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)
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
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.
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