Meeting Minutes May 20, 2025

Attendees:

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)
Terence McCutcheon	Yes	Secretary	N
Darlington Wleh	Yes	Chair	Y
TBD	No	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	No	Member/Seat	Y
Laurentine Djatsa	Yes	Member/Seat	Y
Maureen Wepngong	Yes	Member/Seat	Y
Nathan Kanapi	No	Member/Seat	Y

Akheel F, Benjamin Hart, Darlington Wleh, ha nguyen, Laurentine Djatsa, Maureen Wepngong, Sanjaya Wanigasekera, Terence McCutcheon

Other Attendees:

• N/A

Recording: Membership & Community Committee - 2025/05/20 07:58 CDT - Recording

Transcript: Membership & Community Committee - 2025/05/20 07:58 CDT - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Chat not Captured.

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 5.20.25

• Intro from Chair

• New Member Introductions

• Onboarding Deck

• Future for MCC

• Re-confirm Meeting Cadence

Decisions/Actions

• Decision: N/A Action: N/A Although enough Members attended, attendance was verified and missing Members were not able to catch up and contribute to decisions. Quorum not met, under these conditions.

Topic	Discussion	Action Items
Welcome & Greetings	Attendees greeted each other. Darlington Wleh mentioned feeling full after eating, and ha nguyen expressed a desire to visit Kenya.	N/A
Cardano Center in Kenya	Darlington Wleh announced the opening of a Cardano center in Kenya, with a grand opening party being planned.	N/A
Vietnam Visa Issues	Darlington Wleh explained difficulties with obtaining visas for Vietnam, citing unhelpful responses from the embassy.	N/A
Meeting Invitation Issues	Terence McCutcheon noted that new members were not invited to the meeting.	Terence McCutcheon to ping new members on Discord and add them to the invite.
Access to ClickUp	Darlington Wleh inquired about access to ClickUp.	Darlington Wleh to explore ClickUp.
Working Group Update Prioritization	Terence McCutcheon apologized for not prioritizing a working group update, stating the meeting was primarily for onboarding.	N/A
Postponement of Onboarding Session	Due to the absence of new members, there was a discussion about postponing the onboarding session.	Meeting to be potentially postponed to next week if new members are not present.
Meeting Invitation Confusion	Maureen Wepngong and Akheel F were unaware of the meeting, citing conflicting invitation information. Terence McCutcheon took responsibility for the confusion.	Terence McCutcheon to ensure accurate meeting invitations are sent.
Committee Polls	Darlington Wleh mentioned there should be polls regarding meeting times and dates for consensus.	Terence McCutcheon to set up polls for meeting cadence.
Meeting Status and Quorum	Discussion ensued about whether to proceed with the meeting given the absence of new members, despite having a quorum. The primary focus was onboarding new members.	Decision made to close the meeting and pick it up next week. Darlington Wleh to follow up with absent new members via DMs.
Ben's Term and Future Participation	Benjamin Hart clarified his term status, confirming he is no longer an appointed member of the MCC but expressed willingness to attend future meetings until the end of the month for onboarding support.	Benjamin Hart to be kept on invites for future meetings and other committees.
Committee Conflicts	Benjamin Hart highlighted a direct conflict between this meeting and the product committee meeting.	Terence McCutcheon to try and resolve scheduling conflicts between committees.
Meeting Adjournment	The meeting was adjourned, with apologies for the confusion and thanks to attendees.	N/A