(27/8/24) Meeting Minutes

Aug 27, 2024

Attendees:

• Trym Bruset

• Santiago Carmuega

• Kevin Hammond

• Eystein Magnus Hansen

• Leonard Hegarty

• Hwang Huongket

• Alex Karpov

• Samuel Leathers

• Nori Nishigaya

• Romain Pellerin

• Ricky Rand

• Duncan Soutar

• Giorgio Zinetti

Agenda

Discussion Points	Notes/Action Items	Actions: Responsible/None
Introduction & Quorum	Quorum achieved
Approve the Agenda
Minutes, Online Votes, & Publishing Updates	Minutes for 19 Aug approved
Review 90-day milestone plan - Leonard	Core infrastructure plan is on track Comms plan has been published and is being refined Process for community-proposed items is being developed Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are being set up for scalability, DeFi, etc.	Leonard to organize a breakout meeting with Sam to discuss SIG formation and outreach Leonard to work with Hwang and Duncan to shortlist names for SIG participation
Proposed Item Review - Duncan	Node Architecture Refresh Ricky Rand proposed re-architecting the node for better componentization Aim is to improve flexibility, scalability, and concurrency Two phases: discovery and proof of concept, each about 6 months Kevin Hammond suggested using Delta Q analysis for design decisions Discussion on potential benefits and implementation challenges Pricing Models Kevin Hammond presented on revised stake pooling incentives Discussion on potential changes to stake pool operator rewards Pricing models for Cardano ecosystem discussed Tiered pricing concepts introduced Need for community input and special interest group involvement highlighted Proof of Useful Work Romain Pellerin presented on proof of useful work for deep learning Concept involves using machine learning tasks for block production Potential implementation in partner chain or Cardano mainnet in future Discussion on research phase, budget considerations, and integration with existing systems Debate on how to handle research projects within the roadmap planning process	Ricky Rand and Kevin Hammond to discuss and refine the pricing models proposal
Next steps on SIGs - Leonard	Sam Leathers provided update on SIG creation in Discord Need for more community engagement and participation in SIGs Discussion on outreach strategies and minimum viable SIG for Leos/Paris discussion Proposal to involve Matthew Capps or Tim Harrison for better community push	Sam to create a list of people for DApps and Scalability SIGs Eystein to propose ideas for lowering barriers to communication in SIGs
Community Open Spaces and Town Hall participation - Karen/Hwang	Upcoming committee elections in September Discussion on number of seats for Core Infrastructure subcommittee Proposal for 9 seats: 1 chair, 1 secretary, 7 open seats Debate on opening half of the seats for election this year Consideration of community involvement and representation	Hwang to share the committee elections website link with the group
New Business	Motion: To approve baseline for quorum as 3 or more participants depending on past 3 attendance records	Motion tabled to next meeting