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# Civics Committee Minutes 4th June 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 | No | Member | Y | October 2026 |
| Thomas Lindseth | Yes | Secretary | N | N/A |
| Ken-Erik Ølmheim | Yes | Member | Y | April 2028 |
| Simon Fleck | No | Member | Y | October 2026 |
| Ian Hartwell | Yes | Member | Y | October 2026 |
| Musa Ridwan Itopa | Yes | 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 - 2026/06/04 14:56 CEST - Notes by Gemini](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Z_jwSDBxrv5hXXv7q-tVIt1CQcVyf3L_zygLSJpBhY/edit?tab=t.k1e5dx2u35dn)
[CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Meeting - 2026/06/04 14:56 CEST - Recording](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sfhMJz00v-7eEdsOmhm2bjLTsibJpwFq/view?usp=sharing)
#### Agenda Items
* Intersect Steering Committee (ISC) Updates
* Committee Chair and Vice Chair Elections Status
* Constitutional Committee (CC) Election Timeline and Candidate Shortage
* Beyond Minimum Viable Governance (Beyond MVG) Presentation
#### Decisions/Actions
**Decisions Made**
* CC Election Registration Extension: The committee voted 6-0 (with 1 abstention) to extend the Constitutional Committee election registration deadline by two weeks to June 21, 2026, at 21:45 UTC, to address a critical shortage of candidates.
**Action Items**
* TL & LM: Conduct a back-end data audit of the internal Chair/Vice Chair results immediately following the meeting closure to guarantee technical system integrity before making a public announcement.
* TL: Coordinate immediately with the Ekklesia team to implement the extended registration changes before the weekend.
* Civics Committee members: Launch social media outreach campaigns and directly engage core ecosystem teams (Cardano Foundation, Intersect, IOG) to amplify and boost candidate registration visibility.
* NS: Coordinate directly with the Africa Asia Coalition to source potential qualified candidates for the open CC positions.
* TL: Compile the specific operational and logistical blockers raised by potential candidates who decided against applying.
* Civics Committee members: Review the Beyond MVG slide deck and cost-benefit analysis data to prepare for building a prioritisation matrix in the upcoming strategy workshops.
#### Topic Notes
| Topic | Discussion | Notes |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1. ISC Policy Updates | NC presented the updated Committee Member Dismissal and Replacement Policy. Grounds for dismissal were made explicit, focusing on a 50% attendance threshold across official voting sessions. | NC commended the current Civics cohort for maintaining strong, active engagement. |
| 2. Internal Elections | The committee's internal Chair/Vice Chair vote entered its final minutes. Results will be delayed by two hours on the portal to allow administrative back-end tracking audits. | Civics is serving as the initial trial group for this year's automated web framework. |
| 3. CC Registration | Four candidates registered for the four expiring spots, eliminating any competitive element for an off-chain community vote. | TL noted that only two expiring members applied to re-run, while others explicitly declined to seek another term. |
| 4. Technical Bottlenecks | TL confirmed that two draft profiles remain unsubmitted in the portal due to candidates assessing community dynamics or awaiting clarity on the landscape. | Competitive choices are seen as constitutionally critical for sustaining valid ecosystem selection dynamics. |
| 5. Beyond MVG Insights | DS delivered a summary detailing data-driven vulnerabilities, highlighting gradual voting power concentration risks driven by unconstrained DRep stake accumulation. | Dormant network stake remains far higher than active voting footprints across Cardano governance. |
| 6. Tooling & Support | Existing CC members face severe information asymmetry and overhead. Unlike DReps, specialized review software was never prioritized or deployed for constitutional analysis. | DS recommended a baseline $50,000 reimbursement pool for secure local hardware and entity protections. |
| 7. Operational Anonymity | BA highlighted historical security feedback where sharing detailed hardware asset invoices or physical business locations exposed members to targeted threat vectors. | Future funding systems must balance public accountability against absolute physical safety requirements. |
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