Meeting Minutes June 24, 2025

Attendees:

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)
Terence McCutcheon	Yes	Secretary	N
Darlington Wleh	Yes	Chair	Y
Maureen Wepngong	Yes	Vice Chair	Y
Ha Nguyen	Yes	Member/Seat	Y
Matthew Capps	No	Member/Seat	Y
Akheel Fouze	Yes	Member/Seat	Y
Sanjaya Wanigasekera	Yes	Member/Seat	Y
Boaz Balume	No	Member/Seat	Y
Fanny Wijaya	Yes	Member/Seat	Y
Laurentine Djatsa	Yes	Member/Seat	Y
Nathan Kanapi	No	Member/Seat	Y

Other Attendees:

• Alex Seregin

Recording: Membership & Community Committee - Meeting - 2025/06/24 - Recording

Transcript: Membership & Community Committee - Meeting - 2025/06/24 - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Membership & Community Committee - Meeting - 2025/06/24 - Chat

Intros

Akheel: Logistician by profession Boaz: TBD Darlington: TBD Fanny: TBD Ha: Eastern Cardano Council-ICC Member, Cardano Ambassador, DRep Pioneer Leader Laurentine: TBD Matthew: Elected member, WG lead, Employed by IO Maureen: TBD Nathan: TBD Sanjaya: TBD Tex: Open Source Program Manager, Intersect Staff, OSC/GMC Secretary

Agenda 6.24.25

• No formal agenda this week.

Decisions/Actions

Decisions:

• No official decisions could be made due to the lack of quorum.

Action Items:

• Maureen, Darlington to DM absent members to encourage attendance.

• Prioritize finding a time when quorum can be met.

• Revisit optimal meeting cadence and time in an async discussion.

• Tex to investigate the issue of disappearing founding member badges.

• All members to review the MCC charter and provide feedback/thoughts.

Topic	Discussion	Action Items
Meeting Start & Attendance	Darlington Wleh initiated the meeting. Initial attendance was low, with concerns raised about reaching quorum.	Maureen Wepngong and Darlington Wleh to DM absent members to encourage attendance.
Matthew's Conflicts	Terence McCutcheon mentioned Matthew has scheduling conflicts.	Further action regarding Matthew's conflicts was not decided.
Sanjay's Absence	Akheel F. mentioned difficulty reaching Sanjay. Maureen Wepngong confirmed Sanjay was at work.	Maureen Wepngong to text Sanjay to confirm availability.
Quorum Issues	The meeting lacked quorum with only five out of a required six voting members present. This prevented any official decisions from being made.	Prioritize finding a time when quorum can be met.
Developer Advocate Alex	Alex Seregin was identified as Developer Advocate Alex and not a voting member, clarifying voting member count.	(No specific action item, but clarification was helpful for attendance tracking).
Time Zone Challenges	Terence McCutcheon highlighted the difficulty in finding a meeting time that accommodates all members across different time zones, referencing Nathan's 2 AM to 10 AM UTC availability.	Members to provide 4-5 hour availability blocks in "Let Us Meet" survey.
Meeting Cadence & Format	Darlington Wleh suggested revisiting the meeting time if the current one isn't working. Sanjaya Wanigasekera proposed having two separate calls or alternating times. Terence McCutcheon expressed concern that two calls would prevent all members from meeting together.	Revisit optimal meeting cadence and time in an async discussion.
Importance of In-Person Discussion	Darlington Wleh emphasized that in-person (synchronous) discussions are important and async methods are not always sufficient for certain topics.	N/A
"Let Us Meet" Survey	An updated "Let Us Meet" survey was shared to gather new availability. Some members experienced issues with the link.	Akheel F. to re-post the correct "Let Us Meet" link in the MCC Discord channel. All present members (Maureen, Sanjaya, Laurentine, Fanny, Akheel) to fill out the survey immediately.
Founding Member Badges	Sanjaya Wanigasekera raised a concern about founding individual members losing their badges due to missed renewals shortly after the deadline. He suggested a 3-6 month grace period for renewals.	Terence McCutcheon to investigate the issue of disappearing founding member badges.
MCC Charter	Sanjaya Wanigasekera shared the MCC charter in the MCC drive.	All members to review the MCC charter and provide feedback/thoughts.
NFT Minting	Maureen Wepngong inquired about NFT minting issues, which Darlington Wleh clarified is being worked on and Lorenzo will provide updates when ready.	(No specific action item, but acknowledged as an ongoing task).
Future Meeting Agenda	Terence McCutcheon mentioned that GMC is working on a survey that will require review by the committee.	Be aware of an upcoming survey from GMC for review. Committee members to consider what they want to achieve with Intersect membership and how to involve the community.
Adjournment	The meeting was adjourned due to lack of quorum and inability to make decisions.	Darlington Wleh to ask in Discord if meeting next week is feasible. Committee members to encourage absent members to fill out the "Let Us Meet" survey.
Next Steps	Discussion to be held in Discord about the disappearing badges.	Terence McCutcheon to look into the disappearing badge issue and post updates in Discord. Sanjaya Wanigasekera to mention this issue internally as well.