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| Recording: [CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Mtg - 2025/08/14 13:56 BST - Recording](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fdhurm-TNpFZOsaSlA5OetNnriH6nF9Y/view?usp=sharing) Transcript: [CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Mtg - 2025/08/14 13:56 BST - Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gd0o7ZIle7E2f8WHPyQjq7Xpyeks8FjumHSqyloXgHs/edit?usp=sharing) Chat Transcript: [Here
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Governance Education Working Group (for objective 2)

| | | ## Decisions/Actions #### Decisions * Maintain 2025 Roadmap Focus: The committee affirmed its decision to not take on a full constitutional rewrite this year, agreeing that its current roadmap focused on governance health and education is the priority. * Proceed with CIP-149 Recommendation: The committee agreed on the substance of the recommendation for CIP-149 grants, deciding to include specific requirements for data reporting from participating wallets. #### Actions * Finalize and Send CIP-149 Recommendation (Nicolas): Nicolas will update the recommendation document to include a "measuring success" section and the data reporting requirements discussed, then send the final version to Jack with the committee copied. * Host X Space to Mobilize SPOs (Larisa & Nicolas): Larisa and Nicolas will host an X (Twitter) Space next Wednesday to raise awareness and provide guidance for SPOs on how to vote for the "Update Constitutional Committee" governance action. * Invite Guests to X Space (Larisa & Nicolas): Larisa and Nicolas will invite knowledgeable community members to the X Space to help explain the voting process for SPOs. * Resume Governance Health WG Setup (Larisa): Larisa will resume the setup activities for the Governance Health working group, including scheduling the first meeting, now that members have returned from travel. * Provide Update on Member Status (Larisa): Larisa will update the committee on Alex's participation status once discussions with him have concluded. * Review Education WG Documents (Committee Members): Nana has updated the documentation for the Governance Education working group, which is now ready for review by other members.
| Topic | Discussion | Notes | | ------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Opening & Rare Evo Debrief | Larisa and Nicolas shared their experiences from the Rare Evo conference in Las Vegas. They described it as a valuable and positive event with great community engagement around Intersect and its committees. | The conference was considered a success for community engagement. | | Governance Workshop Insights | Nicolas discussed the two-day governance workshop held at Rare Evo. He mentioned the focus on an "executive function" and shared a link to a forum post summarizing the discussions. He felt that existing info actions already mostly fulfill this need. | Key discussions from the workshop revolved around improving Cardano's governance model, with a write-up available for review. | | New Community Constitution Proposal | The committee discussed a new constitution version submitted for a vote by a community member (Uta). While acknowledging the content may be an improvement, members raised concerns about the non-inclusive drafting process compared to the original, workshop-driven constitution. | A new constitution is being voted on, but its legitimacy is questioned due to the closed drafting process, highlighting a challenge in Cardano's permissionless governance system. | | Civics Committee's Role in Constitution 2.0 | The members reiterated that a full constitutional rewrite is not on the committee's 2025 roadmap due to resource constraints. Nicolas suggested the committee's future role should be to create a framework for a process to develop a new constitution, rather than drafting it directly. | Civics are unlikely to take on a full constitutional rewrite this year but may develop a process for one in the future. | | CIP-149 DRep Donation Recommendation | The main topic was the review of a formal recommendation document drafted by Nicolas regarding CIP-149. The document proposes providing grants to wallet providers to implement the DRep donation feature. | The committee reviewed a draft proposal to provide grants to wallets for implementing CIP-149. | | Grant Amount & Effort Estimation | Ken-Erik provided an estimated breakdown of the work required for a wallet to implement the feature (dev, UI/UX, testing), totaling around nine days. The group discussed the appropriate grant amount, with Nicolas noting the transcript from the last meeting mentioned 5,000 ADA. | The proposed grant aims to subsidize, not fully cover, the development cost. The group estimated the effort at \~9 days of work per wallet. | | Data Collection Requirements | Ken-Erik emphasized the need to include data reporting requirements in the grant contracts. Specifically, wallets should report on user engagement (how many users were shown the feature, conversion rates, opt-out rates) to help measure the feature's success and inform future incentive discussions. | The grant will require wallets to provide anonymized data on user interaction with the donation feature, which is crucial for the "test" aspect of the initiative. | | CC Update Governance Action & SPO Voting | Larisa highlighted the low SPO voting turnout for the "Update Constitutional Committee" action, which requires 51% approval from stake pools. The process is more complex for SPOs, often requiring them to use their cold keys. | SPO voter turnout is critically low. The complex voting process for SPOs is a significant barrier. | | SPO Engagement Plan | To raise awareness and encourage voting, Nicolas and Larisa agreed to host an X (Twitter) Space next week. They plan to invite knowledgeable guests to explain the process and the benefits of using newer features like Catalyst keys to simplify voting. | An X Space will be hosted next Wednesday from the Civics X account to mobilize SPOs to vote. |
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