😛(11/14/2024) Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Name	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)
P. Lucas	Chair	Y
Adam Dean	Vice Chair	Y
Terence ‘Tex’ McCutcheon	Secretary	N
Christian Taylor	Member/Seat	Y
Sandip Pandey	Member/Seat	Y
Diane Mueller DNA	Member/Seat	Y
Jonathan Kelly	Member/Seat	Y
Sebastian Pabon	Member/Seat	Y
Moritz Angermann	Member/Seat	Y
Robin Böning	Member/Seat	Y
Nicolas Henin	Member/Seat	Y

Community/Other Attendees

• Alex Seregin

• Jingles K

• Udai Solanki

Recording: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2024/11/14 07:57 CST - Recording

Transcript: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2024/11/14 07:57 CST - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Open Source Committee Meeting – 2024/11/14 – Chat Transcript

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: Platform Engineer, IOE

Nicolas: Technical Architect at IOG (Innovation R&D)

Robin: TBD

Agenda 11.14.24

Old Business

• Finalize Charter Draft

• Confirm Meeting Cadence EOY

• Budget Questions/Concerns

• Budget Approval

• Legal Restrictions - Developers

New Business

• Begin Tooling Discussion

• Contribution Ladder Review

• Project Incubation - Acceptance Criteria

• AOB - Any Other Business

Decisions/Actions

• Decision: Schedule tentative meeting for 12/19 Action: Terence to schedule the Meeting

• Decision: Create clear pathways for open-source projects to come under Intersect Action: Consensus agreement to focus on this in 2025

• Decision: Prioritize Charter and other Document review. Action: Committee members to devote time asynchronously to review assigned docs.

Discussion Point	Notes	Actions: Responsible / Note
Quorum and Introductions	- Meeting quorum confirmed; Robin noted leaving early. - Lucas, recently elected as Chair, welcomed participants.	- Attendees reminded to declare affiliations and conflicts of interest.
Review of Previous Minutes	- Previous minutes made available for asynchronous review. - No immediate concerns raised.	- Terence to upload and circulate minutes for review.
Charter Draft Finalization	- Reviewed sections on responsibilities, voting policy, and inclusion of open source ecosystem maintenance. - Debate over the phrasing of committee goals vs. values. - Consensus to focus on promoting openness and composability rather than specific ecosystem tools.	- Committee members to review Charter asynchronously and provide feedback by Dec 12.
Meeting Cadence	- Proposed meeting on Dec 19, 2024, to finalize pending items. - Agreement to hold Dec 19 meeting unless all business is resolved by Dec 12.	- Schedule Dec 19 meeting as tentative. - Confirm final decision by Dec 12 meeting.
Budget Review	- Budget concerns focused on public transparency and how the education and outreach bucket would be administered. - Possibility of budget moving under MCC.	- Terence to confirm details with MCC and share updates with the committee. - Plan for a public AMA or call to address budget transparency.
Legal Restrictions Update	- Ongoing discussions about compliance with FATF and Wyoming OFAC standards. - Legal clarity pending further review of the membership agreement.	- Christian to follow up and report updates once consensus is reached.
Contribution Ladder and Acceptance Criteria	- Explainer videos and documents for contribution ladder and project incubation acceptance criteria shared. - Discussions centered on defining criteria for project maintainers and funding eligibility.	- Members encouraged to review explainer videos and documents. - Provide comments and feedback asynchronously.
Partner Chains	- Discussed removal of "partner chains" terminology in the Cardano constitution. - Agreement to emphasize promoting openness and composability over specific references to partner chains. - Updates shared regarding Midnight’s roadmap toward open source practices.	- Lucas to draft and share revised language for review. - Monitor Midnight’s open source progress and provide updates.
Tooling Discussion	- Exploration of managing external projects critical to the ecosystem, such as Lucid. - Consensus to create clear pathways for external projects to transition to community maintainership and align with open source principles.	- Continue tooling discussions in 2024 for defining pathways and support mechanisms.
Future Planning	- Agreed to prioritize finalizing the charter, contribution ladder, and acceptance criteria by end of year.	- Members to allocate time for review and feedback asynchronously over the next three weeks.