😌(07/12/2024) Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

• Christian Taylor (OSO Rep) Christian Taylor

• Sandip Pandey [email protected]

• Ronald Span [email protected]

• Terence McCutcheon Terence McCutcheon

• Alex Seregin [email protected]

• Silona Bonewald [email protected]

• Adam Dean [email protected]

• Marcin Szamotulski [email protected]

• John Santi

Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kzd_DHsyWJTdF4I9Pe1gkdADU7vBhuA1/view?usp=sharing

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uXR-twy9oEx1rZ-ghdDVRGpjqoqkKvTD_NuYOvldIvQ/edit?usp=sharing

Chat Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bh6-pIjCOXV9bI2m_mnGO9MSsg6C_X-Q/view?usp=sharing

Intros

Christian: Head of Open Source Office, Intersect Staff

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

Nick: Director of Engineering at Tweag/Modus Create

Sandip: Dquadrant

Adam: Adam Dean LLC, CIP Editor, ICC Member, OS Maintainer Pilot, DripDropz

Ronald: CEO Dquadrant, Intersect Member

Daniel: Not Present

Phillip: No Intro Provided

Agenda

• Policy WG

• Project Incubation WG

• Oracles WG

• Dev Ex WG

• Maintainer Pilot Analysis

• OS Pilot Analysis

• Open Source Office

• OSC Seat Candidate Parameters

• Open Forum

Discussion Point	Notes	Actions: Responsible / Note
Policy Working Group	- Voting and PR Design: Voting needs to start soon. Karen likes the PR design; a staggered format will be used. - Elections Timing: Elections for other committees will occur at the AMM in three months. - Coordination Issues: Difficulty in coordinating on Discord due to random usernames and lack of notifications. - Vendor for Voting: Uncertainty about the vendor for hosting and organizing the voting.	- Align Process: Align the process for voting based on Karen's feedback. - Improve Coordination: Find a better way to organize and coordinate working group members on Discord. - Confirm Vendor: Ensure the vendor for voting is confirmed and communicated.
Membership Updates	- Membership Renewal: There is a push for everyone to renew their membership by the end of August. - Enterprise Level Memberships: Work is ongoing to sort out Enterprise level memberships.	- Ensure Registration: Ensure everyone is registered by the end of August. - Clarify Enterprise Memberships: Figure out where Enterprise memberships fit in and communicate this to the team.
Project Incubation	- Metrics and Deliverables: Discussion on metrics portion and deliverables for project incubation. - Qualification Suggestions: Suggestions on qualifications at each step are needed. - Community Involvement: Community involvement is essential to finalize metrics and qualifications.	- Add Suggestions: Silona to insert comments and suggestions on metrics and deliverables. - Organize Meeting: Organize a Discord meeting to involve the community in the discussion and finalize the metrics.
Security Policy	- Internal Server: Setting up an internal server with the Security Council. - Governing Board Meeting: Governing board meeting with Intersect. - Policy Replication: Replicating the DDOS handling approach from IOG side. - Security MD Templates: Providing Security MD templates for all projects to follow.	- Inform Core Team: Ensure the core team knows about the security work being done. - Align Processes: Set up an appointment with Jer to align the current processes and ensure nothing is missed.
Oracle Working Group	- Meeting Frequency: Oracle working group has moved to bi-weekly meetings. - Standards Process: Discussions on adopting a more formal process similar to standards committees. - Communication Methods: Emphasis on effective communication methods to avoid contentiousness.	- Continue Idea Sessions: Continue idea sessions and gather feedback from members. - Align Members: Ensure all members are in alignment and agree on the processes and communication methods.
Dev X Working Group	- Developer Advocate Program: The program is set to start next week. - Ecosystem Issues: Addressing issues like scattered documentation and tooling. - Defining Developer Roles: Importance of defining developer roles and support mechanisms, especially for new developers and entrepreneurs.	- Launch Program: Launch the Developer Advocate Program. - Leverage Catalyst: Use Catalyst for additional support for developers. - Define Criteria: Work on defining criteria for developer productivity and success, including time to being productive and support mechanisms.
Open Source Library	- Reducing Redundancy: Importance of reducing redundancy in tooling and proposals within the Cardano ecosystem. - Centralized Library: Need for a centralized open source library and ecosystem mapping tool to track existing tools and avoid duplication.	- Form Working Group: Form a working group for the open source library. - Gather Participation: Gather community participation and feedback to ensure the library is comprehensive and useful.
Open Source Office Updates	- Project Support Services: Services are going live with tiered offerings, including Marketing, Community Building, Governance, Strategy, Sustainability, Training, Project Management, and Legal. - Service Levels: Different service levels will be offered: community services (free), member services (free with membership), and direct paid services.	- Launch Services: Launch the support services and build a supplier list. - Scope Teams: Scope out the legal and project management teams to support these services.
Open Source Pilot Results	- Maintainer Process: Experience with the maintainer process, highlighting the need for diversified maintainers and a paid model to increase code review efficiency. - Engagement and Contribution: Results showed good engagement but room for improvement in code contribution and decision-making processes. - Communication Channels: Need for more effective communication channels and a bug bounty program.	- Expand Maintainer Contracts: Expand maintainer context and contracts based on pilot insights. - Roll Out Policies: Roll out the governance and security policies to other repositories. - Evaluate Bug Bounty: Evaluate alternative approaches to a bug bounty program, possibly focusing on contribution use cases.
Roadmap for Q3	- Strategic Collaborations: Identifying strategic collaboration opportunities within and outside the Cardano community. - Onboarding External Projects: Onboarding external projects to Intersect. - Building Supplier List: Building a supplier list for the service catalog. - Policy Adoption: Legal compliance policy adoption and updating documentation.	- Identify Opportunities: Identify and onboard strategic collaboration opportunities. - Quantify Goals: Set quantifiable goals for onboarding external projects. - Update Roadmap: Update the roadmap and track membership transparency.
Transparency and Membership	- Transparency on Memberships: Need for transparency related to private and Enterprise memberships on the website. - Current Tracking: Current tracking via Discord is inefficient; HubSpot integration for tracking memberships is needed.	- Website Update: Ensure transparency on the website regarding membership numbers and types. - Raise Issue: Raise the issue of tracking memberships as an OSC request to ensure it is addressed promptly.