# Toucan Votes ## Proto-governance Holders of Shell's Government Toucan NFT are eligible to vote on various [community polls on Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/shellprotocol.eth). It is one of the largest and most active Arbitrum communities on Snapshot. The Toucan is Shell's "proto-governance" NFT. In the past, these polls have dictated such things as [which accounts Shell's Twitter should follow](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/running-our-twitter-with-government-toucans/), to whether [Shell Points should be a factor in a future $SHELL launch distribution](https://snapshot.org/#/shellprotocol.eth/proposal/0x4a8f0fa77abd1180353ff55fd36368b7c2f294105b7620491959d8dd80892485). Shell Protocol's governance may evolve as a "toucameral" system, incorporating both the Toucan community and holders of the SHELL token. ## Background The [Government Toucans event](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/launching-our-government-toucan/) was a 24-hour free NFT mint for the community on April 1, 2022. On that day, 47,021 [Government Toucans](https://arbiscan.io/token/0x642ffab2752df3bce97083709f36080fb1482c80) were born. [Click here to read more about the origin and use of the Government Toucan.](/user-guide/all-about-toucans.md) --- # 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://wiki.shellprotocol.io/shell-dao/toucan-votes.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.