Author: Taylor Monahan
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When do you need this?
You need this instruction if you want to split from The DAO, perhaps because you don't agree with a proposal or with the curators. It is a way to ensure the decentralization and autonomy of The DAO.
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1. Create a Proposal to Split the DAO
Additional Information
Instructions
Go to ‘Contracts’ and then click on the ‘The DAO’ contract.
On the right side, click the “Pick a Function” dropdown.
Select “New Proposal”
Recipient: enter the address new curator for your DAO (your address)*
Amount: Leave Blank
Description: Leave Blank, or enter a human readable descriptor like “0x762f split proposal” so you know it is yours later. **
Transaction Data: Leave blank
Debating Period: ‘604800’ this is 1 week in seconds, the minimum amount of time.
New Curator: Check this box!
Choose your token account to execute from
There is no need to send any ETH
Ensure you have some ETH in your token account for gas.
Click “Execute”
A pop up will appear confirming gas, etc. Enter your password and press "SEND TRANSACTION".
* If you are just splitting the DAO with just yourself, you would enter your address and therefore become the new Curator. Make sure you have access to this account! If you are creating a new DAO with other people, this should probably be a multi-sig wallet held by multiple trusted people.
** Anyone who enters the Proposal ID will be able to read this descriptor, so don’t include personal information.
2. Find the ID of your Proposal to Split
- The easiest way I have found to do this is:
- Immediately after submitting the proposal, put your cursor in the “Proposals” field on the left side under “Read from Contract” -> “Proposals”
- Scroll up until the data below the number field stops changing.
- Scroll back down to find the real ID of your proposal (when you go down one number and it changes to a different proposal.)
- Confirm that it is your proposal by typing in the Proposal ID number into the field where you were just scrolling and verify the information is yours.
- You now know the Proposal ID number. Remember or write down this number as you’ll need it later.
As we can see nothing funky is going on in Proposal 1 above. 
Taylor determined that Proposal 1 was a malicious attack by an untrustworthy curator, and decided that splitting the DAO would be her best choice, as seen in Proposal 2.