31st March 2025

The session was run in the related miro board.

📽️ The meeting recording can be found here.

Participants

Name	Role	Attendance
Lorenzo Bruno	Secretary	Yes
Samuel Leathers	Chair	Yes
Kyle Solomon	Vice-Chair	Yes
Carlos Lopez De Lara	Voting seat	No
Alexandre Maaza	Voting seat	Yes
James Meidinger	Voting seat	Yes
Christian Schmitz	Voting seats	No
Tegegne Tefera	Voting seat	Yes
Giorgio Zinetti	Voting seat	Yes
Tomas Garro	SME	Yes
Jess Fields	SME	Yes
Juan Sierra	SME	Yes

Agenda

• Review actions and updates

  • review adjustments to regular Committee meeting scheduling

  • share product research status update

  • provide update on committee elections launch

  • share insights from Builderfest

• Business development working group

  • confirm working group schedule and structure

  • align participation with GMC

  • confirm launch timeline and next steps

• Review budget proposal document

  • finalise structure of work packages

  • clarify separation of business development activities

• Continue work for product research

  • define initial research scope and priorities

  • review open questions and existing inputs

  • align on draft timeline and next deliverables

• Update KPI actions

  • gather input from TSC and GMC

  • plan stakeholder engagement sessions

  • incorporate partner chains and ecosystem perspectives

• Paris Blockchain Week

  • coordinate Committee presence at Paris Blockchain Week

  • confirm participants and timing

Updates

• Review actions and updates

  • Meeting schedule adjustment

    • The Secretary proposed adjusting the regular meeting schedule and the Committee aligned on moving sessions to Wednesday pending confirmation.

  • Product research update

    • The Secretary confirmed the research initiative is progressing and entering its initial phase.

  • Committee elections launch

    • The Secretary shared that committee elections have opened and encouraged applications and referrals.

  • Builderfest update

    • The Committee received an update on Builderfest highlighting strong engagement and the need for better coordination to support adoption.

• Business development working group

  • Confirm working group schedule

    • The Committee aligned on running the working group on Wednesdays.

  • Invite members from GMC

    • The Committee confirmed the need to include GMC participants to ensure cross-committee coordination.

  • Confirm start date

    • The Committee agreed to begin the working group in the following week.

• Review budget proposal document

  • Clarify work packages

    • The Committee agreed to separate work packages to improve clarity around business-related activities.

  • Discuss connection to business development

    • The Committee aligned on connecting the budget structure to business development efforts.

  • Finalisation status

    • The Secretary confirmed the budget proposal received no major feedback by the Board and is moving toward finalisation.

• Continue work for product research

  • Draft timeline

    • The Committee discussed an initial timeline with a first proposal expected in the next session.

  • Review open questions

    • The Committee agreed to start by reviewing and clustering open questions.

  • Align on research inputs

    • The Committee discussed incorporating additional inputs including market context, product readiness, and user insights.

• Update KPI actions

  • Gather input from TSC & GMC

    • The Committee agreed to collect input from TSC and GMC to support KPI refinement.

  • Schedule stakeholder sessions

    • The Committee agreed to begin scheduling discussions with stakeholders.

  • Include partner chains

    • The Committee confirmed that partner chains and ecosystem contributors will be included in the process.

• Paris Blockchain Week

  • Confirm attendees

    • The Committee discussed potential participants attending Paris Blockchain Week.

  • Align on dates

    • The Committee discussed timing options and the need to coordinate with existing events.

  • Use local gathering budget

    • The Vice-Chair proposed using the local gatherings budget to support activities.

  • Explore Cardano booth coordination

    • The Committee discussed aligning with existing Cardano presence and activities.

Outcomes & Recommendations

N/A