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# Civics Committee Minutes 21st May 2026
#### Attendees
| Name | Attendance | Role | Voting Seat (Y/N) | Election Term |
| --------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------- | ------------- |
| Nicolas Cerny | Yes | Chair | Y | April 2028 |
| Larisa Mcfarlane | Yes | Intersect | N | N/A |
| Megan Dyamond | Yes | Member | Y | October 2026 |
| Thomas Lindseth | Yes | Secretary | N | N/A |
| Ken-Erik Ølmheim | Yes | Member | Y | April 2028 |
| Simon Fleck | Yes | Member | Y | October 2026 |
| Ian Hartwell | Yes | Member | Y | October 2026 |
| Musa Ridwan Itopa | No | Member | Y | October 2026 |
| Beatrice Anihiri | Yes | Member | Y | April 2028 |
| Jose Miguel De Gamboa | Yes | Member | Y | April 2028 |
#### Sources
[CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Meeting - 2026/05/21 14:58 CEST - Recording](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ONsKdLSsRgoKy-kt2xBZyJELPiqw1_W4/view)
[CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Meeting - 2026/05/21 14:58 CEST - Notes by Gemini](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pEGOCmPjcP8tK46DV86K5Q5CxXiwfBl4PjSMRDptZzY/edit?tab=t.ty1meu3qq6et)
#### Agenda Items
* Intersect Steering Committee (ISC) Updates
* Civics Committee Chair and Vice Chair Election Timeline
* Civics Budget Proposal Comments & Review
* Constitutional Committee (CC) Minimum Size Parameter Change Metadata
* Working Group Updates: CAP and Governance Incentives
* CC members Outgoing Member Interviews Framework
#### Decisions/Actions
**Decisions Made**
* Chair Election Timeline established: The application window for Chair and Vice Chair will open from May 21 to May 28, followed by a voting phase from May 28 to June 4.
* Asynchronous Budget comments: The committee decided to finalize responses to Hydra voting tool comments asynchronously in the internal channel due to the upcoming May 22 locking deadline.
* Joint Metadata Review: Rather than adjusting the stripped metadata back and forth, the committee decided to hold a joint meeting with the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) to finalize the text.
* CAP Portal Technical Shift: The CAP working group approved a major architectural transition away from GitHub Open Authorization to a dedicated database to align with Intersect's repository security constraints.
**Action Items**
* TL: Open the Chair and Vice Chair election registration portal and document the exact timeline in the internal channel.
* NC: Coordinate draft responses to feedback from DReps by tomorrow.
* NC: Reach out to the Technical Steering Committee regarding the removal of educational context from the CC min size change rationale.
* TL: Connect with the secretary of the TSC to schedule the joint metadata reconciliation call.
* S:: Build a tracking spreadsheet for governance initiatives and draft an promotional post for Intersect’s social media channels.
* JD & S: Share the finalized framework for Constitutional Committee interviews and collect volunteer reviewers.
* TL: Set up auto-recording and transcript features for the committee accounts to host the upcoming qualitative interview calls.
#### Topic Notes
| Topic | Discussion | Notes |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1. ISC Updates | NC shared updates regarding a draft dismissal policy centered on meeting votes rather than simple attendance, a stablecoin budget payout option, and the approval of an advisory Code of Conduct Committee. | Minutes for these updates are indexed on the ISC public knowledge base. |
| 2. Chair Elections | Elections will take place via the Intersect members portal. To meet quorum, a minimum of six committee members (two-thirds) must cast votes. | Candidates will be allocated time during next week's meeting to present their strategies and roadmaps. |
| 3. Budget Strategy | NC highlighted that while proposals lock tomorrow at 12:00 PM UTC, comments and answers from the official account can remain active until voting starts on May 26. | KE recommended referencing secondary data from the Beyond Minimum Viable Governance report to reinforce target audience statements. |
| 4. CC Size Change | The proposal alters the required on-chain minimum parameter from seven to five to provide operational buffer when members retire. Currently, single members hold extreme leverage. | IH noted that TSC edits stripped historical education points explaining why the previous parameter attempt failed. |
| 5. CAP Portal Status | Moving to a dedicated database is 95% complete in testing, introducing roughly a one-week delay. Stake IDs can now be submitted for admin/editor tool roles. | Dummy examples from the prior version must be hand-ported over before the public test phase. |
| 6. Incentives WG | S requested structured feedback on the master initiatives mapping document and outlined steps to convert these files into digestible sheets. | Call-out features will be cross-promoted inside upcoming Intersect email newsletters. |
| 7. CC Member Interviews | JD and S compiled a qualitative 4-pillar feedback guide covering structural expectations, operational tooling blocks, systemic friction, and unspoken onboarding rules. | This internal report will assist future budgets and establishes the framework for a decentralized governance database. |
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