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[Delegating Voting Power](../maintain/maintain-guides-polkadot-opengov.md#delegating-voting-power)
section on the [Polkadot OpenGov Maintenance](../maintain/maintain-guides-polkadot-opengov.md) page.

## The Technical Fellowship
## The Polkadot Technical Fellowship

:::info From Technical Committee to the Technical Fellowship

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Fellowship proposal and the aggregated opinion of the members (weighted by their rank) constitutes
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at some point we should probably have a good reference for how ranks exactly work

the Fellowship's considered opinion.

The Polkadot Technical Fellowship resides on the
[Collectives](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot-collectives-rpc.polkadot.io#/fellowship/referenda)
parachain and maintains the [Polkadot Fellows](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows) repository. The
fellowship also has its own governance model with multiple tracks with approval and support
parameters, where the votes are weighted by the rank of the member.
The fellowship governance is primarily used for its membership management,
[approving RFCs](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/RFCs) and whitelisting Polkadot OpenGov
proposals.

{{ kusama: <Fellowship network="kusama" defaultValue="Loading Kusama Fellows..."/> :kusama }}

### Ranking System
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:::

### Becoming a Fellowship Member
### Becoming a Polkadot Technical Fellowship Member

Currently, the only way to become a fellowship member is through a referenda. An existing member can
submit a referendum with the preimage of a batch call that has `fellowshipCollective.addMember` and
`fellowshipCollective.promoteMember` on "2/Proficients" track. On Polkadot-JS UI for Polkadot
Collectives, navigate to Governance > Fellowship > Referenda and click on "Add Preimage".

![fellowship-add-promote-member-preimage](../assets/fellowship-add-member-preimage.png)

After the preimage is successfully noted, navigate to Governance > Fellowship > Referenda and click
on "Submit Proposal" (This button is active on the UI only if you have an account that belongs to
the Fellowship). Choose the appropriate track and the origin, and enter the preimage hash of the
batch call that adds and promotes the member.

![fellowship-add-promote-member-proposal](../assets/fellowship-add-member-proposal.png)

Currently, the only way to become a fellowship member is through an existing member who submits a
`fellowshipCollective.addMember` extrinsic. See more information on
[this Kusama SubSquare discussion](https://kusama.subsquare.io/post/6), which points to
[these guidelines](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nHa-7Na4u52CTZzq87HaKNptGjyQDWm9H7s7GRjJpMU/edit).
After the referendum is successfully executed, the member is added to the fellowship with "rank 1".
For example, check the [Referenda 23](https://collectives.subsquare.io/fellowship/referenda/23) on
the Collectives parachain. If a member has to be added and promoted to “rank 5”, the proposal has to
be submitted through track “6/Senior Experts” (Always a track with a rank higher). For example,
check the [Referenda 25](https://collectives.subsquare.io/fellowship/referenda/25) on the
Collectives parachain.

Future plans include that public members can apply to become a Fellowship candidate by placing a
small deposit (which will be returned once they become members). Their candidacy will go through a
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