24th June 2025
The session was run in the related miro board.
📽️ The meeting recording can be found here.
Participants
Samuel Leathers
Chair
Yes
Lorenzo Bruno
Secretary
Yes
Alexandre Maaza
Voting Seat (Vice-Chair Appointee)
Yes
Juan Sierra
Voting Seat
Yes
Yoram Ben-Zvi
Voting Seat
Yes
Alexa C. (Thyme Studio)
Voting Seat
Yes
James Meidinger
Voting Seat
No
Christian Schmitz
Voting Seat
No
Giorgio Zinetti
Voting Seat
No
Samir Idris
Voting Seat
Yes
Agenda
Review actions and updates
Ecosystem Funding Working Group (EFWG)
Vice-Chair appointment
Product research
Planning
CBC survey questions
Review KPI document from TSC
Review proposed changes with current status (in Miro)
Agree feedback to TSC
Updates
Review actions and updates
Ecosystem Funding Working Group (EFWG)
The Committee received an update on the Ecosystem Funding Working Group, including the onboarding of a contractor, the development of a funding coordination framework, and opportunities to align the work with the Product Committee’s KPI refinement activities.
Vice-Chair appointment
The Secretary confirmed that Alexandre Maaza had withdrawn from the Vice-Chair role, Alexa C. (Thyme Studio) volunteered to stand for the position, and the Committee agreed to open the opportunity to all members before conducting an asynchronous vote.
Product research
The Chair confirmed that proposal reviews had been completed, the final report was being anonymised before publication, and the Committee reviewed the proposed list of projects recommended for funding.
The Committee discussed publication of the evaluation report, reviewer anonymity, audit considerations, communications to the community, expected contract structure, and delivery requirements for successful research proposals.
Planning
The Secretary reviewed the Committee's Quarter 3 workstreams, including issuing research contracts, monitoring research progress, completing KPI refinement activities, and preparing future planning aligned with the 2030 Vision.
The Committee agreed to continue engagement with the Growth & Marketing Committee, request feedback from additional committees through a survey, and consider producing KPI guidance for committees during Quarter 4.
The Committee discussed future funding options following the unsuccessful treasury withdrawal proposal and considered using completed research outputs to support future pilot funding proposals.
CBC survey questions
The Committee received an update from the Budget Committee that a post-budget process survey would be distributed to participants, and members agreed to support and complete the survey once available.
Review KPI document from TSC
Review proposed changes with current status (in Miro)
The Committee reviewed progress on KPI refinement, discussed alignment of committee planning with the 2030 Vision, and considered improvements to committee-wide KPI adoption and governance.
Agree feedback to TSC
No discussion for this topic was held.
Outcomes & Recommendations
N/A
Decisions Recorded
N/A
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