May 22, 2025
Attendees:
Name
Attendance
Role
Phil Lewis
Yes
ISC Member
Thiago Nunes
No
Interim ISC Member
Pedro Lucas
Yes
OSC Chair, Representing two Enterprise Members
Nicholas Cerny
Yes
Civics Committee Chair
Vaibhav S
Yes
GMC Member
Naushad Fouze
Yes
Product Committee
Jose Iadicicco
Yes
Community Member
Maureen Wepngong
Yes
DRep
Terence McCutcheon
Yes
Intersect
Tevo Saks
No
Community Member
Nana Safo
No
DRep
Recording: Intersect Governance WG Weekly - 2025/05/22 15:57 CEST - Recording
Transcript: Intersect Governance WG Weekly - 2025/05/22 15:57 CEST - Transcript
Agenda
Update from last week
Voting Members
Document Review
Recommendations Discussion
Decisions/Actions
Discussion Point
Notes
Actions: Responsible / Note
Voting Member Criteria and Quorum
Discussion on defining who is eligible to be a voting member of the WG, including ideas such as attendance thresholds (e.g., 3 meetings to join, 2 missed to drop off). Agreement to start with a list and adjust if needed.
Simo: Track attendance and maintain list of voting members; group agreed on a flexible threshold-based approach.
Recommendation Register & Problem Framing
Discussion on improving how issues are entered into the recommendation register, emphasizing clarity in problem statements before discussing solutions.
All members: Review and revise entries to clearly state problem statements; flag high-priority items for next meeting.
Election Transparency and Voting Stats
Debate on the value and risks of live voting stats and dashboards. Pros: improved transparency and campaign adaptation. Cons: strategic voting, potential bias.
Marine, Gintama: Reframe suggestions as problem statements and update register; Phil: Flag topic for further review next session.
One-Person-One-Vote Concerns
Concerns about sybil resistance, especially for board elections. Suggestions included KYC, participation tracking, and merging multiple accounts under one identity.
Phil: Mark sybil resistance for board election as high priority; Lorenzo, Pedro: Explore options for identifying and merging accounts.
Technical Barriers to Membership
Issue raised that wallet-based payments for membership are not functioning consistently. Impacts community participation.
Meeting Structure and Time Use
Agreement to structure meetings with focus on problem statements first, and reserve time for solution ideation. Consider asynchronous collaboration or breakout sessions.
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