Civics Committee Minutes 9th April 2026

Attendees

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)	Election Term
Nicolas Cerny,	Yes	Chair	Y	April 2026
Larisa Mcfarlane	Yes	Secretary	N	N/A
Thomas Lindseth	Yes	Intersect	N	N/A
Ken-Erik O	Yes	Member	Y	April 2026
Nana Safo	Yes	Member	Y	April 2026
Randy	Yes	Member	Y	April 2026
Dzubang Mermoz	No	Member	Y	April 2026
Ian Hartwell	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Megan Dyamond	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Musa Ridwan Itopa	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Simon Fleck	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026

Sources

CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Meeting - 2026/04/09 13:59 BST - Recording CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Meeting - 2026/04/09 13:59 BST - Transcript Agenda Items

• Formal acknowledgement of AS's departure.

• Update on Intersect budget process and timeline.

• Committee election updates and eligibility.

• Working Group Updates: CAP, Governance Education, Governance Health, and Governance Incentives.

• Constitutional Committee (CC) election timeline and parameters.

• Review of live on-chain governance actions.

Decisions/Actions

The Civics Committee met to formally process the offboarding of a committee member and review the upcoming Intersect budget cycle. Updates were provided regarding the ongoing committee elections and the upcoming Constitutional Committee election schedule. The committee also reviewed progress across various working groups, including the development of a governance health dashboard and the drafting of a new working group charter for governance incentives.

Decisions Made

• Member Offboarding: The committee formally acknowledged the departure of AS; the offboarding process will include removing them from the knowledge base and Discord permissions.

• Governance Health Dashboard: The committee voted unanimously to invite Ryan from Intersect to the next meeting to present the new governance health KPI dashboard.

• Committee Min-Size Recommendation: The committee decided to draft a formal recommendation to the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) to submit the committee min-size parameter change as soon as possible.

Action Items

• NC: Finalize the Civics budget proposal by next week's meeting for a committee vote.

• NC: Draft a formal recommendation regarding the immediate submission of the committee min-size parameter change.

• NC: Add the committee min-size discussion and the creation of a public ISC Discord channel to the next ISC meeting agenda.

• LM: Coordinate a meeting for the Governance Education Working Group to migrate data to the knowledge base.

• LM: Update the Discord events calendar to reflect the transition from the Governance Education Working Group to the Governance Incentives Working Group.

• S: Finalize the charter for the Governance Incentives Working Group during the next scheduled meeting on Tuesday.

• Committee Members: Review the updated budget proposal and UI mockup shared by NC.

Topic Notes

Topic	Discussion	Notes
1. Member Offboarding	NC formally acknowledged AS's departure from the committee. The offboarding process will be initiated immediately to remove access and update records.	AS's offboarding; permissions and KB entries to be removed.
2. Intersect Budget Process	The budget process officially kicks off on April 16th. Nicolas aims to have the Civics budget proposal finalized and voted on by next Thursday to ensure early submission and community feedback.	Process starts April 16th. Civics proposal to be finalized by next week.
3. Committee Elections	LM noted that anyone can apply or vote if they are a paid member by the time applications close (April 17th) or voting opens. Technical members are strongly encouraged to apply for the TSC.	Paid membership is the primary eligibility requirement for candidates and voters.
4. Constitutional Amendment Process (CAP)	TL reported the working group aims to have the tool and process ready for live testing by the end of April. Potential editors have been identified within the group.	Tooling ready for testing by end of April. Bootstrapping editors selected.
5. Governance Health & Dashboards	IH shared a preview of a new KPI dashboard being developed by Ryan at Intersect using Dune. The committee welcomed the integration and invited Ryan to present next week	Dune-based KPI dashboard in development. Ryan invited to next meeting.
6. CC Election & Parameters	Significant discussion occurred regarding the "committee min-size" parameter. There is concern that delays in Plutus cost model updates are holding up the min-size change, which affects the number of seats to be elected.	Recommendation to submit min-size change immediately to clarify election needs.
7. Governance Incentives WG	S reported on the first meeting and requested more member participation to finalize the charter next Tuesday.	Meeting scheduled for Tuesday 11:00 UTC to finish the group charter.
8. On-Chain Actions	The committee reviewed live actions, noting that "Dingo" is very close to the threshold. Members were urged to encourage DRep participation to avoid "inactive no" votes.	Dingo proposal and others reviewed. Emphasis on DRep participation to prevent voter fatigue failures.