Meeting Minutes 03/05/2025

Attendees:

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)
Simon F.	Yes	Interim Chair	Y
Terence ‘Tex’ McCutcheon	Yes	Interim Secretary	N
Jack Briggs	Yes	Secretary	N
Laura M.	Yes	Member - Cardano Foundation	Y
Nathan A.	Yes	Member - EMURGO	Y
Wes P.	Yes	Member - Rare Network	Y
Martin M.	Yes	Member	Y
Vaibhav (Gintama)	Yes	Member	Y
Mubarak O.	Yes	Member	Y
Tim H.	Yes	Member	Y
Rand M.	Yes	SME - Rare Network	N
Natalia	Yes	SME	N
John G.	Yes	SME	N
Juan S.	Yes	SME	N
Jose I.	Yes	SME - ADA Solar	N
JB	Yes	SME - Scrib3	N

Other Guests:

• Phil Lewis

Intros/COI

Simon: TBD

Laura: Laura Mattiucci, Director Marketing and Comms at CF

Nate: Nate Acton, VP of Global Marketing at EMURGO

Wes: TBD

Martin: TBD

Vaibhav: Voting member of bootstrap growth and marketing committee. Voluntary Part of Various Working groups in intersect.

Mubarak: AKA Kit Willow: Voting member of the Growth and Marketing Committee. Community member

Tim: Tim Harrison, EVP Community & Ecosystem, Input | Output

Rand: TBD

Natalia: ADALINK, Interim GMC Non-Voting Member, CEO of AdaLink

John: TBD

Juan: TBD

Jose: TBD

Jack: TBD

Tex: Open Source Program Manager (Intersect), OSC Secretary, Committee Liaison

Agenda 3.05.25

• Upcoming Elections

• Budget Discussion

  • Education Line Item

• Open Forum

Decisions/Actions

• Decision: Launch Enterprise Growth/Adoption working group

• Action: Vote was held in Discord. 7 of 8 Members voted unanimously Yes.

Topic	Discussion	Action Items
Upcoming Elections	Discussion about the upcoming elections and the uncertainty surrounding the process. Terence McCutcheon confirmed that three seats would continue and 1-2 seats would be elected in October.
Enterprise Adoption Working Group	Phil Lewis proposed a working group/subcommittee focused on enterprise adoption, strategizing, and building relationships with enterprises and governments.	- Phil Lewis to coordinate with Tex and Laura to organize the group.
Budget Discussion	Discussion about the budget, concerns about cuts, and the process for gathering community sentiment. JB presented a revised budget with a 30% reduction.
Community Management and Social Media	Gintama presented poll results showing that community management and social media had the least support for funding. Discussion about the best approach to social media and community management.
Education Line Item	Seomon Register expressed support for reinserting the education line item in the budget.	- Put the reinstatement of the education line item to a vote.
Product Marketing and GTM	JB introduced a new line item for product marketing planning and go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Discussion about the scope and purpose of the GTM plan.
Events Budget and Timeline	Wes Parkinson raised concerns about the events budget being cut and the six-month timeline being unrealistic. Discussion about the need for clarity and alignment on the events strategy.	- Wes Parkinson and Laura Mattiucci to sync on event budget and timeline. - Wes Parkinson to consult with Jack and Tim about modifying guidelines.
RFP Process	Discussion about the RFP process and the need for clarity. Concerns raised about the committee's responsibility and accountability in the process.