April 22, 2025 ISC Meeting

Agenda

• Meeting Introduction

• Intersect Committee Elections - Progress Update

• Update from Business Function and Committees (If Any)

• AOB & Meeting Close

Attendees:

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)
Simo Simovic	Yes	Secretary	N
Jack Briggs	No	Director of Ecosystem	Y
Lawrence Clark	No	Head of Operations	Y
Nick Cook	Yes	Head of Membership & Community Hubs	Y
YUTA	Yes	Community Member Seat	Y
Phil Lewis	Yes	Community Member Seat	Y
Thiago Nunes	No	Interim Community Member Seat	Y
Pedro Lucas	Yes	OSC Chair	Y
Samuel Leathers	No	Product Chair	Y
Darlington Welsh	Yes	MCC Chair	Y
Prof. Steven	Yes	Chair of Board of Directors and CBC Chair	Y
Kevin Hammond	No	TSC Chair	Y
Seomon	No	GMC Chair	Y
Jose Miguel De Gamboa	Yes	CCC Chair	Y
Christian Taylor	No	Head of OSO	N
Lorenzo Bruno	Yes	Head of Product	N
Matt Davis	No	Head of Tech Operation	N
Duncan Soutar	No	Secretary of TSC	N
Lloyd Duhon	Yes	Secretary of Budget Committee	N
Larisa Mcfarlane	No	Secretary of CCC	N
Terence McCutcheon	Yes	Secretary of OSC	N

Additional Attendees:

• Adam Ruch - Observer

• Gemma Dakin - Observer

Key Outcomes & Discussions

1. Meeting Introduction

• The meeting was rescheduled from Monday to Tuesday due to the Easter holiday.

• Noted that most executive team members were absent.

2. MCC Proposal Review Process

• MCC outlined its internal process for reviewing budget proposals:

  • Proposals under 300K ADA will be recommended for submission to Catalyst.

  • Duplicate hub proposals will be reviewed and potentially merged.

  • Proposals will be evaluated against MCC’s stated priorities before endorsement.

• Clarification is still needed on the practical effect of MCC endorsements.

3. DRep Feedback & Proposal Filtering

• A question was raised about how DRep temperature checks (yes/no votes) should influence proposal progression.

• The need for clear parameters around the impact of DRep feedback on moving proposals to reconciliation workshops was discussed.

• A suggestion was made to invite workshop organizers to clarify this process in a future session.

4. Communication & Responsiveness within ISC

• Concerns were raised about slow or absent communication from Intersect executive team, particularly on Discord and regarding budget process documentation and member voting.

• A proposal was made to track open questions and outstanding items more formally.

5. OSC Proposal Review Decision

• The Open Source Committee (OSC) reported a unanimous decision not to review proposals submitted directly by vendors.

• Proposers are encouraged to use the existing OSC frameworks, such as the contribution ladder or project incubation.

• OSC members will triage submissions and suggest alternate pathways where appropriate.

6. Constitutional Council & Net Change Limit

• The Constitutional Council (CC) plans to vote against the Intersect-submitted net change limit info action due to an error in epoch calculations.

• This is viewed as a quality control issue but is unlikely to have a practical effect, as the DReps and other CC members have already approved the limit.

• It was suggested that future limits be treated as parameter updates rather than info actions.

7. Gov Tool Feedback & Development

• Ongoing issues were raised with the UI/UX of the Gov Tool, including mobile connectivity problems, which are limiting user engagement.

• Updates were shared regarding development efforts and funding constraints.

• Suggestions included organizing developer workshops and integrating links to community-built tools within the interface.

8. Direct Voter Engagement

• The importance of engaging individual ADA holders (not just large stakeholders) in voting was emphasized.

• The group discussed exploring new mechanisms to encourage broader participation in governance.

9. Community Hub Coordination

• Potential overlaps between MCC’s hub initiatives and those of the Growth & Marketing Committee (GMC) were flagged.

• A request was made for ISC to provide stronger coordination between committees to avoid duplicative efforts.

10. Action Items and Next Steps

Action: ISC Secretary to compile a list of open items and unanswered questions.

Action: ISC to review and monitor progress on these items in future meetings.

Action: ISC to facilitate a discussion between MCC and GMC to align on community initiatives.