# \[ECC-GA17-RATIONALE\] 2025 Cardano Blockchain Ecosystem Budget - 7.5M ₳ for community builders

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/ecc-ga17-rationale-2025-cardano-blockchain-ecosystem-budget-7-5m-for-community-builders/146493>\
**Category:** Constitutional Committee\
**Tags:** icc, vote-rationale\
**Created:** [3 June 2025 04:00 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/ecc-ga17-rationale-2025-cardano-blockchain-ecosystem-budget-7-5m-for-community-builders/146493 "2025-06-03T04:00:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [3 June 2025 04:00 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/ecc-ga17-rationale-2025-cardano-blockchain-ecosystem-budget-7-5m-for-community-builders/146493/1 "2025-06-03T04:00:14Z")

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Dear Cardano Community,  
This is the Eastern Cardano Council.

We recently cast a **“Unconstitutional”** vote on the governance action **GA17 “2025 Cardano Blockchain Ecosystem Budget - 7.5M ₳ for community builders”** (ID: defbf15b06092718adf4befeab982e03d2966b9caeef93c19e470549ef75ea49#0).  
**Link GA17 on GovTool:** [Cardano Govtool](https://gov.tools/governance_actions/defbf15b06092718adf4befeab982e03d2966b9caeef93c19e470549ef75ea49#0)

Below is a link to the Github page where you can read **the ECC’s full rationale**.

> <https://github.com/Eastern-Cardano-Council/icc-ga-rationales/blob/main/ga17/ga17-rationale.md>

**The Interim Constitution Committee (ICC) - Eastern Cardano Council (ECC) assesses the constitutionality of governance actions based on the Cardano Constitution.** However, if any Cardano community members have feedback or comments on the committee’s interpretation, we’d love to hear from you at any time using **the Feedback Loop** below;

> **[ECC Feedback Loop](https://forms.gle/jAFbqAJFTnF3rBQs5)**
>
> The ECC feedback loop is a tool for gathering community input and feedback during the process of determining the constitutionality/unconstitutionality of a particular governance action.
> All feedback must be factual and provided based on the interim...

Best regards,  
**Eastern Cardano Council**