Updating Operational Guidelines

Addressing: #30

In the future we may reduce the restrictions here, but for now the bias is towards avoiding any conflicts of interest. Notaries should expect other Notaries to require support to help onboard use cases to accommodate this early restrictive approach.

notaries/README.md

@@ -10,13 +10,19 @@ The base responsibilities of the Notaries are as follows:
 
 **Note:** Notaries are given autonomy in their decision making process and encouraged to allocate DataCap based on their best judgement. However, Notaries should expect to answer any questions about previous allocation decisions before receiving future DataCap to distribute. Guidelines for reasonable allocation strategies are supplied in this repository (both a [recommended scoring mechanism for prospective Clients](/notaries/templates/client-evaluation.md), as well as a [sample set of questions to ask of Clients](/notaries/templates/sample-client-application.md)). While not mandatory to use, these documents represent the expected baseline for well-behaved Notaries.
 
-## Restrictions
-As stated above, Notaries are given a high degree of autonomy in their decision making power. To start, we aim to have a minimal set of constraints to ensure this mechanism is used fairly. This list may be expanded or removed entirely as this Mechanism stabalizes. 
+## Operational Guidelines
+As stated above, Notaries are given a high degree of autonomy in their decision making power. In order to build trust in the stability of this mechanism, below outlined are some basic criteria by which all Notaries are expected to adhere. In the future these restrictions may be reduced or removed, upon approval by the community (going through the standard PR process). 
 
-* **No self dealing**: To prevent conflicts of interest, Notaries should not allocate DataCap to clients over which they control the private keys. In the event this is an issue, the Notary should contact another Notary (in the same geography or aligned to the same use case) to handle the allocation for that specific client.
+* **Upfront Disclosures**: Prior to being confirmed as a Notary, Notaries are expected to disclose all relevant addresses which they control, have a financial stake in, or are strongly connected to by other means. For the disclosure, the Notary should state the relevant addresses and the nature of the relationship. 
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+* **Promoting Client Best Practices**: Notaries agree to educate approved clients about the best practices for using their DataCap (e.g. how to request additonal services from miners, storing data redundantly across many miners, etc). Some reference information can be found [here](https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/9).
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+* **No self dealing**: To prevent conflicts of interest, Notaries should not allocate DataCap to Clients over which they control the private keys, or to a Client who intends to specifically spend the allocated DataCap with an address affiliated with the Notary. When in doubt, Notaries should bias towards transparency (i.e. public disclosure) or to getting a different Notary to handle the individual request. 
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+* **Operating in good faith**: Notaries hold a position of trust in the network, and as such it is expected that they operate keeping the Principles of this mechanism in mind. While each form of abuse cannot be exhaustively defined, Notaries are expected to bias towards caution and act in a way that promotes transparency. Notaries should expect to potentially recieve requests or questions for allocation decisions (within reason) - and should make decisions with this in mind. 
 
 ## Application / Selection Process
-For those interested in providing this service to the Filecoin network, they may apply to this role by filing an Issue [here]().
+For those interested in providing this service to the Filecoin network, they may apply to this role by filing an Issue [here](https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/new/choose).
 
 Please note, applications are reviewed during the [community governance call](/README.md#governance-and-iteration-process) - and will be graded according to this community defined [criteria](/notaries/templates#overview). Edits to the criteria, will follow the same process as any proposed change to this repository, defined [here](/README.md#process-for-modifications).