# Community ## Overview The community is the beating heart of the Balancer Protocol. This is where all discussions about Balancer are made and eventually decided on a democratic basis through Governance [Snapshot voting](https://snapshot.org/#/balancer). The Community is made up of all those individuals who are interested in, interact with, and care about the future and success of the Protocol. Participation in discussions is on a voluntary basis and takes place on the Balancer Discord while proposals for implementation and policy changes are discussed on the [Governance Forum](https://forum.balancer.fi/). --- # 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://balancer.gitbook.io/balancer-v2/ecosystem/community.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.