🙃(10/31/2024) Meeting Minutes

The October 17th Meeting was held privately to finalize OSC Budget for Internal Review.

Attendees:

• Christian Taylor (OSO Rep) Christian Taylor

• Sandip Pandey [e-mail]

• Terence McCutcheon Terence McCutcheon

• Alex Seregin [e-mail]

• Adam Dean [e-mail]

• Diane Mueller

• Seomon Register

• Johnathan Kelly

• Pedro Lucas

• Samuel Leathers

• Sebastian Pabon [e-mail]

Recording: Open Source Committee (Intersect) – 2024/10/31 07:52 CDT – Recording

Transcript: Open Source Committee (Intersect) – 2024/10/31 07:52 CDT – Transcript

Chat Transcript: Open Source Committee (Intersect) – 2024/10/31 07:52 CDT – Chat

Intros

Christian: Head of Open Source Office, Intersect Staff

Tex: Open Source Program Manager, Intersect Staff, Open Source Committee Secretary

Sandip: Dquadrant

Adam: Adam Dean, LLC, Co-Founder, DripDropz, LLC, CIP Editors, Intersect Maintainer

Diane: Diane Mueller, Director Research and Advisor Services, Bitergia

Lucas: 45B - Cardano Enablement, Onboarding end-users; Supporting cardano Projects;

Sebastian: Gimbalabs contributor, MeshJS contributor, Andamio platform co-founder

Johnny: Non-Custodial Co-Management SysOps Engineer (Tech Janitor) for 3 Mainnet Stake Pools. Cardano Keystone Wallet Ambassador.

Moritz: TBD

Nicolas: TBD

Robin: TBD

Agenda 10.31.24

• Review Current Priorities/Tasking of OSC

• OSC Candidates Onboarding

• Open Forum

Decision: OSC Approved Budget Proposal Request 3.2M USD

Discussion Point	Notes	Actions: Responsible / Note
Welcome & Agenda Overview	Terence opened the meeting, covering the agenda with a focus on onboarding, chair selection, and reviewing pipeline documents.	Members to drop in affiliations and conflict of interest.
Chair Selection	Discussed appointing a chair and co-chair during this meeting, aiming for a resolution in a week if asynchronous participation is needed.	Interim chair appointed (Sandip) until elections are finalized asynchronously. Election to conclude by next meeting.
Committee Structure & Roles	Detailed committee roles and responsibilities, including meeting attendance and working group leadership. Discussed potential co-chair rotation every six months.	Update committee roles to reflect Adam’s suggestion to clarify voting seats as “seats” and not “chairs.”
Mission & Vision	Reviewed open source mission statement and its alignment with Cardano’s governance.	Open GitBook page for member review.
Open Source Strategy & Goals	Reviewed the committee’s strategy pillars focusing on community engagement, governance, and technical sustainability. Discussed the 2024 achievements and areas for improvement.	Incorporate top strategy goals into the charter. Gather feedback on additional pillars.
Community Feedback	Need to revisit community feedback in the future to ensure alignment. Past feedback survey summarized and available in open source documents.	Schedule for another feedback cycle and update survey by mid-2025.
Maturity Survey	Reviewed results from the 2024 open source maturity survey and objectives for 2025, noting a passing but low maturity score of 59.5.	Expand participation in the next maturity survey to gain a larger sample size.
Budget & Funding	Outlined 2024-2025 budget structure with a 90/10 split, allocating 10% to the open source committee. Funding covers maintainers and projects.	Finalize open source budget documents and prepare draft budget review for next committee meeting.
Project Lifecycle & Workflow	Presentation on the project support services workflow. Discussed onboarding, project incubation, and lifecycle phases.	Finalize acceptance criteria for project onboarding.
Chair Nomination Process	Process for chair nomination and election discussed; agreed to proceed with a two-week asynchronous nomination period.	Initiate nomination in both Slack and Discord; finalize vote in the next meeting.
Legal Considerations	Discussed implications of geopolitical conflicts on participation eligibility, especially in light of recent Linux Foundation actions regarding Russian maintainers.	Coordinate with legal for clarity on maintainers’ eligibility requirements.
Meeting Cadence	Proposed bi-weekly meetings with flexibility for additional meetings as needed.	Set an ad-hoc meeting for next week, then revert to bi-weekly cadence.
Communication Channels	Outlined committee’s use of Slack and Discord for meeting notifications and member engagement.	Ensure all members are notified of meetings in both Slack and Discord.
Charter Update	Reviewed charter structure, roles, responsibilities, and goals for the committee’s updated remit.	Draft and share updated charter for feedback.
Community Participation	Encouraged members to engage in future community feedback and open source documentation efforts.	Share contribution ladder and incubation program draft for committee feedback.
Closing Remarks	Reminder of next week’s ad-hoc meeting and bi-weekly cadence afterward.	Schedule next meeting and notify members.