# Governance Proposals Updates to the Vow protocol or changes to network parameters should not be decided by any central entity, but rather by a Vow community vote. See mechanics below: Vow governance has been deployed using Snapshot.org. At this time over 1700 people have registered to vote. Snapshot.org, is capable of carrying out any changes to the protocol if voted on by Vow token holders. Any of the relevant contracts will have their ownership updated to the address of this governance contract, and as such are in the control of the Vow community as a whole, not any company or individual. The $VOW contract was updated at VowUP '23. It is fully decentralised. Relevant contracts here are specifically anything with the ‘onlyOwner’ permission structure for methods. Snapshot.org will now be able to connect to all ‘onlyOwner’ permissions, but such permissions can only be amended by community vote. --- # 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://vow-2.gitbook.io/white-paper/decentralisation-and-governance/governance-proposals.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.