Dear community,

Thank you for your assistance in helping to close and refund the deposit associated with the Governance 1.0 proposal.

This is a Treasury proposal under Gov 1.

It was our first time applying for a proposal on OpenGov, but due to a lack of experience, we mistakenly followed the Gov 1 process, which resulted in the proposal being in an incorrect state, with 500 DOT locked within it.

The incorrect proposal can be found here: https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/treasury/452

In the https://polkadot.js.org/apps/#/treasury, you can view the status of our proposal.

Subsequently, we applied for the proposal using the correct method, and it was approved: https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/202

Finally, we successfully submitted the content and achieved all the objectives of the proposal.

It would be great to receive a refund of this deposit, just as the community has done in similar cases. This would be fair and conclude this matter.

The proposal aims to refund 500 DOT to the Polkadot Ecology Research Institute (149FXUmHgg75z4sk2LzFDyctNLHhzf2YxGMFHT7TakkbeQ7F) for my original proposal.

Thank you for your support.

- Problem Statement: Incorrectly followed the Gov 1 process, resulting in 500 DOT locked in a proposal.
- Significance: Requesting a refund for the locked 500 DOT to the Polkadot Ecology Research Institute.
- Proposed Solution: Refund 500 DOT to the specified institute.
- Expected Outcomes: Fair resolution and closure of the matter.

#875 Refunding Polkadot Ecology Research Institute GOV1 Treasury Spend Deposit