upon primarily for three tasks of governance:

• Proposing sensible referenda
• Cancelling uncontroversially dangerous or malicious referenda
• Electing the Technical Committee.

In order to propose or cancel actions please follow these steps:

• Go to Governance > Council > Motions

  

• Click on Propose Motion

  

• Using a Council account choose the kind of action to be acted upon

  

• Once the motion in place, enough council members need to vote either Aye or Nye in favor or against the motion.

• Once enough votes are in place you can wait for the enactment period to be over or click on Close for the motion to be applied immediately.