# Governance Process

As with any protocol that installs a DAO, we cannot be completely decentralized from the get-go, and so the initial governance structure will not aim to be. Instead, it will aim to start structured discussion that *can* lead to new Lixir Improvement Proposals and provide a framework from which the protocol can continue to decentralize over time. 

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[submission](https://lixir-finance.gitbook.io/lixir-doc/lixir-dao/lixir-improvement-proposals/governance-process/submission)
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{% content-ref url="governance-process/vote" %}
[vote](https://lixir-finance.gitbook.io/lixir-doc/lixir-dao/lixir-improvement-proposals/governance-process/vote)
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