# Meeting Minutes 08/12/2025

## Attendees: 

| Name                     | Attendance | Role                        | Voting Seat (Y/N) | Election Cycle |
| ------------------------ | ---------- | --------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------- |
| Wes P.                   | Yes        | Chair                       | Y                 | October 2025   |
| Terence ‘Tex’ McCutcheon | Yes        | Secretary                   | N                 | N/A            |
| Tim H.                   | No         | Vice Chair                  | Y                 | April 2026     |
| Laura M.                 | Yes        | Member - Cardano Foundation | Y                 | April 2026     |
| Nathan A.                | No         | Member - EMURGO             | Y                 | October 2025   |
| Mubarak O.               | No         | Member                      | Y                 | October 2025   |
| Anuj C.                  | Yes        | Member                      | Y                 | April 2026     |
| Andy H.                  | Yes        | Member                      | N                 | April 2026     |
| Hasitha R.               | Yes        | Member                      | N                 | April 2026     |
| TBD                      | No         | SME                         | N                 | N/A            |

Other Guests: 

* Nadia Mannell

 

**Recording:** [Growth & Marketing Committee - 2025/08/12 - Recording](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b_crWzb9F9STWZDPSSE50DLrsHooC_R9/view?usp=sharing)

**Transcript:** [Growth & Marketing Committee - 2025/08/12 06:56 CDT - Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KNA3UECGOIpceHr-lh2gtD1mQxX3PFr5Wiym7NmTWm4/edit?usp=sharing)

**Chat Transcript:** [Growth & Marketing Committee - 2025/08/12 - Chat](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WF65WjIzFoGj72ru5kO1721SxUOfyXqr/view?usp=sharing)

## Intros/COI

**Andy:** TBD\
**Anuj:** TBD\
**Hasitha:** TBD\
**Laura:** Laura Mattiucci, Director Marketing and Comms at CF\
**Mubarak:** AKA Kit Willow: Voting member of the Growth and Marketing Committee.\
Community member\
**Nate:** Nate Acton, VP of Global Marketing at EMURGO\
**Tim:** Tim Harrison, EVP Community & Ecosystem, Input | Output\
**Tex:** Open Source Program Manager (Intersect), OSC Secretary, Committee Liaison\
**Wes:** TBD

## Agenda 8.12.25

*  Open Forum

## Decisions/Actions

* **N/A** Quorum was barely met due to Members returning from the event in the previous week. 

| Topic                      | Discussion                                                                                                                                                                                         | Notes                                                                                                    |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Rare Evo Event Recap       | Terence and Laura discuss the event. Terence mentions the turnout seemed good, and there were many different types of events and styles.                                                           | Wes joins and shares that it was a great event and a major improvement over the last one.                |
| GovDev Day Recap           | Wes shares his positive impressions of GovDev Day, calling it a success and a major improvement. He believes it will be a "wanted tradition."                                                      | The consensus is that the event was a success, with "only beautiful things" being said about it.         |
| (DRep) Communication       | Terence highlights the importance of improving communication with DReps, calling it a primary goal. He mentions he met with several DReps at the event.                                            | Terence says he met with many.                                                                           |
| Unified Marketing Proposal | Anuj congratulates Laura on the proposal being passed.                                                                                                                                             | Laura confirms it has been passed but notes that there was some difficulty this time.                    |
| Agenda and Next Steps      | Laura suggests postponing the meeting due to a lack of an agenda and team members being busy or traveling. Terence and Wes agree to prepare an agenda for next week's meeting.                     | The team decides to reset and sync next week.                                                            |
| Survey Responses           | Terence reports that a survey has 46 responses as of the previous night, which is fewer than hoped for. Wes offers to send emails to Dev Gov Day attendees, and Laura offers to re-share the post. | Terence shares the survey link in the main channel.                                                      |
| Token2049 in Singapore     | Wes says he is heading to Singapore for a conference and will work on securing a venue for Token2049.                                                                                              | He will have a venue locked in and ready in the coming weeks.                                            |
| Summit Results             | Laura says she will ask Elis to set up a 30-minute sync for the "summit crew" once she returns from a flight. They need to push out results and content.                                           | Laura also notes that Enz is sharing a draft of a video for the Intersect page, as part of the contract. |
| Meeting Close              | The meeting concludes. The team agrees to reconvene next week with an agenda.                                                                                                                      | The meeting ends on a positive and fun note.                                                             |